Writer-Producer Talks Break Down Again
The ongoing talks between TV and film writers and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have broken down yet again, with each side blaming the other.
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The ongoing talks between TV and film writers and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers have broken down yet again, with each side blaming the other.
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Since the New York Times’ website eliminated a paid model for columnists and archives in September, traffic has soared.
Google was the most-visited property in the U.K. in October, with 29.1 million unique visitors age 15 or older, and reaching 90 percent of the total U.K. internet audience, according to a comScore World Metrix report on the most-visited and fastest-growing properties, reports MarketingCharts.
The deadline to place orders for ground shipping with delivery by Christmas is on or before December 18, according to most retailers.
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia’s title Blueprint, launched in spring 2006, will cease publication with its January/February 2008 issue.
The latest report from media analysts Screen Digest claims that Europe has reached a tipping point for digital cinema development and is ready for a wide-scale roll-out.
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A special tabulation of PPM data in New York indicates that the number of portable people meters that reported exposure to WABC-AM from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Monday, December 3rd - during Imus’s inaugural show on the station - increased 87 percent over the average number of meters that tracked exposure to WABC-AM in morning drive during the previous ten Mondays.
NBC has begun doling out cash back to advertisers who are not happy about NBC’s reliance on reality programming.
Radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge has renewed his contract with Sirius Satellite Radio to continue hosting his uncensored afternoon talk show on channel Howard 101.
The Wall Street Journal’s Office Media Network has launched its previously announced network in elevators; advertisers can buy 30 percent of a news “page,” as if it were a print page, or they can purchase a full-screen ad.
More than a third of CMOs hope to become CEOs, and they’re well-positioned to take over the job due to the fact that they are required to oversee a wider spectrum of business strategies in the course of their work, according to a joint study by Forrester Research’s CMO group and executive recruitment firm Heidrick & Struggles.
Harper’s Bazaar has partnered with Swarovski to create a special edition of its December issue. Five thousand copies of the magazine have amber-colored crystals affixed to the word Fabulous in the main cover line.
Political campaign spending on advertising media and marketing services is expected to rocket to an all-time high of $4.5 billion in the 2008 election cycle, driven by an acrimonious political environment, record fundraising and the high number of presidential candidates, writes MarketingCharts, citing a preliminary forecast by PQ Media.
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An analysis of online conversations among parents about their kids’ holiday wish lists reveals that cost and safety are top priorities, according to (pdf) Nielsen Online, writes MarketingCharts.
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