MediaDailyNews
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
  • Immelt Predicts: NBCU Earns Flat Profits In '09
    by David Goetzl

    Expect NBC Universal's profits to be flat to down next year, the CEO of parent General Electric said Tuesday. Jeff Immelt suggested that downward … Read the whole story

  • Extreme Makeover: The Sears Edition, Grignon Out As Media Chief
    by Joe Mandese

    Perianne Grignon, one of the most influential women in the media buying world, is out as vice president-media services of retail giant Sears Holding … Read the whole story

  • COMMENTARY
    Media X: A Formal Protest
    by Jack Feuer

    The Millennials are really crapping up the media business. I'm not talking about their famous and hugely undeserved sense of entitlement. No, the real … Read the whole story

  • Nielsen: Top Time-Shifted TV Shows
    by Wayne Friedman

    Cable delivers the most top TV programs when it comes to the percentage of its audience that time-shifts viewings. Led by Sci-Fi Channel's "Battlestar … Read the whole story

  • Initiative Taps Collins As SVP, National Broadcast
    by David Goetzl

    Kevin Collins, credited with playing a vital role in Initiative's recent win of much of the MillerCoors account, has been promoted to senior vice … Read the whole story

  • Visible World, SaysMe.TV Let Consumers Personalize TV Ads
    by Wayne Friedman

    Addressable TV advertising company Visible World and SaysMe.TV, a company that allows users to customize TV ads they see, have entered into a partnership. … Read the whole story

  • BET Launches In Africa
    by David Goetzl

    Ten months after it launched in the U.K., Viacom's BET has moved into Africa in a significant way, debuting in 29 countries on multiple … Read the whole story

  • There Will Be Blood: Kubas Forecasts Dismal Newspaper Future
    by Erik Sass

    The outlook for newspaper ad revenue in 2009 is "terrible," according to a forecast released Tuesday by Kubas Consultants, based on their survey of … Read the whole story