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Media

ESPN adds six journalists who had been working at The Washington Post, which eliminated more than 300 jobs in early February, including a significant

Mar 9, 2026
Six Washington Post journalists join ESPN
Media

ESPN will air an animated version of a live NHL game on Sunday, April 5, with animated NHL players and characters from Pixar’s

Mar 8, 2026
Animated Washington Capitals NHL game to air on April 5
Advertising

Avoq Takes Home Best of Show for “Viewers Like Me” Campaign for PBS American Advertising Awards – James Minichello Photography jamesminichello.smugmug.com The American

Mar 6, 2026
AAF DC celebrates creative excellence at the 2026 American Advertising Awards
Media

Cumulus Media reached a restructuring agreement with a group of lenders that will eliminate substantially all of the company’s remaining debt, reducing its

Mar 6, 2026
Owner of two D.C.-area radio stations files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Marketing

Precision Strategies LLC, an integrated strategy and marketing agency based in D.C. and New York, announced the acquisition of Firehouse Strategies LLC, a

Mar 5, 2026
Precision Strategies LLC announced acquisition of Firehouse Strategies LLC
Events

Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), the leading trade association for the digital advertising industry, will host the 2026 IAB Public Policy and Legal Summit on

Mar 5, 2026
IAB Public Policy and Legal Summit to be held in D.C. on March 31
Media

For more than two decades, states Inside Radio, “country, news/talk and religion have been the top-three formats based on total stations, with

Mar 5, 2026
Insight: Religion now most-programmed radio format
People

Stratacomm announced a new executive leadership structure designed to further enhance the agency’s strategic focus and strengthen how teams deliver integrated marketing communications

Mar 4, 2026
Agencies and people in the news: Stratacomm, Better Together Agency and Spotted MP
Advertising

The advertising industry is facing an existential crisis hiding in plain sight, states a post on Mediapost. Across the globe, continues the post, “agencies

Mar 4, 2026
Ad industry facing crisis “hiding in plain sight,” states post on Mediapost
Agency

Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) announced the launch of applications for the Fiscal

Mar 3, 2026
DC offers funding opportunities for marketing, design and communications firms
Media

Axel Springer has acquired Bisnow, a leading commercial real estate media and events business. Since 2005, Bisnow has built a deeply engaged, global commercial

Mar 3, 2026
Axel Springer acquires B2B media and events company Bisnow and establishes Brew Media Group
Advertising

Photo By: rafael@mischiefusa.com NPR is standing up for the public’s right to ask hard questions in a national campaign dubbed “For

Mar 2, 2026
How, who, and why: NPR flips its famous letters to defend the right to be curious
Media

The Athletic is adding a slew of sports reporters from the Washington Post to expand its coverage of D.C. teams, reports Axios. The

Feb 28, 2026
“Slew” of former Washington Post sports reporters hired by The Athletic: their stories will appear in The New York Times
Media

The Washington Post lost more than $100 million in 2025, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring the mounting financial pressures facing the

Feb 26, 2026
Washington Post lost about $300 million in three years
Advertising

The newspaper and nonprofit news site Baltimore Beat is rolling out pay-what-you-can ads, reports NiemanLab. “We hope this is a way

Feb 25, 2026
Baltimore Beat rolls out pay-what-you-can ads
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