• Bush Says He Will Back McCain on Ad Crackdown
    President Bush said yesterday that he would team with Senator John McCain to force a crackdown on independent groups that run political attack advertisements.
  • Satellite TV Beams 140 Channels into Your SUV
    First, there were navigation systems using satellite guidance for cars. Then there was satellite radio. Now you can get satellite TV with 140 channels in your SUV, minivan or large sedan.
  • ABC Broadcasts Digital TV Plans
    ABC has announced it is planning to launch a second digital television channel in March next year.
  • Advertising's Brave New Niches
    Corporate America will always have the budget to grab the prime ad spots. For small advertisers, that means buying smarter.
  • Big Score For NBC
    The gold keeps flowing in for NBC. Thanks to strong ratings for the Athens Olympics, NBC sold an additional $20 million to $30 million in ads in recent days, sources said.
  • News Corp. Move to USA Looks Certain
    First, Australian native Rupert Murdoch became a U.S. citizen. Now, he wants to formally domicile his News Corp. media empire in America, too.
  • GM Pulls Ad That Doesn't Fly With Safety Groups
    In 2000, it took a chain saw-wielding maniac to provoke enough consumer complaints to get an ad pulled from Olympics TV programming. This year, all it took was a boy dreaming about driving a Corvette.
  • Lawmakers Crimp TV Ad Biz
    New York's TV commercial producers are fuming over being zapped out of a new state tax credit for the state's film and TV biz.
  • Lawsuit Claims Bad Circ Numbers Defrauded Belo Shareholders
    A shareholder lawsuit accuses Belo Corp. of defrauding people who bought stock in the media owner by overstating circulation figures at its flagship newspaper, The Dallas Morning News.
  • Campaign Journalists: Has Swift Boat Story Gone on Too Long?
    As Sen. John Kerry spoke to supporters at a campaign event in New York City's East Village Tuesday afternoon, the swift boat controversy that has enveloped his run for the White House in recent weeks was on the minds of many of the journalists present.
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