Citi is ending its sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic Committee after five years and three Olympic Games, including a campaign in Rio where it bought advertising exclusivity on NBC. Citi’s departure after the 2016 Rio Olympics leaves the banking category for Team USA open for the first time since 2011 and follows the exits of […]
Sumner Redstone, controlling shareholder of Viacom and CBS, will step down from his position on the Viacom Board of Directors after the company’s annual meeting on February 6. The 93-year-old Redstone will “continue to participate in board meetings in a non-voting role,” said Viacom. Last week, Redstone and daughter Shari Redstone put the kibosh on […]
She’s ba-a-a-ack: Omarosa Manigault rose to prominence as an polarizing contestant on season 1 of The Apprentice in 2004; now she’s been named to president-elect Donald Trump’s transition team. Manigault, who in September said, “Every critic, every detractor, will have to bow down to President Trump,” also appeared on Celebrity Apprentice and collaborated with Trump […]
Speaking of Comcast, the company is boosting its efforts to compete with in the digital movie-sales space. The cable giant has begun offering enhanced film extras via its X1 service. The offerings come as a result of new deals with Universal, Paramount, Sony, Lionsgate, and Comcast subsidiary NBCUniversal. (Disney, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros. […]
Samsung was the first company to offer a sophisticated mobile-based VR headset to consumers. But with companies like Google making big moves in the space, adaptation and innovation will be key. So this comes as no surprise: Samsung is preparing to launch an updated version of the Gear VR headset, according to Electronics VP Sung-Hoon […]
A record six Major League Baseball teams have been sent luxury tax bills, among them the New York Yankees, who have exceeded the sport’s salary cap for 14 straight seasons. The Los Angeles Dodgers will have to pay $31.8 million and the Yankees got a $27.4 million bill for surpassing MLB’s payroll threshold of $189 […]
Kentucky’s thrilling 103-100 win over North Carolina on Saturday drew a 2.4 overnight rating, according to CBS Sports, the highest-rated college basketball game on any network in 2016. The game between two of the sport’s blueblood programs was up 50 percent over any other college hoops telecast.
OWN will return original Tyler Perry drama series The Have and the Have Nots for a new season on Tuesday, January 3 at 9p. Additionally, the network’s daytime series Home Made Simple’s new season debuts Saturday, January 14 at 9a.
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will broadcast a series shows celebrating its best moments of 2016 beginning Monday, December 19 through Thursday, December 23 at 11:35p on CBS. Tom Hanks, Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro, Will Smith, Amy Schumer and Chris Pratt headline the special compilation shows, which will also highlight Colbert’s most buzzed […]
This again? Back in September, Yahoo confirmed a 2014 data breach in which “state-sponsored” hackers stole information on around half a billion user accounts. Now the company has confirmed another, earlier hack, and this one was twice as big. Yahoo now says that an unknown party stole info on over a billion user accounts back […]
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