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After a 15-year run, Cristina La Revista, the Spanish-language magazine named for talk show diva Cristina Saralegui and published by Spanish media giant Televisa, has published its last issue, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Facing increased competition from from new magazines targeting Hispanics, the magazine’s paid circulation dropped from 125,000 in 2000 to about 90,000 in 2004.
Part of the problem faced by U.S. Hispanic magazines in general is that they receive only 2.9 percent of total Hispanic media spend - compared to 17 percent for magazines in the general market - and some Hispanic titles discount as much as 30 to 40 percent off rate card prices.
Marketers have unleashed their holiday promotions earlier than ever this year, with many hitting the stores well before Thanksgiving. But Sirius XM isn’t launching most of its 24-hour holiday music channels until turkey day or later.
The newly merged company…
October advertising revenue plunged for The New York Times Co. and McClatchy, despite some growth in online ad revenue.
The New York Times saw ad revenue plummet 17.2%; online ad revenue increased 5.3%, writes MediaPost. Classifieds have fallen 27.3% year to…
The switch to digital television arrives in less than three months, and to remind consumers of the transition, the National Association of Broadcasters is running a campaign across PumpTop TV’s network of screens at gas stations.
The spot began airing…
Through the first half of the year, automakers have slimmed their ad spending by 10% to $6.1 billion, according to Nielsen Monitor Plus.
General Motors slipped 6% to $1.2 billion, while Ford Motor cut ad spend by 22% to $954…
Getting real-time, 24/7 online access to company news and reaching responsive and efficient PR representatives still rate high on journalists’ wish-lists, but reporters are increasingly sourcing stories from new forms of media as well, according to research from Bulldog Reporter and TEKgroup…
Some 20% of top brand marketers continue to send additional emails to consumers, even after they confirm requests from those consumers to “unsubscribe” from an email marketing list, according to a research study from Return Path, MarketingCharts writes.
Though the study,…
