BarkleyOKRP Turns to AI to Help Fight Kansas City’s Fentanyl Epidemic
Fentanyl-related deaths in Kansas City, Mo., are up by an alarming 1,190% over the past five years. To raise awareness of the epidemic, the city and its local United Way chapter teamed up with...
View ArticleWatch Donald Trump’s Univision Town Hall
Former President Donald Trump took the stage on Wednesday night to hear from Latino voters during a town hall hosted by Univision. The event aired nearly a week after the Republican candidate's...
View ArticleTo Fight Churn on Its 740,000 Subscribers, Bloomberg Media Debuts Weekend...
The financial news publisher Bloomberg Media is launching a Weekend Edition product on Friday, part of a broader initiative to boost subscriber retention and increase weekend readership. The content...
View ArticleNetflix Adds 5.1M Subs, Details 2 Big Ads Initiatives
Netflix reported its third-quarter earnings Thursday, adding 5.1 million subscribers as its status as subscription streaming TV's dominant platform remains unchallenged. (THR) The 5.1 million...
View ArticleWhat Does it Really Mean When a Politician Says a Station’s License Should be...
After Donald Trump called for a couple of networks to lose their licenses because he didn't like the consequences of his actions, Deadline wrote up a piece on what the FCC can and can't do regarding...
View ArticleRevolving Door Roster Updates: Edelman, Latitude, Mother, and More
a21 James Beard Foundation president and chief operating officer Kris Moon left the nonprofit culinary arts organization after 17 years to join live events company a21 as its first COO. Domino's Pizza...
View ArticleFrom Pink Pony Club to Whiskey River: ACL Fest’s Multigenerational Crowd...
Hundreds of pink cowboy hats dotted the enormous crowd in Zilker Park for the last day of ACL Festival 2024, a nod to pop sensation Chappell Roan's drag-inspired, over-the-top aesthetic. But while the...
View ArticleGoogle to Pause Election Ads Across Its Platforms Once the Polls Close
The days of going to bed on election night in the U.S. and knowing who the next president would be ended a few elections ago, and Google is taking steps to ensure that its platforms are not used to...
View ArticleJudge Blocks DeSantis Administration’s Efforts to Block Pro-Abortion Ad
A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order against Florida's surgeon general after the state health department threatened to bring criminal charges against broadcasters airing an ad...
View ArticleHere’s the Roundup for the Week Ending October 18
Happy Friday to all who celebrate! In this week's edition of stories we didn't write up for one reason or another, we see the usual to and fro of local TV talent, while a station in San Antonio honors...
View ArticleNick Fox Replaces Prabhakar Raghavan Leading Google’s Search and Advertising...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed a change in leadership for its Knowledge & Information unit, which encompasses ads, commerce, Google Earth, and search: Nick Fox will take over for Prabhakar...
View ArticleTop 5 TV-Themed Brand Activations at New York Comic Con 2024
It's that time of the year where the Javits Center will be full of superheroes, supervillains, and more. New York Comic Con kicked off Oct. 17 and will run through Oct. 20. While the East Coast leg is...
View ArticleHere’s Where You Can Watch the Presidential Candidates on TV This Week
Opportunities to reach undecided voters are becoming fewer and fewer for the presidential candidates and their running mates. With early voting already underway in some of the battleground states,...
View ArticleResume Rewind: Stephanie Fried
Stephanie Fried's career first took her into politics before shifting into marketing. Fried broke down her career in the second installment of ADWEEK's video series Resume Rewind, sponsored by...
View ArticleStarbucks Taps Tressie Lieberman for New Role of EVP, Global Chief Brand Officer
If Tressie Lieberman and Brian Niccol ever met over coffee to discuss reuniting, it's a safe bet that the coffee came from Starbucks. Lieberman will join the java giant in the newly created position of...
View ArticleCivic Wisdom Foundation Wants to Register Young Voters Weeks Ahead of U.S....
With only a couple of weeks left before the U.S. election, it's crunch time for making sure that young American voters like Gen Z and millennials get to the polls. A new nonpartisan campaign from...
View ArticleCBS News Is Reportedly Weighing an Editorial Review of Its Reporting
It's been over two weeks since Tony Dokoupil's CBS Mornings interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates set off an internal firestorm at CBS News. Now, The Wall Street Journal reports that CBS News...
View ArticleTicker: CNN’s Mark Thompson Is Ready to Make His Mark on the Network
Top of the Ticker: CNN's Chairman and CEO Mark Thompson has officially passed the one year mark as the network's leader. As he embarks on Year 2, The Ankler's Lachlan Cartwright reports that the former...
View ArticleChris Dinan Named EP of ABC World News Tonight With David Muir
Chris Dinan will be the new executive producer of ABC World News Tonight With David Muir. ABC News announced his new role Monday; he fills the role vacated by Almin Karamehmedovic, who was promoted to...
View ArticleDisney Names James Gorman as Next Chairman, Aims for Iger Replacement in...
Disney tapped James Gorman to replace Mark Parker as the company's next chairman, as the media giant lays the groundwork to name a successor for CEO Bob Iger in early 2026, the company said Monday....
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