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Chick-fil-A’s Streaming Service Play App Will Laun...
Chick-fil-A isn't chickening out when it comes to jumping head-first into the entertainment world. Today, the restaurant chain announced it will launch streaming service Chick-fil-A Play App on Nov. 18. The company describes it as a digital "playground" centered...
60 Minutes Denies Harris Interview Was Deceptively...
In a rare rebuke, CBS newsmagazine 60 Minutes denied charges by former President Donald Trump that the program doctored an answer in Vice President Kamala Harris' recent interview to make her look better to viewers. (LA Times / Hollywood...
Smile 2 Leads Box Office, Deadpool & Wolverine Hit...
Smile 2 carved out a decent $23 million in its opening weekend, easily topping the otherwise sleepy North American box office charts. The R-rated sequel to Paramount creepy psychological thriller Smile debuted on par with expectations and even with...
Mexican Newspaper Offices Hit by Gunfire in Sinalo...
Gunmen have fired on a building housing respected Mexican media outlet El Debate as part of an ongoing drug cartel battle. The media building was sprayed with gunfire Friday, and several cars outside were also damaged. (Al Jazeera) No...
Trump Says He’ll Ask Murdoch to Direct Fox News to...
Trump said he will meet with media mogul Rupert Murdoch and urge him not to allow negative ads against the Republican nominee or provide airtime to his critics on Fox News in the final stretch before Election Day. (Bloomberg)...
CBS News Reportedly Weighing Editorial Review of I...
CBS News president Wendy McMahon is getting a baptism by fire. On the job barely one year, McMahon is trying to contain several crises that have divided the storied newsroom, including backlash over the network's handling of a 60...
John Grisham Poached Material for New Book, Media ...
Prolific author John Grisham has written a nonfiction collection about wrongful convictions, and it looks likely to join his oeuvre of legal thriller novels as another bestseller. But The New York Times and ProPublica now say Grisham went too...
To Fight Churn on 740,000 Subs, Bloomberg Media De...
Financial news publisher Bloomberg Media launched a Weekend Edition product Friday, part of a broader initiative to boost subscriber retention and increase weekend readership. (ADWEEK)
FanDuel Takes Over Naming Rights to Diamond Sports...
FanDuel is getting into the chaotic world of regional sports television. The online gaming giant will be able to crown the 16 regional sports networks operated by Diamond Sports Group with its moniker, wiping away the Bally Sports nomenclature...
Guatemalan Journalist Zamora Granted House Arrest ...
A Guatemalan judge ruled Friday that jailed journalist Jose Zamora can leave prison and be held in house arrest after over 800 days behind bars. Zamora, a well-known journalist who founded the now-defunct El Periodico newspaper and whose work...
Ticker: CNN’s Mark Thompson Is Ready to Make His M...
Top of the Ticker: CNN's Chairman and CEO Mark Thompson has officially passed the one year mark as the network's leader. As he embarks on Year 2, The Ankler's Lachlan Cartwright reports that the former New York Times leader...
CBS News Is Reportedly Weighing an Editorial Revie...
It's been over two weeks since Tony Dokoupil's CBS Mornings interview with author Ta-Nehisi Coates set off an internal firestorm at CBS News. Now, The Wall Street Journal reports that CBS News president Wendy McMahon is requesting an editorial...
Civic Wisdom Foundation Wants to Register Young Vo...
With only a couple of weeks left before the U.S. election, it's crunch time for making sure that young American voters like Gen Z and millennials get to the polls. A new nonpartisan campaign from organization Civic Wisdom Foundation...
Starbucks Taps Tressie Lieberman for New Role of E...
If Tressie Lieberman and Brian Niccol ever met over coffee to discuss reuniting, it's a safe bet that the coffee came from Starbucks. Lieberman will join the java giant in the newly created position of executive vice president, global...
Resume Rewind: Stephanie Fried
Stephanie Fried's career first took her into politics before shifting into marketing. Fried broke down her career in the second installment of ADWEEK's video series Resume Rewind, sponsored by entertainment wiki hosting service Fandom. Fried said that she grew...
Here’s Where You Can Watch the Presidential Candid...
Opportunities to reach undecided voters are becoming fewer and fewer for the presidential candidates and their running mates. With early voting already underway in some of the battleground states, TVNewser has the following round-up of where you can watch...
Top 5 TV-Themed Brand Activations at New York Comi...
It's that time of the year where the Javits Center will be full of superheroes, supervillains, and more. New York Comic Con kicked off Oct. 17 and will run through Oct. 20. While the East Coast leg is not...
Nick Fox Replaces Prabhakar Raghavan Leading Googl...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed a change in leadership for its Knowledge & Information unit, which encompasses ads, commerce, Google Earth, and search: Nick Fox will take over for Prabhakar Raghavan. Raghavan has led the K&I unit since 2018,...
Here’s the Roundup for the Week Ending October 18
Happy Friday to all who celebrate! In this week's edition of stories we didn't write up for one reason or another, we see the usual to and fro of local TV talent, while a station in San Antonio honors...
Judge Blocks DeSantis Administration’s Efforts to ...
A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order against Florida's surgeon general after the state health department threatened to bring criminal charges against broadcasters airing an ad supporting Florida's Right to an Abortion Amendment. "To keep it simple...