MLB and ESPN Break Up Their Baseball Team Over Fees and Coverage
After tipping their pitches considerably in recent years, Major League Baseball and ESPN announced Thursday that they have "mutually agreed" to end their broadcast rights deal with three years left to...
View ArticleThursday, Feb. 20 Evening Cable News Ratings: The Five Is 1st in Total Viewers
Fox News' The Five won the evening in total viewers as well as in the Adults 25-54 demo. MSNBC's The Rachel Maddow Show occupied the top spot for the news network in both measured categories, while on...
View ArticleMeta and X Approve AI Ads Referencing Nazi War Crimes Ahead of German...
Meta and X gave the green light to AI-generated ads that called for the gassing of immigrants in concentration camps and the burning of synagogues ahead of Germany's federal elections on Feb. 23,...
View ArticleThe Future of Food Media and Content Commerce With Food52 CEO Erika Ayers Badan
Welcome to this episode of the Marketing Vanguard podcast. Host Jenny Rooney speaks with Erika Ayers Badan, CEO of Food52, about her unconventional career path and her vision for transforming food...
View ArticleBeyoncé Takes Her Cue in Levi’s ‘Pool Hall’ Remake
If you ever wondered if Beyonce is any good at pool, then look no further. Today, Levi's released its second ad starring the singer, called "Chapter 2: Pool Hall." Set to her Cowboy Carter hit "Levii's...
View ArticleLester Holt to Step Down From NBC Nightly News
Lester Holt announced Monday that he will be stepping down from anchoring the NBC Nightly News. He is set to depart the anchor's chair at the beginning of the summer. "After 10 years, 17 if you include...
View ArticleJoy Reid’s MSNBC Show Canceled in Programming Overhaul
MSNBC has announced major programming moves affecting its weekday and weekend schedules starting in April. The biggest casualty from these changes is The ReidOut's Joy Reid, who saw her 7 p.m. ET show...
View ArticleScot Chastain Named GM of WISC in Madison
Scot Chastain has been named vice president and general manager of WISC in Madison, Wisconsin. "Scot Chastain's depth of broadcasting and media leadership really stands out," said Brian Burns, evp and...
View ArticleUlta Beauty Promotes Longtime Exec Kelly Mahoney to CMO
Ulta Beauty has named Kelly Mahoney as its new chief marketing officer (CMO), succeeding Michelle Crossan-Matos, who left last month. Mahoney has been at Ulta for nearly a decade, most recently serving...
View ArticleJoy Reid Says She’s ‘Feeling Guilt’ About Cancellation of MSNBC Show
In her first public comments since departing MSNBC, Joy Reid confesses to experiencing a whole range of emotions about the end of her show, The ReidOut. "I've been through every emotion over the past...
View ArticleWABC Airs Last Broadcast from Upper West Side Studios Over the Weekend
WABC has moved into its new studios located in Hudson Yards in New York City after living out of the studios at 7 Lincoln Square on West 66th since June 1979. On Saturday, the morning weekend crew,...
View ArticlePerplexity’s Next Bet? An AI-Driven Browser Called Comet
Perplexity is moving beyond AI search and into the crowded web browser market. The $9 billion startup teased its new browser, Comet, on X, calling it an "agentic search" experience. It launched a...
View ArticleDuolingo’s Duo the Owl Returns From the Dead
You can't keep a good owl down: Duolingo's owl mascot Duo, who met his demise on Feb. 11, has apparently survived his encounter with a Tesla Cybertruck after all. Duo was resurrected on the company's...
View ArticleAnn Bair to Succeed Ramon Jones as CMO of Nationwide
Nationwide has promoted Ann Bair to chief marketing officer (CMO) as longtime CMO Ramon Jones retires at the end of March after 25 years at the company. This is not Bair's first C-suite role at the...
View ArticleWeek of Feb. 17 Morning News Ratings: GMA Repeats at No. 1 for 2nd Week in a Row
ABC News' Good Morning America remained the most-watched morning news broadcast for the second week in a row for the week of Feb. 17. It was a narrow win for GMA as only 13,000 total viewers separated...
View ArticleWeek of Feb. 17 Evening News Ratings: The CBS Evening News Shows Signs of Life
After three weeks of trending downwards, the CBS Evening News moved the ratings needle upwards during the week of Feb. 17. The reimagined newscast recorded gains in total viewers and the Adults 25-54...
View ArticleKaroline Leavitt Sidelines the White House Correspondents’ Association
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took a moment out of Tuesday's briefing to unveil a seismic change in press access for journalists covering President Donald Trump's administration. Going...
View ArticleAfter Less than Two Years as CEO, Unilever’s Hein Schumacher Receives His...
In a development that's startled analysts and serves as a reminder that shorter tenures apply to CEOs and CMOs alike, consumer products giant Unilever announced that its chief executive will step down...
View ArticleDigital Evolution and Omnichannel Success With Monster Energy
In this episode of the Brave Commerce podcast, Ben Galvin, senior director of omnichannel retail sales and ecommerce at Monster Energy, joins hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter to discuss the...
View ArticleFriday, Feb. 21 Evening Cable News Ratings: Kaitlan Collins Is 1st in the...
CNN finished the week in second place in the Adults 25-54 demo, ahead of MSNBC and behind Fox News. The Source with Kaitlan Collins was the network's top show within the demo, while The Five and The...
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