Media & Marketing

Tom Cruise hops back into the cockpit, ‘Hacks’ returns, dinosaurs (continue to) stalk the earth, and much more

Tom Cruise returns in the much-anticipated sequel that’s entertaining if lacking in originality.

At the upfronts, as the television industry’s annual pitch event for advertisers is known, the traditional TV aspect of the spiel this year may have never been less important.

A GE Healthcare plant in Shanghai stopped making the Omnipaque contrast agent for several weeks during China’s Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns.

Marriott will use anonymized data on its guests to help brands target their ads. Walmart, Kroger, DoorDash and others have taken similar tacks, which come amid new privacy efforts.

North Korea, which hasn’t vaccinated its population, imposed a lockdown in all its major cities after it reported its first local case of Covid-19 more than two years after the pandemic began.

Increases in advertising sales and subscriptions fueled growth at Wall Street Journal parent Dow Jones.

Strong growth in Paramount+ subscribers comes as market has grown skeptical of the streaming industry.

As Moscow lobs missiles into Ukrainian cities, it is also fighting an information war to control what its citizens learn about the conflict. Some independent outlets are persevering.

The Palestinian militant group has stepped up a campaign urging Palestinians in the West Bank and Israel to attack Jews in the wake of clashes between Israeli security forces and Muslims around the Al Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Moscow links the conflict to the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany ahead of Russia’s May 9 holiday. There has been a crescendo of hardline comments from the Kremlin and state-controlled media.

The deal is part of a wave of consolidation in media as publishers seek scale to compete with Alphabet’s Google and Meta Platforms’ Facebook.

The anchor is alleging that her right to free speech was violated. The lawsuit centers of comments Ms. Steele made about Covid-19 and former President Barack Obama

But media buyers’ appetite for in-game ads remains middling—for now.

AT&T posted strong customer growth in its core wireless business during the first quarter as it capped its run as a modern media company.

Infowars and other media assets backed by far-right radio host Alex Jones filed for bankruptcy, opening a new front in his legal fight with families of Sandy Hook victims after he was found liable for falsely claiming the 2012 shooting was a hoax.

Publicis said organic revenue grew about 11% in the first quarter, as marketers increasingly seek its help in the areas of first-party data, digital media and commerce.

Advertising has followed shopping online during the pandemic at a breathless rate. The ad spend was concentrated—78.6%—at just 10 top digital publishers and platforms and the proportion is creeping higher.

With the handoff of Warner Bros. and HBO, the company returns to focusing on core wireless and broadband services.

Major League Baseball’s new deals with Apple TV+ and Peacock are making it more complicated—and expensive—for fans to watch their team’s games.