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Howard Stern called CBS Corp. president Les Moonves “vindictive, vicious and jealous,” when the Sirius Satellite Radio shock jock launched his “I Hate Les Moonves Tour” Tuesday night, writes the New York Post.
In an interview with Hannity & Colmes of Fox News Channel, Stern - now being sued for allegedly promoting his Sirius show on CBS stations - calls the lawsuit “frivolous” and a diversion to hide Moonves’ weaknesses as an executive. “This is a guy who was on ‘The Love Boat’ [as an actor] and now he’s playing the biggest role of his life - CEO of CBS,” said Stern in the interview.
“They just lost ratings like we’ve never seen in the history of radio before,” Stern added. “This lawsuit was a distraction so that stockholders will think Les is doing something.”
Meanwhile, Banc of America Securities questioned Stern’s ability to sustain his impact on $12.95-a-month Sirius subscriptions past June.
Though off-air online and experiential advertising grew modestly as a part of the overall radio revenue pie, and election-related political ads increased in Q3, total radio ad revenues were down 9% to $4.97 billion for Q3 and down 10% for…
Glamour magazine is running its photo of Britney Spears not only on the cover of the U.S. edition, but on the covers in seven other countries, as well.
Britney will grace Russia, Sweden and Greece’s editions of Glamour, among others.…
Titan Worldwide has signed a five-year deal with the Delaware River Port Authority to manage out-of-home advertising for the Port Authority Transit corp.
The contract covers advertising on PATCO’s rail service and stations between Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, writes Mediaweek.…
Publicis has acquired full-service agency W&K Communications, continuing its Asia expansion that began several years ago.
W&K will be pulled under the umbrella of Publicis’s Burnett agency network, and will be renamed Leo Burnett Beijing Advertising, writes Adweek.
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With only four weeks separating Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, Cyber Monday One (December 1) and Cyber Monday Two (December 
may command a greater share of online sales than they have in years past - thus increasing the importance…
Top American non-luxury auto brands received higher ratings and less negative comments from online consumers than competing Japanese brands, according to an analysis of consumer opinions collected from automotive review websites by Biz360, MarketingCharts reports.
The research, which aggregated a year’s…
