MediaDailyNews Issues for June 2007

MediaDailyNews - Friday, June 29, 2007
Out Sized: Aegis' Posterscope Launches Digital Unit by Erik Sass
Tensions Abound Between Traditional TV, Online Video Worlds by Joe Mandese
Kilar Tapped To Head NBCU, News Corp. Net Video Venture by David Goetzl
C3 Ratings Not Yet On Local TV Horizon by Wayne Friedman
Ad Chief Picard Exits Lifetime by David Goetzl
Versus In For Rough Ride With Tour De France by Wayne Friedman
Mag Bag: iPhone Owners Can Get iPlayboy by Erik Sass
Aegis Cites Digital, Developing Markets For Sustained Growth
Chris Harder Promoted at MediaVest
HSN Kicks Off Major Ad Campaign
Pucked: XM Exclusive Satellite Provider For NHL
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, June 28, 2007
Carat Offers Rosier Outlook For U.S., Worldwide Ad Economy by Joe Mandese
Slam Dunk: ESPN/ABC, TNT Extend Deal With NBA, Digital Rights Pay Off by Wayne Friedman
IAG To Measure Viewer Engagement On MTVN by David Goetzl
IMG Taps Gers To Head Entertainment Unit by David Goetzl
Drink Me: Only 3% Of Alcohol Ads Tout Responsibility by Erik Sass
Comedy Central Signs Deal For Canadian Distribution by Erik Sass
'TV Guide' Launches Online Video Awards by Erik Sass
Reality Shows Sink In Summer by Wayne Friedman
Jeep Launches New Brand Ad Campaign, Tagline
NBC Names Lund Stations' Ad Sales Chief
Adelphia's Rigases Sentenced To Prison
mtvU Greenlights New Season Of 'Meet or Delete'
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, June 27, 2007
U.S. Ad Spending Loses Steam, Shifts Into Emerging, Unclassified Media by Joe Mandese
Upfront: Group M Strikes Lifetime Deal by David Goetzl
The Graying Of The Nets: Big 4's Median Age Over 40 by David Goetzl
Supreme Court OKs Corporate-Sponsored Issue Ads by Wayne Friedman
Dot-Com Bubble Begins To Deflate--Again by Joe Mandese
Turner Ups Upfront Ante, Adopts Commercial Ratings As New Currency by David Goetzl
Holding On: Syndie Sees Less Ratings Drop Than Broadcast by Wayne Friedman
Cross-Pollination: CBS Radio Bows Web Video by Erik Sass
Teen Market Grows To $208 Billion By 2011 by Erik Sass
HDTV Penetration Will Hit 36% In 2007 by Erik Sass
Paramount Consolidates International Media At Mediaedge:cia
comScore IPO Scores $82.5 Million
RPA Names Brown VP, Media Insights
CBS Makes Top Soaps Available Online
Morrison New Prez Of Omnicom's ipsh!
Cable Companies Team With Broadband To Promote HDTV, Services
Media X: All You Can Eat Commentary by Jack Feuer
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, June 26, 2007
TV Takes A Backseat In Chrysler, Nick Ad Deal - And That's A Good Thing by David Goetzl
Syndication Upfront Settles On Commercial, Plus 3-Day Ratings, 3-9% CPMs by Wayne Friedman
Time Inc. Employs Performance Advertising Online by Erik Sass
Hallmark Adds New Ad Sales Research Chief by David Goetzl
Lamar Expands Digital Out-of-Home by Erik Sass
Media Buyers, Analysts Cheer Clear Channel-Arbitron Deal by Erik Sass
Head-to-Head: Fox Launches 'Lyrics' To Compete With NBC's 'Bee' by David Goetzl
MTV Networks Restructures Research Operations, Puts Giles In Charge
Celebrity Weeklies See Big Ad Gains
Telepictures Signs Former DA Pirro To Court Show
Chivas Launches Online Channel
Emmis Taps StreamAudio For Radio Streams
Beauty TV Teams With Joost
MediaDailyNews - Monday, June 25, 2007
Upfront Role Reversal: Older-Skewing Cable Nets Reaping Firmer Ad Rates by Wayne Friedman
CW Rakes In $640 Million, Exceeds Upfront Goal by David Goetzl
Aegis Latest To Jump Into Ad Server Fray, Will Merge Bluestreak With Isobar by Joe Mandese
Bravo Seeks To 'Affluence' Media Buyers, Break Through Upfront Clutter by David Goetzl
GE's Wright Unveils First Broadband Olympics, Calls For New Ad Models by Les Luchter
Nielsen Unveils Hispanic Integration Plan, Will Report Language Preferences Of Individual Viewers by Joe Mandese
Ziff Davis Sheds Enterprise Group, Revamps as Web-Focused Publisher by Erik Sass
Kids Ad Summit Sets Stage For New Regulatory Agenda by Karl Greenberg
Study: TV Ad Dollars Slow, Internet TV Accelerates by Wayne Friedman
CEA Finds Computers Emerging As Primary Music Device by Erik Sass
Text Service For Deaf Launches by Erik Sass
Clear Channel Gives Clear Endorsement Of Arbitron's PPM, Signs Multiyear Deal
ABC News To Ax 25 Staffers
NYT Makes Videos Available Online To Public
WE Debuts TV/Web Bride Initiative
Life & Style Cuts 7, Continues To Streamline
MediaDailyNews - Friday, June 22, 2007
Of Castrated Pigs And Deer With Guns, A Cannes Recap by Le Riff
Agencies Register Cable Budgets, MTV Rebukes Commercial Ratings by David Goetzl
Nick, Starcom Cut Deal Based On Program Ratings by Wayne Friedman
Aegis Reveals Vivid Plan, Diversifies Into Event Marketing by Joe Mandese
GE, Pearson Bow Out Of Dow Jones Bid, Others Remain by Wayne Friedman
'Office' Politics: Turner Beefs Up Comedy Lineup by David Goetzl
Mag Bag: Smithsonian to Host CultureFest in New Orleans by Erik Sass
Interpublic Adds Healthcare Specialist To Emerging Media Lab
NBC To Pay $1 Mil For Post-Jail Paris Interview
Bloomberg Expands Staff By 10% This Year
V-Cast Phones Carry Local TV Inventory
MTVN Ups Flannigan To EVP
Evaluating Upfront Buy Proposals Commentary by Gene DeWitt
MediaDailyNews - Thursday, June 21, 2007
Prime-Time Upfront Returns To $9 Billion Ballpark by Wayne Friedman
Developers Simplify Media Research: Drop First Two Letters, Utilize Search by Joe Mandese
Gannett Gets Greater Exposure, Invests in Mobile Search Firm by Erik Sass
P&G Goes Comic, Joins With NY TV Fest To Create Pilot by Karl Greenberg
Cable Nets Seek CPM Gains In Upfront by Wayne Friedman
Feeling Ad Squeeze, NYTCO Looks To Circ Rev by Erik Sass
VH1 Adds 7 New Series To Lineup by David Goetzl
McClatchy, Tribune Report Rev Declines In May by Erik Sass
Shanas New VP Media Strategy At ABC by David Goetzl
mPhase Enters New Phase: Targeted TV Advertising
Mercury News, Denver Post Cut Newsroom Staff
ESPN Launches Development Unit
Anna Nicole Judge Decides To Do CBS Show
NBC's 'The Office' Transformed Into PC Game
Brandtique: Garmin Commentary by David Goetzl
Product Placements Of The Week Commentary by Kenny
MediaDailyNews - Wednesday, June 20, 2007
OMD Sweeps Cannes, With A Little Help From Some Consumers by Le Riff
Discovery/Starcom Strike Deal For Exact Minute Ratings by Wayne Friedman
Upfront: ABC May Get Higher Rates Than Rivals by Wayne Friedman
Six Flags Moves Into TV Biz, Retains Control Of Dick Clark Productions by David Goetzl
Media Auditors Subscribe To TiVo Ratings, Increase Scrutiny Of TV Ad Buys by Joe Mandese
Radio Daze: Congress Opposes Sirius-XM Merger by Erik Sass
McClatchy Exec Takes Stake in Gather.com by Erik Sass
Belo Stations Are Undervalued, Says Chief Exec by David Goetzl
Kaiser: Ads Worry Parents, Want Government To Step In by Adrienne W. Fawcett
Outsized Revenue: Outdoor Grows 8% in 1Q by Erik Sass
MGM, Brand Sense Partner To Extend Studio Appeal
MRI Releases Issue-Specific Data
Belo TV Wins Most Murrow Awards This Year
Gardner Exits Reader's Digest
Media X: Beached Commentary by Jack Feuer
MediaDailyNews - Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Oxygen Breathes Life Into eBay TV Market, May Suck Some From Other Nets by David Goetzl
Meredith Beefs Up Health Coverage, Ads, Acquires Healia.com by Erik Sass
CSPI: Kellogg Regulation Could Kill Some Brands by Erik Sass
Gannett, Lee May Revenues Down by Erik Sass
New MTVN, Visible Deal Gives Advertisers Creative Control by David Goetzl
Summer Broadcast Season Cools On Sundays by Wayne Friedman
ANA Challenges FTC Plan To Revise Endorsement Guidelines
Balihoo Launches Beta With, Well, Not So Much
E&Y: NetCosts Passes 40% Threshold
Forecast: Online Ad Spending To Reach $35.4 Billion In '12
NYP Page Six Will Expand For Ads
NBC, National Journal Partner for 2008 Campaign Coverage
Comcast Backs BroadLogic To Enhance Net Speed
Weather Channel Site Accessible Via MSNBC
Initiative Creates Innovations East
MediaDailyNews - Monday, June 18, 2007
Nielsen Weighs Plan To Make Internet Measurement Mandatory In TV Households by Joe Mandese
Upfront: Fox Negotiations Underway, All Nets' Volume Down From '06 by Wayne Friedman
Enterprise: Private Ownership Transforms TV Station Biz by David Goetzl
NAB To MusicFIRST: We Won't Pay For Radio Play by Fern Siegel
Brownridge, Quadrangle Buy Three Dennis Titles by Erik Sass
Big Overlap In Online, Print Newspaper Use by Erik Sass
Biggest Threat to Newspapers Is ... MySpace? by Erik Sass
Crushed: NBA Ratings Sink To Lowest Ever by Wayne Friedman
Interpublic Donates $1 Million To Adcenter
Congress: Women's Mags Should Drop Cigarette Ads
Air America Cuts News Service
MTV Creates Site For 'Sweet 16'
Taming Lions: Some Shops Cannes, Some Cannot Commentary by Le Riff