Exclusive: MSNBC’s Eugene Daniels to Give Commencement Speech at Alma Mater
Just like Rodney Dangerfield, Eugene Daniels is heading back to school. TVNewser can exclusive reveal that the former White House correspondent for Politico and MSNBC's newly-announced senior Washington correspondent is the commencement speaker for 2025's graduating class at Colorado State University. It's a homecoming for Daniels, who graduated from CSU in 2012 with a B.A....
Sid Lee Promotes Marie-Lise Campeau to Global CEO
Marie-Lise Campeau, who has been global chief operating officer at creative agency Sid Lee since last October, has been promoted to global CEO. She succeeds Patrick McDaniel, who had been serving as interim CEO since October. Campeau's return to Sid Lee last year came after nearly five years with Ogilvy, where she rose to president...
WPP Makes Next Big AI Bet With Investment in Stability AI
WPP is deepening its artificial intelligence toolset and making a strategic move into generative AI with a stake in Stability AI. The holding company's investment in Stability AI is meant to deepen access its advanced AI models for creating images, videos, 3D designs, and audio. In return, Stability AI will benefit from WPP's marketing expertise...
Disney Announces Layoffs at ABC News and Disney Entertainment Networks
The Walt Disney Company announced layoffs on Wednesday at ABC News Group and Disney Entertainment Network. According to sources familiar with the matter, the cuts will impact nearly 200 employees or less than 6% of total staff, with the majority coming from ABC News' New York-based team. The Wall Street Journal first reported news of...
A+E Networks Reveals New Name and Rebrands Ad Sales Team
With its new name, A+E officially says, "Hello, world!" Today, slightly ahead of the company's virtual upfront event, A+E Networks announced it's changing its name to A+E Global Media. According to the company, the name better reflects its worldwide portfolio of brands and capabilities, including its more than 70,000 assets across long-form and short-form and...
T-Mobile Snags Location-Based Ad Firm Blis for $175M, Boosting Adtech Stack
Telecoms giant T-Mobile on Wednesday announced that it closed a deal on Monday to acquire Blis, an adtech company specializing in location-based advertising, for approximately $175 million in cash. Blis' technology forgoes identifiers like third-party cookies and relies on privacy-conscious tools for ad targeting based on location data. T-Mobile believes the company's capabilities will complement...
Start Preparing Now for a Potential Ban on Pharma TV Ads
For the advertising industry in the United States, few regulatory changes have the potential to be as seismic as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s proposal to ban pharmaceutical advertising from television. As the new secretary of health and human services settles into his role, all eyes will be on whether the advertising industry faces a shift...
12 creative campaigns to know about today
Among the notable campaigns for March 5: Skims’ giant Kim Kardashian balloon in Times Square and Flower Shop’s amped-up C4 Energy ad.
New Evidence May Be Released in Case of Missing Iowa Anchor
The cold case involving the disappearance of Iowa news anchor Jodi Huisentruit may get new life depending on what a judge in Cerro Gordo, Iowa decides. Huisentruit went missing nearly 30 years ago when she was 27. On Monday a judge heard arguments to unseal a 2017 search warrant of two cars belonging to a...
Google Pushes Trump DOJ to Pull Back Calls to Break Up Company
Google is hoping that a change in regime leads to a change in its perception as an illegal monopoly in the online search sector by regulators in Washington, D.C. Sources familiar with the discussions told Bloomberg that Google representatives met with the Department of Justice last week and urged the DOJ to rescind its push...
