How The Conners Wrote Off Roseanne Barr, and Why You Should Keep Watching
Usually, the biggest question going into a new TV season is, "Which of these new shows are worth watching?" (You can find that answer here.) But this fall, the biggest TV-related question seemed to be,...
View ArticleMTV’s The Real World Is Making a Comeback … on Facebook Watch
One of the forefathers of the reality TV genre has found a new home, as MTV Studios and Bunim/Murray Productions are teaming up to co-produce three seasons of MTV's The Real World for Facebook Watch....
View ArticleVideo: Why Google Built This Pop-Up Hardware Store
Google doesn't just want people to know about its new products--it wants them to know exactly how they could use them in all different aspects of their lives. Enter the Google Hardware Store, the...
View ArticleWhy Organic Growth Is the Key to Growing Your Brand on Instagram
There are a lot of people--and brands--out there who see Instagram as a kind of Wild West where anyone can strike it rich, especially with the help of some third-party tools. But the fact of the matter...
View ArticleFacebook Will Reduce Distribution Of or Disapprove Low-Quality Ads
Facebook revealed Wednesday that it is expanding its efforts to reduce the visibility of low-quality ads on its platform. The social network said it is going after ads that violate its restrictions on...
View ArticleFacebook Instant Games Are Coming to Groups, Facebook Lite
Facebook is bringing its Instant Games platform to groups and its Facebook Lite slimmed-down Android application for older devices and areas with poor connectivity, and the social network also detailed...
View Article5 Major Themes from This Year’s Programmatic I/O Conference
What's on the minds of professionals in the programmatic space? If the conversations at Tuesday's Programmatic I/O conference in New York are any indication: in-housing, AI applications and the future...
View ArticleVerizon-Owned Budget Service Provider Debuts New Anti-Store Campaign
Visible, Verizon's more economically priced offshoot service, is about to live up to its name after months of flying under the radar. The company, a Verizon-owned no-contract provider that offers...
View ArticleTwitter Just Released Two Huge Datasets Related to Election Interference...
Twitter has released examples in the past of accounts and content used by the Internet Research Agency, the Russian government-linked organization that used social media posts to influence the 2016...
View ArticleBroadcast Station Group Execs Don’t Believe Sinclair-Tribune Decision Will...
Chief executives from some of the television industry's top broadcast TV station groups participated in an NAB Show New York panel today about the state of the local broadcast industry. The...
View ArticleFacebook Is Trying to Keep News Feed Free of Content Copied From Other Sites
The most recent tweak to Facebook's News Feed algorithm is taking aim at low-quality sites that predominantly copy and republish content from other sites without adding any value. The social network...
View ArticleThis is Brandweek
Brandweek returned to the main stage last month as Adweek reimagined the publication as a three-day event in Palm Springs, Calif. custom-built for the ever-evolving brand marketing ecosystem....
View ArticleWhy Social Media Isn’t Working for Your Business, and 6 Things You Can Do...
"Facebook profit hits an all-time high, unaffected by recent scandals--so far." "Twitter posts record $100 million profit but loses 1 million users." The above are recent headlines from top...
View ArticleCBSN Wraps New York Subway in Red and Blue to Tout ‘Non-Partisan’ Election...
Whether they are Republicans or Democrats, New York subway commuters will find something to like about the new campaign from CBSN, CBS' streaming news service. In its largest out-of-home campaign to...
View ArticleNebraska Snubs Its Haters With New Tourism Slogan: ‘Honestly, It’s Not For...
Turning negatives into marketing positives can be tricky propositions but, when done right, result in magic. Exhibit A from last year, and likely the strongest recent example: Snowbird and Struck,...
View ArticleCP+B Announces That It Will Be Quitting All Awards Shows
In a move that echoes Publicis Groupe's headlining decision to pull out of this year's Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, Crispin Porter + Bogusky announced today that it will no longer enter any...
View ArticleSinclair CEO On Company Buying Cable Operator: ‘For the Right Price, I’ll...
If anyone thought Sinclair Broadcast Group might be skittish about future mergers and acquisitions in light of the federal government's push to shut down the $3.9 billion merger with Tribune Media,...
View ArticleMatch Finds Its Perfect Partner in 72andSunny
Ah, there's nothing like finding true love. Apparently, Match found it in 72andSunny Los Angeles, which the online dating service named its creative agency of record following a review. "At a time...
View ArticleThe ‘Original’ Hemsworth Brother Gets in on the Act Promoting Australia Tourism
Tourism Australia has recruited yet another Hemsworth brother--this one dubbed "the original Hemsworth"--for a behind-the-scenes look at a fake movie that "almost took the world by storm." It's a...
View ArticleShowtime CEO David Nevins Will Oversee All CBS Networks and Studios as Chief...
CBS Corp's president and acting CEO Joe Ianniello is making moves to shore up the company in the wake of Les Moonves' exit in September. Today, he elevated Showtime Networks CEO David Nevins to chief...
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