MediaDailyNews
Monday, March 20, 2006
  • Media's Fastest Growing Ad Category May Be Itself

    More than 700 daily newspapers today will break the first installment in a $50 million trade campaign aimed at media planners, buyers and advertisers. … Read the whole story

  • Brandtique Of The Week: Porsche

    It's often said that product placement deals are complex and time-consuming--a far different undertaking than purchasing a spot or dot. And two recent placement … Read the whole story

  • ABC Makes Bid For Thursday Night, Primes New Lineup

    If the upfront is Election Day, then last week was New Hampshire for network executives. In development meetings, they launched campaigns touting their fall … Read the whole story

  • Radio Giants Plan Houston Test Of 'Smart Phone' Ratings System

    Radio giant Clear Channel Communications Monday morning said it would join CBS Radio, Cox Radio, and Radio One in a test in Houston of … Read the whole story

  • Interpublic's Bell Steps Down

    David Bell, the co-chairman of the Interpublic Group of Cos., who helped steer the giant holding company back to respectability in the wake of … Read the whole story

  • Product Placements Of The Week

    1 - Gillette Fusion 2 - Monopoly 3 - Porsche Cayenne 4 - Porsche 5 - White CastleClick here to view these placements. Data … Read the whole story

  • New Mags Target Youth Market

    Defying the conventional wisdom that teens don't read, a flurry of new magazines are hitting the market aimed at the youth market. At least … Read the whole story

  • Placement Comes Out Of The Closet, Gets An Open Marketplace

    For years, product placement was a hush-hush subject in the world of media sales. Deals were done quietly, perhaps because marketers were wary of … Read the whole story

  • VNU To Measure How Movie Ads Affect Box Office

    Dutch media and marketing information company VNU, which owns Nielsen Media Research and Nielsen Entertainment among other properties, has created a new research tool … Read the whole story