Anti alcohol ad advocacy takes Facebook, Diageo to task
Alcohol Justice is dedicated to doing its best to keep exposure to alcohol advertising away from citizens who are not yet old enough to...
Estimates trimmed for Viacom
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman disappointed Wall Street with comments at a Goldman Sachs conference indicating that fiscal Q4 (July-September) ad revenues will be up...
Watchdog attacks FCC in court over weak net neutrality regs
There has been a big hue and cry over the FCC
Warner Bros. to launch "social series"
On October 18, Warner Bros. Entertainment will debut a web-only show from "Charlie's Angels" director McG that seeks to create a new genre: It’s...
Comcast Ventures launching tower company
Comcast uses cable to connect to its customers, but the MSO owns a bunch of towers to receive signals and link its systems. Now...
FTC slams Reebok for overstating footwear health benefits
If you are going to claim that your athletic footwear and flip flops will strengthen and tone certain muscles, you’d better be able to...
VSS forecasts growth for media
The annual US Communications Industry Forecast from Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS) predicts that total US communications spending will
Florida may throw Republican primary calendar out of whack
Only four states are allowed to have a Republican presidential primary event prior to 3/6/12, and Florida is not one of them. It appears...
Washington Post Company facing credit downgrade
As challenged as the newspaper business is these days, that
S&P puts Gannett on hold
Standard & Poor’s had been considering a credit ratings upgrade for Gannett Company, having knocked the company down into junk bond territory in the...
Consumer confidence reported flat in September
Is it possible that the prolonged economic sluggishness is simply wearing consumers out? According to the Conference Board consumer confidence survey, September’s level was...
Univision Radio to add stations to iHeartRadio
Fans will be able to listen to some of Univision
Deloitte sees holiday gains despite headwinds
The analysts at Deloitte tick off a number of challenges facing retailers this holiday season. Flattening consumer spending patterns. Weak confidence. Higher prices for everyday necessities.
Donovan Data Systems, MediaBank now MediaOcean
Ad agency transaction systems Donovan Data Systems (NYC) and MediaBank (Chicago) are merging to form “MediaOcean.” The mission will be to create the “MediaOcean...
The future of black-owned radio
Finally there’s some good news for Inner City Broadcasting Corporation forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy because it owes $254 million to creditors. Inner City,...