YouTube may be an unstoppable ad behemoth, but the company just lost a fairly well-known ad client: The British government. The U.K. has suspended ads from running on the Google-owned video platform, citing concerns that its spots have been running alongside content from extremists and hate groups. (The U.K.’s BBC, The Guardian, and Channel 4 […]
Machinima is losing its CEO. Chad Gutstein is leaving the gaming-oriented digital media company “to pursue entrepreneurial projects.” Warner Bros., which has owned Machinima since last year, has named Russell Arons, previously the SVP of Worldwide Marketing at Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment, to serve as Machinima’s GM. Warner Bros. says that Gutstein will stay with […]
The entry of Eleven Sports into the US television market a week ago marks the latest strategic acquisition for the growing sports media entity. Last week’s announcement that the global broadcaster picked up certain distribution assets stateside from ONE World Sports now brings the company to 50 million homes across the US, where it will […]
The 2017 NCAA Tournament opened big for CBS and Turner Sports, as live game coverage across the networks, including the First Four and first Thursday games, averaged 7.8 million viewers, according to Nielsen, for an uptick of 5% over last year. Thursday’s game generated 8.2 million viewers, up 4 and ranks as the third most-watched […]
Ryan Murphy is working on another anthology series for FX. Set in 1986, Pose examines the juxtaposition of several segments of life and society in New York City: the emergence of the luxury Trump-era universe, the downtown social and literary scene and the ball culture world.
Google is undertaking new efforts to downrank offensive search results. Under new guidelines, the search giant is tasking contractors with flagging content such as violent hate speech, racial slurs, graphic violence, and explicit information about how to carry out criminal activities. While the contractors’ flags won’t automatically downgrade search results, the goal is to get […]
Twitter has officially joined the 2017 Digital Content NewFronts, the advertiser-oriented events that certain digital media companies use to compete with TV networks and the Upfronts. It’s the first time in Twitter’s history that it’s participated. It makes sense: Only in the last year or so has Twitter taken strides toward becoming a true original […]
The USA Gymnastics Board of Directors accepted Steve Penny’s resignation as President and CEO of USA Gymnastics on Thursday. Penny informed the Board of his decision to resign during a Board conference call stemming from criticism over his handling of the organization’s response toward allegations of sexual abuse by a team doctor and coaches at […]
USA Hockey notified all 23 members of the US women’s national team that they had until 5p yesterday to decide if they were going to play in the IIHF World Championships, which starts March 31 in Michigan. However, the deadline passed without a response from the team’s members. The team announced Wednesday that they intended […]