MediaDailyNews Issues for April 2007

MediaDailyNews - Monday, April 16, 2007
Google Strikes Clear Channel Deal, Will Accelerate Reach Into Radio by Erik Sass
Carat's Verklin Earns $1.6 Million In '06 by Joe Mandese
Upfront Worries: Broadcast Ratings Erosion Rampant by Wayne Friedman
NBCU: Some 1Q Drop, But TV Biz Robust, Big Cable Gains by David Goetzl
Teen People: Print, Online DOA by Erik Sass
Playing For Keeps: Radio Companies Fined $12.5 Mil. For Payola by Erik Sass
CBS' Schieffer Denounces Imus by David Goetzl
P&G Taps Sponsorship, Online Efforts For 'F.A.T. Chance' by David Goetzl
NBC Readies Reality Lineup, Adds New Hosts by David Goetzl
'Shark' Attack Scores For CBS by Wayne Friedman
Bollore Makes Fourth Run At Aegis Board Seats
Gannett Sells 4 Newspapers To GateHouse
Smithsonian Network Signs With Top Global Producers
NY Times Taps Haskell To Head Web Ad Functions
Showtime Renews 'Tudors'
MediaDailyNews - Friday, April 13, 2007
Media Takes Center Stage Amid A Strategic Rethink by Joe Mandese
GroupM's Gotlieb Challenges Web Buying Schemes For Television by David Goetzl
Nielsen Unveils Out-Of-Home Plan, Chief Seems Out-Of-The-Know by Wayne Friedman
CBS Interactive Gives Digital Boost To TV, Ad Reach by Wayne Friedman
Tampa Leads With Highest DVR Penetration, Miami Is Lowest by David Goetzl
Media Justice Is Served: After Oprah, CBS Cans Imus by Erik Sass
MyNetworkTV: Celeb Reality Shows Pay Off by Wayne Friedman
Mag Bag: Black Colleges Launch Alumni Mag by Erik Sass
Charter, Sinclair Sign 3-Year Trans Deal
DMGI Buys Classic Kids Shows For Net, Wireless, TV Play
DIC, American Greetings Launch New CBS Kids Shows
Sun-Times Group Extends Community Web Site
Correction: AMS Study On Internet Radio
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, April 12, 2007
The Search Is On: Holding Companies Elevate Role In Media Mix by Tobi Elkin
MSNBC Dumps Imus, CBS Director Also Wants Him Out by Erik Sass
Home Depot Uses Reverse Auctions In Deals With Networks by David Goetzl
Web Gives Traditional TV Added Reach by Wayne Friedman
Buzz Marketing: KFC Uses Mosquito Ringtones, For Those Who Can Hear It by Nina Lentini
CAB Revisits Online Media Buying With Donovan by Wayne Friedman
Ratings Revisited: DVR 7-Day Playback Beefs Up Net Numbers by Wayne Friedman
Racing With The Stars: New ABC Show Gears Up For Celebs, NASCAR Pros by Kevin Ransom
Joint Promo: HBO Tries Wrist Bands
Publicis Aquires McGinn Group
CNN Taps Maddox As International Chief
AMS: Internet Radio Big Among Home Users
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Google Rumor Goes Into Orbit: Now It's Talking To DirecTV by Joe Mandese
Mag Lag: PIB Scraps Monthly Reporting by Joe Mandese
Imus In The Mourning: Confronts Ad Pullout, Corporate Ire, And Worst Of All, Rutgers' PR Team by Erik Sass
LatinAmerica Broadcasting Moves Into 22 New Markets by Erik Sass
Apple May Tout IPhone With Multi-Culti Creative by David Goetzl
Meredith 360: Launches Better.tv To Encompass All Media by Wayne Friedman
2 Agencies Merge, Create Mercury Media Holdings by Amy Corr
New Lineup For MyNetworkTV Draws More Adult Viewers by David Goetzl
Bee Season: ABC, ESPN Air Spelling Finals by David Goetzl
Study Finds TV Pharma Ads Less Effective Than Print by Nina Lentini
'Sopranos' Return Gunned Down In Ratings by Wayne Friedman
WPP Shakes Up Millward Brown
Viacom, Yahoo Team For Ad Delivery
Sirius, E! Launch Call-In Show
Belo TV Earns 27 Regional Murrow Awards
Washington Post Site Creates HD Podcasts
Don't Be A Robot Commentary by Marco Greenberg
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Trades No Longer Press, Event Revenues Surpass Print by Joe Mandese
Inside Man: Tucker Expected To Be Named New MediaVest Chief by Joe Mandese
Patently Absurd: Media Audit Brushes Off Arbitron Case by Erik Sass
Hearst, Fox Team For Digital Magazine Content by Erik Sass
ING Signs Up For 50 Years Of King, Glaxo Too by David Goetzl
ABC Prime-Time Series Taking Serious Hits by Wayne Friedman
Cramer-Krasselt Tapped To Transform TV Guide by David Goetzl
MPG Taps Sneed To Oversee Communications
Omnicom Launches Zocalo, New WOM Agency
Discovery Lays Off 200 At HQ
Stoli Gets First Global Brand Push
Turner Backs Soccer Broadband Channel
MediaDailyNews - Monday, April 9, 2007
Report Shows Klues Third Highest Paid Publicis Exec At $2.5 Million by Joe Mandese
Abbott Splits Buying, Direct Between MediaVest, Zenith by Joe Mandese
Despite Problems, Cable Execs, eBay Stunned By Rejection by Wayne Friedman
'Relish' Success, Husni Names It Launch Of The Year by Erik Sass
BET Launches New Sports Talk 'Ballers' by Fern Siegel
NBC Expands Late-Night Broadband Programming by David Goetzl
ABC Wants Newlyweds For 'Dream House' Cast by David Goetzl
CBS Thursdays: Original Shows Zap Rivals' Reruns by Wayne Friedman
AOL Offers Google-Based Search Application
TV Guide Tunes In Cramer-Krasselt
Adler Named FinancialWeek Publisher
TBS Taps 2 Hall Of Famers For Baseball Telecasts
Fox's 'Golf Life' Revamped for 2007 Season
HD For Dummies Commentary by Josh Lovison
MediaDailyNews - Friday, April 6, 2007
CAB Won't Play With eBay by David Goetzl
Abbott Labs Consolidates Media, Latest In A Pharma Industry Shakeup by Joe Mandese
Ownership May Be Traveling, But Not Channel's Sales: Discovery Will Continue To Rep by David Goetzl
New York Times Share Structure Under Fire by Erik Sass
Discovery's New Channel Goes Green by Wayne Friedman
Report: Clear Channel Will Sell Off Assets If Buyout Fails by Erik Sass
Mag Bag: The Greening Of The Week by Erik Sass
CNN's Cheatwood To Fox News
Radio Holds Its Own In High-Tech Media World
Christian Science Monitor Enhances Global Warming Coverage In Print, Web
VIA Resigns Twisted Tea Account
Travel Channel, SideStep Partner Online
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, April 5, 2007
This Is Network TV, This Is Network TV On Drugs: Data Reveals Fewer, Longer Spots by Joe Mandese
GoogleStar: Beginning Of The End Of Traditional TV Sales by Wayne Friedman
ESPN Readies Upfront, Touts Olevia by David Goetzl
Zell To Tribune: No More Cuts, Maybe by Erik Sass
Newspapers' Online Classified Nets Drive Traffic by Erik Sass
NBC Reups '30 Rock' For Second Season by Wayne Friedman
Litigation Ignited Over Omnicom's Fuse Unit
Chicago Sun-Times Get New Edit, Design
XM Installed In New Lexus, Infiniti
Top Network Shows Awarded Peabodys
USA Network First In 1Q Basic Cable Ratings
Apollo Sets Steering Committee Roundtable
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, April 4, 2007
DoubleClick Unveils 'Nasdaq' Plan For Advertisers by Joe Mandese
Mobile Audio Study Favors Ad-Supported Model by Erik Sass
Spike TV To Launch Late-Night Comedy Series by David Goetzl
Pappas Sacrifices Azteca, Pulls Key Stations From Hispanic Network by Erik Sass
ESPN Taps Evans Lead Digital ROI by David Goetzl
Radio Turnaround Seen For '07 by Erik Sass
NCAA Final Boosts CBS To Win Monday Night by Wayne Friedman
Dick Hopple Takes Top Post At Guideposts
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Odd Pods: Agency Finds Inconsistencies In Commercial Breaks, Ratings by Wayne Friedman
Hard Zell: Tribune Goes to Billionaire, Finally by Erik Sass
Maverick Marketer Steve Heyer Out As Starwood CEO by David Goetzl
MSNBC Offers 'Fuller Spectrum of News' by David Goetzl
'Real Wedding Crashers' Nabs NBC's Prime Monday Slot by Wayne Friedman
BET Restructures Marketing Team, Eyes Multi-Platform by David Goetzl
Carat Retains Philips' Global Media
Study: Video Streaming Still A Short-Form Phenomenon