Media Guradian, October 26, 2004
Rupert Murdoch has won a key vote allowing his News Corporation media empire to move its headquarters away from his native Australia and into the US. Shareholders gave Mr Murdoch a 90% endorsement for the plan at the company's annual general meeting in Adelaide, the south Australian city where the company grew from a single newspaper.
CBS.MarketWatch.com, October 26, 2004
Advertising giant WPP Group Tuesday projected a slowdown the industry's growth rate next year to around 2 percent to 3 percent, reflecting an end to the U.S. presidential election spending as well as rising commodity prices.
The New York TImes, October 26, 2004
Vonage in Edison, N.J., a division of Vonage Holdings that provides telephone services over the Internet, has named agencies owned by Havas to handle its account. Billings were estimated at $50 million to $75 million.
Mediaweek, October 25, 2004
Preliminary details of the Magazine Publishers of America's $40 million, three-year campaign to boost awareness about magazines' connectivity to readers were unveiled this morning at the American Magazine Conference in Boca Raton, Fla.
The New York Times, October 25, 2004
The recent acknowledgments of circulation inflation by three prominent newspaper companies have prompted at least a half-dozen other chains to install safeguards intended to bolster confidence in their circulation figures.
Cnet, October 25, 2004
Can television save the cell phone industry? Yes it can, say executives gathering here for the CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2004 show, one of the industry's largest. In two years, technology prognosticators say, about 70 percent of cell phones will have built-in digital television receivers. By then, phones will have enough memory and processing power to handle a whole new set of services--making it possible to create a TiVo-like video recorder that fits in a pocket.
The New York Times, October 25, 2004
Fans of the Boston Red Sox have been waiting 18 years for their team to return to the World Series. Executives at Nike have been waiting just one.
Washington Post, October 25, 2004
The device, the size of a shoe box, is tough to spot unless you make a habit of looking skyward to inspect utility poles while driving. But in 14 locations around the Washington area, the devices are there, sensing which radio stations drivers are listening to by picking up faint electronic signals emitted from car antennas as they drive by.
The New York Times, October 25, 2004
When gossipy news about celebrities breaks, The New York Post and The Daily News tend to go at it and each other - in much the way rivals like the Yankees and Red Sox turn each game into an epic battle. So it is hardly surprising that each has covered fully, though differently, the controversy involving Bill O'Reilly of Fox News and Andrea Mackris, a producer on his program.
New York Post, October 24, 2004
This year's presidential candidates rely on political consultants for commercials, not ad gurus. It's Madison Avenue's ultimate fantasy: big name brands, whopping budgets and the chance to influence millions of Americans. Yet ad execs are taking a pass on this year's presidential campaign, saying it's not worth the effort - or the risk.