Snapchat is growing in influence by the day, and it stands to reason that its execs would take more onto their plates. Peter Hamby, the former CNN reporter who took over Snapchat’s news efforts last year, will begin overseeing Local Stories, a new variation on Live Stories (Snapchat’s curated short video feature). Local Stories will […]
And here comes the pushback. Last week during a presentation to reporters, NBCUniversal exec Alan Wurtzel said streaming services like Netflix and Amazon don’t pose a true existential threat to linear TV. He cited viewership data from research firm Symphony Advanced Media to demonstrate that the services’ top series garnered decent but not off-the-charts […]
On the day of the College Football Playoff Championship game, Learfield Sports, which happened to have both Clemson and Alabama as clients, also added a key, new face to its umbrella, announcing that Keisha Taylor would be coming aboard as Senior VP -Integrated Marketing for the company, which now boasts 120+ collegiate programs in its […]
CBS saw gains with the weekend’s NFL Playoff action, with Sunday’s Steelers/Broncos game reeling in a 26.2/44 to become the highest-rated Sunday AFC Divisional Playoff game in 21 years on any network in the metered markets. Nielsen numbers also topped last year equitable game by 3%. The matchup was seen by an average of 43 […]
USA is off the fence about Playing House, renewing the comedy for season three. News broke at TCA on Thursday, when series creators/stars Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair badgered USA president Chris McCumber during his opening remarks with queries about the fate of their show, until he assured them they’d be back. While season […]
Marissa Ronca has been promoted to Executive Vice President, Head of Programming, and Puja Vohra to Executive Vice President, Marketing and Digital at truTV. Both will continue to report to network president Chris Linn.
GoPro announced that it expects fourth quarter revenue to clock in at about $435 million – well short of the $500-550 it had originally expected. (Calendar-year revenue will likely amount to about $1.6 billion.) Meanwhile, Zander Lurie, the company’s SVP of Entertainment, is departing for the alluring jungles of the survey startup Survey Monkey, […]
Quick – listen for the nearest sound in the room. You could tell which direction it came from, right? That’s a key element to the aural experience – which means it’s also key to the future of virtual reality. Just as it gears up to form its own dedicated VR division, Google has given […]
NBCU is looking to best its Olympics high-mark set by the 2012 Summer Games, with Seth Winter, EVP of Sales and Sales Marketing at NBC Sports Group, stating that the company is on pace to break the $1 billion in ad revenue for this summer’s festivities. The company is reportedly asking for over $1 million […]
ESPN is doubling down on Michelle Beadle, inking the SportsNation co-host to a new multi-year deal, while announcing that her show will move to ESPN starting Feb. 8 at 4p. In addition, Beadle will join ESPN senior writer Ramona Shelburne for a new national radio show entitled Beadle & Shelburne which will debut on Feb. […]
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