http://www.mediapost.com/publications/ News review of the top media stories from sources all around the net. en-us Copyright 2009 MediaPost Communications http://www.mediapost.com/rss Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:21:03 EST [from Adweek] - Unilever has launched a review of most of its media business around the world. The majority of the business in review is handled by M...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109176Joan Voight <>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:52:20 EST[from TheStreet.com] - Rupert Murdoch, the 78-year-old News Corp. chairman and CEO seems to be getting more aggressive in his approach to aggregators like Go...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109175Joan Voight <>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:49:04 EST[from paidContent.org] - DirecTV has reached out to Blake Krikorian as a possible successor to Chase Carey as CEO, or possibly to be a member of the DirecTV bo...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109174Joan Voight <>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:46:38 EST[from Advertising Age] - Corona marketer Crown Imports is seeking a media-only agency to handle buying and planning for its brand portfolio, which includes Cor...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109172Joan Voight <>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:45:25 ESTThe economic crisis is taking a toll on some of the world's largest agency holding companies. Analysts at Citigroup downgraded shares of WPP Group, the world's biggest buyer of media, to "sell" from a "hold" position, citing especially weak organic revenue trends during the second of 2009, and weak visibility for the foreseeable future. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109160Joe Mandese <joe@mediapost.com>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:30:12 ESTNielsen Thursday officially announced the launch of local people meter service in Portland, OR, and Pittsburgh, replacing its "set meter" service in those markets, but said it was delaying a previously planned launch of the service in Baltimore until July 7th, due to a "very difficult conversion to digital television" in that market. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109161Joe Mandese <joe@mediapost.com>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:30:12 ESTWhile there were a considerable number of new launches, with 187 new titles debuting in the first half of the year, 2009 has seen a larger number fold -- 279. Some of the biggest titles Domino and the once-touted Portfolio. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109141Erik Sass <eriksass@mediapost.com>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:50:04 ESThttp://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109142 <>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:18:30 ESTThe St. Paul Pioneer Press laid off nine employees in its newsroom Tuesday and two in advertising and sales production. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109137 <>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:49:37 ESTDaniel Hertzberg, a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor and reporter at The Wall Street Journal for more than three decades, has joined Bloomberg News. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109103 <>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:01:43 ESTThe Spanish Beisbol Network is expanding its platform with new affiliate relationships with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Calif., New York Yankees and Texas Rangers. They allow SBN to offer advertisers more integrated sponsorships packages, while giving Hispanic viewers access to Spanish-language broadcasts of baseball games. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108940Erik Sass <eriksass@mediapost.com>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:51:33 ESTRetransmission and Internet revenues can't climb fast enough for TV stations. But in a few years, both will be contributing significantly to stations' coffers. Together, they should total more than $2.3 billion by 2013. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109102Wayne Friedman <wayne@mediapost.com>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:49:03 ESTIn a move that will make it significantly easier, faster and far more efficient for advertising agencies to buy local and national spot cable TV advertising, the leading spot cable TV rep firm, National Cable Communications, has integrated its sales systems with Donovan Data Systems, the leading provider of "back office" data processing systems for advertising agencies. The breakthrough will enable media shops to place orders and process spot cable TV buys electronically and without any manual paper insertion orders. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109100Joe Mandese <joe@mediapost.com>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:46:56 ESTMedialink, once the largest of the public relations industry's distributors of video news releases and other electronic communications, has agreed to be acquired by The NewsMarket, a Web-based distributor of VNRs, B-roll, and other marketing communications content. The transaction combines The NewsMarket's digital video distribution platform with Medialink's professional services and production capabilities. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109101 <>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:46:56 EST[from The Wall Street Journal] - Sirius XM Satellite Radio gave CEO Mel Karmazin a pay increase, extended the term of his contract to 2012, and awarded him new option...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109083Joan Voight <>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:18:36 EST[from Vanity Fair] - A quartet of old-media veterans may have solved the future of news with the Politico Web site and newspaper. Politico is famous for it...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109082Joan Voight <>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:16:07 EST[from Adweek] - Current Media has put its search for an ad agency on hold amid a change in marketing leadership. The Current review made news earlier ...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109081Joan Voight <>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:11:42 EST[from Advertising Age] - MediaVest is seeking to add a secondary guarantee to its TV deals with select networks, based on new data from TiVo and TRA, a media a...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109080Joan Voight <>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:10:11 EST[from Dow Jones] - The cable television industry's move to bring its TV subscription model to the Internet is about to hit a wall of resistance from con...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109079Joan Voight <>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:08:00 EST[from Los Angeles Times] - In a bid to leverage its advertising sales infrastructure, Tribune Co., parent of the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune, has a...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109078Joan Voight <>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:06:30 ESTNBC's "America's Got Talent" has given advertisers some crumbs of network programming predictability so far this summer -- improving its results as the highest-rated network show. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109067Wayne Friedman <wayne@mediapost.com>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:56:58 ESTAs executives from the radio business and Arbitron line up to testify before Congress about PPMs and the Federal Communications Commission considers potential intervention, a key player -- Media Rating Council -- said it had the authority to resolve the conflict. And it advised the FCC to butt out. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109064Erik Sass <eriksass@mediapost.com>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:05:40 ESTPer SNL Kagan, retransmission consent fees are expected to increase to $1.2 billion by 2011. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109061 <>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:13:26 ESTWhile they are still better off than their big-city counterparts on average, smaller newspapers are also feeling the effects of the economic downturn and Internet competition. Their fate will largely be determined by indebtedness. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109054Erik Sass <eriksass@mediapost.com>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:41:26 ESTNickelodeon's AddictingGames, the source of free online games and the youth-gaming Web site, will extend to the iPhone this month. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109053 <>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:34:50 ESTNielsen figures released Wednesday suggest that all but a few U.S. homes will have full digital TV reception by the first week in August. That's an indication that any disruptions caused by the digital-TV switchover should largely be eased within two months of the June 12 transition. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109050David Goetzl <>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:00:33 ESTTV stations are now estimated to fall a big 17.3% in advertising revenues to $16.6 billion in 2009, versus last year. The bright spot for TV stations is their online businesses, a segment predicted to see an estimated 20% compounded annual growth rate in the coming years. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109015Wayne Friedman <wayne@mediapost.com>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:40:45 ESTGannett Co., the largest U.S. newspaper company, is planning yet another round of layoffs, with 1,000-2,000 positions likely to be affected. This follows a 10% company wide reduction in 2008. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109014Erik Sass <eriksass@mediapost.com>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:05:09 EST[from Adweek] - Bristol-Myers Squibb has awarded its estimated $420 million media assignment to MediaVest after a review. Through the first four month...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109012Joan Voight <>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:07:20 EST[from Boston Business Journal] - The 401(k) retirement plan for New York Times Co. employees, including workers at The Boston Globe, suffered $154 million in investmen...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109011Joan Voight <>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:06:05 EST[from Mediaweek] - Less than a year after being named editor of O, the Oprah Magazine, Susan Reed is out. The Hearst magazine is replacing her with Susan ...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109010Joan Voight <>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:57:27 EST[from Advertising Age] - Advertisers are backing off their aggressive pricing demands in the upfront marketplace, say insiders. As the July 4 holiday stares m...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109009Joan Voight <>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:52:59 EST[from The Wall Street Journal] - Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. will cut more than 1,000 jobs, per company sources. Since last week, the industry has been buzzing wit...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109008Joan Voight <>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:51:10 EST[from Broadcasting and Cable] - Rainbow Media, the programming arm of Cablevision, will launch a new wedding-themed cable channel in August. The company's WE TV chann...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109007Joan Voight <>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:49:09 ESTThe radio business was hit with a barrage of bad news this week, with credit downgrades and speculations of bankruptcy for big broadcasters. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=109000Erik Sass <eriksass@mediapost.com>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:12:07 ESTMany of cable's stronger networks continued their positive results in the second quarter of 2009. Industry leader USA Network rose 15% and BET was 44% higher. CNN dropped 10%. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108995Wayne Friedman <wayne@mediapost.com>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:48:50 ESTNielsen told clients Tuesday it would increase by 25% the size of its Local People Meter samples in each of the country's two largest markets, upping the total to 1,000. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108991David Goetzl <>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:52:35 ESThttp://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108990 <>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:46:59 ESTStandard and Poor's Ratings Services is predicting that the McClatchy Co. will default on at least part of its debt by the end of 2009 or in early 2010, according to a note to investors. McClatchy has 30 daily newspapers, including The Miami Herald. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108989Erik Sass <eriksass@mediapost.com>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:39:39 ESTMore bad vibes in the magazine industry this week: Vibe magazine is folding. The title, which covered hip-hop and RandB, is the second big music title to close in 2009, and just one of a growing pile of casualties in consumer magazines generally. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108972Erik Sass <eriksass@mediapost.com>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:24:39 ESTWhen the subject is baby boomers, marketers get it wrong. We aren't now and never were a Generation just about Me. Which is why we need a new revolution. A corporate rebellion, not a cultural one. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108975Jack Feuer <>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:28:55 ESThttp://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108973 <>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:19:56 ESTFormer NBC senior advertising sales executive Keith Turner has been named vice chairman of the board of directors of Mercury Media. He will promote direct-response advertising to major TV advertisers. http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108954Wayne Friedman <wayne@mediapost.com>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:34:49 ESThttp://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108942 <>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:55:29 ESThttp://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108930 <>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:37:50 EST[from Mediaweek] - The ad industry feels threatened by ad-skipping DVRs but is still uncertain about what it can do to counteract the trend, per the DVR ...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108902Joan Voight <>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:26:02 EST[from Forbes] - Denver tycoon Philip Anschutz not only doesn't grant interviews, his company releases virtually no information on sales or strategy re...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108901Joan Voight <>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:24:32 EST[from New York Daily News] - The death of Michael Jackson offers an opportunity for Nancy Snyderman, who yesterday began hosting "Dr. Nancy," a daily medical and ...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108900Joan Voight <>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:21:54 EST[from Advertising Age] - To please advertisers that want to hit powerful niches, rather than the mass audience, Turner cable networks are selling ad time on a ...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108899Joan Voight <>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:20:35 EST[from Editor and Publisher] - Journalism Online, founded to help new publishers charge for content, and ITZ Publishing have formed a partnership to work with small ...http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=108898Joan Voight <>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:18:49 EST