WPP Files Legal Protest Against U.S. Government for Awarding...
The seemingly endless fight over the U.S. Army's advertising business has taken yet another turn as WPP joined IPG and McCann Worldgroup in contesting the government's November decision to award the...
View ArticleCBS and Nielsen End Standoff, Reach New Measurement Agreement
CBS and Nielsen's bitter face-off over a new measurement deal is finally over. On Friday night, the companies reached a new deal for Nielsen national, digital and local audience measurement. In the...
View ArticleMegyn Kelly Officially Exits NBC News
In January 2017, when Megyn Kelly opted to leave her longtime Fox News home and accept a three-year, $69 million megadeal from NBC News, many industry observers doubted that NBC and Kelly would be a...
View Article7 TV News Titans Who It Turns Out Were Not Too Big to Fail
Over the last 15 years, TVNewser has documented the downfall of some of the most high-profile TV news personalities--journalism professionals who had been welcomed into homes day after day for years,...
View ArticleWhy Privacy Standards Need to Catch Up With the Rapidly Advancing Internet of...
In his day job, Peter Bihr is a strategic consultant who provides big tech companies and the occasional government with policy work, research and product advice around Internet of Things (IoT)...
View ArticleBrand Safety Is More Than Just a Programmatic Problem. It Plagues Paid...
Mention the term "brand safety" to those with a cursory knowledge of how online advertising works and it conjures images of content farmers fueling ad networks to game the convoluted programmatic...
View ArticleHow a Cable News Blog Turned Into a Top Source for the Highs and Lows of...
Television news matters. The networks should be monitored, scrutinized, criticized and applauded when appropriate. And all of the scrutiny makes TV news better. That was the simple idea behind the...
View ArticleThese 30 TV Newsers Fueled the Industry’s Incredible Evolution Over the Past...
On Jan. 1, 2004, a Towson University college freshman named Brian Stelter (now chief media correspondent for CNN Worldwide and anchor of Reliable Sources) launched a potent little blog about the TV...
View ArticleRobin Roberts and Diane Sawyer Open Up About Making Morning TV History
In 2005, one year after the launch of TVNewser (now owned by Adweek), morning news history was made when Robin Roberts joined Diane Sawyer as anchor of ABC's Good Morning America. It marked the first...
View ArticleHow Barbara Walters, Adweek’s TV News Legend, Changed the Industry ‘Forever’
Barbara Walters reinvented TV news during her five decades in the business. In 1974, she became the first female co-host of an American news program on Today (though she had already been doing the job...
View ArticleDoubleVerify Buys Leiki in Effort to Protect Brands From Awkward Advertising...
The concept of brand safety is one that members of the public are now largely aware of, with articles in mainstream press publicizing how ad tech can lead to blue-chip brands appearing alongside...
View ArticleSkittles’ Big Play on Super Bowl Sunday Will Be … an Actual Play
Until recently, the toughest Broadway theater ticket to come by was Hamilton, the 2015 hip-hop musical celebrating the travails and triumphs of founding father Alexander Hamilton. These days, 300 bucks...
View ArticleNBCUniversal Will Roll Out an Ad-Supported OTT Service Next Year, Overseen by...
The direct-to-consumer landscape was already set to get even more crowded this year, with new offerings from Disney, AT&T and Apple joining the fray. Now yet another big media company is ready to...
View ArticlePayPal Hires Apple Vet Allison Johnson as Its First CMO in 6 Years
PayPal is adding a major player to its marketing department: Today, the company announced the hiring of Allison Johnson as CMO and executive vice president. The brand has been without a CMO since 2013....
View ArticleOn the Adweek Podcast: Tomorrow’s Tech, as Seen at CES
We're back, baby! The tech team have been busy at CES this past week, and they're ready to share the big trends coming out of the Las Vegas Convention Center. On this week's episode of the Adweek...
View ArticlePinterest’s 2018 Diversity Report Followed the Common Theme of Progress, More...
Pinterest released its annual diversity report for 2018 Monday, and it followed the same theme as similar endeavors from other tech companies: We've made progress, but "we still have a long way to go."...
View ArticleHow Production Companies Are Taking a Bite Out of Agency Business
It's no secret that holding companies have their backs up against the wall as MDC Partners is up for sale and WPP is mashing agencies together left and right in order to survive and hopefully flourish...
View ArticleCampbell’s Chicken Noodle Got Its Name From a Flubbed Radio Show Line
Food companies usually have the R&D department to thank for a product that wins its way into American stomachs. In the case of Campbell's Chicken Noodle soup, the thanks must also go a radio actor...
View ArticleInfographic: Influencers Are Getting Brands More Sales Than Celebrities Are
Influencers have been a hot topic among marketers for years now, but using them has translated to more than just social engagement for brands, according to new data from consumer intelligence research...
View ArticleThis Musician Found a Community of Fans on Reddit. Now, He Leads Brand...
As a musician, Will Cady knows just how hard it can be to attract an audience. But on Reddit, Cady found himself a thriving community of fans who not only listened to and shared his music, but even...
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