Simon Dumenco

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Simon Dumenco is the "Media Guy" columnist for Ad Age. You can follow him on Twitter @simondumenco.

‘Biden’s Moment’: Watch conservative PAC The Lincoln Project’s most pro-Biden ad yet

By Simon Dumenco on 10.27.2020

And the campaign ad windfall winner is ... Fox News

By Simon Dumenco and Kevin Brown on 10.26.2020

Watch the Sam Elliott-narrated World Series ad the Biden campaign is spending $4 million to air

10.22.20 @ 12:00 PM ET

Time replaces its logo with ‘VOTE’ on latest cover

10.22.20 @ 10:29 AM ET

‘Mourning in Pennsylvania’: Watch The Lincoln Project’s anti-Trump ‘Mourning in America’ ad sequel for the swing state

10.21.20 @ 12:52 PM ET

Apple Music TV is the new (old) MTV, plus TMI about Jeffrey Toobin’s ZDI: Tuesday Wake-Up Call

By Simon Dumenco on 10.20.2020

Bruce Willis hypes DieHard batteries (!) and Facebook blocks millions (!!) of ads: Monday Wake-Up Call

By Simon Dumenco on 10.19.2020

How much is a U.S. Senate seat worth? That depends

By Kevin Brown and Simon Dumenco on 10.19.2020

Here’s what happened to MSNBC’s viewership when Trump’s town hall came on: Datacenter Weekly

10.16.20 @ 04:44 PM ET

‘Vote for Respect’: Watch Joe Biden’s most positive negative ad yet

10.15.20 @ 03:05 PM ET

‘Joe Biden Malfunctions’: Trump attack ad mocks the idea of a virtual debate

10.12.20 @ 06:02 PM ET

Watch the newest commercials on TV from Audible, Cyberpunk 2077, Power the Polls and more

10.12.20 @ 04:31 PM ET

Inside The Lincoln Project: Watch the ‘60 Minutes’ segment on the political ad-making sensation

10.12.20 @ 12:28 PM ET

Time’s latest cover depicts the White House as a terrifying coronavirus hot zone

10.08.20 @ 01:08 PM ET

‘Maybe I’m Immune’: Watch James Corden’s Trump-inspired Paul McCartney song spoof

10.07.20 @ 11:43 AM ET

Watch The Lincoln Project’s searing ‘Hospital’ ad attacking Trump’s COVID record

10.06.20 @ 12:55 PM ET