News | Adweek
Advertisement

Television

:

News

Nearly Half of Second-Gen Hispanics Feel Like Ads Don't Target Them Ethnicity influences brand decisions

By now, it’s obvious that targeting Hispanics in the U.S. means more than just translating an ad into Spanish and casting ethnic stereotypes as spokespeople. For one thing, the first…

May 15, 2013, 6:22 AM EDT

ESPN Uses Client Testimonials in Its Upfront Diageo, Subway, Macy's

There’s an uncommonly large crowd on hand for this taping of SportsCenter, as some 2,000 observers are huddled around as anchor Hannah Storm winds down the 9:30 a.m. segment. Throwing…

May 12, 2013, 11:18 PM EDT

Report: NBC News Sets Sights on Deborah Turness Appointment would make ITV News vet the first female U.S. network news chief

ITV News editor Deborah Turness is on the verge of becoming president of NBC News, which would make her the first woman to helm a network TV division in the…

May 10, 2013, 1:48 PM EDT

CNN Wants Newt for Crossfire Refresh Gingrich on Jeff Zucker’s wish list

CNN has begun casting its net for pundits to appear in the revival of its debate show Crossfire. According to Politico, the news network has approached former Speaker of the…

April 24, 2013, 1:42 PM EDT

A.J. Clemente's 'F***-Up' Actually Puts Him in Good Company Joins a long list—from Paul Shaffer to Tom Hanks—uttering the FCC no-no

Unfortunately KFYRTV has decided to let me go. Thank you to them and everyone in ND for the opportunity and everyone for the support. — A.J. Clemente (@ClementeAJ) April 22, 2013 A.J.…

April 22, 2013, 3:00 PM EDT

Has Demand for Broadcast TV Inventory Already Topped Out? Looking at a flat upfront

While it will be a number of weeks before the networks will be able to accurately count the house, insiders suggest the 2013-14 upfront is likely to be a bit…

April 21, 2013, 11:40 PM EDT

New Girl's Jake Johnson Is An 'Idiot With Technology' Oddly, he loves a pile of emails in the morning

Specs Who Jake Johnson Age 34 Accomplishments Stars as Nick Miller on Fox’s New Girl (Tuesdays at 9 p.m.); appears in the upcoming film Drinking Buddies with Olivia Wilde; UFC aficionado Base Los Angeles What’s…

March 19, 2013, 10:34 PM EDT

Pew Finds Digital News Consumption Up but Revenue Dwindling Industry less equipped to cover news, report finds

From big newspapers to local TV broadcasts, the news media continue to face severe challenges even though digital consumption is rapidly growing, according to the Pew Research Center’s 2013 State…

March 18, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT

CNN's Documentary Unit Officially Up and Running Big-name correspondents will host programs before and after docs

In addition to green-lighting nonfiction fare featuring personalities such as Anthony Bourdain and Morgan Spurlock, CNN’s new boss Jeff Zucker has kept in place CNN Films, new documentary production and…

March 15, 2013, 1:41 PM EDT

Shepard Smith Sleeps With His Samsung Galaxy Yet he still loves print

Who Shepard Smith Age 49 Accomplishments Host of The Fox Report With Shepard Smith; has been with Fox News since the network launched in 1996; was a correspondent for A Current Affair Base…

March 13, 2013, 2:15 AM EDT

Advertisement