CBS stock closed down 6% on Friday to $54.01 on reports that "The New Yorker" is about to publish a story about Moonves' behavior. CBS Corp. board said its independent … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
A business and its leader can fail -- right up to when their stock price nosedives. A midweek report revealed flat user growth, too low to get near Wall Street … Read the full story by Sean Hargrave
Citing the "deceleration" of Nielsen's marketing research business and the retirement of its CEO, BMO Capital Markets has downgraded Nielsen's stock rating to "market perform" from "outperform." The equities researchers … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
It's hard to imagine a media future that doesn't involve the delivery of fewer, more relevant ads. However, that's not what's happening at the moment. Ad loads are up on … Read the full story by Dave Morgan
Google on Thursday introduced a new inventory control in Display & Video 360 that allows advertisers to choose only to run campaigns on sites that support ads.txt authorized inventory and … Read the full story by Laurie Sullivan
The NBC Television Network's prime-time volume grew 7% to an estimated $2.8 billion in dollar volume for the 2018-19 TV season. Telemundo rose 3% year-over-year. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
We found a new kind of audience; or, really, multiple types of audience whose viewing behaviors are changing by the day. And the TV and advertising industries are way behind … Read the full story by Sean Corcoran
"The changes announced by Apple will block tools used to support many online functions, including content personalization and advertising by forcing users to click through new popups to allow those … Read the full story by Wendy Davis
"If the European Commission's allegations are true, Google's conduct may have violated both federal and state antitrust laws," Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley states. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
Following a late Tuesday tweet by President Trump on the Sinclair-Tribune merger, local TV station groups' stocks rallied early Wednesday. The tweet was in response to FCC chair Ajit Pai … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
In his first full day on the job, President Donald Trump declared war on the media. In recent weeks, he and his White House have declared war on the truth, … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
Lee is one of a handful of marketing managers to leave or announce plans to leave the division in recent weeks, according to sources. Read the full story by Tanya Gazdik
Hugo Shong is leaving the holding company's board at the end of the month. He is global chairman of IDG Capital and is credited with forming China's first technology capital … Read the full story by Richard Whitman
"Facebook's advertising platform allowed unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sexual orientation, disability and religion," Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson stated Tuesday. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
The timing of the shutdown is interesting: This is "Made in America" week at the White House and all her products are made outside of the United States. Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney
"We've now abandoned that failed policy," FCC Chair Ajit Pai will testify to a House panel. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
Just a year after she was promoted to chief revenue officer, Univision Communications' O'Connor will step down from her position amidst a company-wide restructuring. Univision has had to make some … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
If Cohen's point is that he can make people say or do the darnedest things, then he is making this point ad nauseam on this show. Read the full story by Adam Buckman
Mediahub found "TV" is still tv, but in some cohorts, especially younger demos, many consider mobile devices "TV" as an interface. Read the full story by Joe Mandese
There was 4% less revenue from TV upfront deals made in summer 2017. TV networks saw stronger near-term ad sales in the scatter market, up 11%. Direct-response advertising was flat. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman
My purpose is not to critique Baron Cohen's new Showtime series "Who Is America?," but to wonder how people still fall for his tricks. Read the full story by Gary Holmes
Regulators are now accepting comments from the public about T-Mobile's proposed $26 billion acquisition of Sprint. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
The year was 1999, and at the Consumer Electronics Show, the talk was all about a newfangled device called the digital video recorder: the DVR. Two companies were fighting for … Read the full story by Steven Rosenbaum
In what likely is the first in an array of divestitures, WPP this morning announced that it has sold sponsorship marketing database, publisher and consultant IEG and its related properties … Read the full story by Joe Mandese
"We disagreed with the ruling in Europe and would have concerns about this principle being exported to other jurisdictions," Google told the NTIA. Read the full story by Wendy Davis
An updated "Frasier" seems like a great idea -- particularly since the original was one of the best network sitcoms that was ever made. Read the full story by Adam Buckman
Amid one of the most contentious periods in the history of the ad industry's two leading trade associations -- the Association of National Advertisers and the American Association of Advertising … Read the full story by Joe Mandese