CBS News' parent company, Paramount Global, has filed a pair of motions seeking to dismiss President Donald Trump's $20 billion lawsuit against the news organization. The president filed the lawsuit in October 2024 accusing CBS News of aligning itself with "partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference." Trump was specifically referring to edits...
Top of the Ticker: Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst was honored at the Radio Television Digital News Association's 34th annual First Amendment Awards on Thursday night. In his acceptance speech, Yingst thanked the Palestinian journalists reporting on the situation in Gaza, calling them "brave," and adding: "[They have] risked, and often given their...
Hulu is a bringing a taste of Pakistani American culture and comedy to audiences. The streaming service premiered its new series, Deli Boys, this week. The half-hour show centers on a pair of Pakistani American brothers whose family owns a convenience store. When their magnate father unexpectedly dies, the two are forced to reckon with...
The Coca-Cola company has selected incumbent WPP and Publicis Groupe as finalists in a closed door review of its U.S. media business, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to ADWEEK. WPP has held the account since 2021, when it won The Coca-Cola Company's global business and launched a bespoke team called OpenX to...
Trips to the dentist can be stressful under the best of circumstances, whether you're a marathon man or a kid from Skid Row. But keeping regular dental appointments is a particularly big ask if you're among the 20% of the population who are sensory sensitive or neurodivergent. For those individuals, the lights, noises, and physical...
The Brutalist director Brady Corbet has made his advertising directorial debut with a trio of ads for Bloomberg Media. Fresh off his post-war epic, The Brutalist, winning three Oscars, Corbet directed "The Contextualist," the latest installment of Bloomberg Media's "Context Changes Everything" campaign created by agency Wieden+Kennedy New York. Corbet recently revealed on the "WTF...
Podcasts have long been a popular news and information source, and the various news networks--along with podcast companies like Wondery--have been steadily building their catalogues to meet the growing demand. However, a shift has emerged in the industry: Listeners also want to watch what they're listening to, which has resulted in podcasts transitioning from an...
Dan Amos will be the first to tell you that he never expected to become CEO when he joined Aflac as a sales rep in 1973. He was happy in sales, and good at it. When the supplemental-insurance giant offered him the presidency in 1983, taking that post actually meant a financial step down. "I...
Happy Friday to all who celebrate! Soon we will have more daylight and less sleep. Oh, the humanity. Which is better? Do we have to choose? In this week's edition of stories we didn't write up for one reason or another, we see the usual turnover at local stations. We also bring you one man's...
For years, right-wing political commentator Ben Shapiro has read out the standard 60-second host-read ad, plugging sponsors with the same no-frills efficiency on his podcast. But this year, his audience will hear something new: real-time answers verifying claims thanks to AI search engine, Perplexity. This isn't your typical ad placement. Instead of a scripted endorsement,...
Adtech firm LiveRamp will lay off 65 employees, representing approximately 5% of its full-time staff, the company confirmed in an SEC filing Thursday. "The restructuring," the company wrote, "is part of a broader strategic reprioritization to build a stronger, more profitable company by tightening our focus and simplifying and driving efficiency into our business processes."...
Fox News' The Five ascended to new heights on Wednesday evening as cable news' most-watched program broke crossed 5 million total viewers and 500,000 viewers in the Adults 25-54 demo. The Rachel Maddow Show continues to be MSNBC's most popular program in both measured categories, while an Anderson Cooper-less AC360 was the most-watched show on...
As Elon Musk's influence in Washington, D.C., continues to grow, large brands have restarted or bumped up ad spend on X, and five Democratic senators expressed concern that this trend is no coincidence. Sens. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), Cory Booker (N.J.), Adam Schiff (Calif.), Chris Van Hollen (Md.), and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) sent a letter to...
The April 5 deadline to decide TikTok's U.S. fate may not be set in stone. While speaking with reporters in the Oval Office on March 6, President Donald Trump indicated that he would extend the deadline for TikTok to find a U.S.-based buyer if a deal is not reached, reports The Hill. Trump noted that...
More and more people are watching video podcasts, and Wondery is evolving the way that they watch. In the wake of outlets like YouTube announcing massive podcast viewership to the tune of 1 billion monthly viewers for its content globally, Amazon-owned podcast and publisher network Wondery is revealing its strategy for moving the medium forward--as...
Lisa Washington has joined Tegna's Charlotte, N.C. NBC affiliate WCNC as a morning anchor. This is a move from within Tegna for Washington, who comes from WNEP in Scranton, Pennsylvania where she had worked for four years. Washington spent 12 years in Pennsylvania, working as an evening news anchor at WNEP and at KDKA in...
Veteran WABC anchor Bill Ritter is stepping away from the nightside anchor desk at the New York ABC owned station. "After more than 25 years anchoring Eyewitness News at 11, Bill Ritter is handing his 11 p.m. seat to Eyewitness News anchor Mike Marza," the station posted on social media. "But fear not, Bill will...
WLUK news director Juli Buehler has announced her retirement after 45 years. Buehler has been the ND at WLUK since 1995. "Juli has had a truly remarkable journey. Many strong journalists across the country have passed through here and have benefited from her involvement in their lives," said Jay Zollar, vice president and general manager...
Liquid Death, fresh off its first national Super Bowl ad, has signed a multi-year deal with this year's champions, the Philadelphia Eagles, to add the brand's iced teas to the concession lineup at the team's home stadium Lincoln Financial Field. The move comes as Liquid Death digs deeper into mainstream professional sports, via alliances and...
South by Southwest is where tech, culture, and creativity collide--but it isn't a marketing conference. The real value for marketers isn't just in the panels, but also in observing the cultural trends, making unexpected connections, and experiencing firsthand how brands are trying to capture attention. With SXSW 2025 kicking off, here's a roadmap to getting...
