MediaDailyNews Editions for April 2006
MediaDailyNews - Friday, April 14, 2006
Land Rover Goes Beyond Media, Direct-To-Consumer
Campbell-Ewald Wins Stint, Will Put New Glint On Mint
TiVo Renews With DirecTV, Awarded Damages In Patent Suit
Fox Cuts Affiliates In On Digital Deals, Stations Share New Media Revenue
RAB Launches Ad Campaign On Radio Relevance
Media Buying Vet Jean Pool Retires, Four As To Appoint New Media Chair
Analyst: Top 10 Radio Ad Billers Change Frequencies
Ephron: It's Hard Out Here For A Wimp, Er Radio
GE: Olympics Generate $40 Million Q1 Loss, 'Slight' Profit For Year
Editor's Note: MEDIA 'Rising Stars' Deadline Is April 17
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, April 13, 2006
Time Magazine Closes Canadian Bureau
Networks' Daytime Ratings Slump; Advertisers Seek Pricey Alternatives
DirecTV Agrees To Offer TiVo Service For Three More Years
Study Finds Surge In Population, Time Spent Viewing Out-Of-Home
Inter/Media Taps Geller To Run New Interactive Unit
Editor's Note: MEDIA 'Rising Stars' Deadline Is April 17
Radio Ad Giant Interep Rejects Hostile Takeover
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Bollore Boosts Aegis Stake -- Again
OMD Dominates Media EFFIEs; SMG, MindShare Also Recognized
Grey Entertainment Becomes MediaCom
Ad Industry, Unions Discuss Commercial Contract, Comp Study
TNT Tries Commercial-Free, Will Premiere Three Series Without Ads
Top Concern Among Independent Shops: Sustaining Growth
McKinney Taps Gap's Jones As President
Time Warner's Bewkes Pitches VOD To Counter The Internet
Tech Advertisers Dominate CGM Market: Blogs, Podcasts, Etc.
Good Weather Is Bad News For Some Shows
Analyst Call: Initiative's Gerster Says Online Demand Outstripping Supply
Editor's Note: MEDIA 'Rising Stars' Deadline Is April 17
Marketers Target Employees At Work
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, April 11, 2006
A Not As Big Easy: Nielsen Restores New Orleans, Albeit A Smaller Media Market
Disney Launches New Site, Tries Free, Ad-Supported ABC Downloads
Fait Chier Les Gendarmes
MediaPost's Wolfe Joins MindShare As Partner
Nielsen Adds Five Cable Nets To Product Placement Service
CurtCo Media Acquires Art & Antiques
Mercury Media Signs Up With COREMedia
'Heavyweights' Heavy Up On The Web, Question If It's A Distinct Medium
Comcast, Sony Have Horrible Idea: A VOD-Only Net
Editor's Note: MEDIA 'Rising Stars' Deadline Is April 17
MediaDailyNews - Monday, April 10, 2006
ZenithOptimedia Revises Outlook, Sees Internet Overtaking Outdoor, Radio
Verklin Sells 600,000 Aegis Shares, Has $2.4 Million Payday
Radio Alliance Asks, 'Are You Def Yet?'
News Corp. Donates Space To Counter MySpace, Promote Online Safety
Newspapers Predicted To Phase Out, Go Online
Brandtique Of The Week: Nissan Xterra
MindShare Taps McHugh To Director Unilever AOR
Podcasts To Surpass Blogs In Marketing Spending
Washington Insider: Madison Avenue Must Win In The Court of Public Opinion
Product Placements Of The Week
Time Inc. Makes New Round Of Staff Cuts
Muggers Of Invention: 'CSI,' Other Shows Challenge ABC's New Patent
Editor's Note: MEDIA 'Rising Stars' Deadline Is April 17
Custom Publishing Accelerates, Outpaces Conventional Mags
MediaDailyNews - Friday, April 7, 2006
Dissident Shareholder Proposes Partial Sale Of VNU
Report: Blog, Podcast Spending To Reach $757 Million In 2010
Nets' Study Finds Little Difference In Ad Recall Among DVR Owners
GE, OMD Takeover Of Times Square
Discovery Explores Mobile TV, Broadband Channels
Ad Industry, Commercial Actors Unions Weigh Comp Study
Mediaedge:cia Taps Fenster For Content Creation
Initiative Bolsters Exec Team, Taps Orell As COO
Editor's Note: MEDIA 'Rising Stars' Deadline Is April 17
AAAA Sets 'Winning' Summit
Burnett, Spielberg, Fox Greenlight Hollywood Reality Show
Omnicom Uses Magnificent Alliance To Coin, Well, 'Magnificent Alliance'
NBC Taps Vieira To Replace Couric On 'Today'
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, April 6, 2006
Analysts Upgrade '06 Ad Outlook, Downgrade Most Traditional Media
VNU Places Ads To Woo Dissident Shareholders
MPG Gets Mileage With International Truck Account
Peacock Preens Couric Swan Song, 'Today' Units May Soar
Clumsy To Cool: Branded Entertainment And The Rules Of In-Game Ads
AAAA Kicks Off Management Conference, Elects New Board
New Data Reveals Virtually No Viewers For Time-Shifted Spots
The Band To Play For Brands, Advanced TV Ad Shop Formed
Editor's Note: MEDIA 'Rising Stars' Deadline Is April 17
Magazines Face A Shakeout
Merrill Lynch Gloomy On Newspapers, Downgrades DJ To 'Sell'
Credit Service Cuts Interpublic Rating, Warns It Could Go Lower
Pink Passes On 'Pink Sheet,' Signs With BPA
Marketers: Accountability Still Ranks As Job No. 1
Palisades Pushes For More Non-Entertainment Clients
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Prime Scene Investigation: Top Shows Kill Commercial Ratings
American Media Restructures, Celebrity, No Longer Living
Optimedia Opts For Drury, Names New Spot Chief
Agencies, Marketers Back New Accountability Initiative
MRI To Measure How People Spend Their Day With Media
Editor's Note: MEDIA 'Rising Stars' Deadline Is April 17
ReacTV To Launch In July
Publicis Acquires Control of Capital MS&L, Beefs Up Financial Relations
ESPN Restructures Ad Team
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, April 4, 2006
MediaVest Taps Design Guru To Head 'Shopper' Media Effort
Brymer Named DDB Chief, Succeeds Kaess
Report: NBC's Couric To Helm CBS Evening News
U.S. Broadband Penetration Soars 32.3%
Porn Star Jameson Whacks For Adidas In Podcast Campaign
Action Pursuit Group Takes DRIVE!
Radio Reports Another Weak Month, Wall Street Downgrades Medium
MTV Nets Taps Beispel As VH-1 Sales Chief
Ad Age Restructures Edit Team
Newspaper Chief Offers Hard Medicine To NAA Attendees
WB Cracks Some 'Pepper'
Editor's Note: MEDIA 'Rising Stars' Deadline Is April 17
Scarborough Integrates Print, Online Newspaper Readership
Food Gives Buyers Something To Chew On: New Shows
MediaDailyNews - Monday, April 3, 2006
Madison Avenue Braces For Political Ad Blitz
Consortium Launches VNU Takeover Bid
MTV Nets Pitches Agency Execs, Others For Top Sales Job
Motorola Strikes Corporate Level Deal With Omnicom
World's Most Powerful Brands: Microsoft, GE, Coca-Cola
Brandtique of the Week: 'The Loop'
Clear Channel Expects UK Outdoor Consolidation
Analysts Warn Of Long-Term Radio Slump
Product Placements Of The Week
A Media Buy That Works, Literally
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