Total U.S. ad spending will rise 5.4 percent in 2006, ad tracking firm TNS Media Intelligence (formerly CMR) said Wednesday morning. The forecast, which … Read the whole story

Recently, online search giant Google has been making moves on the traditional media world, cutting deals to broker print media space in magazines and … Read the whole story

PASADENA, CALIF.-Fox Entertainment is still planning a move into the late-night arena--the place where the network started in the late 1980s--but it will take … Read the whole story

GoDaddy.com President Bob Parsons fired off a blog entry yesterday complaining that the NFL will have veto power over GoDaddy's 30-second Super Bowl spot. … Read the whole story

The nascent buzz-monitoring industry underwent a major consolidation Tuesday, with announcements that BuzzMetrics merged with former competitor Intelliseek, and that VNU's Nielsen had acquired … Read the whole story

When it comes to the sheer number of periodicals out there, Hispanic publications and interior design magazines are hot, but college titles and business … Read the whole story

A show's syndication run continues to have a negative impact on the ratings of its network run--which could become a bigger problem in future … Read the whole story