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Hearst Purchases eCrush

Hearst Magazines Digital has bought eCrush.com, a group of social networking sites for young adults.

The purchase is part of a series of efforts that the company hopes will broaden its reach to the online teen and young adult market, writes Mediaweek.

More than one million unique visitors hit the eCrush network sites each month and 90% percent are 13-19 years old, according to Hearst.

Hearst Magazines also plans to launch a prom planning website that will pull editorial content from CosmoGirl, Seventeen and Teen. Those three sites will be relaunched in February.

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Sirius XM Shows Restraint, Most Holiday Music Begins Post Thanksgiving

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…

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‘PC Magazine’ Print Edition Dies

PC Magazine will stop publishing a print edition with its January issue. The magazine will shift operations entirely online.

The magazine will be sent via email with a link to the current edition. It will continue to look like the…

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NAB Works Hard to Prep U.S. for Digital Transition

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…

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SAG ‘Bizarrely’ Calls for Strike Authorization

Following an inability to agree with studios on payment for shows distributed online, the Screen Actors Guild has decided to pursue strike authorization from its members in a move the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers calls “bizarre.”

Should…

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Journalists Use New Media More than PR Pros Think

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…

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Auto Advertising Slips 10% in 1H 08

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…

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