Musk Wants Supreme Court To Lift Restrictions On Tesla Tweets

X Corp. owner Elon Musk on Thursday told the Supreme Court that a restriction on his ability to tweet about Tesla violates the First Amendment.

X Attempts To Win Back Advertisers With ‘Q5’ Opportunities

X is promoting new ad opportunities in the elusive “Q5” from mid-December to mid-January. Based on engagement data from the previous year, X says there is a “surge of engagement” around a wide
variety of topics and conversations on the social media app, despite its recent loss of advertisers, users and revenue.

After rocky tenure, UM replaces U.S. CEO with chief client officer Erin Quintana

IPG’s media agency UM named Erin Quintana, chief client officer and a 15-year veteran of the company, to be its new U.S. CEO. Quintana replaces Joe DiMiero, who was appointed U.S. CEO in January 2022 but has had a troubled tenure marked by client losses, a questionable management style and high-level executive departures. 

DiMiero, who internal sources said hasn’t been seen for weeks in meetings he was expected to attend, has taken a leave of absence, according to a representative, who didn’t elaborate. His name wasn’t mentioned in the press release on Dec. 8 announcing Quintana’s promotion to CEO.

Under DiMiero, there have been at least three rounds of layoffs in 2023, according to internal sources who reached out to Digiday following a story on client losses and executive departures earlier this week. One of those sources attributed the loss of clients Nationwide and Zillow to DiMiero.

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Cher To Promote New Holiday Album In The Metaverse

Cher will take a virtual form in Harmony Hills, Warner Music’s branded world in Roblox, with a holiday-themed activation that engages players in challenges as they listen to her music.