Nearly 75 percent of US internet users watched an average of three hours of online video in July, and Google Sites captured the top spots in the July rankings in terms of the greatest number of unique video viewers as well as most videos viewed, according to comScore Video Metrix, reports MarketingCharts.
Eight of 10 Americans have little patience for merchants who don’t answer the phone - and for the key demographic for buying most home and professional services (adults 35-44) that figure rises to nearly 88 percent, according to a study conducted in August for FastCall411 by Synovate, writes MarketingCharts.
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Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson’s website, http://www.fred08.com/, was the most-visited website among those of all presidential candidates for the week ended Sept. 8, receiving 34 percent of US visits to all the presidential candidate websites for that week, according to Hitwise data, reports MarketingCharts.
Microsoft seemed, for a while, to be making a move in increasing search share via its Club Live site, but just released August search shares* seem to indicate a return to the pre-June status quo, writes Compete’s Jeremy Crane (via MarketingCharts).
Of the total number of Americans on the internet each month, nearly one-fifth - 18 percent - of them visit a radio station website at least once, according to the Media Audit.
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Whoopi Goldberg’s debut as co-host of The View helped draw a 1.2 average rating and 3.5 million total viewers last week, writes Media Life.
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NBC U has named a new president of ad sales. Marianne Gambelli, formerly executive vp of NBC Universal sales and marketing, will become president of NBC Network ad sales in charge of entertainment, news, sports and Olympics, writes Mediaweek.
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