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GM Signs for 15-Second Traffic Sponsorships with Clear Channel

GM is running a year-long radio campaign touting its new Chevy Silverado by integrating 15-second traffic sponsorships along with floating digital ads on the websites of radio stations located in certain markets.

The 15-second sponsorships will air on Clear Channel radio stations in key truck buying markets: Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis, Kansas City and Oklahoma City. The ads will direct listeners to the station websites of the respective radio stations in these markets, Clear Channel announced today.

Once there, consumers will see floating images of Chevy Silverado trucks driving across home pages and parking in the leaderboard sections, which will provide more information on the benefits of the vehicle along with links to www.chevy.com/shop on station sites.

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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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Knock-tober: McClatchy, New York Times Co., Media General Take Hits

October advertising revenue plunged for The New York Times Co. and McClatchy, despite some growth in online ad revenue.

The New York Times saw ad revenue plummet 17.2%; online ad revenue increased 5.3%, writes MediaPost. Classifieds have fallen 27.3% year to…

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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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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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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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One-Fifth of Marketers Send Emails Even After Consumers Unsubscribe

Some 20% of top brand marketers continue to send additional emails to consumers, even after they confirm requests from those consumers to “unsubscribe” from an email marketing list, according to a research study from Return Path, MarketingCharts writes.

Though the study,…

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