Karla Ray turned an ‘unprompted job loss’ into a media coaching powerhouse
Originally published by Newsmatics, Inc. Reprinted with permission. By Issac Morgan, Staff Writer, Newsmatics, Inc. Some people learn to speak on camera. Karla Ray lived it.…
Matt Cuddy, CNBC’s Washington bureau chief, retires after 30-plus-year career
Matt Cuddy, who led CNBC’s Washington bureau for nearly three decades, retired after a 30-plus-year career with the business news network. His departure…
Sign of the Times: Meta cuts workforce 10%
Meta plans to cut 10% of its global workforce due to increased investment in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies toward the end of May, according to a…
USAA Educational Foundation Extends Crosby Contract for Two Years
The USAA Educational Foundation (USAAEF) has enlisted Crosby Marketing Communications for an additional two years to provide integrated marketing support, continuing work that began in 2022.…
Online opinion personalities and comedians now primary source of news
Americans no longer turn to TV and newspapers as their primary source of news, instead turning to online opinion personalities and comedians, particularly those on the…
NOTUS to become The Star to fill void it says was left by cuts at Washington Post
“The Star” is born, reports The New York Times. According to The Times, NOTUS, a Washington political news website with “ambitious plans to fill a void…
Banner parent organization acquires Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism and Block Communications, Inc., announced that they have reached an agreement for Venetoulis to acquire the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, one…
AAF DC Celebrates District 2 ADDY Award Winners
The American Advertising Federation DC announced that several entries from the DC creative community have been recognized at the prestigious District 2 American Advertising Awards, advancing…
Moving Beyond Demographics to Predictive and Behavioral Segmentation
Originally published by Response Labs. Reprinted with permission. Demographics No Longer Define the Customer In the previous chapter, we explored why unifying customer data is the…
District Cannabis launches a ridiculously serious campaign to make 4/20 a national holiday
Brilliant & Absurd Creative, Serves As High-Profile Branding Platform District Cannabis, an irreverently innovative cannabis company operating in Washington, D.C., and Maryland, is launching…
What a Graduating Marketer Sees That Most Practitioners Miss
By Geoff Livingston I recently caught up with Jonathan Harris, president of AMA-GMU at George Mason University and about-to-be marketing grad, at a…
Sign of the times: Onetime king of at-home shopping seeks bankruptcy protection
QVC Group, the parent company the home shopping TV brands HSN and QVC, will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The specifics…
State of Wikipedia report for April 2026
In April 2026, the Wikipedia Chaos Index rose to 93, marking another month at critical levels. The platform remains highly volatile, so our advice remains unchanged:…
Sign of the Times: Snap laying off 1,000 employees because of AI
Snap inc. is laying off 16 percent of its employees, about 1,000 people, as it tries to find a path toward sustained profitability, reports The…
Pum Lefebure, co-founder and chief creative officer of Design Army, tells podcast that design “is not about being the loudest or funniest” and sometimes you can shout “quietly”
Pum Lefebure, co-founder and chief creative officer of D.C.-based Design Army, an internationally acclaimed design studio, was interviewed for The TED Audio Collective’…
