MediaDailyNews
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
  • UM Finds Madison Avenue Gets Democrats' Vote, GOP Is Less Sanguine

    Democratic delegates are meeting in Denver this week to formally nominate their next presidential candidate, but the party already has cast its vote in … Read the whole story

  • Olympic Gold: Summer Games Pay Off For NBC

    NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker continued the company's buoyancy regarding the Olympics this week, reaffirming in an interview that the Games will yield a … Read the whole story

  • Media X: Lost In Uncanny Valley

    Given the faux realities of the Olympics and the presidential race, is it any surprise that marketing is kicking honesty to the curb? That … Read the whole story

  • Big Ten Scores Warner Deal

    A Wall Street analyst predicts that two recent carriage agreements will nudge the Big Ten Network into profitability after only a year on the … Read the whole story

  • Summer Blues: Newspapers Plunge As Online Stalls

    The print story in July should be familiar by now, with double-digit losses across the board at New York Times Company, McClatchy, Gannett and … Read the whole story

  • Post-Olympics Sees TV Ratings Slide

    On first blush, NBC's Beijing Olympics promotion for its other TV shows has come in underwhelming. "Deal or No Deal"--back from a two-week layoff … Read the whole story

  • FCC May Still Require HD Access to Satellite Radios

    Reviving an issue that earlier appeared to be settled, the Federal Communications Commission may still require the merged Sirius-XM satellite radio broadcaster to include … Read the whole story

  • CNN Wins Opening Convention Coverage

    The cable news networks' first big night of the political season has gone to CNN--by a landslide. Not only did CNN easily beat its … Read the whole story