‘L.A. Times’ Managing Editor Heads to ‘WSJ’ and Istanbul
Douglas Frantz is leaving The Los Angeles Times, after less than two years as managing editor, to become the Middle East bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal.
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Douglas Frantz is leaving The Los Angeles Times, after less than two years as managing editor, to become the Middle East bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal.
Yesterday Nielsen reported it agreed to purchase cellphone data firm Telephia, which tracks phone calls, mobile Web surfing, video viewing and other mobile habits, per The New York Times (via MarketingVOX).
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McClatchy has signed on for the Audit Bureau of Circulations’ Insert Verification Service, the voluntary service that gives a review and audit of a newspaper’s advertising insert distribution process.
Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Yahoo, and MSN have the highest awareness of any brands in connection with the upcoming Live Earth concerts, according to (pdf) new research from Lightspeed Research and the Ethical Reputation Index, writes Environmental Leader. That’s great for Coke and Yahoo, which beat or tied their main rivals and aren’t sponsors of the event.
More than 80% of U.K. homes now have digital television on the main set, according to Ofcom’s Digital Television Progress Report for the first quarter of 2007, reports MarketingCharts. That household digital TV adoption (80.5%, or 20.4 million homes) is up from 77.2% the previous quarter.
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Three prominent controlled-circulation publishers, Greenspun Media Group, Niche Media Holdings, and Ocean Drive Media Group, have announced an agreement to form a strategic partnership uniting the founders, Brian Greenspun, Jason Binn, and Jerry Powers.
More than half the syndication upfront has been completed, and the market is proving more robust than in years past, writes AdAge.
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Robert J. Coen, SVP and forecasting director at Universal McCann, again lowered his growth forecast for U.S. advertising spending in 2007 - but said the growth rate would be stronger in 2008, reports the New York Times (via MarketingCharts). He also reduced his final ad spending estimate for 2006 - from $285.1 billion to $281.6 billion.
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While many magazines are struggling to attract and retain readers, US Airways Magazine is bucking the trend. The publication, produced by Pace Communications, is experiencing record growth, according to recently-released MRI data.
Hugh Hefner is attempting to gain a foothold in China by opening a Playboy Mansion in Macau, the only place in China where gambling is legal.
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XM has become the exclusive satellite provider of NHL hockey games, the company announced today.
More than four out of five U.S. adults (85%) own a mobile phone, compared with seven in ten (71%) who have a landline or home phone - and nearly two-thirds of mobile phone owners (63%) agreed that their phone is very personal to them, according to a poll conducted by Harris Interactive and commissioned by Ingenio, MarketingCharts reports.
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Parties with an opinion about the possible XM/Sirius merger are invited to file comments the the FCC by July 9.
Leading up to the June 29 launch date of Apple’s iPhone, the volume of U.S. searches for the term “iphone” increased 583% in the past four weeks (from the week ended May 26, 2007 to the week ended June 23), according to Hitwise, reports MarketingCharts. Moreover, the market share of U.S. visits to the Apple iPhone website (www.apple.com/iphone) increased 185% in the same time period, Hitwise said.
