Simon Dumenco

Media Guy

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

‘POUTUS’: Jimmy Kimmel rebrands Trump. Watch the video

By Simon Dumenco on 11.13.2020

The data behind Netflix cancellations, and Billie Eilish’s latest song premiere by the numbers: Datacenter Weekly

By Simon Dumenco on 11.12.2020

‘Georgia, don’t let these radicals change America’: Watch Rick Scott’s attack ad about the Jan. 5 runoff election

By Simon Dumenco on 11.12.2020

Watch Rudy Giuliani, pro bono PR man for a Philly landscaping firm, hype a cigar store in an actual commercial

11.09.20 @ 01:53 PM ET

Did advertising fail the Democrats?

By Simon Dumenco on 11.09.2020

Der Spiegel: America First Part 2

11.09.20 @ 09:38 AM ET

The final(-ish) tally on 2020 campaign ad spending

By Simon Dumenco and Kevin Brown on 11.09.2020

How U.S. newspapers covered Joe Biden’s win

By Simon Dumenco on 11.08.2020

German newsweekly Der Spiegel reworks its ‘America First’ cover for the Biden era

By Simon Dumenco on 11.08.2020

Watch ‘Best Song of 2020,’ Trump’s music video-style ad aimed at Latinos

By Simon Dumenco on 11.02.2020

Watch the #OnlyTheYoung political ad with a Taylor Swift soundtrack that’s blowing up right now

By Simon Dumenco on 10.30.2020

Watch ‘Covey Spreader,’ conservative PAC The Lincoln Project’s ‘insane,’ comedic anti-Trump ad

10.29.20 @ 04:00 PM ET

Trump admin planned a $300 million, celeb-packed, pro-Trump PSA campaign to re-spin the coronavirus crisis

By Simon Dumenco on 10.29.2020

Watch ‘Trump Administration Officials for Biden,’ starring Miles Taylor—a new attack ad from a Republican group

By Simon Dumenco on 10.28.2020

‘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