DHL Expands Mexico Service
DHL has plans to increase its cargo capacity to Mexico by 40 percent and to speed delivery to more domestic destinations, writes DM News.
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DHL has plans to increase its cargo capacity to Mexico by 40 percent and to speed delivery to more domestic destinations, writes DM News.
The New Republic’s blogging efforts seemed to start off much like those of other print commentary magazines afraid of a lessening relevance with the advent of consumer media - they started a series of blogs, some of which seemed, well, a bit petulant, writes MarketingVox. TNR suspended house blogger Lee Siegel late last week for allegedly “sock puppeting,” or creating a fake user identity to defend himself and attack his critics on the blog.
The San Francisco Chronicle will launch a new glossy magazine, called SFiS, covering travel, design and fashion.
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Aegis Group’s revenues in the first half of the year reached $880 million - 19 percent more than in the first six months of 2005.
Following a Japanese trend, advertisers in the U.S. have started giving away branded packages of tissues and other wipes to consumers at targeted locations as well as on the street.
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Caribou Coffee is taking advantage of Starbuck’s email snafu last week. The company will honor the coupon Starbucks emailed to employees and told them to share with friends, but then pulled when it went viral.
Regent Communications will buy five Buffalo, New York Stations from CBS Radio.
Time magazine’s new managing editor Richard Stengel has been seeking ways to better compete with rival Newsweek and other news sources, including changing its publication date from Mondays to Fridays and shifting the editorial focus a bit to include more essays, news analysis and lifestyle pieces.
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A deal announced today will allow TiVo subscribers to sample the four new series available from CBS this fall.
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Dave Alvin will join XM Satellite Radio’s X Country roster to host a music program, 9 Volt, the third week of every month beginning the week of September 18, the company has announced.
A variety of networks will air programs addressing the fifth anniversary of 9/11 next week, and some advertisers look as though they plan to sit this one out.
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Tom Freston, president and CEO of Viacom, has resigned effective immediately, the company announced today.
The Sundance Channel will apparently be entering whole-heartedly the world of branded entertainment.
The channel has just announced the hiring of a new vp of branded entertainment and sponsorship to handle the new product placement initiative, writes Lost Remote.
