WPP disappointed the market with weaker-than-expected earnings results for Q4 and 2024. For the former, revenue less pass-through costs declined 2.3%, while the latter declined 1% on a like-for-like basis. The outlook for 2025 is flat to minus 2%, sending the ad giant's shares tumbling in early morning trading on Thursday. WPP's results stand in...
Mummy Pig is announcing a pregnancy, and Kylie Kelce is the perfect host to Peppa her with questions. Today, Kelce's Not Gonna Lie (NGL) podcast and her team at Wave Sports & Entertainment joined with Hasbro to announce that Mummy Pig, Peppa Pig's mom from the British animated franchise, is pregnant. "Baby No. 3 is...
Yesterday, we posted a story where we asked if Tegna was setting up a weather forecasting hub based on a job posting we saw. Tegna quickly responded to our question by saying it was a backup role for big weather events, but also sent along a full statement, which I didn't post in full. I...
Five-time Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman has died at age 95. He was found dead Wednesday afternoon at his home in Santa Fe, N.M., along with his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, and their dog. Hackman had a prolific career in Hollywood, despite not getting his first big break until he was in his 30s...
The SNL50 anniversary special may be over, but NBCUniversal wants fans to continue celebrating. Today, the company announced that it has partnered with Comcast, Cox, and Verizon to launch an SNL Arcade experience, which was created by Exponential Entertainment and includes three trivia quizzes for fans to test their knowledge of the sketch comedy show....
Mike Gillaspia has been named weekday evening co-anchor alongside Leslie Adami for Corpus Christi, Texas ABC affiliate KIII. He replaces Rudy Trevino who went part-time role in January. Gillaspia has worked at KIII since 2020. "To be asked to fill this role at a legacy station like KIII is beyond compare for me," Gillaspia said....
Katelyn Heck is leaving the anchor desk at WMAZ after 13 years. On social media, Heck said she was also leaving local TV. "This new chapter will give me the opportunity to spend more time with my husband and my kids, something invaluable to me," Heck said. "I've learned from being in the news just...
The numbers 6.4 million -- The global streaming subscribers added by Warner Bros. Discovery in the fourth quarter. 116.9 million -- WBD's total global subscribers across 70 countries. $2.65 billion -- Fourth-quarter revenue for WBD's streaming segment, led by Max. That's up 5% from $2.53 billion in the same quarter last year. $409 million --...
The Gap, aiming to recapture the cool factor of its 1990s and early 2000s heyday, has enlisted a fellow '90s icon for its latest campaign: actress Parker Posey. Posey, known for her roles in '90s independent films like Dazed and Confused, Kicking and Screaming, and Party Girl, is experiencing her own return to the spotlight...
We may not feel much about our monetary transactions, let alone be moved by the technology that enables them. But Visa wants to change that with its new global campaign debuting during the Academy Awards. This is the first work from Visa's new agency partner Anomaly after the financial brand parted ways with Wieden+Kennedy earlier...
