Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app. What people are talking about today: The Chicago Tribune has a scoop about the Chicago Tribune (and about its sister publications, including the New York Daily News.) "Tronc is weighing an offer to sell the Chicago Tribune and the rest of its newspaper holdings to a private equity firm," the newspaper reports. The publishing company just sold the Los Angeles Times to biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong. What's left at Tronc? Papers including the Baltimore Sun, Orlando Sentinel and the New York Daily News, which recently had massive layoffs. The possible deal could be worth upwards of $700 million, the Tribune says. The report sent Tronc's stock soaring, as Bloomberg News writes. To be continued.Not so popularTV ratings for the Academy Awards hit a record low this year, and now the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has a plan to make the event a little sexier by adding a category for "popular" film. Twitter erupted in snark. Writer-director Adam McKay tweeted suggestions for other new categories: "Best movie where shit blowed up good. Hottest female alien. Best back flip to avoid a thrown knife. Best knife throw. Best 'you thought he was dead but now he's back and REALLY kicking ass.'" There were serious questions too, like, what does this... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
[ Advertising Age | 2018-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-25 10:25:54 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-04 10:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-02 10:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-24 10:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-20 10:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-09-18 10:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-31 10:11:28 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-15 10:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-07-09 10:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-28 10:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-24 10:25:28 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-21 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. What people are talking about today It’s Day 3 of Cannes Lions, the halfway point. For those missing out on... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-19 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. What people are talking about today It’s Cannes Lions time. If you’re on the French Riviera for the ad... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-17 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. What people are talking about today: Just a month after its IPO, Uber’s COO Barney Harford and CMO Rebecca... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-06-10 10:26:30 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. What people are talking about today For over two decades, Ad Age has named Women to Watch in the marketing,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-28 10:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-22 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. What people are talking about today Justin Bieber already launched a perfume and a fashion label. What’s left?... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-21 10:01:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age’s Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device; sign up here. What people are talking about today: Google has suspended business with Huawei in a move that will severely... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-05-20 10:22:56 UTC ]
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Welcome to Ad Age's Wake-Up Call, our daily roundup of advertising, marketing, media and digital news. You can get an audio version of this briefing on your Alexa device. Search for "Ad Age" under "Skills" in the Alexa app.What people are talking about todayEurope just pushed through another... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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