Nicole Shanahan Offered $500K to WaPo Reporter to Share Sources, Be a...
Nicole Shanahan, former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate, offered $500,000 to a Washington Post journalist to be a "whistleblower" against her political enemies....
View ArticlePerplexity CEO Speaks at News Corp. Event Days After Lawsuit
On Monday, News Corp. filed a lawsuit against artificial intelligence firm Perplexity, arguing that the AI-generated search company infringed on its copyrights by ingesting its work and repackaging it...
View ArticleWeek of Oct. 14 Ratings: Cable News, Morning Shows, Evening Newscasts
Fox News' Bret Baier's interview with Vice President Kamala Harris was no match for an active sports week that included the National Football League, college football, and Major League Baseball's...
View ArticleFox Announces Major Ad Sales Restructure
Jeff Collins, Fox's president of advertising, sales, marketing, and brand partnerships, announced that the company is implementing a strategic ad sales team restructure to strengthen its advertiser...
View ArticleCNN’s Clarissa Ward: I Was Captured by Gun-Toting Militia in Darfur
We had come to Darfur to report on the world's worst humanitarian crisis, never intending to become part of the story. But months of planning came apart in moments when we were detained by a militia...
View ArticleIsrael Names Al Jazeera Reporters as Gaza Militants, Network Condemns...
The Israeli military Wednesday named six Palestinians in Gaza as Al Jazeera reporters who it said were also members of the Hamas or Islamic Jihad militant groups--an allegation the Qatari network...
View ArticlePress Forward Presses Pause on St. Louis Argus Grant
Press Forward, the national initiative that awarded $100,000 to the St. Louis Argus, said it "paused payment" on the grant while it looks into allegations that the newspaper has helped itself to the...
View ArticleAllbritton Journalism Institute Names CRO, Brings Ads to Notus
Nonprofit Allbritton Journalism Institute, which houses nonprofit political newsroom Notus, named media executive Brad Bosserman as chief revenue officer of both operations Thursday. (ADWEEK)
View ArticlePlayboy Rejects Cooper Hefner’s $100M Offer to Buy Company
Playboy has no interest in selling to Hugh Hefner's son--at least, not for his offering price. Playboy Group said Thursday that its board unanimously rejected Cooper Hefner's "unsolicited" $100 million...
View ArticlePerplexity Blasts Media as ‘Adversarial’ in Response to Copyright Lawsuit
Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity, which offers an AI search engine, published a blog post Thursday pushing back on News Corp.'s lawsuit against the company. (The Verge) In the post,...
View ArticleHarris Town Hall Nets CNN More Than 3M Viewers
Harris' CNN town hall Wednesday night was the most-watched program of the evening among all the cable networks, with 3.334 million total viewers, and it finished second in the adults 25-through-54...
View ArticleTwo More LA Times Editorial Writers Quit Over ‘Chickens—’ Owner’s Block of...
The Los Angeles Times lost two more longtime editorial writers, the latest in a growing exodus to protest owner Patrick Soon-Shiong's interference with the paper's planned endorsement of Vice President...
View ArticleRevolving Door: Instagram, Skydance, Telemundo Studios, CBS News
Jake O'Leary joined Instagram as global head of marketing, Meta confirmed to ADWEEK. He will lead marketing for the Instagram application, Instagram's creators, and Threads. (ADWEEK) Former Netflix...
View ArticleHallmark Hit With Age Discrimination Lawsuit
Hallmark executive vice president of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly told her staff she did not want to cast "old people," saying they did not fit with her image for the channel, a new age...
View ArticleWell-Known Cambodian Investigative Journalist Released on Bail
Mech Dara, one of Cambodia's most prominent journalists, known for exposing the country's billion-dollar scam industry, was released on bail after a video of him apologizing to the country's leaders...
View ArticleColumbia Sportswear Appoints adam&eveDDB as Global AOR
Global outdoor apparel and equipment brand Columbia Sportswear Company has appointed a new creative agency partner for the Columbia brand in adam&eveDDB. The agency will work with the company's new...
View ArticleDoug Lezette Promoted to WJAR News Director
Doug Lezette has been named the new news director at Providence, Rhode Island NBC affiliate WJAR. Lezette has been the assistant news director since 2011. He's worked as a news director in Springfield,...
View ArticleGoogle and Microsoft Execs On AI Literacy and Responsible Use
According to Sarah Kennedy, vp of global demand and growth marketing at Google Cloud, "we are in the middle of a revolution" when it comes to the possibilities of AI in marketing. But as corporate AI...
View ArticleHere’s the Roundup for the Week Ending October 25
Happy Friday to all who celebrate! In this week's edition of stories we didn't write up for one reason or another, we see former CBS Newser Jeff Glor may be heading to Buffalo, while an anchor who...
View ArticleMatt MacDonald to Depart BBDO NY
BBDO New York chief creative officer Matt MacDonald is leaving the agency, ADWEEK has learned. A BBDO spokesperson confirmed his departure and said MacDonald had a "great opportunity he couldn't turn...
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