Finally, someone has gone on the record about whether or not Nicki Minaj is going to be a judge on "American Idol" starting this fall. Minaj just spent the summer shilling for Pepsi, and our colleague Natalie Zmuda, at TVWeek…
Missouri television stations stand to lose a lot of advertising dollars in the controversy over Rep. Todd Akin’s remarks that women should be able to prevent pregnancy in cases of "legitimate rape," reports MediaPost.com. Missouri stations, including stations owned by…
Univision Communications has tapped a new president of Advertising Sales and Marketing. The company announced that the position will be filled by Keith Turner, who replaces David Lawenda. Turner was recently senior vice president of Media Sales and Sponsorship for…
NBC Sports Chairman Mark Lazarus said he has been contemplating whether NBC should have tape-delayed more Olympic events, citing the men’s tennis final between Andy Murray and Roger Federer, which was aired live. “It’s undeniable we hurt our ratings by…
JC Penney will be shifting its advertising spending away from television and into print, reports Advertising Age, citing Chief Executive Ron Johnson, who spoke with analysts to discuss the company’s second-quarter results. "In many ways we were trying to build…
Spending on political TV ads soared during July, with markets in the Midwest in particular reaping the rewards, Deadline.com reports. “Political pros took a keen interest in July in markets including Zanesville, Ohio; Sioux City and Davenport, Iowa; Charlottesville, Virginia;…
NBCUniversal has already sold $200 million in advertising for its 2014 broadcast of the Winter Olympics, which will be held in the Russian city of Sochi, reports Brian Steinberg in Advertising Age. "The London Games created an enormous amount of…
Arsenio Hall’s new late-night talk show, distributed by CBS Television Distribution, is now a "firm go," reports our friend Nellie Andreeva at Deadline.com. The show is set to debut in the fall of 2013, and has been cleared in 85%…
Facebook disclosed in a regulatory filing that 83 million of its users are fakes, such as duplicates, pages for pets or spam, raising concerns about the company’s advertising effectiveness, reports the New York Post. The fake users make up almost…