Hot on the heels of the Yahoo Green launch, MSN has unveiled its own online community dedicated to combating the climate crisis, MediaPost reports (via Environmental Leader). Chevrolet has signed on as the site’s first global sponsor. The culmination of MSN’s efforts will be the simultaneous Web broadcast of the global Live Earth concerts on July 7.
Radio One has agreed to sell 11 stations to Main Line Broadcasting for $76 million.
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Lamar Advertising has been asked by the Division of Building Inspection in Lexington, Ky., to remove a digital billboard because it violates a zoning ordinance that prohibits any sign that flashes or blinks.
Per a recent commitment to broaden its digital advertising horizons, Microsoft today agreed to purchase online ad firm aQuantive for $6 billion, Internet News reports (via MarketingVOX).
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Newsweek’s Wall Street editor, Allan Sloan, is leaving the magazine to join Fortune as editor at large.
Because many established titles have seen the median age of their readers increase, there has been a belief inside the industry that magazine readers are getting older.
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Sirius Satellite Radio’s Martha Stewart Living Radio channel has expanded its format of cooking, homekeeping and gardening to offer an exclusive block of pet programming.
CBS Radio in San Francisco is undergoing a change-up. CBS Radio’s KFRC at 99.7 is moving to 106.9 where it will continue to play 60’s, 70’s and 80’s Classic Hits.
