NBC’s second-season premiere of America’s Got Talent drew the network’s top rating in the 18-49 demo so far this summer, writes Media Life. It averaged a 4.3 over its two-hour premiere last night, according to Nielsen overnights, making it by far the night’s top show.
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Just weeks after CBS announced that it was cancelling freshman drama Jericho, the network may be on the verge of recanting.
Product reviews, comparison shopping and Google Checkout helped Buy.com attract more visitors and rack up record revenue in 2006.
A billboard campaign that showed models whose pants have fallen down around their ankles because they aren’t wearing any belts has been yanked by Clear Channel Outdoor from Los Angeles billboards.
Sirius Satellite Radio today announced that it has obtained a $250 million senior secured term loan commitment from Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.
XM and Sirius Satellite Radio have hired a top PR firm to help lobby the federal government on behalf of the two companies and their proposed merger.
The New York Daily News looks likely to be getting a new editor in chief come 2008.
Ad spending in gay and lesbian publications in 2006 reached a record $223.3 million, an increase of 5.2 percent over 2005 - and an increase of 205 percent since 1996 - according to the 2006 edition of the Gay Press Report, reports MarketingCharts.
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U.S. total ad spending declined 0.3 percent in the first quarter of 2007 compared with the year-earlier period, with the Top 3 U.S. advertisers were among those cutting spending the most, according TNS Media Intelligence estimates, writes MarketingCharts (via MediaPost).
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After several false starts, the upfront market may begin to move in the next few days to early next week.
Suburban newspapers have banded together as a way to make community newspaper buying easier for advertisers.
Bid4Spots.com and eBay have formed an alliance that will allow advertisers and agencies to bid for radio advertising time on most U.S. radio stations.
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