The turkey help line already used text, email and live chat before adding an Amazon Alexa skill this year. Read the full story by Chuck Martin

The campaign focuses on the way people can earn plenty of Kohl's cash for themselves while getting gifts for everyone else. Read the full story by Sarah Mahoney

MediaPost has inducted nine new executives into its annual "All Stars," including: JPMorgan Chase's Kristin Lemkau, Progressive's Jeff Charney, King's Hawaiian's Erick Dickens, Carat's Angela Steele, Publicis Media's Helen Lin, … Read the full story by The Editor

Long-time New York-based media agency exec Bonnie Barest has joined The Media Kitchen as managing director of its New York headquarters, a new position at the MDC Partners' media agency. … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

Durex is teaming with nonprofit Red and introducing Durex Red, available for sale Monday at Amazon and Target. Read the full story by P.J. Bednarski

Meredith confirmed the 'Time' closing today. Tech billionaire Marc Benioff and his wife Lynn bought the media brand for $190 million in cash. Read the full story by Melynda Fuller

P&G Chief Brand Officer Marc Pritchard says data is changing everyone's job in the marketing industry. Read the full story by Tanya Gazdik

"The fact Facebook's new security tools allow users to intentionally misidentify who placed political ads is unacceptable," Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar and Mark Warner write in a letter that comes … Read the full story by Wendy Davis

The company's direct-to-consumer offerings, CBS All Access and Showtime, combined with new distribution on streaming virtual MVPDs, grew 79% year over year. Read the full story by Alex Weprin

The platform is a bidding system that allows small daily minimum marketer media spend to access more than 200 billion national TV ad impressions weekly from top cable and broadcast … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

Democrats have outspent Republicans in local broadcast TV by nearly $10 million on Senate races -- at $133 million vs. Republicans at $123.1 million, according to Matrix Solutions. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

Fox News Channel led all cable news channels with 2.8 million total viewers. MSNBC was next at 1.6 prime-time viewers. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

These results exclude the Winter Olympics and the World Cup. SMI says national TV was able to maintain its levels versus a year ago, despite declining TV audiences and continued … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

In 2001, Poltrack started the CBS Television City Research Center at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, tracking consumer feedback on changes in media consumption. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

"Employing a business model which relies on revenue from in-app purchases and data-driven targeted marketing, these apps routinely lure young children to make purchases and watch ads," the Campaign for … Read the full story by Wendy Davis

Sportswear-fashion brand Puma has awarded its global media assignment to Havas Media after a review that began in May. Read the full story by Steve McClellan

Even though President Donald Trump uses his Twitter account to make official policy statements, the account itself is "private," lawyers for the White House contend in new court papers. Read the full story by Wendy Davis

Even though the bulk of their schedules consist of other types of programming, several ad-supported cable networks have been extremely effective in branding themselves with original scripted drama. Some other … Read the full story by Steve Sternberg

E.W. Scripps Company is buying 15 TV stations in 10 markets from Cordillera Communications. Cordillera owns and operates television stations in small- and medium-sized markets. The company's local TV markets … Read the full story by Wayne Friedman

The good news is that alt right social network Gab.com is down thanks to swift action by various mobile app stores and site-hosting providers. The bad news is that it … Read the full story by Joe Mandese

NBC has dropped "Megyn Kelly Today," due to her remarks about racism. Next week, the 9 a.m. hour will be hosted by other 'Today' co-anchors. Read the full story by Wayne Friedman