WWE has announced the WrestleMania 39 premium live event became the most-successful and highest-grossing event in the company’s history. The two-night, sold-out event at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on April 1st and 2nd set new records for viewership, gate, sponsorship, merchandise and social media. Night 2 of WrestleMania 39 surpassed the existing global viewership record […]

The BBC has confirmed the appointment of TV executive John Hardie to review how its social media guidance applies to freelancers. The review, which was announced by BBC Director-General Tim Davie earlier in March, will start immediately. It is expected the review will be completed by the summer and any changes to the BBC’s social […]

Research has revealed that consumers want brands to be actively involved in the development of new and emerging musicians. More than a third (39 per cent) of people expect brands and companies to use the music of emerging artists in their social media posts – and a similar number (34 per cent) expect brands to […]

Videocites, creator of the next-generation analytics solution that reveals the social footprint created by fans and partners on social media, has announced the initial closing of a Series B round led by Velocity Capital Management with additional investments by Series A investor Infront Sports & Media AG, and NBA Equity. Videocites is providing the NBA […]

Millennials have ripped up the parenting rulebook when it comes to raising their own Gen Alpha children, according to a study by kids and family insight company Beano Brain. Findings from the year-long study based on more than 200-hours of face-to-face interviews and a survey of 2,000 parents are published in a white paper titled […]

Data from audience insights platform GWI, reveals that Gen Z has become ‘crisis fatigued’ in their attitude to the world around them. The research from GWI’s Global Gen Z report, reveals that, despite being known as a climate-conscious generation, young Brits interest in environmental issues has dropped by 19 per cent over the past year, […]

Channel 4 has commissioned 1×60’ documentary that will explore the rise of controversial social media star Andrew Tate. The 36-year-old American-born ex-kickboxer and adult entrepreneur Tate achieved global status on social media by lacing self-help techniques and get-rich-quick schemes with toxic misogyny. He gained millions of followers – largely young men – on TikTok and […]

The BBC has shared its first ever thematic review as part of the Corporation’s 10-Point Impartiality Plan. The review assesses whether due impartiality is being achieved across BBC taxation and public spending, government borrowing and debt output and considers if a breadth of voices and viewpoints are being reflected. The BBC Board commissioned review finds […]

The latest quarterly data from the Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report shows that UK adspend rose 4.3 per cent in Q3 2022, to a total of £8.5 billion (€9.6bn). This means spend during the first nine months of the year was up 10.8 per cent, at £25.3 billion. Additional report highlights include: –  OOH and cinema […]