The Chicago suburban newspaper, The News Sun, recently changed its layout from a broadsheet to a tabloid, and is now delivered in the morning rather than the evening, Editor & Publisher reports.
Financial reports for several businesses show an increase in sales during the second quarter of this year, Multichannel Merchant reports.
A new shopping magazine for Women, ShopSmart, has recently arrived at the newsstands. From the publishers of Consumer Reports, the magazine offers women a new perspective on shopping.
Lionsgate, an independent film distributor, will be using anti-war billboards in New York and Los Angeles to promote its new documentary on John Lennon, Reuters reports (via Yahoo).
Wachovia Securities analyst John Janedis says that automotive advertising may continue to decline.
High ratings in women’s programming have attracted some new sponsors to Women’s Entertainment (WE) for this summer.
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According to figures released recently by the Outdoor Advertising Association, out-of-home advertising rose 8.9 percent in June.
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Joe Natoli, publisher for The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News since January 2004, recently announced that he will be resigning.
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The Interactive Advertising Bureau is putting together a working group of member companies, including the biggest search players, to come up with guidelines and standards for defining and measuring clicks.
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Prudential recently announced that MediaCom will take over the media buying and planning for its Prudential, Egg and M&G investment brands.
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The Direct Marketing Association argued against a bill making the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement mandatory, in a U.S. Senate subcommittee hearing July 25.
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Ranks just behind news/talk A study conducted by The Media Audit shows that National Public Radio ranks as the fourth most listened-to radio format.
Sirius has increased its forecast for subscribers by year-end from 6.2 million to 6.3 million, Mediaweek reports.
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Google has gone not only from online advertising to offline with print and radio ads, but it’s aiming higher - way, way up, in fact - announcing an ad deal with XM satellite radio.
The latest study from the Pew Research Center for People and the Press has found that only 23 percent of adults surveyed believe all or most of what they see on NBC News and only 22 percent believe all or most of what they see on ABC or CBS News.
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In a major overhaul and expansion of its online properties, Smithsonian Publishing today announced the creation of the Online Publishing Group. The Group will be responsible for content and business development for the Smithsonian Publishing websites Smithsonian.com and Airandspacemagazine.com.
