As The Game Awards closes in on its third production, gaming stalwart/entrepreneur/personality and show founder Geoff Keighley spoke with Cynopsis eSports & Gaming about his plans for the 2016 edition, adding new touchpoints to the event, which was created in partnership with the CEOs of Activision, EA, Konami, Nintendo, PlayStation, Rockstar Games, Xbox, Ubisoft, Valve, […]
The exits continue at Saturday Night Live. Following word that Taran Killam and Jay Pharoah will not be returning for Season 42, NBC has confirmed that Jon Rudnitsky has been let go from the sketch comedy series.
In January 2017, FX’s flagship animated series Archer will move to FXX, as part of an animation push for the comedy-centric network. “We are really happy with FXX, it’s growing, particularly in the younger end of the spectrum,” noted Landgraf. “As freestanding studio, ADHD shut down, but you will see FXX going really aggressively in […]
The world’s biggest advertising spender is cutting way down on targeted Facebook ads. According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Procter & Gamble has decided that there can be such a thing as over-targeting. “We targeted too much and we went too narrow,” P&G Chief Marketing Officer Marc Pritchard told the Journal, […]
Twitter announced that it will open Moments, its storytelling product, up to everyday users. The product, which consists of tweets, photos and videos on a single topic or story, has been curated by Twitter, as well as by select advertisers and publishers, since its launch last year. Moments will launch for all users in […]
The Walt Disney Company officially locked in BAMTech to its portfolio, acquiring a 33% stake in the technology services and video streaming company. The deal will see BAMTech separated from MLBAM with Disney paying $1 billion in two installments for its share of the company with the option to acquire majority ownership in the coming […]
NBC Olympics released findings from its new Total Audience Delivery report for the 2016 Rio Games, stating that the overall delivery for Monday’s primetime coverage averaged an 18.1 household rating and tallied 31.5 million viewers. Through four days, viewership is averaging 27.2 million viewers, with an 8.0 score among adults 18-49, according to Nielsen. For […]
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JOB OF THE WEEK MARKETING MGR Spotlight Cinema Networks NYC Resp for providing strategic sales support, dvlpng & executing mktg programs. Serve as a key liaison between mktg & sales teams. BA deg req’d & 3 – 5 yrs of mktg exp in a media sales org, w/specific focus directly supporting a sales team. Resumes […]
Domestic diva Martha Stewart and rapper Snoop Dogg are teaming for a reality series greenlit by VH1. Martha & Snoop’s Dinner Party (wt) “will redesign the traditional food competition in a new, different and very funny way,” said Stewart. “My homegirl, Martha and I have a special bond that goes way back,” added Snoop Dogg. […]