WPP Forecasts 2025 Revenue Drop as Weak Results Send Shares Tumbling
WPP's shares tumbled by 18% during early trading hours on Thursday (Feb. 27) following disappointing 2024 results and a weak outlook for this year. The numbers $14.38 billion (GBP11.35 billion) -...
View ArticleThe Real Risks the DEI Retreat Poses to Marketers
The advertising industry is at an inflection point, grappling with the fallout of a shifting political landscape. Since the reascendancy of president Donald Trump, brands that once championed...
View ArticleRevolt Taps Freya Williams As Chief Strategy Officer for North America
Freya Williams has joined global creative consultancy Revolt in the new role of chief strategy officer (CSO) for North America. Williams had been working with Revolt in a part-time advisory role as a...
View ArticleAI and Election Power 7% Net Revenue Boost for Stagwell in 2024
Buoyed by AI investments, an "aggressive" M&A strategy, increased spending from Big Tech clients, and the U.S. election, Stagwell grew its net revenues by 7% year-on-year. The numbers $2.3 billion:...
View ArticleSix Production Studios to Watch After The Mill and MPC’s Shutdown
Technicolor Group's shuttering of its iconic post-production and visual effects (VFX) houses including The Mill and MPC shook the advertising and creative industries, transforming the landscape in its...
View ArticleDisney Leads in January TV Consumption Thanks to ESPN and College Football
Seven of the highest-rated cable telecasts in January belonged to Disney, which was the top media company in TV consumption. According to Nielsen's Media Distributor Gauge, which looks at which media...
View ArticleWBD Updates DEI Program to Only Say ‘Inclusion’ Amid Trump Crackdown
Warner Bros. Discovery is the latest company to make changes to its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives amid the Trump Administration's crackdown on the programs. According to a memo sent to...
View ArticleRevolving Door Roundup: CBS News Names Tom Cibrowski President and Executive...
Eye on CBS News: A week after the departure of Adrienne Roark to Tegna, CBS News has brought in Tom Cibrowski to lead the news organization as its president and executive editor. Reporting to Wendy...
View ArticleGayle King Heads to Space This Spring
CBS Mornings' Gayle King has accepted a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to head to space as part of the all-women crew aboard an upcoming Blue Origin flight. King shared her historic news on Thursday's...
View ArticleParamount Ad Exec Urges Publishers to Stop Pushing Their Own ID Solutions
John Halley, the president of advertising at Paramount, wants publishers to work with multiple identity solutions. While speaking at The Trade Desk's FWD25 event in New York on Feb. 27, Halley...
View ArticleCBS Names KGO GM Tom Cibrowski Head of News
Tom Cibrowksi has been named CBS News president and executive editor, reporting to Wendy McMahon, president and CEO of CBS News and Television Stations and CBS Media Ventures. In this role, announced...
View ArticleCan Elon Musk Bend Marketers to His Will?
During peak pearl-clutching over Elon Musk's Twitter takeover, the conventional wisdom in the marketing world was that after changing the name, firing 80% of staff, and alienating advertisers, the...
View ArticleRetail Media Can Be Pricey. 4 Experts Break Down When It’s Worth the Cost
Retail media's quick growth has made it a buzzy topic at nearly every industry conference over the last couple of years, but it's also faced criticism for what some marketers see as inflated pricing,...
View ArticleDestination Marketing Insights From Kate Wik, CMO of Las Vegas Convention and...
Welcome to this episode of the Marketing Vanguard podcast. Today, Jenny Rooney speaks with Kate Wik, CMO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. In this engaging conversation, Kate shares...
View ArticleDisney Sells Out Ad Inventory for 97th Oscars Ahead of Show’s Streaming Debut
Even without last year's Barbenheimer bump, the excitement surrounding this year's unpredictable Oscar race is proving Kenough for advertisers. Disney Advertising announced that it has once again sold...
View ArticleStreaming Ratings, Week of Jan. 27: Second Week at No. 1 for Netflix’s The...
Netflix's crime thriller The Night Agent made it two weeks in a row as the most-watched streaming title, taking the honor for the final week of January, according to Nielsen Streaming Content Ratings....
View ArticleThe Oscars Are the Super Bowl For Brands Targeting Women
Katherine Heigl doesn't mince words, candidly sharing what birthing an 8-pound baby can do to the human body--namely, causing such phenomena as the "coughing-fit panty blitz" and the "giggle dribble."...
View ArticleNBC News Eyes Q4 Launch for Subscription Video Product
NBC News Group is planning to launch a video-centric subscription product in the fourth quarter, according to NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde. The forthcoming platform, which Conde...
View ArticleThe Streamers to Watch at the Oscars: Netflix Leads, But Mubi Has Substance...
Editor's Note: This post was originally published on Jan. 23, 2025; it has been updated to reflect recent events. It's Emilia Perez's world... or at least it was. After years of chasing Oscar's biggest...
View ArticleMSNBC to Remain in New York After SpinCo Spin-Off
Earlier this week, MSNBC announced a programming shakeup of its weekday and weekend schedules set to take effect in April. These on-air changes, which were accompanied by layoffs, come as the network...
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