10+ hour, 48+ min ago   (268+ words) Omnicom plans to eliminate 15,000 jobs, leaving it with a total headcount of 105,000 through December as it aims at a $1.5 billion gross synergy target following its acquisition of IPG, Ad News reports. The firm says it is moving faster despite the…...

11+ hour, 10+ min ago   (191+ words) Sue Naegle and Ali Krug, riding high on the success of Peacock’s The Five Star Weekend, are movingtheir Dinner Party Productions from NBCUniversal to 20thTelevision, a part of Disney Television Studios, Deadline reports. Naegle and.Krug will develop and produce series…...

11+ hour, 49+ min ago   (243+ words) McClatchy has made deep cuts at newspapers it owns nationwide, Associated Press reports. More than 90 union journalists at 17 publications—30% of all workers belonging ti the NewsGuildCWA—have been laid off. The affected publications include news outlets include, The Miami Herald,…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (542+ words) Google, Meta and TikTok on Thursday pressed a federal appeals court to block enforcement of a California law prohibiting the companies from algorithmically recommending posts to minors under 18 without the consent of a parent or guardian. The companies contend that…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (288+ words) WPP Production is urging clients to do all of their production work with the holding company — thereby avoiding outsourcing to independent production houses — and at least one production trade group says WPP's stand is essentially an assault on “the free…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (251+ words) California Governor Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed a bill that prohibits social media platforms outright from providing "addictive features" -- including algorithmically recommended content and videos that play automatically -- to users under 16. Newsom said at the signing ceremony that the law…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (143+ words) Basil Iwanyk, founder of Thunder Road Films, and partner Eria Lee are partnering with Lit Entertainment Group founder Adam Kolbrenner to launch TR/AK, a media company focused on creators and original stories. The new company will also pursue ambitious…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (855+ words) In July I wrote about the industry's love affair with visibility-based metrics. You can connect the data, but you still have to earn the authority. A few weeks later, the market ran the experiment. In the undying quest to make…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (245+ words) Competitive concerns over the proposed $22 billion Fox Corp.-Roku merger are now focused on two free streaming channels: Tubi and the Roku Channels, according to analysts. This comes as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is planning to seek more information…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (232+ words) U.S. TV production of new and existing shows is declining, but linear TV production is proving to be more "resilient" than streaming platforms in recent years, Ampere Analysis finds. Between 2022 and 2025, U.S.-produced linear “orders” fell 26% to 1,304 per year (from 1,773) while streaming…...