Month: September 2024

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Updated Aug. 29: CNN has released two clips from Dana Bash’s exclusive interview with Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. In the first clip, Harris responds to Bash’s question about how voters should consider some of the apparent changes in her policy positions, emphasizing that her “values have not changed.” Pointing her current stances on such…

The former chief executive of Fortune, Alan Murray, is joining The Wall Street Journal this fall, where he will play a key role in building out its events business, according to two sources familiar with the move. The hire was first reported by ADWEEK earlier this week. Murray and The Wall Street Journal declined to…

Danielle Moss will be joining Atlanta NBC affiliate WXIA as weekend meteorologist. This is a move from within Tegna for Moss, who is currently chief meteorologist at WATN in Memphis, Tennessee. “I am absolutely thrilled to be back in Atlanta. I have had many successes in my career and many challenges. This is not just…

Amazon has big ambitions to shake up the TV industry, starting with this year’s upfront. ADWEEK has exclusively learned that Amazon has wrapped its first TV upfront season, pitching its scale, data, and new ad-supported tier for Prime Video to advertisers. While Amazon played up shows like The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of…

The outdoor media company Outside Interactive Inc. acquired the fitness tracking app MapMyFitness from Under Armour on Friday, Outside Interactive chief executive Robin Thurston told ADWEEK. Financial details were not disclosed. The tie-up is a homecoming for MapMyFitness, which also includes the apps MapMyRide, MapMyRun, and MapMyWalk. Thurston, alongside co-founder Kevin Callahan, created MapMyFitness in…

Blackouts are threatening the upcoming start of the NFL season on ABC and ESPN next week and have caused viewers to miss new season college football games this weekend and U.S. Open Tennis on ESPN.

The political advertising machine behind the Democratic Party faced an unprecedented time crunch after President Joe Biden ended his 2024 presidential campaign and set the stage for Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the White House. Harris announced her presidential run on July 21, 2024, just over four weeks before the Democratic National Convention began…

The ability to identify when an AI engine does not have the answer will move these models to the next level of services.