The private equity companies bidding for Clear Channel have revised their bid yet again - offering $39.20 per share rather than the $39 of the previous offer and a new structure that might give shareholders more value - but Clear Channel’s board of directors have rejected the revised offer.
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Social networks have caused a fundamental shift in the way people interact with each other and with media, with more than 70% of Americans 15-34 actively using online social networks, according to a recent study, the findings of which were released at the “Never-Ending Friending” conference for News Corp.’s Fox Interactive Media (FIM) marketing clients, writes MarketingCharts.
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The most-visited leading broadcast network television show website for the week ended April 28 was American Idol’s site, which received 32.96 percent of all US visits to a custom category consisting of more than 100 television show websites, according to Hitwise (via MarketingCharts).
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Close to half - 45 percent - of broadband users in Western Europe watch television via the web according to research just released by Motorola and conducted by StrategyOne (via paidContent and MarketingVox).
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Ad spend across Spanish-language media increased 14.4 percent last year to $5.59 billion, and has continued to outpace spending in general market media.
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NYTimes.com has rolled out a small business section on its website, covering topics such as management, innovation and legal issues.
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