Peacock President Kelly Campbell Confirms Exit
After three years of leading NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming platform, Kelly Campbell is stepping away from her role as president. Puck was the first to report on Campbell's departure this week, and NBCU has now confirmed the move. The company shared an internal note from Campbell with ADWEEK, in which the outgoing president wrote, "As the...
Total US employment is up, but ad employment is down—inside the latest jobs report
U.S. advertising employment dropped by 1,500 jobs in December. The overall labor market beat expectations with a gain of 256,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate fell.
Behind AKQA’s leadership exodus—11 execs leave following founder’s exit
Multiple executives have resigned from WPP-owned AKQA following CEO and founder Ajaz Ahmed’s departure in October.
FanDuel’s Super Bowl 2025 field goal stunt to feature Manning brothers
“Kick of Destiny 3” from Wieden+Kennedy moves on from Rob Gronkowski.
The Supreme Court Is Hearing Arguments on the TikTok Ban Today. Here’s What to Expect
The average age of people paying attention to Supreme Court proceedings may never be younger than it will likely be today (Friday) when the next steps toward determining the fate of TikTok will be taken. As part of the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which was passed by Congress in April, the...
Here’s Your Roundup for the Week Ending January 10
I've been watching some pretty compelling coverage of the fires in and around Los Angeles for the past few days. Personally, I flip between KNBC and KCBS, only because I subscribe to apps that allow me to do that from my couch 400 miles North in the Bay Area -- Sorry Fox and ABC stations....
Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. scrap Venu sports streaming service
Venu, announced in February 2024, was meant to aggregate sports programming from at least 15 networks.
WPP employees appear to push back on return-to-office policy
WPP employees appear to be pushing back on the holding company’s new four-day in-office requirement.
Disney, Fox, and WBD Surprisingly Kill Their New Sports Streamer
Venu Sports is officially out of the game. Today, Disney-owned ESPN, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery announced in a joint statement that Venu Sports, their proposed virtual MVPD service, will be discontinued. The decision is effective immediately. It comes the same week that Disney announced a deal to combine its Hulu + Live TV business...
How One Agency is Reimagining How Influencer Marketing Drives Results
This post was created in partnership with Linqia One influencer agency based out of San Francisco, Linqia, has built a proven framework to help brands scale their influencer strategies and show meaningful results. According to Linqia's CEO Nader Alizadeh, a different approach is required to avoid falling victim to the sea of sponsored content sameness...
