Here Are the Cable News Ratings for September 2024
From a weather perspective, September is the transition from summer to autumn/fall. For many, this period of the calendar is the sweet spot weather-wise as the blistering temps of the summer have gone...
View ArticleHere’s the Third Quarter 2024 Cable News Report
Below are the cable news ratings for the third quarter of 2024. The period from July to the end of September was busy for news. Calls for President Joe Biden to step down as the Democratic nominee grew...
View ArticleSupreme Court Won’t Hear Appeal From Elon Musk’s X Platform Over Warrant in...
The Supreme Court said Monday that it won't hear an appeal from social media platform X over a search warrant prosecutors obtained in the election-interference case against former President Donald...
View ArticleCBS Rebukes Anchor Over Tense Interview With Ta-Nehisi Coates
CBS News Monday rebuked one of its star morning anchors, Tony Dokoupil, over an interview that he conducted last week with author Ta-Nehisi Coates, in which Dokoupil challenged Coates' views about the...
View ArticleIsrael-Hamas War Among Deadliest Conflicts for Journalists in Recent History
As of Oct. 7, 2024, the Committee to Protect Journalists' preliminary investigations showed that at least 128 journalists and media workers were among the more than 42,000 killed since the war began,...
View ArticleShams Charania Leaves The Athletic, Replaces Mentor-Turned-Rival Adrian...
Shams Charania is leaving The Athletic to join ESPN as its top National Basketball Association insider. Charania announced the news Monday on X to his more than 2.4 million followers, writing: "I am...
View ArticleSocial App Claim Raises $12m to Help Marketers Connect With Gen Z Shoppers
Claim, an app that helps shoppers find and use promotions at stores, has raised $12 million in Series A funding. The funding was led by VMG Technology and also includes previous investors Sequoia...
View ArticleSnapchat Begins Testing 2 New Ad Placements
Snap said Tuesday that it began testing two new placements for ads on the Snapchat platform: Sponsored Snaps and Promoted Places on Snap Map. "We're enhancing our ad offerings to meet Snapchatters...
View Article5 Questions For… Lawrence Jones
Guy Fieri might the self-styled expert on diners, drive-ins and dives, but Lawrence Jones could probably give that spiky-haired chef a run for his Donkey Sauce. The Fox & Friends co-host is a...
View ArticleHaley Clawson Leaving KESQ in Palm Springs After 8 Years
Chief meteorologist Haley Clawson is leaving Palm Springs ABC affiliate KESQ after eight years. "After much reflection, I've decided to step away from my role as Chief Meteorologist at News Channel 3,"...
View ArticleWOIO Reporter Winnie Dortch Shot in Domestic Incident
WOIO reporter Winnie Dortch was shot early Monday morning in a domestic incident where a man was killed. Lakewood, Ohio police said that just before 8 a.m. Monday, a person called to report two people...
View ArticleHouston Station Evacuated After Suspicious Package Found
Houston CBS station KHOU was forced to evacuate last night because of a suspicious package sent to another tenant in its building. According to police, an officer heard a vibrating sound when they...
View ArticleHearst, OpenAI—Flush With Cash—Strike Content Deal
OpenAI struck a content partnership deal with Hearst, one of the largest newspaper and magazine holding groups in the country, the companies said Tuesday. (Axios) The collaboration spans over 20...
View ArticleWalmart Reveals How It’s Using Gen AI and Augmented Reality to Change Shopping
Walmart is using new types of artificial intelligence, generative AI, and immersive commerce in its stores. The new technology is part of Walmart's broader "adaptive retail" strategy aimed at...
View ArticleUS Says It’s Weighing Google Breakup as Monopoly Case Remedy
The U.S. Department of Justice told a federal judge it is considering recommending that Google be forced to sell off parts of its operations to alleviate the harm caused by its monopolization of the...
View ArticleAdtech Firms Invested Millions In the Cookieless Future, ROI Remains Slow to...
For four years, adtech firms have been preparing for Google's deprecation of the third-party cookies that power the programmatic advertising ecosystem. But companies are still waiting to get returns on...
View ArticleSquarespace’s Latest Artistic Collab Is With Jeff Koons
The work of celebrated artist Jeff Koons has spread to the far corners of the world, including a recent sports-themed group show pegged to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris and solo exhibits in Italy,...
View ArticleAs Qantas Brand Struggles at Home, It Seeks a Lift Abroad
Qantas Airways has long called itself the "spirit of Australia," and its brand is intertwined with the nation's identity. Now it's hoping to translate that equity internationally through its most...
View ArticleTampa Reporter Talks About Covering Hurricanes, ‘Crazy Preparations’
With Hurricane Milton bearing down on Florida, former KWTV reporter Anjelicia Bruton spoke with her former station about what its like covering hurricanes. "This past week's been just like crazy...
View ArticleFCC: Florida Health Officials Demand to Remove Pro-Abortion Ad ‘Undermines...
The FCC has responded to the Florida State Department of Health after it sent a cease and desist letter to Tampa station WFLA and also WCJB in Gainesville demanding they stop airing an abortion rights...
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