NBCU Parent Comcast Explores Spinning Off Cable Networks
The numbers $1.9 billion -- The final total for Paris Olympics revenue for Comcast and NBCUniversal. $1.4 billion -- The record-setting revenue from Olympics ad sales. $300 million+ -- The Olympics revenue, specifically from Peacock. 36 million -- Peacock's total subscribers after the Olympics and NFL boost. $436 million -- Peacock's losses in third-quarter revenue,...
No Charges for Missouri Senate Candidate After Reporter Injured at Campaign Event
Missouri Democratic Senate candidate Lucas Kunce won't be charged after KSHB reporter Ryan Gamboa was injured by flyaway metal during a campaign event at a shooting range. Clinton County Sheriff Larry Fish in a Monday report said there was no "ill intent" by Kunce or other shooters at the October 22 event on a private...
How Meta is Using Experiential Marketing to Bring its Products to Life
Innovation and experimentation are key to creating brand experiences that resonate with audiences, according to Lindsay Hegleman, director of global experiences at Meta. "Brands should be open to testing and learning as well," she said. Hegleman oversees Meta's experiential marketing strategy, bringing its products and services to life at both its own events and those...
Meta Beats Revenue Expectations Amid AI Push, But Ad Sales Growth Slows
Meta reported weaker-than-expected user numbers and warned of a significant acceleration in its infrastructure expenses in 2025 in its third-quarter earnings report Wednesday. (CNBC) By the numbers, 96% is the portion of Meta's third-quarter revenue driven by ad sales. This is a slight dip from the second quarter, when advertising accounted for 97% of its...
Haiti, Israel Top CPJ List of Countries Where Journalist Murders Go Unpunished
Two small nations with outsized levels of impunity--Haiti and Israel--are the world's top offenders in allowing the murderers of journalists to go unpunished. (CPJ) According to the Committee to Protect Journalists' 2024 Global Impunity Index, released Wednesday, Somalia, Syria, and South Sudan round up the list of the top five countries allowing journalists' killers to...
Watch Mint Mobile pitch new kids’ plan with a mini Ryan Reynolds
Mint Mobile has launched its first phone plan for kids.
Roku Q3 First to Exceed $1B Revenue, Stops Reporting Number of Streaming Households
Roku beat Wall Street estimates for third-quarter revenue Wednesday, driven by higher advertising sales on its platform. (Reuters) For the third quarter, Roku reported streaming households of 85.5 million, a net increase of 2 million from the second quarter and up 13% year over year. (Variety) In its quarterly letter to shareholders, the company signaled...
Week of Oct. 21 Ratings: Cable News, Morning Shows, Evening Newscasts
With the presidential election two weeks away, the big three cable news networks focused on politics and were rewarded with high viewership. CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC were all up in both measured categories across both dayparts. (TVNewser) ABC News' Good Morning America maintained its status as America's No. 1 morning show for the new...
Disney to Become New Home of Grammy Telecast Under 10-Year Global Deal
The Grammy Awards are headed from CBS to Disney in a historic streaming deal. After CBS served as the Grammys' broadcast home for 54 consecutive years when accounting for the upcoming 2025 and 2026 ceremonies, the awards will move to Disney beginning in 2027. (TheWrap) The Recording Academy and Disney entered into an agreement that...
Top NJ Newspapers Will End Print Editions, One Will Close
New Jersey's biggest newspaper, The Star-Ledger, said Wednesday that it will stop publishing its print edition in February amid rising costs and slumping demand for print. (NY Post) The shuttering of The Star-Ledger's printing plant will cause its sister publication, The Jersey Journal--a Jersey City-based newspaper with a storied, 157-year history--to cease publication altogether. (NYT)
