Revolving Door Roundup: Catherine Rampell Joins MSNBC’s The Weekend
Roundtable Addition: Catherine Rampell is joining MSNBC as co-host of The Weekend's 6 p.m. ET show. Formerly a Washington Post opinion columnist, Rampell joins Ayman Mohyeldin and a soon-to-be-announced third co-host on the roundtable show franchise, which will have two airings on Saturdays and Sundays when it launches in April. Jonathan Capehart, Eugene Daniels, and...
CBS Miami to Unveil AR/VR Studio for Sports and Weather
CBS Miami (WFOR) will unveil a state-of-the-art augmented reality/virtual reality studio on March 16 at 7:30 p.m. ET. The station group said the studio will redefine how sports and weather are reported in the market. Sports anchor Mike Cugno will introduce the cutting-edge technology, marking a new chapter in broadcast journalism. Later that evening, at...
Michael Wolff Claims to Have Been Banned From News Networks Over Latest Trump Book
Writer and journalist Michael Wolff has written three bestselling books about President Donald Trump that were extensively covered by the major news networks. He recently released his fourth book All or Nothing: How Trump Recaptured America, which would also seem poised to generate a new round of headlines and media appearances. But in a guest...
Hinge Is Bucking Dating App Burnout With Marketing That Caters to Gen Z
A couple sits side-by-side in a diner booth, recounting how they met. Strangely enough, they were neighbors growing up--"I had a hundred chances to say hi to him," the woman recalls--yet they didn't meet until matching on Hinge. While the scene could be lifted from a romantic comedy, its a true story shared by the...
Inside Dogfish Head’s Grateful Dead partnership
Dogfish Head’s Grateful Dead Juicy Pale Ale debuts as Deadhead culture lives on in brand collabs.
Podcasting and Influencers Are on a Collision Course—Who Will Win?
At this point, many stories have been written about Spotify's bid to steal a piece of the video podcasting pie away from YouTube, as well as podcast star Alex Cooper's subsequent move to make her video content only available on YouTube. It's clear that online video is the next battleground. Few have truly reckoned with...
Why CTV Ad Buyers Are Still Skeptical About Generative AI
Connected TV (CTV) advertisers aren't sold on generative AI just yet. While some brands are experimenting with AI-powered creative and optimization tools, ad buyers remain wary of handing over full control of their media buys to algorithms--especially for high-profile, national campaigns. At a roundtable chat at CTV Connect in New York City on Thursday, ad...
Analysis: Can MSNBC Afford to Have Rachel Maddow Return to a Monday-Only Schedule?
We've reached the midpoint of President Donald Trump's first 100 days in the Oval Office. That's also the midpoint for Rachel Maddow's return to a Monday through Friday schedule on MSNBC. In that time, Maddow has given MSNBC a ratings boost, fueling the network to double-digit growth in primetime and total day. MSNBC suffered a...
WKYC News Director Jonathan Adkins Leaving the Cleveland Station
WKYC news director Jonathan Adkins is leaving the Tegna owned Cleveland NBC affiliate after 16 years there. Before being named news director in 2023, Adkins had been the station's news content director since 2018. On Monday, Tegna announced that John Trevino was taking over leadership of the station and would replace Micki Byrnes who is...
After Axing Fact-Checkers, Meta’s Community Notes Will Have Help From X
Meta will begin testing its Community Notes feature--a crowdsourcing approach to content moderation that invites users to add context to posts and rate other users' notes--on Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, beginning on March 18, the company said. The regime not only mimics X's Community Notes, originally launched in 2019 under the name Birdwatch, but will...
