The International Advertising Association (IAA) proudly announces that Creativity4Better (C4B), the international event championing the transformative power of creativity, will take place in Milan, Italy, from October 1-4, 2025 with the main conference set for October 2. C4B’s mission is to shed light on the future of business, society, and the creative bonds linking all [...]
CNN may have found its hit roundtable show as NewsNight with Abby Phillip continues to shine for the network. The 10 p.m. newscast repeated as CNN's most-watched show in the Adults 25-54 demo and finished second place in total viewers. The success of the format has seen CNN experimenting Saturday morning shows also hosted by...
President Donald Trump referred to CNN and MSNBC "illegal" during a speech at the Department of Justice on Friday. It marked the latest escalation in his language about the news media and those two networks in particular since he returned to the Oval Office in January. In his remarks, Trump referred to MSNBC as MSDNC--an...
Independent creative agency Madwell, which employs over 100 staffers in New York and Denver, is facing mounting pressure as employees report delayed paychecks, missed vendor payments, a culture of fear akin to "a dictatorship," and increasingly aggressive messages from leadership in response to voicing their concerns. CEO Chris Sojka has attributed ongoing financial struggles to...
Every week, I attempt to curate a list of clutter breaking creative ads from across the world. I occasionally share some views on issues relevant to the ad industry. This week, ads from Sky Bet, Axe and more: Sky Bet: Cheltenham Festival Some lines convey great copywriting at one glance and bring a smile. The [...]
Happy Friday to all who celebrate. In this week's edition of stories we didn't write up for one reason or another, we see a local anchor gets memorialized in a painting and Federal Communications Commission commissioner Anna Gomez "expressed deep frustrations" with the FCC and the Trump administration's policy towards broadcasters and media companies. FCC:...
Walking around Austin, Texas, during South by Southwest this year, Rivian was nearly omnipresent. That's due to a two-year headlining sponsorship deal that Rivian inked with SXSW in December. The singular headline sponsor is a new model for SXSW, which has tiers of sponsorships for brands to choose from, and generally has several in the...
Phoenix Fox reporter Nicole Krasean found the creature it seems everyone's been looking for since, well, forever. Bigfoot or Sasquatch, as it is known, was in Flagstaff, Arizona during a winter snowstorm that shut down roads in the area. They told Krasean that their favorite thing to do in the snow was ski, snowboard or...
Top of the Ticker: A recent regulatory filing by Newsmax revealed that the network paid $40 million to settle its defamation lawsuit with Smartmatic. The case was settled in September with the terms initially remaining undisclosed, Newsmax's filing also revealed that Smartimatic would be able to purchase 2,000 shares of preferred stock of the cable...
A nationwide boycott aimed at major retailers like Walmart and Amazon over their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies was meant to send a financial message. However, data from three separate sources shows that the impact was negligible. On Feb. 28, a grassroots group organized by John Schwarz, a self-described "mindfulness and meditation facilitator" with more...
