Ulta Beauty Promotes Longtime Exec Kelly Mahoney to CMO
Ulta Beauty has named Kelly Mahoney as its new chief marketing officer (CMO), succeeding Michelle Crossan-Matos, who left last month. Mahoney has been at Ulta for nearly a decade, most recently serving...
View ArticleJoy Reid Says She’s ‘Feeling Guilt’ About Cancellation of MSNBC Show
In her first public comments since departing MSNBC, Joy Reid confesses to experiencing a whole range of emotions about the end of her show, The ReidOut. "I've been through every emotion over the past...
View ArticleWABC Airs Last Broadcast from Upper West Side Studios Over the Weekend
WABC has moved into its new studios located in Hudson Yards in New York City after living out of the studios at 7 Lincoln Square on West 66th since June 1979. On Saturday, the morning weekend crew,...
View ArticlePerplexity’s Next Bet? An AI-Driven Browser Called Comet
Perplexity is moving beyond AI search and into the crowded web browser market. The $9 billion startup teased its new browser, Comet, on X, calling it an "agentic search" experience. It launched a...
View ArticleDuolingo’s Duo the Owl Returns From the Dead
You can't keep a good owl down: Duolingo's owl mascot Duo, who met his demise on Feb. 11, has apparently survived his encounter with a Tesla Cybertruck after all. Duo was resurrected on the company's...
View ArticleAnn Bair to Succeed Ramon Jones as CMO of Nationwide
Nationwide has promoted Ann Bair to chief marketing officer (CMO) as longtime CMO Ramon Jones retires at the end of March after 25 years at the company. This is not Bair's first C-suite role at the...
View ArticleWeek of Feb. 17 Morning News Ratings: GMA Repeats at No. 1 for 2nd Week in a Row
ABC News' Good Morning America remained the most-watched morning news broadcast for the second week in a row for the week of Feb. 17. It was a narrow win for GMA as only 13,000 total viewers separated...
View ArticleWeek of Feb. 17 Evening News Ratings: The CBS Evening News Shows Signs of Life
After three weeks of trending downwards, the CBS Evening News moved the ratings needle upwards during the week of Feb. 17. The reimagined newscast recorded gains in total viewers and the Adults 25-54...
View ArticleKaroline Leavitt Sidelines the White House Correspondents’ Association
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took a moment out of Tuesday's briefing to unveil a seismic change in press access for journalists covering President Donald Trump's administration. Going...
View ArticleAfter Less than Two Years as CEO, Unilever’s Hein Schumacher Receives His...
In a development that's startled analysts and serves as a reminder that shorter tenures apply to CEOs and CMOs alike, consumer products giant Unilever announced that its chief executive will step down...
View ArticleDigital Evolution and Omnichannel Success With Monster Energy
In this episode of the Brave Commerce podcast, Ben Galvin, senior director of omnichannel retail sales and ecommerce at Monster Energy, joins hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter to discuss the...
View ArticleFriday, Feb. 21 Evening Cable News Ratings: Kaitlan Collins Is 1st in the...
CNN finished the week in second place in the Adults 25-54 demo, ahead of MSNBC and behind Fox News. The Source with Kaitlan Collins was the network's top show within the demo, while The Five and The...
View ArticleClaydra Rhodes to Co-Anchor Evening News a KBMT in Texas
Claydra Rhodes will co-anchor the KBMT 6 and 10 p.m. evening news alongside Jordan Williams starting Tuesday, February 25. The Southeast Texas native started her career at the Beaumont, Texas ABC and...
View ArticleMSNBC Layoffs May Follow Programming Overhaul
One day after announcing a programming overhaul that saw Joy Reid exiting the network, MSNBC is said to to be instituting widespread layoffs. In a joint statement posted to social media, the WGA East...
View ArticleRondrell Moore Leaving WTHI After More Than 17 Years
Rondrell Moore told WTHI viewers that "It's time" in a social post announcing his departure from the Terre Haute CBS and Fox affiliate. Saying his last newscast will be on Thursday, he added, "I can...
View ArticleShake Shack CMO Jay Livingston to Step Down in March
Shake Shack's chief marketing officer (CMO) Jay Livingston is leaving his role at the end of next month, he confirmed to ADWEEK. He has yet to announce his next move. Livingston made the announcement...
View ArticleNBA Slam Dunk Contest Is a Marketing Layup for Players Building a Platform
For former NBA slam dunk champion Jason Richardson, the value of legacy isn't what he could throw down but what he can pass down. Richardson won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest during his first two seasons...
View ArticleIs Tegna Looking to Hub Weather in Its Local Markets?
Will Tegna begin hubbing its weather forecasts? The question came up after we looked into an FTVLive story about recent a posting from the station group looking for someone to work in what looked like...
View ArticleWalmart Takes a Page From Amazon’s Playbook to Sell More Ads
Walmart wants more brands to buy ads on its website and mobile app. The retailer is launching a new Application Programming Interface (API) that allows retail adtech firms to build their own tools to...
View ArticleAppLovin is Officially the New Target of Short Sellers
Update Feb. 26, 4:06 pm ET: AppLovin CEO Adam Foroughi has issued a response to various short seller reports, writing: "It's disappointing that a few nefarious short-sellers are making false and...
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