MediaDailyNews Issues for January 2005

MediaDailyNews - Monday, Jan. 31, 2005
MRC Proposes 'Consortium' To Develop Better Ratings, Asks Feds To Reaffirm Its Oversight Of Nielsen
Carat Finds A Media Plan Is A Terrible Thing To Waste, Even If It's Free
Super Bowl, NFL Fans: More Like Frasier Than Homer, Scarborough Study Finds
Study: Local Web Spending Will Rev Up In 05
Advertisers Score, Get Sacked In Post-Season NFL Ad Pods
Mag Spotlight: Living 101
Volkswagen Consolidates At MediaCom
Time Warner Fuses AOL, Road Runner For Subscribers, Advertisers
Carat Gets The Midas Touch
Lee Gets Prize, Snares Pulitzer Inc.
Verizon Licenses Microsoft TV
Miller Hires Brennan As Director of Marketing Services
Dubin To Head Entertainment/Marketing At Mediaedge:cia
Top Global Brands: Apple, Google, Al Jazeera
IF U CAN READ THS, U CAN GET A GD JB
MediaDailyNews - Friday, Jan. 28, 2005
FCC's Media Bureau Chief Ferree Announces Resignation
ACNielsen Wins Decision, Lifting Potential Barrier For VNU
Chicago Tribune Launches Program To Keep Subscribers
Wednesday Ratings: It's All Right For Fighting, But Too Cold For Swimsuits
P&G/Gillette Deal May Be A Boon For Publicis, Starcom MediaVest
DirecTV Offers ABC HD In 10 Key Markets
In Touch Reaches 1 Million Mark
Report: United Business Media Puts NOP On The Block
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005
Magna Enters 'Brand New World,' Develops Branded Content For Digital Platforms
MediaVest Hears The Music, Taps MTV Exec To Lead Branded Entertainment
Meredith Goes En Casa, Launches Shelter Book Aimed At Hispanic Women
FCC's Copps Blows Whistle: Calls On Industry To Police Consolidation
VNU Gets Out Of Debt, Takes A Loss
NBC To Use Watermarks To Track Promos
Apprise Media Acquires Beckett Publications
So Quiet You Can Hear an E-mail Bounce
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005
Times Reports Modest Growth Due To Broadcast, Not Print
ESPN ABC Sports 'Neutralizes' Sales Team, Unveils New Structure
New Cable Chief To 'Energize' NCTA, Former Fed Succeeds Robert Sachs
FCC Goes Lame, Ducks Indecency Complaints
HSBC, CBS Tee Women's World Match Golf Championship
Marketers To Head Off Food Ad Regulations
Report: Mattel Reviews Planning
Deutsch Drops Out Of $200 Million Mitsubishi Review
BBDO Unit Tops Awards Report
Access on Demand and the Death of the Creative Culture
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005
Mattel Alters Toy Marketing Strategy, Uses Online Game To Offset TV Erosion
Subscription Agent Blasts Gruner + Jahr, Claims Publisher At Fault
EU Approves WPP's $1.5 Billion Bid For Grey Global Group
Cialis Angles To Lure ESPN Viewers And Fishing Fans
Arbitron, VNU Place 'Finishing Touches' On Apollo Test
VNU, IDG Slate Publishing Joint Venture
Infinity Broadcasting Targets Media Buyers and Planners in B2B Campaign
Captivate Reformats Elevator Ads
Beware the Tucker Reaction
MediaDailyNews - Monday, Jan. 24, 2005
Adware Weary: 'AdWare' Drops Name, Becomes Mediaplex
CQ Weekly Gets A Makeover
FCC Chairman Michael Powell to Resign in March
Mag Spotlight: Country Weekly
Report: Feds Probe Gannett, NYT Co. Deals
Johnny Carson, Dead At 79
WPP Consolidates Health Units
Cablevision Cuts Ties to Satellite Service Voom
Final Score: Heidi Klum 3.2 Million - Super Bowl 0
MediaDailyNews - Friday, Jan. 21, 2005
Wall Street: Ad Share Shift 'Faster Than We Realized,' Print, TV Budgets Move To Cable, Online
B-to-B Ad Market Turns Corner, Nudges Up Near Year-End
Cable vs. Broadcast: Who Cares As Long As It's Unique'
A Magazine Whose Backers Are Mainly Hackers
LLKFB Finalizes Management Transformation
Better Homes and Gardens Bows In China
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MediaDailyNews - Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005
Zenith Chases Down Estimated $300 Million J.P. Morgan Media Business
IPG's Bell Moves to Co-Chairman As Roth Takes CEO Spot
PReSS Survey Reveals Magazines' Connections To Readers
AAF Elects Four To Its Hall Of Fame
Media Contacts Opens Toronto Office, MPG Interactive Begins Global Expansion
Clarification: VNU To Keep Business Media, Nielsen Entertainment Separate
Strata Rolls Out EDI For Media Buyers
The Burger Joint
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2005
VNU Taps Nielsen Media Chief To Run Burgeoning Media Info Group
Carat's Verklin, NBC CMO Join In-Store Media Board
As Media Shifts From 'Mass' To 'Micro,' Marketers, Agencies Move To Embed
Mainstream Papers Not Reaching Ethnic Readers
On NFL Network Super Bowl Never Ends, No Commercial Interruptions For Commercials
Interpublic Sets Stake In Hollywood's Endeavor Marketing
Atlanta Is the Ratings Judge for 'American Idol,' As Fox Plays Down Success
Southwest Media Group Wins Affirmative Insurance Holdings Account
Einstein's Corner: Patient, Thoughtful Education 101
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2005
Ad Demand Remains Near All Time High, Online Hits New Mark, Papers Surge
Baby Talk Gets Revamped
FreeZone Expands Zone, Cox Rolls Out Ad-Supported VOD Markets
Video Game Maker Drops Long-Term Ad Agency