In January the Eleventh Circuit vacated the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) one-to-one consent rule, finding that the agency exceeded its statutory authority under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). The latest development is that on February 19, 2025, the National Consumers League and some small business owners filed a motion to intervene in the case...
CBS News' parent company, Paramount Global, has filed a pair of motions seeking to dismiss President Donald Trump's $20 billion lawsuit against the news organization. The president filed the lawsuit in October 2024 accusing CBS News of aligning itself with "partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference." Trump was specifically referring to edits...
Top of the Ticker: Fox News chief foreign correspondent Trey Yingst was honored at the Radio Television Digital News Association's 34th annual First Amendment Awards on Thursday night. In his acceptance speech, Yingst thanked the Palestinian journalists reporting on the situation in Gaza, calling them "brave," and adding: "[They have] risked, and often given their...
Hulu is a bringing a taste of Pakistani American culture and comedy to audiences. The streaming service premiered its new series, Deli Boys, this week. The half-hour show centers on a pair of Pakistani American brothers whose family owns a convenience store. When their magnate father unexpectedly dies, the two are forced to reckon with...
The Coca-Cola company has selected incumbent WPP and Publicis Groupe as finalists in a closed door review of its U.S. media business, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to ADWEEK. WPP has held the account since 2021, when it won The Coca-Cola Company's global business and launched a bespoke team called OpenX to...
Trips to the dentist can be stressful under the best of circumstances, whether you're a marathon man or a kid from Skid Row. But keeping regular dental appointments is a particularly big ask if you're among the 20% of the population who are sensory sensitive or neurodivergent. For those individuals, the lights, noises, and physical...
Coca-Cola Co. is nearing the end of a closed review of its U.S. media account, with incumbent WPP and rival Publicis Groupe in the running for the business, Ad Age has learned.
The Brutalist director Brady Corbet has made his advertising directorial debut with a trio of ads for Bloomberg Media. Fresh off his post-war epic, The Brutalist, winning three Oscars, Corbet directed "The Contextualist," the latest installment of Bloomberg Media's "Context Changes Everything" campaign created by agency Wieden+Kennedy New York. Corbet recently revealed on the "WTF...
Podcasts have long been a popular news and information source, and the various news networks--along with podcast companies like Wondery--have been steadily building their catalogues to meet the growing demand. However, a shift has emerged in the industry: Listeners also want to watch what they're listening to, which has resulted in podcasts transitioning from an...
Dan Amos will be the first to tell you that he never expected to become CEO when he joined Aflac as a sales rep in 1973. He was happy in sales, and good at it. When the supplemental-insurance giant offered him the presidency in 1983, taking that post actually meant a financial step down. "I...
