Behold the designated driver–crowds part for him, bartenders give him preferential treatment and friends hail him for taking one for the team. But what if this man, the star of a new global ad for Heineken 0.0, simply decided not to drink booze on this particular night out? Does he have to pretend he’s a…Read More
This is TVNewser’s basic cable network ranker and cable news report for 2024. The cable news networks will be pleased with their overall performance during the just concluded year as they posted better numbers compared to 2023. The highlight–and ratings driver–of the year was the presidential contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and President-elect Donald…Read More
Florida-based retailer ABC Fine Wine and Spirits is a “proud supporter” of Dry January, with a new ad that encourages consumers to skip the velvety cabernets, crisp IPAs and complex whiskeys it stocks on its shelves. Wait, really? No, of course not. The campaign, from indie agency Bacon & Eggs, is a charming example of…Read More
St. Louis NBC affiliate KSDK said it plans to leave its downtown St. Louis home and relocate “elsewhere within the city of St. Louis.” The station said it will sell the downtown building in which it has operated for more than 40 years. KSDK president and general manager Alicia Elsner declined to disclose where KSDK…Read More
With a potential TikTok ban set to take effect on January 19 in the U.S., the ripple effects will be felt far beyond its millions of users in the country, causing major disruptions to the broader digital landscape. In April, Congress passed a law banning “foreign adversary-controlled applications” from app stores, which could force TikTok’s…Read More
Tools of the Trade is a feature to highlight the many tools that help make advertising and marketing folks successful. The tools can be anything that helps people perform at their top form, from a favorite drafting table to the best software program to a lucky pen, a vintage typewriter or a pair of headphones….Read More
Just because the Super Bowl only has use for one of the National Football League’s 30 stadiums doesn’t mean league sponsor Verizon has to limit its Big Game party to one venue. After helping Beyonce drop Cowboy Carter from space during Super Bowl 58 last year, Verizon’s marking Super Bowl 59 with a FanFast in…Read More
Flashback is a feature series that revisits key moments from TV news history with the Newsers that were part of them. With apologies to the late, great George Carlin, there are actually eight words you can never say on television. Connie Chung learned that lesson the hard way 30 years ago when a certain five-letter…Read More
Whether you love or hate to hear about it, artificial intelligence is everywhere, and it’s here to stay. In the past year, AI has dominated every industry. But in the TV space, it seems like everyone is still trying to figure out how it’s going to be used. More personalized user experiences and more AI-generated…Read More
SEO specialists have been talking about a zero-click reality ever since Google debuted the featured snippet in 2014. Now, with the advent of the AI Overview 10 years later, we’re finally seeing it happen. AI Overviews (AIOs) are what SEOs thought the featured snippet would be: They’re long, in depth, and provide not just an…Read More
