Sinclair Partners to Launch Immersive News App for Apple Vision Pro
Sinclair's NewsON and Mindgrub have announced a collaboration to launch an Apple Vision Pro app for NewsON. This is Sinclair's first foray into spatial computing specifically for local news delivery,...
View ArticleMeow Wolf Opens in Houston With a Trippy Campaign
For a heaping helping of mind-bending marketing, look no further than art collective Meow Wolf. That's both a broad and a specific statement, with the growing entertainment company providing the latest...
View ArticleLeigh Spann Leaving WFLA. Tampa Station Hosts 5K to Say Goodbye
WFLA meteorologist Leigh Spann is leaving the Tampa NBC affiliate after 17 years. She announced her departure last month. Spann joined the station in 2007. She told viewers she didn't come to the...
View ArticleWSJ CEO Almar Latour Has Made a Year of Industry Turmoil a Banner Success
How the Netherlands native came to America, rose up the ranks, delivered results, and leveraged The Wall Street Journal's resources to free Evan Gershkovich. (Poynter)
View ArticleNFL in Talks With Ellison’s Skydance, RedBird About Deals
The National Football League is in talks with David Ellison's Skydance Media and one of his major investors, RedBird Capital Partners, that could result in some of the league's media assets changing...
View ArticlePublisher Traffic Spiked Thanks to Google’s Gen AI Overview Tweaks as Ad...
Google's artificial-intelligence-generated search, AI Overview, is boosting publisher traffic thanks to a new feature that embeds direct links within the text, according to the tech giant, which held a...
View ArticleTanzania News Sites Banned Over Animation Deemed Critical of President
Three of Tanzania's leading newspapers were banned from publishing their online editions after they ran an animation deemed critical of President Samia Suluhu Hassan. (BBC News) The advert--published...
View ArticleReuters Withdraws Articles on Anti-Doping Agency After Arranging Masters Golf...
Reuters withdrew two doping-related news stories after learning that one of the news organization's employees helped arrange for an official to get a media credential to see The Masters golf tournament...
View ArticleCNN Says Melania Trump Publisher Asked for $250K Fee in Response to Interview...
Nearly two months ago, CNN reached out to Melania Trump's book publisher, Skyhorse Publishing, to request an interview with the former first lady ahead of her upcoming memoir. After several exchanges...
View ArticleParamount Sued by Former Employee for Violating WARN Law During September...
Paramount Global was sued by a former employee for violating New York's WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) Act during layoffs that occurred in September, which stripped more than 300...
View ArticleMarketing Morsels: Roku, Uber Direct, Squarespace & More
Roku Roku launched its new "Less Screaming. More Streaming." ad campaign centered around common consumer frustrations of streaming and watching TV at home. Whether it's searching for a lost remote,...
View ArticleJericka Duncan to Anchor CBS Weekend News on Saturday
CBS News announced on Friday that Jericka Duncan will now helm the Saturday edition of the CBS Weekend News. Duncan was already the anchor of the Sunday evening edition of the news broadcast. News of...
View ArticleHere’s the Roundup for the Week Ending October 4
Happy Friday to all who celebrate! In this week's news I didn't write up for one reason or another, we see a couple of political stories where a local journalist asks the hard questions and a longtime...
View ArticleToyota Is the Latest Brand To U-Turn on DEI Initiatives
Toyota is the latest major brand to pump the brakes on its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts. As per an internal memo seen by Bloomberg, the car brand emailed around 50,000 employees and...
View ArticleHonda’s Reverse Poem About Failure Is an Ode to F1 Legends
Honda literally flips the script on a poem about failure in an emotional brand campaign about Formula 1 drivers that includes a partnership with Netflix. "Unstoppable Dreams," created by independent...
View ArticleRevolving Door Roster Updates: Betty, Dentsu, Sid Lee & More
AF&G AFG& (Avrett Free Ginsberg) has promoted two leaders from within its ranks. Dawn Terrazas assumes the role of president of North America and LATAM and Amy Adams assumes the role of...
View ArticlePerplexity Is Referring Modest Traffic to Publishers, Even to Those Who Try...
Publishers are starting to see referral traffic from AI search engine Perplexity, according to data from three sources. The New York Times, The Guardian, and Forbes are all seeing traffic referrals,...
View ArticleIt’s All ‘Smiles’ Following Gut New York’s First Campaign for Heinz
Gut New York's first campaign for Heinz was a messy one--in a good way. Kraft Heinz in-house agency The Kitchen also provided support for "Heinz Smiles," consisting of three ads in which fans of Heinz...
View ArticleWBD Ad Sales Chief Jon Steinlauf Exits
After more than three decades, Jon Steinlauf is exiting Warner Bros. Discovery. Bruce Campbell, the company's chief revenue and strategy officer, made the announcement Friday in a note to staff, saying...
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