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Google’s newspaper ad sales initiative has tripled expectations, according to a story that first appeared yesterday in the Washington Post, MediaPost writes.
With that success under its belt, the online giant plans to expand the pilot program in the coming year. After the trial period ends in Jan., Google will refine the program with the help of participating newspapers, and then will decide how best to move forward.
Participating newspapers include those published by Gannett, the Tribune Company, The New York Times Company, the Washington Post Company, and Hearst. The Journal Register’s New Haven Register signed on recently, as well.
Google has not, as yet, taken commissions on the deals, but plans to do so following the test phase.
Sprint will deliver live radio broadcasts of all NFL games, plus television broadcasts of eight Thursday night games on the NFL Network.
The radio coverage will begin Sept. 2; Thursday night television broadcasts will start Nov. 6.
Radio broadcasts include…
Hachette’s Home magazine is closing its doors, following a serious slip in ad pages in the first half of the year.
Ad pages for Home were down 31 percent in the first six months of 2008. Across the board, shelter…
Eight-time Olympic medalist Michael Phelps will be featured on the front of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes boxes beginning next month, rather than on the iconic General Mills cereal that is more generally known for featuring sports greats.
The…
Timberland’s new ad agency, Leagas Delaney, has told the company that its promotion of environmental causes is distracting from its products, the Wall Street Journal reports (via Environmental Leader).
After seeing revenues decline six percent to $210 million on lower sales in…
The new editor of the Chicago Tribune, Gerry Kern, has sent a memo to staffers saying that “the experience of the news is as important as the news itself.”
The phrase is meant to offer an explanation for the changes the…
Polo Ralph Lauren will soon launch what will become one of the mobile web’s first ecommerce sites.
Polo hopes to stay ahead of a trend that is moving slowly from Asia to the United States, said David Lauren, senior vp…
