MediaDailyNews
Friday, June 24, 2011
  • Cable Suffers Customer Loss, Telco Up 24%
    by Wayne Friedman

    Cable TV distribution continues to lose customers in the top 15 markets, with telco companies sharply rising and satellite TV companies seeing little change. … Read the whole story

  • The New 5% Solution: Tech Projects Vs. Media Campaigns
    by Joe Mandese

    CANNES, FRANCE - A team from Publicis and word-of-mouth marketing shop Contagious Communications made a case during a presentation at the Media Lions festival … Read the whole story

  • Mobile Ads To Hit $4 Billion By 2015
    by Wayne Friedman

    Much of mobile advertising spending will be locally targeted in four years -- and higher-priced. Locally targeted mobile ads will have a 70% share … Read the whole story

  • Time Out: Media General Institutes Furloughs
    by Erik Sass

    Media General, publisher of 21 daily newspapers, including The Tampa Tribune and Richmond-Times Dispatch, announced that it will require employees to take 15 days … Read the whole story

  • FBI's $50K Campaign Captures Fugitive
    by David Goetzl

    The TV campaign that led to the capture of criminal mastermind James "Whitey" Bulger cost the FBI no more than $50,000. The bureau had … Read the whole story

  • Cablevision Weighs In on iPad Debate
    by David Goetzl

    Cablevision tipped investors off last month that a lawsuit could be coming from programmers objecting to their networks being streamed live on iPads. On … Read the whole story

  • Heavy Medal: OMD Takes Most Cannes Lions
    by Joe Mandese

    CANNES, FRANCE -- There are Media Lions winners. And then there are Media Lions winners. On Wednesday, we reported that the top prize, or … Read the whole story

  • Mag Bag: 'Taste of Home' Cooks Up 'MasterChef'
    by Erik Sass

    As part of a promotion for the second season of Fox's "MasterChef," the show's producers have partnered with Taste of Home publisher Greendale to … Read the whole story