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KDND radio, the station that sponsored the Hold Your Wee for a Wii contest that resulted in a woman’s death, may have some responsibility for the death, according to personal injury attorney Timothy O’Connor.
Entercom’s KDND/The End Sacramento held a contest to see how much water participants could drink without taking a bathroom break, and a young woman died of water intoxication.
O’Connor says that despite the fact that contestants signed a waiver, the waiver is meaningless, because “waivers deal with the risk of an activity. Nobody drinks a glass of water and thinks, ‘This can kill me,’” writes Radio Ink. “So, if you say in a waiver that if you die in this activity you cannot sue us, that waiver is meaningless,” O’Connor says.
Potential new opportunities for advertisers, should the merger between XM and Sirius Satellite Radio clear FCC hurdles, are murky, but could include a third party service to measure listenership, according to Dennis McGuire, vp and regional broadcast director at Carat.
If…
The New York Times will deliver headlines to business and technology members of LinkedIn via a deal between the two that was announced yesterday (Monday).
LinkedIn users will receive targeted articles related to their areas of interest, according to CNET. Headlines…
A campaign promoting Islam and set to run on New York subway trains is causing a stir in the city.
Rep. Peter King, a New York Republican, is urging the Metropolitan Transit Authority to reject the ads, according to CNN. The…
Viewers who watch full-length shows say they’re more likely to watch those shows on television, according to a new study commissioned by CBS and conducted by Magid Media Labs.
Magid polled 50,000 viewers who have watched full eps of CBS…
Procter & Gamble’s new Swiffer campaign offers a money-back guarantee, the first time the brand has undertaken such a proposition.
The campaign includes three :30 spots on TV, plus a larger online media buy. Ads compare the Swiffer favorably to…
The tourism industry risks being hit with significant declines in leisure travel volume and spending, according to the findings of Destination Analysts’ bi-annual “The State of the American Traveler” survey (pdf) - MarketingCharts reports.
The top impediments to travel remain high…
