The newborn National Women’s Hockey League locked in its first corporate sponsorship, inking a deal with Dunkin’ Brands in a move that will see Dunkin’ Donuts become the official iced, hot, and frozen coffee of the NWHL. Yesterday saw the league unveil the new NWHL jerseys adorned with Dunkin’ patches. “Throughout the Northeast and across […]
JOB OF THE WEEK DIR, AD SALES Edge Media NYC 2 Positions; Multi-platform ad sales for natl sports/entertainment properties. Seek 1 Natl & 1 DR sales pro; 3+ yrs natl tv or digital exp req; excel comm skills; self-sufficient; self-motivated sellers Resumes to gdolce@edgets.com. CYNOPSISJOBS 12.08.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 8, 2015, and […]
JOB OF THE WEEK DIR, AD SALES Edge Media NYC 2 Positions; Multi-platform ad sales for natl sports/entertainment properties. Seek 1 Natl & 1 DR sales pro; 3+ yrs natl tv or digital exp req; excel comm skills; self-sufficient; self-motivated sellers Resumes to gdolce@edgets.com. CYNOPSISJOBS 12.08.15 Good morning. It’s Tuesday, December 8, 2015, and […]
Fox News contributors Lt. Col. Ralph Peters and Stacey Dash have been suspended for two weeks, after remarks they made about President Barack Obama following his address on terrorism on Sunday. While appearing on Fox Business Network, Peters using the words “a total p—y” to describe the President’s remarks, and Dash said the President didn’t […]
Brooklyn Nine-Nine has nabbed Sons of Anarchy alum Katey Sagal to play Jake’s (Andy Samberg) MIA mom. She’ll turn up in an early 2016 episode of the Fox comedy.
Is Twitter’s Vine service losing steam? Video analytics company Tubular Labs took a look at the social video posts from 40 major brands across Vine, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram between September and November. Tubular found that only 4% of branded content went to Vine. Tyler Hissey, Senior Digital Strategist at Hill Holliday told Adweek […]
Creativity doesn’t always mean survival. Facebook’s Creative Labs unit has been shut down, and all of its projects discontinued. Those include Slingshot (a Snapchat competitor focused on time-limited messaging), as well as video-sharing app Riff and group chatting app Rooms. CNET notes that all three apps have been pulled from app stores.
ESPN cracked open a deal with Dos Equis for a multi-year agreement to become the Official Beer Sponsor of the College Football Playoff. Dos Equis will “leverage the CFP on ESPN to bring unparalleled and interesting experiences to help fans Stay Thirsty throughout the college football season and Playoff.” The deal will see the beer […]
NBC Sports Group and Nitro Circus locked in an exclusive media agreement to showcase the inaugural Nitro World Games on July 16, at 8p from Rice-Eccles stadium in Salt Lake City. The event spotlights the country’s best FMX, Skateboard, BMX and Inline skating athletes competing for the title of Nitro World Games Champion. NBC Sports […]
On Friday, Univision asked the court to dismiss GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s $500 million lawsuit that claims the network unjustly terminated a five-year, $13.5 million deal to broadcast the Miss USA pageant. Univision dropped the show last summer, after Trump made derogatory comments about immigrants in a June 16 speech announcing his candidacy. In […]