Luke Lyddon Leaving Local TV for Family Business
KPNX sports reporter Luke Lyddon is leaving the Phoenix NBC affiliate. "After much thought and reflection, I've decided to embark on a new chapter in my career," he wrote on social media. "Now, I'm...
View ArticleGlobal Witness Campaign Uncovers the True Price of Gas in a Record-Heat Summer
Summer 2024 was officially the Northern Hemisphere's hottest on record, according to a recent government study. In collaboration with Global Witness, an NGO that works to break the links between...
View ArticleGo Behind the Scenes of CBS News’ Walz/Vance Debate
TVNewser road tripped to Philadelphia to see Vice President Kamala Harris debate former President Donald Trump on ABC News last month. CBS News kicked off October by thoughtfully bringing both...
View ArticleMercedes-Benz Is Redefining Luxury for Younger Generations
In this episode of The Speed of Culture podcast, Suzy founder and host Matt Britton chats with Melody Lee, chief marketing officer at Mercedes-Benz USA. Lee shares insights on navigating the post-Covid...
View ArticleDiamond Sports Looks to Drop 11 MLB Teams From Bally Sports Regional Networks
Diamond Sports--owner of the Bally Sports-branded regional sports networks--said Wednesday that it plans to drop all Major League Baseball teams from its channels except for the Atlanta Braves. (CNBC)...
View ArticleCharter Spectrum Cuts Carriage Deal With NBCUniversal, Adding Peacock to Pay...
Charter Spectrum cut a new carriage deal with NBCUniversal, one that will bring its Peacock streaming service to the pay TV giant's TV customers at no extra charge. (THR) The deal comes after Charter...
View ArticleWeek of Sept. 23 Ratings: Cable News, Morning Shows, Evening Newscasts
The last full week of September saw Fox News continue to dominate in primetime and total day, while also posting week-to-week audience losses in total viewers and adults 25 through 54 during both...
View Article4 Russian Journalists Accused of Working for a Navalny Group Go on Trial in...
Four Russian journalists went on trial in Moscow Wednesday on charges of involvement in an "extremist" group after authorities accused them of working for the banned organization of late dissident...
View ArticleABC News to Cut 75 Staffers
Approximately 75 staffers in Disney's ABC News and local-station operations will be laid off, part of a series of moves across the large media conglomerate that aim to cut costs amid a difficult...
View ArticleVP Debate Draws 43M Viewers, Down 25% From 2020
The vice presidential debate between Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz drew 43.1 million viewers Tuesday night, significantly fewer than the face-off between the vp candidates in...
View ArticleHome Depot Launches Self-Service Ads Platform, Orange Access
The Home Depot's ads business, named Orange Apron Media, has launched a self-service platform that lets advertisers buy ads that run on The Home Depot's ecommerce site and on other publishers'...
View ArticleSinclair 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...
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