MediaDailyNews Issues for February 2005

MediaDailyNews - Monday, Feb. 14, 2005
Nielsen Botches Digital Cable Ratings, Will Reissue Data For Most Of The Season
Initiative Launches 'Innovations,' Taps Marketing Innovator To Run It
Rutman Jumps To MPG, Carat's Exodus Continues
Optimedia: Bowl Proves Not So Super Among Young Men
Ask Jeeves Breaks TV Campaign, Heats Up Search Marketing War
NCC Restructures Spot Cable Sales Team
Virtual Reality
MediaDailyNews - Friday, Feb. 11, 2005
FTC: TV Need Not Disclose Product Placements
Outdoor Moves Toward Consensus For New Ad Metric, Could Gain Vs. TV, Print
Industry Panelists Pray For iPod For Video Content
PAX President Resigns
Mediasmith Raids Riney, Red Rocket, Euro, Expands Management Team
MediaPost Unveils Plans For West Coast Interactive Media Conference
Boston Stadium Rights Auctioned On eBay
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005
Media Agency Searches Soar In January, Become Madison Avenue's Most Active
Sirius' Karmazin Pitches Satellite Radio To Apple
After An '04 Turnaround, Magazine Ad Pages Dip Again In January
Marketing Panel Predicts Low Ratings for Oscars
Media Contacts Adds Global Director Of Research And Insight
Addendum: IRTS Honors PHD, Optimedia, Too
Rodriguez Named President Of Univision
Arbitron Names Musgrave Head Of Software Marketing
SQAD Names Three Execs to Management Team
Sales Calls, Part II
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2005
Havas Turns 'Positive' Following Record New Business Quarter At Arnold, MPG, Etc.
Online Publishers: 'We're Not Keeping Up With Demand For Video'
Clear Channel Finds Less Ad Time Driving More Radio Listening
Carat Goes Hollywood, Taps TV Vet To Helm Entertainment Unit
ABC To Stream 'Desperate Housewives' Via AOL
New Data Reveals TV Nets Among Top Radio Spenders
From Cars To Wireless, Urban Radio Listeners Are Big Spenders
ABC Sells Out Oscars Ad Time, Secures TV Rights Through 2014
Fortune Taps New Editor
Universal Looks At VISTA, Likes What It Sees
CBS Signs Affiliation Agreements With Raycom Media
Quality as a Function of Time: The Return of Creative
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005
Most Replayed Moment Was Skin, Not Pigskin, But Super Bowl Sets New Record
After TV Buy Malfunctions, GoDaddy Goes To Web
Forget Stern, Satellite Radio's Pull Depends On Remaining Commercial-Free
Starcom Names Top Media Buyer, Top Dog: Muszynksi Becomes CEO
JWT Finds Time Worth More Than Money
New York Times Begins Streaming 'Video' Ads
About.com: About To Be Sold
Falk Allies With Fivia
FCC Takes Steps Toward Expanding Satellite Broadcast
Comedy Central Reorganizes Marketing Department
Ziff Davis Elevates Consumer Marketing Chief
Celeb Poker Craze Continues
Some People Are More Equal Than Others
MediaDailyNews - Monday, Feb. 7, 2005
Majority Prefer Super Bowl Ads, Socializing Vs. The Game Itself
In A Shakeup, Aegis Names A New Chief
Product Displacement: Brands That Don't Pay Don't Get To Play
BRIO Taps Blue Plate For Holiday Media Blitz
MPG Serves Up A Plate of Outback to CBS' 'Listen Up'
Fox Nixes Pre-Game Spots Poking Fun At Super Bowl Advertiser Budweiser
And the Children Will Lead Them
MediaDailyNews - Friday, Feb. 4, 2005
Time Warner Discloses Big Stake In Google, Claims It's Not 'Strategic'
Out to Launch: The Kick-Off Edition
Super Bowl Delivers Super Targeting, Agency Finds
Firms To Monitor, Quantify Super Bowl's Buzz Marketing
Study: POP Displays, Not TV Influence Adolescent Drinking
Wall Street Revises Online Ad Outlook, Raises Share Of Total Ad Spend
Casino Buys Ad Space On Pregnant Woman's Belly
Russia Says 'Da' To Omnicom's Das
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, Feb. 3, 2005
Ad Groups To FCC: Kids Ad Rule Changes Unfair, Will Hurt TV, Web
Nielsen Launches Ad Salvo Aimed At Ethnic Groups, Won't Run TV Spots
Ad Tracker Sees Healthy '05 Ad Growth, Relatively Moderate Online Ad Expansion
Nielsen Prediction: Super Bowl XXXIX May Be Biggest Yet
Half Time, Two Heads, One New Media Brand
Initiative Adds Strategic Role, Taps Tunnicliffe As CSO
Herzog Named President, Comedy Central And Spike TV
Arbitron Elevates Hanley To U.S. Media Services
Click-Through
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2005
Radio Breaks $20 Billion Ad Barrier, But Weak Signals Continue
Discovery Takes Flight With Richard Branson
TiVo's Yudkovitz Resigns As President
Media Marketing Solutions Expands
New York, New York, The City So Great They Published It Thrice
Einstein's Corner: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2005
Verizon Slates Video-Capable Wireless Phone Service
TV Industry Cites The Hand That Feeds It, Recognizes Media Shops
NFL, Motorola, And America Online Launch Wireless Super Bowl
KSL Begins '05 On A Roll, Nabs $55 Million In New Business
MediaPost Launches New Publications Site, OnlineMediaDaily
Ad Server Introduces Nielsen DMA Targeting For Online Ads, Bandwidth Too
A&E Nabs 'The Sopranos'
Viacom CFO To Step Down
ABC Family, New Line Team For Comedy Promos