U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D) from Connecticut has written a letter to Federal Communications Commission's Acting Bureau Chief of the Enforcement Bureau, Patrick Webre, and Acting Bureau Chief of the Media Bureau, Erin Boone, looking for information about the FCC's recent "unprecedented, intrusive investigations against media broadcasters under arbitrary and capricious pretenses." Blumenthal, the Ranking...

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H&M has finally paid non-profit Buy From A Black Woman (BFABW) the $83,000 it owed the organization nearly a month past its due date, ADWEEK has learned. After the partnership between H&M and the nonprofit organization had recently ended due to what BFABW claimed was a breach of contract, founder Nikki Porcher received an overnighted...

Veteran New York reporter David Diaz died last week at the age of 82. His television news career spanned three decades. CBS News New York said its staffers "were lucky that he shared his remarkable abilities, generous spirit and infectious smile with us and our viewers." Before working at NBC owned station WNBC for 15...

Omnicom Group and Interpublic Group (IPG) shareholders have voted to approve the combination of the two rival holding companies. The stockholders voted on Omnicom's proposed takeover of IPG during a meeting held today (March 18). Shareholder approval marks a significant milestone in the process of combining the two companies, which would create the world's largest...

Kayler Smith has joined Dayton, Ohio NBC affiliate WDTN as its first female on-air sports reporter and anchor. Smith comes from WDTN's sister station in Midland/Odessa, Texas where she was the station's sports director for nearly three years. "First time on air in the 937! I'm humbled and honored to become the first female on...

For Gen Z, streaming TV is a full-time job, at least according to new Tubi research. Today, Tubi released "The Stream 2025: Audience Insights Shaping Streaming" report in partnership with The Harris Poll, which looks at the changing streaming behaviors of consumers--especially Gen Z--and how marketers can reach these audiences as the entertainment landscape continues...

By the Book is a feature series where journalists discuss their works of fiction and non-fiction. It's the kind of full circle moment that another journalist might have approached as their mic drop story. In November 2023, Fox News senior correspondent Benjamin Hall traveled to Ukraine to interview the war-battered nation's president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Nearly...