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Kantar Media Newsroom: Do you suffer from the growing epidemic of Nomophobia?
Facebook is STILL outpacing forecasts!
The annual White House Correspondent’s Dinner tends to bring controversy, with a roast-like atmosphere, poking fun at the pomp and circumstance that often surrounds the presidency and all its parts. Well, this year was, how do we put it…#awkward? According to Twitter and the dinner’s attendees, the comedian headliner, Michelle Wolf, relentlessly attacked Trump and his inner sanctum, often hovering below the belt with her barbs. Did she go too far? Some, on both sides of the aisle, say yes. “The Correspondent's Dinner has come in for frequent criticism by some media observers, who believe journalists, and the policymakers they frequently cover, shouldn't cavort so ostentatiously. The gala-like event has also fanned worries about the appearance of elitism, amplifying the criticism of right-leaning critics of a press corps that appears out of touch.” In today’s fake news epidemic, the media should have taken this opportunity to shine a positive light on their profession, not sink to the level of those criticizing it.
It’s no secret that the digital world has been unkind to print news – culminating to a Save Students Newsroom campaign gaining steam in recent weeks. “A growing number of independent newsrooms have needed to consider whether to re-affiliate with their universities or shutter offices. To editors across the country, the looming possibility of administrative oversight represents an impingement on their freedom — and a potential censorship threat.” The decline in independent newspapers is also detrimental to the future of journalism as a craft – as these papers are often journalists’ training ground.
As a nod to #Brexit, California is trying once again to separate from the US, some say as an act of defiance to the Trump administration. Others say it’s because California is just “different,” and needs its own set of rules. This time, supporters are pushing for a division into three separate zones, focusing on the polar differences each region has – tech to the north (NorCal), inland empire counties to the south (SoCal), and the Los Angeles area retaining the regular ol’ California name. It’s actually going to appear on the ballot come November! “Draper, chairman of the so-called "CAL 3" campaign, announced earlier this month his group planned to submit more than 600,000 signatures, or nearly twice the amount required by law, to qualify for the Nov. 6 ballot.” Will this ever happen? I believe the phrase “a snowball’s chance in Palm Desert” comes to mind.
With the NBA playoffs kicking off, advertisers invested the most heavily in professional basketball games last week. NBA games brought in $16 million on new ad expenditures, 12 percent of the total $132 million spent on new advertising.
20th Century Fox and Walt Disney Pictures went head-to-head this week promoting the latest installments of their respective hit movie franchises. This week it was all about superheroes for the two film studios.