I quit a VP-level role in Big Tech and now I work with startups. It's more unpredictable, but startup life is invigorating.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Robert E. Williams, a 40-year-old VC board director and startup advisor based in Maryland. It's been edited for length and clarity. I spent the first 13 years of my career at AT&T, working my...

Mid Wynd International Investment Trust plc: uncovering opportunities in the media industry

Natasha Cardale explains how Mid Wynd International Investment Trust plc identifies quality growth opportunities, using the music industry to show durable advantages. Click here to read more: https://tinyurl.com/4czjv7yd Article originally...

Media Capital Technologies Taps Jordan Lichtman as Chief Operating Officer, General Counsel (EXCLUSIVE)

Media Capital Technologies has hired Jordan Lichtman as chief operating officer and general counsel. In his new role, Lichtman will oversee MCT’s corporate operations, as well as its business and legal affairs. His responsibilities not only apply...

Media: A Voice For Ecosystem Restoration And Climate Resilie...

Along the shimmering coastline of Ghana, where the Atlantic Ocean kisses the land, beauty and tragedy now coexist. Once-bustling fishing villages like Fuveme, Keta, Agavedzi and Ada are fighting to stay afloat literally. The sea that once provided...

Media Elitists Rage Against Trump and His ‘Nazi’ ‘Stormtroopers,’ Praise Antifa

In the month before Election Day, leftist journalists and celebrities have been pushing the absurd idea that democracy was on the line because President Donald Trump and his “Nazi” pals have been using his “stormtroopers” to attack his “political...

News: Metal Singer Marcie Free Dead at 71

Marcie Free, best known as the singer for metal groups King Kobra, Signal, and Unruly Child, has died at 71 years old. Her death was confirmed on October 24 by long-time friend and former Unruly Child bandmate Jay Schellen. A cause of death has...

Media: Germany to allocate additional €3bn to support Ukraine in 2026

The German government plans to increase financial assistance to Ukraine by approximately €3 billion in 2026 and is preparing to approve the corresponding amendments to the draft budget. A Reuters source said that Germany's finance and defence...

NAB: Big Tech’s Big Fumble

Tonight, Cowboys and Cardinals fans who rely on YouTube TV for their local ABC channel will be drowning their sorrows in leftover Halloween candy, thanks to Big Tech’s heavy hand in deciding what viewers can and cannot watch. If you subscribe to...

News Influencers Fact Sheet

The Pew-Knight Initiative supports new research on how Americans absorb civic information, form beliefs and identities, and engage in their communities. Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan, nonadvocacy fact tank that informs the public about the...

Dentsu Media Trends Report: Experience Optimization, Agentic AI, Much More

From the radically transforming search space to AI-generated audience panels, Dentsu has issued a new report highlighting what the company sees as the major media trends that brands should embrace in 2026. Google has dominated the search landscape...

How Mountain Hardware's Shift To 'Agile Mix Modeling' Enabled Dynamic Media Buys

A black-box marketing-mix model's (MMM) data was not sufficient for Columbia Sportswear's Mountain Hardwear brand to make real-time media-buying decisions as campaigns ran. So Drew Schneier, the company's senior manager of ecommerce marketing,...

EBU picks LiveU to power IP-based 24/7 Eurovision News Exchange

The EBU has awarded LiveU a five-year contract to deliver round-the-clock live news over IP for its Eurovision News Exchange, shifting the previously satellite-only workflow towards a hybrid, cloud-centric model. LiveU’s Matrix cloud IP...

Under a strategic partnership with Abu Dhabi Media, ADtv content moves to STARZPLAY platform starting 4 November

ABU DHABI (ALETIHAD) Abu Dhabi Media, the UAE’s leading media company, announced the signing of a strategic partnership with STARZPLAY, the leading subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service in the MENA region, under which all ADtv content will...

Jennifer Laski joins Ankler Media as executive producer, Live & Brand Partnerships

Press Release | Ankler Media Los Angeles, California - November 3, 2025 – Ankler Media, the leading independent media company covering the entertainment industry, is growing its events & creative team with the hiring of Emmy Award-winning...

 SUDDEN RISE OF CASES FROM POLITICAL DISCOURSE WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR MEDIA PRACTICES IN NIGERIA

By Samuel Marshall In Nigeria today, the courtroom has become an unexpected extension of the political battlefield. From television studios to social media platforms, words spoken in the heat of political discourse are increasingly finding their...

Gannett enters a new era, company renamed USA TODAY Co.

NEW YORK - For the first time since 1923, Gannett Inc. is changing its name. The media company, whose content reaches one in two Americans daily, is now known as USA TODAY Co. The announcement was made by USA TODAY Media President Kristin Roberts...

National Service Authority dismisses fake postings update circulating on social media

The National Service Authority (NSA) has cautioned the public to disregard a fake publication circulating on social media titled “National Students Service Postings Update.” In a statement issued on November 4, 2025, the Authority stated that the...

GOP political fundraiser accuses newspaper for defamation

MIAMI – A well-known Florida businessman and Republican political fundraiser is suing a left-leaning newspaper for defamation, saying it has “severely damaged” his reputation. Elliott Broidy filed his lawsuit October 20 against Haaretz Daily...

Sanwo-Olu presents over 100 copies of Yakubu Mohammed’s book to Mass Communication Students

Politics By Anthony Isibor THE Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has presented over 100 copies of “Beyond Expectations” – A Memoir, written by veteran journalist and administrator, Yakubu Mohammed, as a gift to Mass Communication students....

AP News Summary at 11:06 a.m. EST

Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84 WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President George W. Bush says Dick Cheney was a “decent, honorable man” whose death is “a loss to the nation.” Cheney's family...