MediaDailyNews
Thursday, April 24, 2008
  • Nielsen To Report Ratings For Place-Based Video Networks

    In a move that could bring the kind of structure to the burgeoning out-of-home video advertising marketplace that is associated with traditional television, Nielsen … Read the whole story

  • Zaslav Holds To Growth Plan At Discovery

    As Discovery Communications moves closer to going public, CEO David Zaslav laid out goals Wednesday for his second year on the job that largely … Read the whole story

  • Oxygen Rebrand Goes 'Loud'

    As Oxygen moves firmly under the thumbprint of NBC Universal, the network is altering its brand ID, launching a new tagline--"Live Out Loud"-- and … Read the whole story

  • Newspaper Ads Spur Web Activity, Say NAA, Google

    Newspaper advertising drives consumers to the Web to find out more information about products, according to a report from the Newspaper Association of America. … Read the whole story

  • DTC Ads Continue, Despite Schering Controversy

    Schering-Plough will continue to make, sell and market its Vytorin and Zetia cholesterol-reducing drugs, despite studies questioning their efficacy over other products--studies that company … Read the whole story

  • Nielsen To Cut Data Processing Organization

    Nielsen, which has faced a number of high-profile data processing glitches over the past year that have led to faulty ratings reports, will lay … Read the whole story

  • McClatchy Ad Revenues Down 15.3% In 1Q

    McClatchy has added its own discouraging results to the round of first-quarter figures announced by newspaper publishers. According to the company, total revenues fell … Read the whole story

  • Dialing Improvement: Arbitron Samples Begin To Bounce Back

    Radio ratings firm Arbitron is seeing a marked improvement in the sample integrity of its Portable People Meter panels in Philadelphia, New York and … Read the whole story

  • Batter Up: OnSite Buys Sports-Oriented Net

    OnSite Network, which operates an out-of-home network in restaurant chains and sports bars, has acquired the owner of a place-based network specializing in sports … Read the whole story

  • ABC Taps Daniello As SVP, Integrated Marketing

    Completing its re-shuffling of its advertiser-focused marketing and cross-platform selling executives, ABC has promoted Jerry Daniello to senior vice president of integrated marketing and … Read the whole story