These Were the Hottest TV Shows and Networks of 2016
Life met art in the 2016 TV Hot List. Veep, a political satire about a White House run, was declared Hottest Comedy, but was trumped by the real thing, which [...]
Nick Targeted in Kids’ Privacy Complaint for SpongeBob App
Performance Marketing
Hoping to pressure the Federal Trade Commission to step up its enforcement of kids' privacy laws, the Center for Digital Democracy filed a complaint against Nickelodeon and PlayFirst's SpongeBob Diner [...]
Analyst on Beleaguered Viacom Stock: ‘It’s Far and Away My Most Screaming Buy’
Here is a tale designed to stress out even the most unflappable investor: once upon a time, there was a cable conglomerate with some major ratings problems.
The Advertising Wars: DirecTV and Viacom
When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one corporation to dissolve the bands of finance that have connected it with another, and to assume a martyred [...]
Sick Nick a Drag on Viacom Ad Sales
Nickelodeon’s ongoing ratings woes were the talk of Viacom’s fiscal second-quarter earnings call, as executives faced a litany of pointed questions about the network’s under-deliveries.