Except for the occasional "big" story, news channels expended most of their efforts in 2017 to reporting on Trump -- or more to the point, yakking incessantly about him. Read the full story by Adam Buckman
This past year, big news media organizations -- TV news networks and major print-based newspapers -- posted soaring ratings and increased overall media business. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
In our TV past, a parade of immortals were seen by tens of millions on just three networks. When legends die, we remember them as if it were only yesterday. Read the full story by Adam Buckman
Bet on this, and it will be the easiest money you ever made: TV in 2018 will bristle with guns. Or more to the point, TV in the new year … Read the full story by Adam Buckman
Machine learning and artificial intelligence will create and strengthen the tie between blockchain and the advertising industry in 2018. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
The average NFL game across all national TV networks is down 8.8% to a Nielsen 14.9 million average viewers this year through week 16, versus 16.3 million in the same … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
NBC says the NFL programming franchise is once again on track to be the most-viewed TV series this season, yet ratings are down from a year ago. NBC says "SNF" … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
The CBS talk show is now averaging 3.7 million viewers for Nielsen live program plus same day/seven day time shifted viewing though December 15. NBC's "Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
Amazon is hoping to make a more aggressive play to take on Google and Facebook in the digital advertising space, and video advertising may play a key part of that … Read the full story by Alex Weprin
Who will own the future of the trillion dollars or so spent on marketing every year? Many people believe this arena will be dominated by whoever controls the most and … Read the full story by Dave Morgan
Programmatic media-buying may be associated most with digital media channels such as display, search and social, but the reality is it is transforming the way big brands buy all media. … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
2018 could be a breakthrough year for so-called "post-cable" networks, channels distributed via over-the-top streaming platforms rather than through the traditional pay-TV ecosystem. Read the full story by Alex Weprin
Once again, Uber has been knocked back. Earlier this week, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a ruling that the rideshare giant was in fact a "transport … Read the full story by Kaila Colbin
After 12 years and an eight-figure investment, Nielsen has pulled the plug as the sole funder of the Council for Research Excellence, an independent organization comprised of Nielsen clients to … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
As 2017 comes to a close, I've been thinking a lot about the future and what next year might have in store. Net, net, I'm very optimistic. Read the full story by Dave Morgan
The Dow Jones Industrial Index added a massive 24.7%, but the Dow Jones U.S. Broadcasting & Entertainment index market grew only 7.8%. FANG stocks from big digital media companies including … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
If you felt like brands were getting to know you better in 2017, imagine living in a world where being understood was the most valued expectation from a brand. In … Read the full story by Elizabeth H. Elfenbein
One airline figured a way to connect global travelers who speak different languages. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines created seats that translate any language in real time, allowing travelers with different … Read the full story by Chuck Martin
Budgets were high and search-engine-optimization professionals worked longer hours, but they also handled more tasks for in-house marketing departments and agencies. Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
Mr. Magazine - or Sami A. Husni, the director of the Magazine Innovation Center at the University of Mississippi, School of Journalism and a renowned magazine expert - has selected … Read the full story by Sara Guaglione
It's literally almost the end of the year. A heavy burden rests upon me as I stand between you and MediaPost 2018. I feel I must write words of wisdom, … Read the full story by Maarten Albarda
A month ago, Donald Trump tweeted "we should have a contest as to which of the networks, plus CNN and not including Fox, is the most dishonest, corrupt and/or distorted … Read the full story by Joe Mandese