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Kids' Ads Come Under Scrutiny, Feds Will Review
The National Advertising Review Council, which is part of the Better Business Bureau, told the Federal Trade Commission that it will expand some of its self-regulating duties in reference to children's advertising, adding product placement and online advertising to its purview. ...Read the whole story
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Ad Demand Dives For Local TV, Station Sales Drop 6 Percent
For TV stations, the industry-wide weak advertising results come as no surprise--the first half of 2005 witnessed sales off almost 6 percent versus a year ago. ...Read the whole story
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Winnebagos, Moxie, And A Bit Of Bandwidth Get Victims Back On The Media Grid
BATON ROUGE -- In the days following Hurricane Katrina, with much of this region's communications grid incapacitated, a ragtag team of tech volunteers cobbled together a makeshift Wi-Fi network, managing to accomplish what government groups could not: Get the Big Easy and surrounding areas back online. ...Read the whole story
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Dog Days Bite Newspapers, Ad Demand Falters In August
August has produced some mediocre results for major newspaper chains, it seems, and with a host of media concerns set to release third-quarter results in the next two weeks, the question is posed as to whether the second quarter's modest growth can be sustained. ...Read the whole story
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'Mr. Mom' Drives A Nissan Plug, Other Product Placements Of The Week
The season finale of NBC's "Meet Mr. Mom" on September 7th has both families driving the new Nissan Quest while they shop for a camping trip. ...Read the whole story
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Bytes & Bites
Al Jazeera is launching a pan-Arabic, free-to-air children's channel with plans to distribute it to Europe and the Arab world through its sister company Legarde ... ...More
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