Breaking news lower third
A live TV still: a newsworthy photo with a BREAKING lower third, headline plate, ticker and channel bug built from the logo — the announcement lands with the urgency of live news.
When the AI picks it
MarketiQ’s Creative Director favours the Breaking news lower third for posts that announce news, start a conversation or entertain, when the message is one sharp insight or a story. It is built first to announce news.
It reads each post’s goal and shape first, then its own words, the platform and the facts you have, and offers this template only where it fits.
Who it’s for
Any business. Nothing in it assumes what you sell, so the Director can offer it to a software company, a café or a coaching centre alike — whenever the post fits.
Platforms and sizes
| Size | Where |
|---|---|
| 4:51080 × 1350 px | Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, Pinterest, Reddit |
| 1:11080 × 1080 px | Ads |
| 16:91600 × 900 px | X, YouTube |
| 9:161080 × 1920 px | TikTok |
| 1.91:11200 × 628 px | Newsletter, Blog |
Single image. Each size is laid out for its canvas, not cropped; the sample above is the 4:5 version.
What it needs
The Director offers it only when these exist. Without them it simply picks another template.
- A photo for the scene: your own, or one made for the post (never with words in it)
The sample shows the template’s own stand-in where the picture goes.
Rules the AI follows
Word for word from the template library. The Director follows the copy rules when it writes into the template, and the visual review checks every creative against the visual rules.
Copy rules
- Write the headline plate like a news anchor: present tense, concrete, no exclamation marks.
- Ticker items are real, short updates from the copy; never invent numbers, places or clients.
Visual rules
- Full-bleed photo layer with scanlines and a vignette (a brand-lit wireframe globe when absent), a brand-colour BREAKING tag, a white headline plate, a dark subline plate, a brand ticker with a dark crawl and clock, and a channel bug from the logo with a LIVE tag — brand colour and night only, never news red.
More News & media templates
Magazine cover
A glossy magazine cover with the brand as the masthead: an editorial cover image, one big cover story and a stack of cover lines
Press release
A formal press release on letterhead
Op-ed column
An opinion column by the brand: section flag, a big serif headline, byline with a monogram, a drop-cap argument and a pull quote
Weather forecast
A TV weather board where the forecast is the market: day or season columns with sun, cloud, rain and storm icons, each condition a real trend
Market ticker board
A trading-terminal board of the brand's own indicators
Podcast episode card
A square-first podcast cover and episode card: the show name stacked like a poster on the brand colour, the episode title, the brand as host, a waveform and a play button
Documentary title card
A cinematic documentary title card: a darkened film still between letterbox bars, a letter-spaced serif title, 'a film by' the brand and a premiere line
Classified ads
A classifieds page: ruled boxes of WANTED, FOR HIRE and LOST notices that each poke at a buyer's problem, around one bold display ad from the brand that answers them all.
Make a Breaking news lower third with your brand.
MarketiQ writes the post, picks the template that carries it best — this one, when it fits — and fills it with your logo, colours, facts and copy.