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Wednesday, November 5, 2008
  • Media Stocks Soar On Election Day

    Election day was a bonanza for many media stocks. The biggest gainers included Viacom, which rebounded from some poor third-quarter earning results the day … Read the whole story

  • Get Back to Work, America

    John McCain gave a very gracious speech tonight, flirting with soaring oratory that so defined his opponent in this election. It was a fine, … Read the whole story

  • Media X: Lapel Pin Lessons

    The big winner in the 2008 election: marketers. The presidential campaign has been a primer on 21st-century notions of what works and what doesn't … Read the whole story

  • Obama Expected To Regulate DTC Advertising

    As Democrats celebrated Barack Obama's victory on Tuesday, pharmaceutical companies, ad agencies and publishers braced for a possible series of new restrictions on direct-to-consumer … Read the whole story

  • Healthy TV Results Offset Weak AOL, Magazine Performance At Time Warner

    Time Warner, one of the world's biggest media companies, reported solid third-quarter results this morning, despite the impact of a languishing general economy and … Read the whole story

  • DVR Usage Tops 30% In Major Markets

    We're slowly becoming a digital nation, capable of ignoring ads. At nearly 40%, the San Diego market has the country's highest percentage of DVR … Read the whole story

  • Nielsen: More Americans Plug Into Digital TV Change

    Nielsen data released Tuesday shows that the number of homes that are still unprepared for the coming digital TV transition has declined over the … Read the whole story

  • Showtime To Sell EliteXC In Public Auction

    Showtime is selling what's known as EliteXC in a public auction, looking to recoup some of its investment in the money-losing operation. Among the … Read the whole story

  • The Winner: 'SNL Presidential Bash'

    TV viewers were warming up for the big presidential election night, as they gave NBC and a special "Saturday Night Live Presidential Bash 2008" … Read the whole story