Streaming Ratings, Week of Jan. 27: Second Week at No. 1 for Netflix’s The...
Netflix's crime thriller The Night Agent made it two weeks in a row as the most-watched streaming title, taking the honor for the final week of January, according to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings....
View ArticleThe Oscars Are the Super Bowl For Brands Targeting Women
Katherine Heigl doesn't mince words, candidly sharing what birthing an 8-pound baby can do to the human body--namely, causing such phenomena as the "coughing-fit panty blitz" and the "giggle dribble."...
View ArticleNBC News Eyes Q4 Launch for Subscription Video Product
NBC News Group is planning to launch a video-centric subscription product in the fourth quarter, according to NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde. The forthcoming platform, which Conde...
View ArticleThe Streamers to Watch at the Oscars: Netflix Leads, But Mubi Has Substance...
Editor's Note: This post was originally published on Jan. 23, 2025; it has been updated to reflect recent events. It's Emilia Perez's world... or at least it was. After years of chasing Oscar's biggest...
View ArticleMSNBC to Remain in New York After SpinCo Spin-Off
Earlier this week, MSNBC announced a programming shakeup of its weekday and weekend schedules set to take effect in April. These on-air changes, which were accompanied by layoffs, come as the network...
View ArticleTicker: ABC News to Offer Special Coverage of the Oscars
Top of the Ticker: ABC News will offer special coverage leading into the 97th Oscars on Sunday, March 2. On Friday, Good Morning America's Robin Roberts will host the primetime special, Countdown to...
View ArticleJolie Sherman Returns to Detroit as Reporter
Jolie Sherman will join Detroit ABC affiliate WXYZ as a reporter and multimedia journalist. The Bloomfield Hills native has also worked at WVNY in Burlington, Vermont and at WVIT in Hartford,...
View ArticleGoogle, Amazon, Others Respond to Senators’ Inquiry About Funding CSAM Via Ads
Under pressure from bipartisan lawmakers, Google, Amazon, and other major ad industry players have shared the actions they're taking after they inadvertently helped facilitate advertising on a site...
View ArticleE.W. Scripps Begins Layoffs at Its Local Stations
E.W. Scripps is laying off staff at many of its local stations. Scripps owns and operates more than 60 stations in over 40 markets. Staffers were told on Monday. The station group also said open...
View ArticleTwo Veteran Anchors Retiring: One in Wisconsin Another in Michigan
It seems like veteran journalists are dropping out of local TV in larger numbers than usual. Either that, or I'm just getting old. Hopefully, no one feels shorted by this combo post where I cover two...
View ArticleTens of Thousands In Ad Revenue Lost in Google Ads’ Weekend Outage
Google is apologizing to advertisers after Google Ads stopped serving ads for some accounts over the weekend, beginning on March 1. Other advertisers were met with error messages, high latency, and...
View ArticleCurology’s Steve Siegal on Scaling From DTC to Omnichannel Retail
In this episode of the Brave Commerce podcast, Steve Siegal, chief marketing and innovation officer at Curology, joins hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter to discuss Curology's journey from a...
View ArticleKnoxville’s First Black Anchor Edye Ellis Dies
Former WBIR anchor Edye Ellis has died. She was 81. Her cousin, Robert Collins, told the Knoxville, Tennessee NBC affiliate that everyone who met her "should be assured she was genuine. She loved...
View ArticleCade Cunningham Takes on Robot Basketball Hoop to Coach Fans About Crypto
Cade Cunningham faced the three-point contest, a new game format, and a steady stream of brand activations and events during his first NBA All-Star Weekend, including everything from an interview from...
View ArticleMSNBC Hosts Clarify Their New Roles as the Network Announces The Weekend...
Over the weekend, MSNBC hosts Jonathan Capehart and Ayman Mohyeldin cleared the air surrounding their positions within the network. The two hosts addressed audiences on their respective programs,...
View ArticleMeta Wants Businesses of All Sizes to Use Its AI Assistant
Meta introduced generative artificial intelligence-powered digital assistant Meta AI in September 2023 across Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, and the company is reportedly developing a stand-alone...
View ArticleWhere Pharma’s $12Bn TV Ad Budget Could Go Next
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a longtime critic of pharmaceutical companies running advertisements on television. Now that he's U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, he has an opportunity to do...
View ArticleWeek of Feb. 24 Morning News Ratings: Today Snatches Top Spot From Good...
NBC News' Today snapped ABC News' Good Morning America's two-week win streak in total viewers. The competitive battle for the top spot favored Today as it dethroned GMA with +40,000 additional total...
View ArticleNew Evidence May Be Released in Case of Missing Iowa Anchor
The cold case involving the disappearance of Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit may get new life depending on what a judge in Cerro Gordo, Iowa decides. Huisentruit went missing nearly 30 years ago when...
View ArticleStart Preparing Now for a Potential Ban on Pharma TV Ads
For the advertising industry in the United States, few regulatory changes have the potential to be as seismic as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s proposal to ban pharmaceutical advertising from television. As...
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