By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age Not long after announcing that it will stop advertising on Facebook, General Motors said Friday it would not be a sponsor in the Super Bowl in 2013 either. What’s going on here? Deep-pocketed marketers typically follow…
By E.J. SchultzAdvertising Age Sold in the U.S. for decades, Jägermeister could be found in most bars but never on TV. That changed this month when the imported German cordial took the plunge, breaking the first TV ad in its…
By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age FX wants to make sure Charlie Sheen is hot, but not too hot to handle. With Mr. Sheen starring in the cable outlet’s new "Anger Management" sitcom — and a potential multi-year deal in the balance…
Advertising Age Spanish-language broadcaster Univision is the first network to snag an upfront deal this year. Starcom USA and sibling multicultural media agency Tapestry are committing a significant amount of ad money from Burger King, Mars/Wrigley and Kellogg Co., among…
By Jeanine Poggi Advertising Age A&E Networks held nothing back in its upfront presentation to advertisers Wednesday evening, taking jabs at everyone from Discovery to YouTube and chastising cable networks for being copycats. "We are creating genres on TV; we…
Here’s the complete list of nominees for the 39th annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards, announced today by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences … OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES All My Children ABCJulie Hanan Carruthers, Executive ProducerHope Harmel Smith, Supervising…
By Brian SteinbergAdvertising Age Don’t book an early vacation this summer. As this year’s annual talks for the sale of TV ad time start in earnest, at least one network is expected to make the case for another year of…
Here’s the full list of nominees, from the Tony Awards website: Nominations for the 2012 American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards, Presented by The Broadway League and the American Theatre Wing Best Play Clybourne Park Author: Bruce NorrisProducers: Jujamcyn Theaters, Jane…
By E.J. Schultz Advertising Age Anheuser-Busch, a major sponsor of Ultimate Fighting Championship, has reprimanded the mixed-martial arts organization for remarks made by some fighters. Advocacy groups have criticized the fighters comments as sexist and homophobic. "We’ve communicated to the…
By Cotton Delo Advertising Age AOL touted a slate of new programming at its digital content "newfront" aimed at luring TV buyers with takes on familiar concepts, such as crime-scene investigations and housewife angst, that have made fortunes for the…