MediaDailyNews Editions for March 2006
- MediaDailyNews - Friday, March 17, 2006
- Kraft, Pfizer Join Packaged Goods Marketers On Apollo Project
- Tom Davis to Head Meredith Men's Publishing
- Supplemental Growth: Newspaper Distributed Mags Outpace Others
- MPG Taps Dervilla Kelly To Oversee Hershey
- 'Rock Star' Has An Encore
- NBC: DVRs Don't Kill Commercials, People Do
- NBC Severs Tie With Discovery Kids, Plans New Fall Slate
- MediaDailyNews - Thursday, March 16, 2006
- Nielsen Fast-Forwards DVR Projections, Predicts 18% By Year End
- Correction: Nielsen Did Not Report Households Watch Fewer Broadcast Stations
- Scripps Acquires uSwitch, Expands Online
- Atlantic Leads National Magazine Awards Finalists
- FCC Orders Record $3.6 Million Obscenity Fine For CBS Episode
- CW Woos Advertisers, Taps Brand Shops For Marketing Blitz
- Nielsen: Network Prime-Time Clutter Surpasses Cable, Hispanic
- Madison Avenue Braces For Commercial Talent Talks
- Cable Industry Pushes To Take 'a la Carte' Off FCC's Menu
- Buyers, Marketers Call HD Cool, But No Cure-All For Radio
- MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, March 15, 2006
- Nielsen Seeks To Engage Clients, Unveils Engagement Panel
- Coke, JCPenney, Monster Test Microsoft's 'Live' Ad Platforms
- Video Sharing Sites Surge With Broadband Growth
- Success Of Small Movies Means More Ad Dollars For Boutique Film Brands
- U.S. DOJ Drops Clear Channel Antitrust Investigations
- Mercury Awards Extends Deadline
- Audit Bureau of Circulations Introduces Rapid Reporting
- "The Sopranos" Takes A Hit On Sunday
- AARP Develops New Marketing Tool For Advertisers
- MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, March 14, 2006
- Arbitron Begins Portable People Meter Rollout
- Ladies' Home Videos: Meredith To Extract Video From Mag Brands
- Stop The Presses, Literally: Ad Spending Shifts From Traditional News Media
- BBDO, Burnett, Others Named OBIE Finalists
- Hamilton Makes It Official, Resigns As ZenithOptimedia Chief
- 'Grey's Anatomy' ABC's New Kingpin, 'Housewives' Takes A Hit From "Sopranos"
- USA Network Slates Social Networking Site
- Marketing Of CW, MyNetwork Causes Confusion
- MediaDailyNews - Monday, March 13, 2006
- Americans Get More Channels, Watch Fewer Of Them, Especially Broadcast
- CAB Founder Robert Alter Dead At 77
- McClatchy Acquires Knight Ridder, Becomes Nation's No. 2
- Print Ad Data Yields Mixed Results
- Brandtique Of The Week: Sam's Club
- Final Data Confirms '05 Was Off Year For Local TV Ads
- Product Placements Of The Week
- Clear Channel Reaches A New Pinnacle: Elite Air Travelers
- MediaDailyNews - Friday, March 10, 2006
- Radio RFP Narrowed To Three: Arbitron, MRI, Media Audit
- Fortune Leaps With StrawberryFrog, Will Redefine Venerable Brand
- Local Search Ad Spending Approaches $1 Billion
- NBC Goes Tubular, Enables Video-Sharing Via NBC.com
- Beason, Haggerty Named EVPs At Carat
- Nick Exec Offers Food For Thought, Says Kids Nets Won't Be Less Bought
- Horizon Media Signs Up For PPM Results
- Nielsen Expands Spot Radio Monitoring
- CW Grows To 60%, MyNetwork Climbs To 45%
- Clear Channel Confirms Jarvis As Outdoor Resarch Chief
- ZenithOptimedia Cuts Minute-By-Minute Ratings Deal
- NY Daily News Raids Rival Times For Top Execs
- Private Equity Fuels Media M&As, Bids For VNU, Knight Ridder, Univision
- XM To Sell Ads, Sirius Revamps Lineup
- Horizon Unveils Print Team, Will Negotiate Cost, Value
- Showtime And Smithsonian In VOD Pact
- Mag Bag: S.I. For Kids Trades Cards, Luce Inducted, MPA Logs Blogs
- Tube Music Gets Tribune Digital Distribution
- CBS Posts Strong Ad Results For PGA Golf
- TiVo Sees Less Red, Restructures Pricing Plans
- MediaDailyNews - Thursday, March 9, 2006
- Lions And Tigers And Brands, Oh My!: Integration Joins The Circus
- Reports: MPG's Fernando Rodés Vila Slated To Run Havas
- Google Agrees To $90 Million Click Fraud Settlement
- Howard Stern To Appear On CBS' 'Late Show'
- Wal-Mart Partners With African-American TV Network
- Palisades Media Adds MGM To Its Movie Reel
- Brightcove Taps Brand New World As AOR
- Key Shareholders Reject VNU Sale, Nielsen To Stay Course
- 'Real World' Producer Focuses On Digital World, Platforms Too
- Researcher Finds Anti-Smoking Ads Freak Kids Out
- Midwest Living, American Profile Team Up, Launch Travel Supplement
- MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, March 8, 2006
- Chrisanthopoulos Serves Time, Now Sells It At Katz
- VNU Agrees To $9 Billion Buy-Out, Asserts A 'Long-Term' Solution
- CW, My Network Expand Station Base
- TV A-Go-Go: TiVo, Verizon; TBS, Cingular Deals Boost Mobile TV Options
- Damages Seen As Unlikely In CBS' Stern Suit
- MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, March 7, 2006
- Aegis Revenues Soar, Digital Now 15% Of Media Operations
- Hispanic TV Increases Share Of U.S. Ad Spending
- Erwin-Penland Founder Retires, Steps Down As Media Director
- CBS Looks To Next Season
- Future US Acquires Revolver
- Meredith To Launch New Health Special-Interest Publication
- Wendy's Orders PPM Results
- Oscars Dodge A Bullet
- Six Flags To Run Cinema Ads For Summer Season
- AT&T, Bell South Merger May Mean Spending Cuts For Media Companies
- CBS Radio Tries New "Altitude"
- Brandtique Of The Week: Surviving Charmin
- Product Placements Of The Week
- MediaDailyNews - Monday, March 6, 2006
- NBC Universal Acquires iVillage
- Havas' Bollore, Aegis' Lerwill Duel Over Board Seat
- 'American Idol' No Longer Idle, Dominates Thursday Again
- Firm VNU Offer Deemed Imminent
- Advice From Media Awards Judges: Keep It Simple
- Branded Gurus: Practice More Accepted, But Issues Remain
- Jarvis, Uyenco, Moynihan Reemerge In Media Roles
- Cable 'A La Carte' Morphs From Price Issue To Decency Issue
