Electric Vehicle Brands Want to Move Beyond Politics—and Range Anxiety
Electric vehicles aren't just for climate nerds. That was the underlying message of this year's Electrify Expo, a multi-city event promoting electric cars, bikes, motorcycles, and other battery-powered...
View ArticleAnswerLab Taps Former Huge Global President as CEO
User experience (UX) research firm AnswerLab has appointed Megan Malli as its new chief executive officer (CEO). Malli joins from digital agency Huge, where she was global president. She assumes the...
View ArticleBehind The Scenes With The YouTube Family Convincing Your Kids To Eat Veggies
The year was 2020 and while the rest of the world was grappling with a global pandemic, YouTube was having quite the year. The video platform saw the biggest growth in usage out of all the social media...
View ArticleLululemon Taps Google’s Brandon Viney as North America Brand Creative Director
Brandon Viney joined athleisure giant Lululemon as vp, North America brand creative director. Viney spent nearly six years as Google's group creative director, leading its in-house Google Brand Studio...
View ArticleTicker: Scripps News Reveals New Streaming Schedule As 24/7 Channel Goes Dark
Top of the Ticker: Scripps News announced its new streaming schedule as the 24/7 news network sunsets tonight. Beginning Nov. 18, the outlet will offer live weekday programming between 7 a.m. and 6...
View ArticleWhy Martin Scorsese Put His Faith in Fox Nation
Cinephile eyebrows were raised earlier this year when Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese announced that he'd partnering with Fox News Media's streaming service, Fox Nation, for his new TV venture,...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Christmas Light Show is an Ode to Spontaneous Drive-Thru Dinners
When you're hungry on the road, the warm yellow glow of McDonald's arches can feel like a beacon of hope to your rumbling stomach. That's the feeling McDonald's is trying to capture in the festive...
View ArticleThe Heartfelt Rewards of Adoption from Foster Care are Highlighted in New PSAs
Fostering a child is never easy, especially through the teenage years, but a new series of public service announcements from The Ad Council highlight the rewards of caring and love as foster parents....
View ArticleBrand Strategy Firm Fazer Names Craig Bagno Head of Strategic Integration
Fazer, a brand strategy firm, has appointed strategy veteran Craig Bagno as head of strategic integration, a newly created role at the agency. Bagno will lead Fazer's strategic development and...
View ArticleLance Allan to Join WDJT in Milwaukee as Sports Director
Lance Allan will join Milwaukee, Wisconsin CBS affiliate WDJT as sports director. Allan worked at WTMJ in Milwaukee until August. "I am excited to join CBS 58 and continue to share my passion for...
View ArticleGray Announces Retirement of Three Local GMs
Gray Media, which has recently laid off staff and started consolidating local stations, has announced the retirements of three station general managers. In Presque Isle, Maine, Kelly Landeen is...
View ArticleNew Details and Controversy Accompany Morning Joe’s Meeting With Donald Trump
The Morning Joe team kick-started their own news cycle on Monday when co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski revealed that they'd booked a private sit-down interview with Donald Trump over the...
View ArticleShamrock Capital Invests in Experiential Agency DE-YAN
Shamrock Capital has invested in global experiential consultancy DE-YAN. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Los Angeles-based private equity firm Shamrock, which also owns ADWEEK, focuses on...
View ArticleGoogle Updates Its Site Reputation Abuse Policy, Upending Publisher Affiliate...
Google issued a critical update to its Site Reputation Abuse policy on Tuesday, the culmination of a monthslong effort from the search platform to close a loophole that publishers had been using for...
View ArticleThe Metaverse’s Rise and Fall in 5 Charts
Just over three years ago, Facebook, Inc. changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. The idea, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg explained at the time, was to usher in a new era of the internet where...
View ArticleDEI Has Been Politicized. But Politics Was Never the Point
In 2023, NHL policy around sanctioned Pride jerseys was reconsidered because seven players--less than 1% of NHL players--publicly refused wearing them. Circumstances like these aren't representative of...
View ArticleWhy Pepsi Hijacked McDonald’s and Wendy’s Soda Cups
No drink accompanies a cheesy, fatty burger quite like an ice-cold sip of fizzy cola. But since fast-food restaurants are just another battleground in the cola wars, they typically only offer one...
View ArticleWeek of Nov. 11 Cable News Ratings: Fox News Wins the Week, but Still Loses...
This is TVNewser's basic cable network ranker and cable news report for the week of Nov. 11, 2024. The viewership wave that followed President-elect Donald Trump's Election Night victory greatly...
View ArticleHow Coca-Cola’s AI Holiday Ad Went From Praise To Rage
Initially, Coca-Cola's AI-powered remake of its 1995 commercial, "Holidays Are Coming," seemed to be well received. System1, which tests emotional responses to ads, found an "overwhelmingly positive"...
View ArticleMSNBC to Split From NBC News Following Comcast Cable Break-Up
Comcast to MSNBC: It's not us, it's you. NBCUniversal News Group's parent company unveiled an ambitious plan on Wednesday that would spin many of its struggling cable networks off into a separate...
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