The Hallmark TV brand is all over this new series about rival fried chicken restaurants in a small southern town.
DirecTV Files Complaint Against Disney With FCC as Impasse Enters 2nd Week
The impasse between DirecTV and Disney over a new carriage agreement has become more heated as it entered its second week. DirecTV filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission Saturday night accusing Disney of negotiating in bad faith. (AP) In the complaint, DirecTV said Disney has imposed unreasonable conditions on the renewal of their…
Will Ferrell Covers Fleetwood Mac in PayPal’s Largest Ad Campaign to Date
Can you hear Will Ferrell calling out your name? Well, he is, sort of, in a new ad for PayPal. In a 60-second spot that’s part of the digital wallet company’s biggest ad campaign to date, Ferrell belts out a version of Fleetwood Mac’s 1988 Everywhere to demonstrate that the PayPal Debit Card can now…
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Summons Spectacular $110M Box Office Opening
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice scored a huge $110 million from 4,575 theaters in its opening weekend. Those ticket sales rank as the second-biggest September debut of all-time, ahead of 2019’s It Chapter 2 ($91 million) and behind only 2017’s It ($123 million). (Variety) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s foreign launch of $35 million from 69 markets is notably behind its…
X Global Affairs Head Nick Pickles Resigns
X executive Nick Pickles is leaving the social media platform formerly known as Twitter after a decade at the company in which he fought multiple political battles and engaged with regulators worldwide. (FT) Pickles ran global affairs at the Elon Musk-owned social media firm since 2022 and was considered CEO Linda Yaccarino’s right-hand man on…
Powerful ‘Missed Birthdays’ Campaign Reveals Suicide Crisis Among Young People
[Sensitive content: This article mentions suicide. Help is available through the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the U.S. by calling or texting 988 or the CALM helpline in the U.K. at 0800 58 58 58]. Thousands of brightly colored birthday balloons fill a space in one of London’s largest shopping malls. To many people,…
Google’s Next Antitrust Trial Could Make Online Ads Less Annoying
Google will be in court on Monday to face allegations of an ad tech monopoly. Experts say that a DOJ win could create a better browsing future.
DOJ vs. Google, Day One: Who’s Testifying And Google’s Main Arguments In Brief
Google will spend the next four to six weeks in a Virginia courtroom defending itself against allegations that it operates a monopoly over the digital advertising industry. The trial, which begins today, could end in the breakup of Google’s ad tech business, including a forced divestiture of its ad server and ad exchange. After opening […]
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What You Need to Know About Grok AI and Your Privacy
xAI’s generative AI tool, Grok AI, is unhinged compared to its competitors. It’s also scooping up a ton of data people post on X. Here’s how to keep your posts out of Grok—and why you should.
Follow Google’s Adtech Antitrust Trial with ADWEEK
Whatever the outcome of Google’s landmark adtech antitrust trial–and whether Google is forced to cleave off part of its sell-side adtech business–it will send shockwaves beyond the programmatic industry. Making sure you don’t miss a beat, ADWEEK’s Catherine Perloff is in Alexandria, Virginia, covering the first week of the trial, which looks to dig into…