What do the Cookie Monster and actor Daveed Diggs have in common? Honestly, nothing at all--but they both just scored lead roles in DoorDash's first-ever Super Bowl commercial. The campaign, which will kick off with a 30-second teaser in Sunday's AFC… - 2 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 6:20pm -
Few lyrics have proven more prophetic than "Tag Team, back again," the line that launches listeners into 1993's timeless track "Whoomp! (There It Is)." Long after the song's initial dominance of radio stations and clubs, it reemerged time and again i… - 2 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 5:35pm -
Key Insights NBCUniversal is trimming its cable network portfolio: Sports network NBCSN will be no more by the end of the year. The company will be moving NBCSN's top sports programming to USA Network and streaming service Peacock. NBCSN, which first… - 3 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 4:51pm -
Two years ago, Scotts Miracle-Gro dipped its toes in the VaynerMedia waters when it asked the agency to handle creative work for Ortho, its line of pest and weed control products. The company, which sells fertilizers, soil and other lawn and gardenin… - 3 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 4:28pm -
As in-person gatherings remain unsafe to attend during the pandemic, virtual and "phygital" hybrid events are here to stay in 2021. Event marketers now have 10 months of experience creating virtual gatherings, but they'll need to focus on improving v… - 3 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 3:00pm -
LinkedIn added two new ways for users to control their conversation experiences on the professional network. Members can now determine who can comment on their posts: anyone on or off LinkedIn, connections only or no one. Those settings can also be c… - 3 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 2:50pm -
TikTok Friday introduced online hub TikTok Creator Portal, a one-stop shop for educational resources for creators on its platform. Content on TikTok Creator Portal will be organized into the following six learning categories: Getting Started on TikTo… - 3 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 12:30pm -
While most people would rather try on makeup before buying, inviting customers to touch the same product samples and rub them all over their faces is a pretty clear violation of current health and safety guidelines. In the meantime, Pinterest is help… - 3 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 12:00pm -
Another request to "Send Nudes" via social platforms? Relax: This one is for a good cause, and there's a reason why Nudes is uppercase. Canadian brand Nude Beverages is seeking "Nudes for Valentine's Day." The company will donate $10 for every image… - 3 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 11:45am -
Google has threatened to pull its search business from Australia if regulators don't modify a proposed law that would force tech giants to pay royalties to publishers. The claim to pull the service, made by Google Australia and New Zealand managing d… - 3 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 11:44am -
Not even a year old, and already Vdio is taking a dirt nap. Rdio said on Friday that it is scrapping the nascent video-streaming platform with which it had hoped to take on Netflix and Hulu. "Despite our efforts, we were not able to deliver the diffe… - 27 Dec 13, 3:56pm -
Back when we had cameras that weren’t in our phones, it would be really strange to just walk up to someone and take a picture of them, or kind of place the camera on the table and try to sneak a picture of someone as they’re ordering food or some… - 27 Dec 13, 11:00am -
A startup gets in hot water with Google's search team. Was it a misstep, or did it just get caught doing what other companies are doing? - 26 Dec 13, 12:52pm -
On top of a $1.2 million seed round, a $2.5 million Series A and then a $2 million extension to that Series A, Plain Vanilla Games has just raised another bundle of money for its mobile trivia game QuizUp: A $22 million Series B, led by Sequoia Capit… - 26 Dec 13, 12:40pm -
At franchises throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, you’ll now get your food served on an innovative new material. If you eat at a McDonald’s restaurant in São Paulo, Brazil, your food will come on what looks like a typical plastic tray.… - 10 hours ago, 24 Jan 21, 7:01pm -
The final games of a most unusual NFL season are happening this weekend. The winners will advance to the Super Bowl in February.After a most unusual year for professional football (and all sports), NFL fans are gearing up for the final games of the… - 1 day ago, 24 Jan 21, 4:05am -
The best ideas happen in the places people least expect to find them.Innovation means different things to different people.Read Full Story - 1 day ago, 24 Jan 21, 12:00am -
The distinctive addition to the 46th president’s office decor symbolizes the power of dreaming big. Joe Biden wanted a Moon rock for his Oval Office.Read Full Story - 2 days ago, 23 Jan 21, 3:00am -
The reporter and Twitter gadfly says her new podcast is “about what’s happening in society and social change, in a way that looks at that as political.”A 30-year veteran of the news business, Soledad O’Brien has earned the right to speak fre… - 2 days ago, 23 Jan 21, 2:00am -
B.1.1.7 has spread across England and is starting to be found in the United States. Protecting yourself from it means using more aggressive protection—and being more risk-averse.A fast-spreading variant of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 has… - 2 days ago, 23 Jan 21, 1:00am -
The reality is, most people struggle to be innovative more than once, but these practices lead to sustained inspiration.Forward-thinking individuals have a number of things in common.Read Full Story - 2 days ago, 23 Jan 21, 12:00am -
The mini collection features both the classic Doc Martens boot and the 1461 Oxford, in adult and youth sizes.Dr. Martens is known for its plentiful, versatile collaborations with the noteworthy and a little bit punk (see Raf Simons, Yohji Yamamoto)… - 3 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 11:00am -
In a Q&A with Fast Company, The Duke of Sussex responds to social media’s role in the Capitol attack and explains why the next step must be to hold social platforms accountable.Over the past year, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, The Duke and Duche… - 3 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 7:00am -
Empty city centers. Bird songs. The 8 p.m. clap. Everything has changed during COVID-19, including the soundtrack of our lives. As a creative artist, my work explores how people interact with sound and how it impacts upon our daily lives through lis… - 3 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 5:00am -
Expansion of franchises such as Demon Slayer reflects shifts in the ownership and ambitions of a $24bn-a-year industry - 1 day ago, 24 Jan 21, 12:00am -
U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein said the social network had fallen short in demonstrating the need for an injunction forcing it back online. - 3 days ago, 21 Jan 21, 6:10pm -
After staff expressed outrage that the platform was given to a pundit known for his "bigoted and incendiary commentary," Politico's editor in chief declined to apologize. - 11 days ago, 14 Jan 21, 3:18pm -
Trump’s words were slippery and his methods improvisational, but his intent was clear on Jan. 6: to stop the transfer of power. - 13 days ago, 11 Jan 21, 5:43pm -
The Fox News host responded to a joke claiming Olive Garden yanked his pasta pass for supporting the mob that stormed the Capitol. - 16 days ago, 8 Jan 21, 11:57pm -
Even though some said the move was a long time coming, many Twitter users seemed downright grateful for the platform's decision. - 16 days ago, 8 Jan 21, 7:58pm -
The newspaper, along with the Miami Herald, joined Democrats in arguing the president's Cabinet should remove him under the 25th Amendment. - 18 days ago, 6 Jan 21, 11:10pm -
The seemingly confined spaces of 'The Father,' 'One Night in Miami' and 'Sound of Metal' are actually silent insights into character. - 5 days ago, 20 Jan 21, 8:00am -
Daniel Kaluuya, producer Charles D. King and writer-director Shaka King take us behind the scenes of 'Judas and the Black Messiah' - 6 days ago, 19 Jan 21, 11:00am -
"Minari," "Forty-Year-Old Version," "Sound of Metal" among several films that not only offer diverse casts, but more nuanced stories - 6 days ago, 19 Jan 21, 9:00am -
On the fictionalized retelling of the meeting of giants, Hodge says, 'That's one of the most powerful elements of this film, that it shows how you understand somebody's pain.' - 6 days ago, 19 Jan 21, 8:45am -
'Talking about race in America has been incredibly relevant every day for the last couple hundred years,' says Hawke on the value of Showtime's 'Good Lord Bird.' - 6 days ago, 19 Jan 21, 8:30am -
Riz Ahmed, George Clooney, Delroy Lindo, Gary Oldman and Steven Yeun take us inside their new films and open up about their insecurities. - 6 days ago, 19 Jan 21, 8:00am -
Set on a destroyer, "Greyhound" had its cast "tilting, pitching, leaning, bucking, rolling and rising and falling in amusement park-worthy action," Hanks writes. - 7 days ago, 18 Jan 21, 10:00am -
With his trademark suspenders and Brooklyn-accented baritone, King spoke with world leaders, celebrities, authors, scientists, athletes — everyone. - 2 days ago, 23 Jan 21, 8:13am -
Gilkey died in 2016 while on assignment in Afghanistan. His mother, Alyda Gilkey, remembers the man behind the lens: an adventurous soul who had a way of putting his subjects at ease. - 2 days ago, 23 Jan 21, 7:53am -
Fox News is doubling down on its opinion shows and firing or sidelining some journalists as it adjusts to the Biden era. NPR discusses what these moves might tell about what Fox is trying to achieve. - 3 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 3:45pm -
The Biden White House has named Yolanda Lopez acting director of the Voice of America. She was demoted last week after a VOA reporter asked Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unwelcome questions. - 3 days ago, 21 Jan 21, 5:25pm -
Inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris was a major TV moment, featuring stars, such as Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez. NPR reviews the television coverage of Inauguration Day events. - 4 days ago, 20 Jan 21, 8:01pm -
Michael Pack's record at the parent agency for the Voice of America includes charges of bias, firings, investigations and more. He called President Biden's request for him to resign a "partisan act." - 5 days ago, 20 Jan 21, 5:02pm -
President Biden called for Americans to listen to one another and to disagree on the basis of facts, obliquely invoking the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol as the cost of trafficking in lies. - 5 days ago, 20 Jan 21, 3:40pm -
A Twitter spokesperson said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene violated the company policy it recently used to remove thousands of QAnon-related accounts. Her account was suspended for 12 hours. - 7 days ago, 17 Jan 21, 5:22pm -
The demotion of a Voice of America White House reporter led to an outcry. And the new head of sister network Radio Free Asia had registered as a lobbyist for Taiwan just days before taking over. - 9 days ago, 15 Jan 21, 6:03pm -
What is D.C.’s most famous young policy wonk doing leaving the Washington Post? Trying to start a news organization he thinks could one day eclipse it. - 2 Feb 14, 9:21pm -
When the head of Fox News moved to Garrison, New York, he bought a little newspaper and tried to instill his own brand of American values. - 9 Jan 14, 9:25am -
This PBS NewsHour feed has been retired. You may be interested in other podcasts and feeds on our subscriptions page.PBS NewsHour - 12 Mar 14, 4:19pm -
Print section Print Rubric: In signalling that he may sell a lot of 21st Century Fox, is Rupert Murdoch rolling over or regrouping? Print Headline: … - 23 Nov 17, 10:52am -
Print section Print Rubric: Publishers are wary of Facebook and Google’s heft, but have no choice but to work with them. The second in our series on the future of journalism… - 9 Nov 17, 10:48am -
Print section Print Rubric: As media giants look to consolidate, the climate for mergers gets chillier Print Headline: Dropped con… - 9 Nov 17, 10:48am -
Main image: RUPI KAUR made her name on Instagram by attacking Instagram, a fitting ascent for the provocative 24-year-old poet who releases her short verses onto the slippery, react… - 1 Nov 17, 11:26am -
Print section Print Rubric: The first in a three-part series on journalism’s future examines how leading American newspapers got readers to pay for news in the internet era… - 26 Oct 17, 10:47am -
Nidhi Razdan spent 21 years as the lead anchor of India's NDTV, which one might think would give her the chops to take on a position as an associate professor of journalism at Harvard. In fact, in June she said she was giving up her job to do that ve… - 2 days ago, 23 Jan 21, 4:35pm -
Alex Jones has lost his attempt to have lawsuits by the parents of children shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary thrown out. The Texas Supreme Court made no comment in rejecting Jones' argument Friday, the Austin American-Statesman reports. The par… - 2 days ago, 23 Jan 21, 2:45pm -
The Boston Globe has decided to let people it has covered in the past request a review of stories about them—with an eye toward possibly updating the stories, taking the names out, or ensuring they no longer show up in Google search results. Other… - 2 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 6:35pm -
NBC News veteran Tom Brokaw announced Friday that he is retiring from the network after 55 years. The author of The Greatest Generation was NBC's lead anchor at Nightly News and for big events for more than 20 years before giving way to Brian William… - 2 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 5:40pm -
President Biden's inauguration Wednesday may have had a limited in-person audience thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, but when it came to those watching at home, its audience was larger than that for former President Trump's inauguration in 2017. Va… - 3 days ago, 22 Jan 21, 1:07am -