Americans' time online now equals television viewing
Americans now spend as much time on the Internet as they do watching TV. So says a new study released by Forrester Research. It detailed that people now spend 121% more time online than they did only five years ago. Of course much of the
Focus 360 opens San Francisco office
The rep firm has opened an office in San Francisco to be run by Bill Horton, who joins the company as account executive. Horton...
Dayton place: Cox building houses triple-threat media cluster
Cox Media Group has the bases covered in Dayton OH, and it has now brought them all into one facility, consolidating the real estate of a daily
GE gives shareholders another dividend increase
For the second time this year the board of directors at General Electric – still the parent of NBC Universal – has raised the...
Approval of advertising sexual content highly variable
A survey from AdweekMedia/Harris Poll found that there is too much sex in advertising, and that there is not too much sex in advertising....
Tribune's ChicagoShopping.com partners with Groupon
Coupon shopping sites are linking up in a big way these days with local media sites. Groupon is the largest, but there is also...
Outdoor Channel doles out cash to shareholders
Outdoor Channel Holdings does not pay a regular cash dividend on its stock. However, the company has announced a special one-time cash distribution to...
AE Television Networks taking show merchandise to Facebook
Fans of AETN’s History and A&E Network original series can now buy items from shows directly on Facebook and will soon be able to...
Electronic cigarettes poised for full-fledged marketing
The FDA’s attempts to keep a thumb firmly down on electronic cigarettes were hurt by Congress in 2009, and by a federal court just...
CBS Interactive Unit President Ashe to step down
Neil Ashe, president of CBS Corp.’s interactive unit CBS Interactive, is stepping down in sometime in 2011 (no date has been set) after two...
Tribune's 435 Digital and Local Business
Tribune not long ago launched 435 Digital; a social media and web-focused subsidiary of the Chicago based company. Forward-thinking media companies
Scripps gives a first peak at 2011
Presenting at the UBS 38th Annual Global Media and Communications Conference, executives of the E.W. Scripps said Q4 is coming in pretty much as...
Fred Upton prevails in House Commerce contest
In the hotly-contested battle for the chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, the Republican steering committee nod went to Fred
Gannett sees Q4 earnings at high end of expectations
Gannett executives were upbeat in their presentations Wednesday to the UBS 38th Annual Global Media and Communications Conference. The company is telling Wall Street...
Marketron growth transformation
The Traffic Directors Guild of America TDGA posted an item on its TDGA.org website that Marketron had laid off between 15 and 19 employees...