Comcast files suit against Qwest
Qwest, a telecommunications company that provides DSL internet and regional phone service recently claimed in TV, online, and newspaper ads that its Internet service...
TNS: U.S. ad spend decreased 0.3% in Q1
Total ad expenditures in the opening quarter of 2007 decreased by 0.3% to 34.93 billion as compared to the same period in 2006, according...
NBCU TV Networks offers local sales promotions
NBC Universal TV Networks Distribution is now offering affiliates local ad sales promotions including "Top Design" and "Shear Genius" from Bravo and "The Starter...
IdeaCast opens national ad sales office in NYC
IdeaCast, an independent provider of television programming and advertising to fitness centers and health clubs, has named ad sales vet Jason Brown as the...
Porsche names semifinalists for review
Porsche North America has named seven semifinalists for its creative and media review. In addition to incumbent Carmichael Lynch (Minneapolis), the agencies are Anomaly...
Financier Irwin Jacobs sues Julie Roehm
Financier Irwin Jacobs filed a defamation suit against fired Wal-Mart SVP/Marketing Communications Julie Roehm after she accused him of making preferred deals with the...
TiVo fast forward numbers up to 90%; when MSOs offer viewing data
An interesting conversation with a major media buyer on Friday on the Nielsen average commercial minute and DVR numbers that came out last week...
Azteca America confirms commitment to programming, LA during upfront
Azteca America presented its West Coast Upfront last week to more than 400 in Los Angeles. During the event, Chairman Luis Echarte reiterated the...
Vongo and Domino’s begin two month campaign, sweepstakes
Starz Entertainment and Domino's Pizza announced details on a two month, co-marketing and promotional campaign that features a free 30-day trial to the Vongo...
Not another one!
Are there any NFL fans out there? Is there anyone like us who noticed that on occasion, you could turn on the television last...
Chase sponsors Spanish-language Telenovela
Chase, one of the nation's leading residential housing lenders, announced it is the exclusive advertising sponsor of Nuestro Barrio (Our Neighborhood), a Spanish-language TV...
Agencies comment on first commercial minute ratings data
As the upfront ad market unfolds, some agencies have admit they plan to buy commercials based on live plus three commercial ratings, but the...
RAB and NAB "Get Out the Vote with Radio"
The RAB and NAB will present Get Out the Vote with Radio, a free half-day seminar for political consultants and strategists on Wednesday in...
Keystone Light unveils new "Unsmooth Moments"
Mistaking a telephone conversation for a pick-up line. Doing a touchdown victory dance after running the ball into the wrong end zone. Decidedly unsmooth...
George Murphy to exit Chrysler
Chrysler Group announced its marketing chief, George Murphy, VP/Global Brand marketing, is leaving, marking the second top exec to depart since the automaker's sale...