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Weather Channel, Dish Network Race with NASCAR

The Weather Channel and EchoStar Communications’ DISH Network have teamed up to sponsor Roush Fenway Racing’s No. 26 car in Chicago and the No. 60 car in Indianapolis during this month’s NASCAR Busch Series.

The Weather Channel will serve as an in-market sponsor for the race car driven by Todd Kleuver in Chicago on July 14 and by Carl Edwards in Indianapolis on July 21.

Viewers of The Weather Channel will get a look at the car in an interview with this Saturday’s driver, Todd Kleuver, airing on Friday night and Saturday. In addition, the network will provide NASCAR fans with a race day forecast during Weekend View Saturday morning.

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Spanish Radio Still Peeved about PPM

The Spanish Radio Association says Arbitron still has not addressed its concerns and research questions regarding the PPM and how “Hispanics are recruited and represented, and how the PPM panel is maintained.”

The SRA has been working with Arbitron in…

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‘Chicago Tribune’ Readies Relaunch for Sept. 29

The Chicago Tribune’s new design will launch on Sept. 29, Tribune Co. chief operating officer Randy Michaels says. No details on the redesign have been released; the paper has already been decreasing its editorial pages to create a more even split…

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Teens Not a Great Demo for Mobile Advertising

Teens are not the best demo to target with cell phone advertising, according to a new study from comScore. Though they are cell phone-savvy, most of them - 70 percent - have their phones paid for by parents, which means…

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CNN Wins Second Night of Cable DNC Coverage

CNN won its second night of coverage of the Democratic National Convention Tuesday. The network averaged 3.41 million viewers in the 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. time slot, despite the fact that Fox drew nearly even for the night.

Fox…

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Widely Held Attitudes about Various Generations Studied

Generation Y is the most self-indulgent, Generation X is the most innovative, and Boomers are the most productive, while the “Silent Generation” and the “Greatest Generation” are the most admired, according to a recent survey by Harris Interactive, writes MarketingCharts.

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Retailers Busting out Extreme Back-to-School Discounts

To encourage shoppers to buy more back-to-school items, retailers often implement “loss leader” strategies: that is, selling items at a loss or even giving them away in hopes that the reductions will attract shoppers who will then buy other, more…

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