In congressional races across the country, a new crop of super PACs is taking to the air with millions of dollars worth of advertisements to sway voters.
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Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
21 June 2026
With two hydration breaks that include four ad breaks per match, it can be estimated that Fox will make well over $200 million during hydration break advertisements during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
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Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 June 2026
Days beyond 10 hours help fuel significant billings for some lawyers, including two from the firm Rock Fusco & Connelly whose billing amounts last year led all attorneys working for the city on this kind of case.
Fox Sports, America’s English-language broadcaster for this World Cup, has shown adverts during the hydration breaks since the tournament began last Thursday.
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Tom Burrows,
New York Times,
17 June 2026
After posting the adverts, Chinese agents are said to trawl through applicants’ CVs to find who might have access to useful information, with subsequent interviews conducted virtually.
There was a prefatory letter by Archibald MacLeish, a professor at Harvard and a former Librarian of Congress, and an introduction by Mark Schorer, a professor of English at Berkeley, along with blurbs from other eminent men of letters.
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Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
The book carried blurbs from prominent journalists, including Nicholas Thompson, The Atlantic’s chief executive, and a foreword by Maria Ressa, the Nobel Peace Prize–winning reporter from the Philippines.
The announcements reflect a broader trend discussed throughout APOS, where media executives have increasingly emphasized audience engagement, community-building and cultural affinity as key drivers of future growth across Asia’s entertainment industry.
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Lin Ying-Hsuan,
Variety,
17 June 2026
However, there have been interesting announcements as the summer starts this year, from incremental progress to attention-grabbing promises.
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