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On Monday, all of the talk was supposed to be about Game of Thrones, but Queen Bey again let us know that she is the true Queen of All Media, as her “visual album,” Lemonade, debuted on HBO.
‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘Lemonade’ Boost Engagement on HBO
Beyoncé‘s album of the same title dropped Saturday night on Tidal, the music streaming service owned by her husband, Jay-Z (who’s also the subject of at least some of Lemonade), with iTunes adding the album for $17.99 on Sunday morning. Her tour then kicked off in Miami. Perfectly orchestrated, no?
Lemonade dominated Twitter talk and took over the conversation while Jon Snow just continued to lay there, dead, in his namesake snow.
‘Game of Thrones’ No Match for Beyoncé in Nielsen Twitter TV Ratings
On Tuesday, our “long national nightmare” came to a halt when Kelly Ripa returned to Live, although we shed a tiny tear when we learned that the Ripa-Strahan reunion would be short-lived: Strahan will leave Live on May 13 instead of in September as originally planned.
As Kelly Ripa Returns, Michael Strahan Prepares His Exit
On Wednesday, rumors flew that Comcast was going to buy DreamWorks Animation and those, like the much-anticipated Kelly-and-Michael reunion, also were short-lived.
Comcast in Talks to Buy DreamWorks Animation for $3 Billion-Plus
On Thursday, one day after stories broke that the deal was in progress—but may still fall apart—Comcast announced the deal was done and officially approved by its board of directors. Comcast and NBCUniversal hope to use the acquisition to compete with Disney in the family entertainment space across film, TV, theme parks and consumer products.
NBCUniversal Acquires DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 Billion
Of equal significance to Comcast buying DreamWorks Animation for $3.8 billion is the fact that PromaxBDA announced its North America and Global Excellence finalists on Thursday.
FX, Hulu, CNN Worldwide Among PromaxBDA North America, Global Excellence Finalists
CNN Worldwide, FX Networks and Hulu are the finalists for North America marketing team of the year, while 2C Media, loyalkaspar and Mistress are finalists for North America agency of the year. On the Global Excellence side, Canada’s Bell Media, CNN Worldwide and India’s Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd are finalists for marketing team of the year, while bpg, loyalkaspar and Publicis Conseil are finalists for agency of the year.
See all of the North America 2016 finalists here.
See all of the Global Excellence 2016 finalists here.
Finally, we leave you with one of our favorite Hot Spots of the week:
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