‘Jericho’ Season Finale a Bomb
Jericho looks unlikely to return next year. In a lackluster finale, the show averaged a 2.1 adults 18-49, according to Nielsen overnights.
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Jericho looks unlikely to return next year. In a lackluster finale, the show averaged a 2.1 adults 18-49, according to Nielsen overnights.
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A billboard for two lawyers in Chicago has caused such an uproar that it has been removed. The message: Life’s short. Get a divorce.
Last week’s Evening News with Katie Couric pulled its lowest number of total viewers since Nielsen began using people meters to report viewers in 1987, averaging just 6.05 million total viewers for the week ended May 6.
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JetBlue’s founder, David Neeleman, is stepping down as CEO, though he will retain his role as chairman.
Just two out of a thousand viewed banners are clicked on by European internet users, according to browser analysis by ad server technology provider ADTECH.
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HD Radio technology from iBiquity may be installed in mobile phones, portable media players, portable navigation devices, table radios and more come the first quarter of 2008.
After final bids for Primedia Enthusiast Media are in on Friday, the company will likely be sold to Wasserstein & Company, according to Folio (via MediaPost). The price tag is expected to come in at over $500 million.
Officials from the Taxi and Limousine Commission of New York City are meeting today to discuss and possibly approve the deployment of multimedia touch-screen digital displays across its entire taxi fleet.
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The number of automotive catalogs has more than doubled from 2002 to 2007, jumping from 261 to 553 (118%), according to the 2007 edition of The National Directory of Catalogs (via CM and MarketingCharts).
The New York Post, which 10 days ago increased its price from 25 cents to 50 cents, has dropped its price again to 25 cents.
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Verizon’s FiOS TV has added the BBC World News to its TV channel lineup, writes Mediaweek.
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Coke is launching a mobile text and video ad campaign across 160 countries, using technology that can target specific handsets with video capabilities. The ads include both graphical and text formats on mobile web pages.
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After having been arrested in Las Vegas for assaulting his girlfriend, HBO chairman and chief executive Chris Albrecht has agreed to resign.
Just weeks before it begins reporting average commercial minute ratings, Nielsen has sent letters to all of its national cable network clients asking that they begin supplying commercial log data to Nielsen in order to make sure Nielsen is properly tracking all their commercial advertising time.
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