In a case with far-reaching implications for the future of social media, the Supreme Court today reviewed oral arguments on a federal law that could force TikTok to shut down in the U.S. within two weeks unless the app severs ties with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. The oral arguments lasted nearly three hours. The…
After three years of leading NBCUniversal’s Peacock streaming platform, Kelly Campbell is stepping away from her role as president. Puck was the first to report on Campbell’s departure this week, and NBCU has now confirmed the move. The company shared an internal note from Campbell with ADWEEK, in which the outgoing president wrote, “As the…
After visiting President-elect Donald J. Trump in November, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to relax Meta’s speech policies. He asked a small team to carry out his goals within weeks. The repercussions are just beginning.
If you’ve been coming to CES for the past decade and hit the marketing panels and keynotes, you would think that every year promises a transformation for our business. This year, the pablum finally feels real and potent; artificial and augmented intelligence applied to marketing and advertising dominated the discussions on the stages and in…
Venu Sports is officially out of the game. Today, Disney-owned ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced in a joint statement that Venu Sports, their proposed virtual MVPD service, will be discontinued. The decision is effective immediately. It comes the same week that Disney announced a deal to combine its Hulu + Live TV business…
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Venu Sports, a joint venture between Disney, Fox and Warner Bros., was announced to great fanfare last year but was discontinued before it ever became available.
I’ve been watching some pretty compelling coverage of the fires in and around Los Angeles for the past few days. Personally, I flip between KNBC and KCBS, only because I subscribe to apps that allow me to do that from my couch 400 miles North in the Bay Area — Sorry Fox and ABC stations….
Special guests, including Simone Biles and Oprah Winfrey, offered tributes to the longtime host, capping off a week that “Today” had called a “Hoda-bration!”
Production company R+C has rebranded as creative agency Brass and hired former McCann and 360i creative leader Pierre Lipton as chief creative officer. By expanding as an agency, Brass aims to work directly with clients to affect strategy and the creative process from the beginning, CEO Sean Gately told ADWEEK. Whereas some agencies have opened…
A staycation can be a relaxing and affordable way to recover from the stress of holiday travel, but it’s a recipe for disappointment in an unhinged ad for Bloomin’ Brands restaurant chain Outback Steakhouse. Created by agency Mischief @ No Fixed Address, the 30-second spot begins as a fairly conventional promotion for the chain’s latest…
Looming uncertainty over a potential U.S. TikTok ban is not putting off advertisers from committing ad spend to the platform. In fact, agencies are pledging a year-over-year increase in ad dollars in 2025. One agency executive, speaking anonymously to protect industry relations, plans to increase the agency’s TikTok spend by 20%-30% this year. DigiShopGirl Media…
As the fires in Los Angeles continue to rage, swallowing up homes and businesses from Malibu to Altadena, Airbnb was one of the high-profile brands to help those affected across Los Angeles County, offering temporary housing to people who were impacted. But many other brands and businesses, both national and local, are also lending a…
Friendly Additions: Hoda Kotb’s departure from the Today franchise has left a big hole in NBC News’ flagship morning show, particularly for its fourth hour. So Jenna Bush Hager is bringing in some friends to sit alongside her and keep the good times rolling during the renamed Today with Jenna and Friends hour until a…
When he was 25, he learned that he had multiple sclerosis. He coped with the disease throughout a long career at several networks, recalled in a best-selling memoir.
KXAN reporter Ryan Chandler is joining NBC News as a Texas-based correspondent. Chandler is the Austin Texas Capitol Correspondent for the Austin, Texas Nexstar owned NBC affiliate. “Follow your dreams, kids: this week I am so grateful to join @nbcnews as a correspondent – based in Texas and reporting nationwide @todayshow @nbcnightlynews @nbcnewsnow @msnbc,” Chandler…
Media outlets reported similarly on the destruction caused by the fires that raced through Southern California. But partisan publications attributed them to very different causes.
Getting women’s sports a larger share of overall sports coverage is a team effort, and Religion of Sports, Ensemble, Deep Blue Sports + Entertainment, and Roku have combined forces to attack that goal. This week, the group announced its launch of the Next is Now women’s sports anthology docuseries on The Roku Channel later this…
The complaint, which arose out of Fox News’s promotion of vote-rigging conspiracy theories after the 2020 U.S. presidential election, is on track to proceed to trial.
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