High media blitz surrounding the controversial Donald Trump helped rocket the first Republican presidential debate into cable network program history. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

Google tracked the candidates drawing the most search interest throughout the Thursday night Republican GOP presidential debate. Trump led following weeks of being the most-searched presidential candidate. Lesser-known Ben Carson … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

The sprawling Republican debate on Fox News Channel was the clear winner on a Thursday night in August that ordinarily would have been one of the sleepiest nights of television … Read the full story by Adam Buckman

You can predict a lot about a Donald Trump presidency by examining his personal TV history. For openers, you can expect many feuds as he reacts to slights both large … Read the full story by Adam Buckman

For the second day in a row, TV-media stocks took a major hit -- all due to concerns over cord-cutting, as well as a weakening TV advertising marketplace. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

A news release that arrived this past Monday from Comedy Central warned that Stewart's final "Daily Show" will be "super-sized," which means it will be longer than its customary half-hour. Read the full story by Adam Buckman

For better or worse, Jon Stewart's departure from "The Daily Show" is generating a load of buzz for his favorite fast-food target, Arby's. After being prominently featured in Stewart's two … Read the full story by Gavin O'Malley

Ad executives by and large say they have a relatively low understanding of the "Internet of Things" (IoT), but they all see it growing in importance over the next several … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

The cost per click of search engine keywords provides insight into current events, and anyone who doubts the trend simply needs to follow the dollar. Some of these words cost … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

Security researchers at Malwarebytes Labs have uncovered a large malicious advertising attack on Yahoo's advertising network, which they say began on July 28. Yahoo took down the campaign Monday. Still, … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

In a sign that media planning is shifting from a historic share of media exposure framework to more of a time-spent logic, media research giant GfK MRI this morning unveiled … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

Third-party ad validation for some Google products got a shot in the arm Tuesday. comScore made Campaign Essentials available to brands in the U.S. using DoubleClick across DoubleClick Digital Marketing … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan

The Plaintiff, filing for class action status, contends that the company and three of its leaders inflated the value of MDC stock with multiple "false and misleading statements" about the … Read the full story by Steve McClellan

The Association of National Advertisers is urging the Federal Trade Commission to reject a "misguided" effort to create a "right to be forgotten" in the United States. Read the full story by Wendy Davis