Ciencias de la comunicación

Hallmark executive vice president of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly told her staff she did not want to cast “old people,” saying they did not fit with her image for the channel, a new age discrimination lawsuit filed against the studio claims. (Variety) Penny Perry, a 79-year-old casting director who departed Hallmark in April after nearly…Hallmark […]

The Los Angeles Times lost two more longtime editorial writers, the latest in a growing exodus to protest owner Patrick Soon-Shiong’s interference with the paper’s planned endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris, TheWrap can exclusively report. (TheWrap) Oliver Darcy: Why hasn’t The Washington Post made an endorsement in the 2024 presidential race? It’s a question,…The

Harris’ CNN town hall Wednesday night was the most-watched program of the evening among all the cable networks, with 3.334 million total viewers, and it finished second in the adults 25-through-54 demographic, behind the National Basketball Association on ESPN, with 744,000 viewers between 9 p.m. and 10:11 p.m. ET. (TVNewser) That figure is less than…Harris’

Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity, which offers an AI search engine, published a blog post Thursday pushing back on News Corp.’s lawsuit against the company. (The Verge) In the post, Perplexity referenced an adversarial posture between the media and tech, calling the lawsuit “fundamentally shortsighted, unnecessary, and self-defeating.” (TechCrunch)Artificial intelligence startup Perplexity, which offers an AI

Playboy has no interest in selling to Hugh Hefner’s son–at least, not for his offering price. Playboy Group said Thursday that its board unanimously rejected Cooper Hefner’s “unsolicited” $100 million offer to buy the company, adding that the offer “substantially undervalues” the assets. (TheWrap) CEO Ben Kohn said the board “will continue to evaluate all…Playboy

Nonprofit Allbritton Journalism Institute, which houses nonprofit political newsroom Notus, named media executive Brad Bosserman as chief revenue officer of both operations Thursday. (ADWEEK)Nonprofit Allbritton Journalism Institute, which houses nonprofit political newsroom Notus, named media executive Brad Bosserman as chief revenue officer of both operations Thursday. (ADWEEK) Read More

Press Forward, the national initiative that awarded $100,000 to the St. Louis Argus, said it “paused payment” on the grant while it looks into allegations that the newspaper has helped itself to the work of numerous other media outlets. (SLM)Press Forward, the national initiative that awarded $100,000 to the St. Louis Argus, said it “paused

More publishers are discovering that magazines are now a luxury good. (Bloomberg)More publishers are discovering that magazines are now a luxury good. (Bloomberg) Read More

Jake O’Leary joined Instagram as global head of marketing, Meta confirmed to ADWEEK. He will lead marketing for the Instagram application, Instagram’s creators, and Threads. (ADWEEK) Former Netflix content chief Cindy Holland will lend her expertise to David Ellison and Skydance Media as the company looks to close its acquisition of Paramount Global. (THR) Telemundo…Jake