US ad spend dropped 0.3% in first half of 2007
Total ad expenditures in the first half of 2007 slipped by 0.3% to 72.59 billion versus the same period in 2006, according to TNS...
News smorgasbord
There was a little bit of something for everyone during the week of 9/2/07-9/7/07, according to the Project for Excellence in Journalism's latest coverage...
DMA's latest catalog marketing study
The Direct Marketing Association's Multichannel Marketing in the Catalog Industry report reveals nearly 70% of respondents reported increased multichannel sales over the prior year,...
Sillerman has another hit on his hands
Robert F.X. Sillerman has been out of the radio business for some time now, but he continues to have success in other areas. Ticket...
Fidelity owns big chunk of Sinclair
Mutual fund giant Fidelity (FMR Corp.) has filed an update with the SEC on its holdings in Sinclair Broadcast Group. In all, FMR holds...
Another Republican senator exits
Chuck Hagel (R-NE) is now the third Republican senator planning to exit at the end of this term, leaving an open seat in a...
Three head to NPR
Three new college grads are going to be deeply immersed in radio news reporting for the next year as the 2007-2008 Joan B. Kroc...
And staffers worried about Rupert?
An SEC filing for the pending 5.6 billion purchase of Dow Jones & Co. by News Corporation confirmed what we had all guessed -...
Aggressive buyer for Westwood One stock
What's going to happen to Westwood One? Will it complete its renegotiation with CBS Radio and then, as many on Wall Street believe, put...
Jobs apologizes for iPhone price cut
Apple is trying to placate early iPhone buyers angered by a 200-buck price cut for the top model. After being bombarded by hundreds of...
Publicis exits the NYSE
Come September 27th, you won't be able to find a price quote for Publicis Groupe on the New York Stock Exchange. The Paris-based ad...
Wall Street Journal reorganizes ad sales
The Wall Street Journal announced a reorganization of its ad sales department, creating an integrated sales and marketing team in business media. The reorganization...
Credit markets have CEOs worried
Confidence in the US economy continues to slide, according to the latest Vistage CEO Confidence Index. Chief executives of small- and mid-sized businesses are...
Moody's assesses potential recession impact on media
Moody's Investors Service says many major US media companies, such as Viacom, Time Warner, Comcast and Cox Communications, should hold up pretty well if...
Time runs out for Business 2.0
Rather than sell its tech-focused biz mag, Business 2.0, Time Inc. has decided to shut it down. The struggling title didn't even get to...