Thanks to the new Emmys ratings, ABC was the big winner Sunday night. According to Nielsen numbers, the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on ABC scored its highest ratings in three years, reaching 6.87 million average viewers. (ADWEEK) The evening ceremony at the Peacock Theater in downtown Los Angeles was the second go-around for the Television…Read More
A federal appeals court Monday signaled skepticism with TikTok’s legal effort to prevent the U.S. government from forcing the popular social media application to sever ties with China in order to keep operating in this country. (WSJ) Struggling to find historical and metaphorical precedent, the judges at a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., grappled…Read More
Former BBC presenter Huw Edwards has been given a six-month suspended prison sentence, completing an extraordinary fall from grace, after admitting accessing indecent photographs of children as young as seven. (The Guardian) Edwards, 63, pleaded guilty in July to three charges of making indecent images of children, relating to 41 illegal images he was sent…Read More
Former President Donald Trump was the target of a second assassination attempt Sunday. Cable networks began reporting on the news during the 2 p.m. ET hour, indicating that gunshots had been fired and that the former president was safe. (TVNewser) Elon Musk drew criticism Sunday after he wrote that “no one is even trying” to…Read More
Vivek Ramaswamy will host a new Fox Nation roundtable show called Truths With Vivek Ramaswamy, the network announced Monday. (TheWrap) All five episodes of Truths will be available Sept. 22. In addition, Fox Nation will run a town-hall-style special called Just Ask Sept. 20, with Fox & Friends Weekend host Pete Hegseth moderating. (THR)Read More
Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested in Manhattan Monday after a grand jury indicted the hip-hop mogul. The arrest follows Homeland Security’s raids on the Bad Boy Records founder’s homes in late March, seemingly triggered by a wave of sexual abuse lawsuits against him. (Rolling Stone)Read More
CBS News and Stations announced the lineup of journalists who will be based in community “news hubs” in the South and the middle of the country. (Deadline)Read More
At the end of the first week of U.S. v. Google, the Department of Justice presented evidence that the company’s rationale behind controversial topics, like how much to collect in fees and how much publishers can charge to sell ads, was different from what it told the public. (ADWEEK)Read More
Leaders at The New York Times are concerned that protracted contract negotiations with the paper’s unionized tech employees could disrupt its election coverage. (Semafor)Read More
For nearly four decades, ADWEEK has been recognizing the brightest minds in branding and marketing with our highest honor, the Brand Genius award. Once given only to marketers, the 2024 class represents an evolution of who’s creating the buzz that lights up imaginations and drives growth for companies and communities. Among this year’s winners are…Read More
