The Music for the Mountains concert put on in part by Raleigh, N.C. NBC affiliate WRAL to help those affected by Hurricane Helene raised over $1 million as of Sunday night. The show was presented by Band Together and Lincoln Theatre in partnership with WRAL and Red Hat Amphitheater, Proceeds will directly benefit the Community…Read More
Former WBBM anchor Brad Edwards has a new career after leaving the Chicago CBS-owned television station. He told Axios that he was let go from the station and is leaving journalism to start a communications firm. “‘I’m a word nerd at heart, a sentence parser, and I’m driven by impact,” he wrote on Facebook. “Now,…Read More
It was a wild NewsNight for Abby Phillip Monday. The CNN anchor broke up a heated on-air verbal brawl after commentator Ryan Girdusky made a bigoted remark about fellow panelist Mehdi Hasan. (TVNewser) Girdusky was removed from a panel on CNN NewsNight after he told Hasan, “I hope your beeper doesn’t go off”–a reference to…Read More
Alphabet reported $88.3 billion in revenue, including $65.9 billion in its primary Google advertising business, compared with average analyst projections of $86.4 billion in total sales and $65.4 billion in ad revenue. (Forbes) The results showed that Alphabet’s popular online services, led by Google’s search engine and YouTube’s video platform, remained central pathways for marketers…Read More
Netflix found its new second-in-command for advertising. The company named Nicolle Pangis vice presdient of advertising Tuesday, with the executive overseeing the U.S. and Canada. (ADWEEK) She will report to Netflix president of advertising Amy Reinhard, who has been building up Netflix’s ad business since taking over the division one year ago. Peter Naylor, who…Read More
MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell is moving from anchoring a daily show to a broader role with NBCUniversal News Group. The veteran journalist announced the move on Tuesday’s edition of Andrea Mitchell Reports, revealing that the shift will occur in January. (TVNewser) Mitchell, 77, has been hosting Andrea Mitchell Reports in the daytime lineup since 2008, longer…Read More
Snap beat Wall Street expectations for both quarterly revenue and user growth Tuesday, as the parent company of messaging application Snapchat has been able to lure back some advertisers with better-performing ad features. (Reuters) Sales increased 15% to $1.37 billion in the period ended Sept. 30, Snap said Tuesday in a statement. The social media…Read More
Skydance Media CEO David Ellison will control 100% of the Ellison family’s voting interests in Paramount Global when the two companies’ $8 billion merger closes in the first half of 2025, according to an amended filing with the Federal Communications Commission Tuesday. (TheWrap) In its initial filing, Skydance said Larry Ellison (who is contributing the…Read More
Local TV stations are experiencing an advertising windfall this election cycle, thanks to a record amount of U.S. political ad spend. (Axios)Read More
Deterioration of The Washington Post’s subscriber base continued Tuesday, hours after its proprietor, Jeff Bezos, defended the decision to forgo formally endorsing a presidential candidate as part of an effort to restore trust in the media. (The Guardian)Read More
