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...
Earlier this week, Ad Age named Madwell Comeback Agency of the Year as part of our 2025 A-List honors. However, new developments have since emerged that caused us to revisit this recognition. Following multiple reports and confirmation from agency leadership, Ad Age has learned that Madwell is facing significant financial issues, including delayed payments to employees, [...]
In this week's Week in Review: Unilever CEO plans a big shift of ad spend towards influencers, Gracenote data charts the evolution of FAST, and Amazon launches a new CTV product. Top Stories Unilever Plans Massive Shift of Ad Spend Towards Social Media and Influencers Unilever CEO Fernando Fernandez, who took the reins at the [...]
Southwest is inviting controversy with a tone-deaf social media post amid consumer backlash to the end of its bags fly free policy.
This post was created in partnership with Kantar AI is transforming marketing, pushing brands to rethink not just strategy but also how they engage consumers and balance automation with authenticity. As AI evolves from a behind-the-scenes tool to a driver of real-time decisions, marketers face a critical challenge: How do they harness its potential without...
The power of friendship pushed the Netflix drama series Sweet Magnolias to the top of the chart of the most-watched streaming title for the week of Feb. 10, according to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings. Season 4 of Sweet Magnolias, which debuted in second place the week of Feb. 3, enjoyed 1.162 million viewing minutes, dethroning...
