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TV Land last night premiered a three-part special that will discuss blacks and their place in culture to coincide with Black History Month, Media Life writes. The show, titled That’s What I’m Talking About, consists of three one-hour episodes hosted and moderated by comedian Wayne Brady, with big-name guests such as Harry Belafonte, Spike Lee, Wanda Sykes, and Rev. Al Sharpton. In the first episode, topics included black cinema and TV, among other areas of popular culture.
The timing seems just about right, what with the merger of UPN and WB into a new network, CW. UPN is currently home to nearly all African American-based shows on broadcast, and industry insiders are speculating that, with the merger, most of those shows won’t survive.
The show airs Wednesdays through Feb. 15 at 10 p.m.
Though off-air online and experiential advertising grew modestly as a part of the overall radio revenue pie, and election-related political ads increased in Q3, total radio ad revenues were down 9% to $4.97 billion for Q3 and down 10% for…
Publicis has acquired full-service agency W&K Communications, continuing its Asia expansion that began several years ago.
W&K will be pulled under the umbrella of Publicis’s Burnett agency network, and will be renamed Leo Burnett Beijing Advertising, writes Adweek.
Other recent Publicis…
Everyday with Rachael Ray magazine has created :30 spots for two advertisers who have made 3- to 4-page commitments in the magazine, to run on the CBS Outernet network.
The spots will be shown on CBS Outernet’s supermarket TVs, writes Mediaweek. In a…
It’s official: with a full 28 days of data, ABC can claim to be the top network in terms of adults 18-49, its fourth November win in the demo. CBS can also claim a victory, winning in households and total…
Editors at Gawker, Gizmodo and Jezebel blogs are facing the ax. Gawker editor Sheila McClear has been let go, as has an editorial assistant at Jezebel, while Gawker weekend editor Alex Carnevale’s monthly contract was not renewed, writes FishbowlNY.
Gizmodo lost…
Top American non-luxury auto brands received higher ratings and less negative comments from online consumers than competing Japanese brands, according to an analysis of consumer opinions collected from automotive review websites by Biz360, MarketingCharts reports.
The research, which aggregated a year’s…
