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NBC and American Express Team Up Again to Replace More Today Show Ad Time

Convergent TV

After replacing 30 minutes of prime-time spots with branded content on Leap Day, NBC and American Express are teaming up again next week.


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Creative Ways Local TV Stations Are Showing the Olympics Despite Rigid Rules

Convergent TV

With broadcasters confined by restrictions on anything Olympics-related, some local newscasters are coming up with creative ways to show viewers what's happening in Rio without running afoul of NBCUniversal, the [...]

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Arianna Huffington Is Leaving The Huffington Post

Performance Marketing

Arianna Huffington is leaving The Huffington Post, a site she co-founded 11 years ago. Her new venture will take her right back to where it all started.  I thought HuffPost [...]

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NBC Gets Mixed Results for Olympic Ratings on Night 2

Convergent TV

The opening ceremony for the 2016 Rio Olympics disappointed—in terms of rating—for NBC. Household viewership for Friday night's festivities were down 28 percent from the 2012 London Games opener.

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Vice Is Launching a Nightly Newscast on HBO to Coincide With the First Presidential Debate

Convergent TV

Vice's first daily newscast, called Vice News Tonight, will debut Sept. 26 on HBO. The half-hour broadcast is "for viewers who have grown increasingly skeptical of daily broadcast news," the [...]

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Jon Stewart Takes Down Roger Ailes and Donald Trump in His First Daily Show-Style Rant in 11 Months

Convergent TV

Ever since Jon Stewart stepped down as host of The Daily Show last August, his fans have been begging him to return to late-night and deliver his brilliant, incisive political [...]