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The U.S. is far behind other industrialized states in internet access speeds and the government must intervene if the country has any hopes of catching up, according to a report commissioned by the Communications Workers of America, writes USA Today (via MarketingCharts).
The median U.S. download speed is 1.97 megabits per second (mbps) - compared with 61 mbps in Japan, 45 mbps in South Korea, 17 mbps in France and 7 mbps in Canada.
The Federal Communications Commission defines “high speed” as 200 kilobits per second (kbps) - a standard determined more than a decade ago, and now not even recognized as broadband in most countries.
U.S. internet access speeds by state.
See MarketingCharts for a downloadable Excel file of the access-speed data by state.
Katz Media Group has added another new client, Lincoln Financial Media, and will sell ad time on the company’s 15 stations beginning immediately.
Katz also added CBS Radio and Entercom last week, picking them off from Interep’s list.
Katz has also…
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Top American non-luxury auto brands received higher ratings and less negative comments from online consumers than competing Japanese brands, according to an analysis of consumer opinions collected from automotive review websites by Biz360, MarketingCharts reports.
The research, which aggregated a year’s…
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