Chuck Goudie to Join NBC Chicago as Investigative Reporter
Chuck Goudie will join the investigative team for NBC 5 Chicago (WMAQ) beginning Monday, February 10 He left WLS in December after nearly 45 years on the air at the Chicago ABC owned station. Goudie will join the 'NBC 5 Investigates' team which features Bennett Haeberle along with veteran producers Katy Smyser and Lisa Capitanini....
NBC News and Other Outlets to Lose Pentagon Office Space
A number of news organizations--including NBC News, The New York Times, and NPR--were informed on Friday that they would be losing office space at the Pentagon. Those changes are part of a new annual media rotation program announced by the Department of Defense. Going into effect on Feb. 14, the program will see NBC and...
Sinclair Head of Programming Dave Howitt to Retire After 48 Years in Broadcasting
Sinclair senior vice president of programming Dave Howitt will retire on March 31. Howitt has worked for more 30 of his 48 years in television at Sinclair. He was responsible for the acquisition of syndicated programming and program scheduling, overseeing syndicated programming efforts for 43 markets and 90 stations. "I've had the privilege of working...
Paramount and Nielsen End Dispute, Agree to Multiyear Deal
The standoff is over. Today, Paramount and Nielsen revealed they've signed a new, multiyear deal for data and measurement, effective immediately. Karthik Rao, Nielsen CEO, and George Cheeks, president and CEO, CBS and co-CEO, Paramount Global, announced the news, which officially ends a contract dispute that had been going on since late last year. The...
Eager to Test Threads, Marketers Are Undeterred By Meta’s Brand Safety Roll Back
A year and a half after its debut, Meta's text-based social platform Threads is testing its first-ever ads with "a handful" of brands in the U.S. and Japan, according to Instagram head Adam Mosseri. Ads will appear as image posts sprinkled throughout the home feed and will only appear for "a small percentage of people,"...
BDG Faces Lawsuit for $2.7M In Unpaid Rent and Damages
The digital media company Bustle Digital Group, which owns editorial titles including Bustle, Nylon, Inverse, and Elite Daily, was sued last week for nearly $3 million in unpaid rent and related damages by the real estate firm Columbia Property Trust. BDG stopped paying rent on its 315 Park Avenue South property in October 2023, racking...
How Marketers Are Bracing for Trump’s Tariffs
President Donald Trump's stiff 25% import tariffs imposed on Canada and Mexico over the weekend--plus a 10% tariff on Chinese goods--has already triggered counter-tariffs, trade wars, and threats of legal cases. Mexico's tariffs have been delayed by one month, Bloomberg reported. For marketers whose brands want to continue doing business with the U.S.'s three major...
Why We Should Remember that Twenty Years Ago, the Home of the Super Bowl was a Human Rights Catastrophe
For football fans curious to know the history of New Orleans' Caesars Superdome--which will host Super Bowl 59 on Sunday--its homepage features an interactive timeline brimming with trivia. Beyonce, the Rolling Stones, and Taylor Swift have packed the Superdome's seats. Muhammad Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard have boxed beneath its dome. The 50-year-old venue has...
Annette King puts health first as she steps down from Accenture Song
Accenture Song will miss Dame Annette King, who is stepping down from her role as global lead at the network’s marketing practice. She has decided to end her 35-year career in advertising following a recent “health experience.” One of the most successful ad women of her generation, King joined Accenture Song in October 2023 as … The post Annette King puts health first as she steps down from Accenture Song first appeared on More About Advertising.
A horse walks into a bar….Budweiser cracks Super Bowl (again)
Apparently AB InBev was planning to consign its latest Clydesdale ad for Budweiser to a regional Super Bowl spot (somewhat less than $8m one assumes) but the response to its teaser and early release now means the whole of America can stifle a tear as an especially cute nag takes centre stage. Bud’s Clydesdales are … The post A horse walks into a bar….Budweiser cracks Super Bowl (again) first appeared on More About Advertising.
