Month: February 2025

Ari Weiss, a decorated ad industry veteran with a reputation for breakthrough creative ideas, has died after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 46. Weiss–whose CV includes storied agencies such as BBH, DDB, Wieden+Kennedy, and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners–was the founder and creative chairman of independent agency Quality Experience. Previously, he served at DDB…

Advertisers are losing their faith in the Media Rating Council (MRC) and the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), industry accreditation organizations who are responsible for upholding rigorous brand safety standards. An Adalytics report last week found MRC- and TAG-certified vendors, including DoubleVerify and IAS, were monitoring ads on image-hosting site imgbb.com, that had been flagged by…

Flashback is a feature series that revisits key moments from TV news history with the Newsers that were part of them. Like a lot of Gen-X journalists, Ted Rowlands remembers exactly where he was when Judge Lance Ito gaveled in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in the winter of 1995. Just like Keanu Reeves, he…

Justin Fox has been promoted to regional vice president of Sales for the FOX-owned properties in Florida, comprised of WTVT FOX 13 Tampa Bay, WOFL FOX 35 Orlando, WRBW FOX 35 Plus, and WOGX Fox51 Gainesville. He takes over for Shawn Gossett who retires after 23 years as vice president of Sales for WTVT Fox…

YouTube’s experimental text-prompt AI feature Dream Screen, which creates videos, is being upgraded with integration of Google DeepMind’s newest video-generation model Veo 2. The company also will
launch a feature that generates standalone video clips that creators can add to any of Shorts.

Top of the Ticker: The Succession-inspired feud taking place within Rupert Murdoch’s family over control of the mogul’s media empire–which includes Fox News–has inspired two deep dives from The New York Times and The Atlantic. The New York Times’ extensive story looks at the messy legal battle that took place out of the public view…

Happy Friday and Happy Valentine’s Day to all who celebrate! In this week’s edition of stories we didn’t post for one reason or another, we see the FCC has been busy cranking up its retribution machine. So far, every network but Fox News is being investigated for some reason or another. In a sternly worded…