When Mattel asked influencers to do some good in the world to help celebrate its first annual DC Kids Super Hero Month, the McKnights and other social influencer-filled families leapt into action. Brooklyn and Bailey, twin teenaged sisters who have 4 million subscribers on their YouTube channel, helped create content to support the campaign, as...
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April 12, 2017
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Partnerships with YouTube stars help promote empowerment
By Sami Main
When Mattel asked influencers to do some good in the world to help celebrate its first annual DC Kids Super Hero Month, the McKnights and other social influencer-filled families leapt into action. Brooklyn and Bailey, twin teenaged sisters who have 4 million subscribers on their YouTube channel, helped create content to support the campaign, as...
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Fox News says the host is taking a preplanned vacation
By A.J. Katz
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Alec Baldwin pulls double duty as Bill O’Reilly and Donald Trump
By Jason Lynch
And tourists are flocking to the land of The Walking Dead
By Jason Lynch
Network rescued the drama from cancellation last summer
By Jason Lynch
Like no other show on TV, Nashville takes a licking and keeps on ticking. CMT saved the drama last June, picking it up for Season 5 a month after ABC had canceled it. And now, despite the departure of star Connie Britton in February, CMT has renewed the drama for another year. Viacom's country music-themed...
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Plus, why he doesn't appear in more ad campaigns
By Jason Lynch
After eight years as Cameron Tucker on the hit sitcom Modern Family, Eric Stonestreet has become the latest ABC star to moonlight as a host on the network. He's emceeing The Toy Box, a new reality competition premiering Friday in which inventors vie for approval from a group of toy experts followed by a panel...
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It will be sent to a broad audience May 9 at 12 p.m.
By Sami Main
Studio71, a multichannel network that works with some of YouTube's most popular creators, is approaching this year's NewFronts in a brand new way. Instead of bringing media buyers and reporters into an event space this year, they will stream their NewFront presentation. NewFronts are an annual event for new media publishers and creators to show...
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Tells the tale of secrets, sexuality and buried treasure in Alabama
By Sami Main
A podcast nearly four years in the making, S-Town is the first project from Serial Productions, a company Sarah Koenig and Julie Snyder formed after their hit 2014 podcast, Serial, consumed the internet. Reporting for the project started in 2013, and S-Town premiered on March 28 with all seven episodes, or chapters, available for download....
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Tucker Carlson, Maggie Haberman and more
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At a time when the media are derided as failing and fake, these correspondents are on the top of their game--breaking news and keeping it real as they grapple with a White House that's been on a high-speed cycle with no end in sight. -Lisa Granatstein
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The Messy Truth host on how the media is faring in tumultuous times
By A.J. Katz
Van Jones surprised his CNN colleagues the evening of Feb. 28 when he effusively praised a portion of President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress: "He became president of the United States in that moment, period," the left-leaning political commentator proclaimed. "That was one of the most extraordinary moments you have ever...
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