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WLOX anchor David “Dave” Elliott said he was fired Friday morning because of his political posts on X, formerly known as Twitter. (TVSpy)Read More

CNN chief political correspondent Dana Bash won kudos from former President Donald Trump and landed a major interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, but she says it has been a slow climb to the top. (WSJ)Read More

Although fans have always been fascinated by the people who made up their chosen team, few outlets have put personality on a pedestal like The Players’ Tribune. (Digiday)Read More

We’re still in the midst of conference season. ADWEEK’s Mediaweek is back, bringing you the sharpest insights and industry-leading speakers, whether you’re attending in person in New York or virtually, make sure you don’t miss it. From Oct. 29 to 30, C-suite media execs, brand marketers, and platform leaders will convene to discuss the state…Read More

Dany Garcia is dancing in her living room. As she poses, a group of young women who have helped develop her social media presence chant: “Killer heels and a Bodycon dress. Killer heels and a Bodycon dress.” It’s Garcia’s spin on the “Boots and a Slicked-Back Bun” meme that flashed briefly during midsummer before becoming…Read More

If you had planned to dress up as a Chipotle “Boorito” for Halloween, here’s the bad news: it’s sold out on costume retailer Spirit’s website and scarce or nonexistent at its stores around the country. For those who can’t get their hands on the silver head-to-toe bodysuit, complete with a sticker that identifies “chicken” or…Read More

Stagwell chairman and CEO Mark Penn can’t tell you who will win the upcoming presidential election. But he can give you a history lesson on how both the winners and losers of past elections strategized and marketed themselves – and how that ties in with current brand marketing trends. Penn went over the basics of…Read More

Amid another contentious presidential election year, where neither side seems to agree on any of the issues, one thing is certain: Political ads have been pummeling the public for months. One estimate expects advertising for the presidential general election alone to hit $2.16 billion this cycle, up 17% relative to 2020. A recent survey from…Read More

You are someone’s ancestor.

Most immediately, you are the ancestor of the you of tomorrow.

That’s why we don’t spend every penny in our bank account, why we put leftovers in the fridge, why we earn a degree–it’s a gift to the you of tomorrow.

Each of us have a way of thinking about our ancestorhood.

The circle of now is how far into the future you’re hoping to make an impact. Do you care enough to invest in a thousand tomorrows? What will you invest in (or sacrifice, depending on your point of view) to receive in the future?

And the circle of us is how many people you’re considering in the actions you take today.

The most convenient, easiest and visceral choice is to make no choice at all. Keep your circles small, focused on pleasure and the short-term win. If we don’t think about it, this is what we might collide with. No friend at all to our descendants, including our future self.

When we’re at our best, though, we expand those circles, creating generative possibility for ourselves and those around us. Everyone feeds their circles, the opportunity is to make them bigger.

Bina Venkataraman has written about this better than I ever could.

Choose to choose the circle you want to be part of. Become the ancestor you’d like to thank.

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New platform Sight Lines, launched this month by Murphy Media Partners, aims to boost investment and leadership in women’s sports through a series of global events. New research by Wasserman’s women-focused practice, The Collective, found that the key barriers to investing in women’s sports were lingering resistance among brand leaders and lack of industry data,…Read More