AP, January 17, 2005 The sagging Fox network's chief executive admitted Monday it had leaned too heavily on reality programming this TV season, including the disastrous "Who's Your Daddy?"
The New York Times, January 18, 2005
The New York Times, January 18, 2005 Looking for new ways to expand their businesses, makers of the two top diaper brands, Huggies and Pampers, are both introducing lines of toiletries for babies and small children.
USA Today, January 18, 2005
USA Today, January 18, 2005 The nation's largest Bible publisher, rolling out its biggest marketing campaign ever to promote a new translation aimed at "spiritually intrigued 18- to 34-year-olds," has stumbled over a little rock: Rolling Stone.
The New York Times, January 17, 2005
The New York Times, January 17, 2005 The Interpublic Group of Companies is expected to announce this week that it is buying a minority stake in Endeavor Marketing Solutions, an arm of the Hollywood talent agency Endeavor, an executive close to the deal said yesterday.
CBSMarketWatch.com, January 17, 2005
CBSMarketWatch.com, January 17, 2005 As the editor-in-chief of Time Inc. for the past decade, Norman Pearlstine can readily point to such triumphs as the company's shrewd acquisitions and successful new magazines.
AP, January 16, 2005
AP, January 16, 2005 TiVo has been synonymous with digital video recording since it pioneered the industry five years ago, controlling an estimated one-third of the market in 2004. That lofty perch is now beginning to crumble.
IHT, January 17, 2005
IHT, January 17, 2005 Sub-Saharan Africa is what Richard Pinder calls a "CNN region." That is, it often captures the developed world's attention only when bad things happen: coups, wars, famine and the march of poverty and disease.
New York Post, January 16, 2005 Brad Pitt could probably use a beer right about now. He seems to agree. The estranged Mr. Aniston is the latest A-lister to take the once-taboo job of U.S. TV pitchman, teaming with "Fight Club" director David Fincher to shoot a spot for brewmeister Heineken.
Time, January 24, 2005 Four CBS news staff members lost their jobs last week in the wake of an independent-panel report that found serious flaws in the journalism that led to a 60 Minutes Wednesday story about President Bush's National Guard service. One person who keeps his job is Dan Rather--at least until his previously announced retirement as Evening News anchor takes place in March (he'll continue to report for 60 Minutes). The denouement of CBS's journalistic failure has cast a new light on the search for Rather's successor, making it more likely, in the view of some, that the …
Reuters, January 12, 2004
UK advertising regulators signaled a weariness of the double entendre used by French Connection to sell its FCUK brand and warned the clothing chain again, this time over a promotion for its line of fragrances.