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CBS Outernet Teams with Ripple for Expanded O-O-H Network

CBS Outernet, a provider of in-store media networks and advertising in grocery stores nationwide, and Ripple, an interactive network of screens located in community gathering places, today announced a partnership that creates an out-of-home advertising network reaching more than 100 million viewers every month.

J&J Taps Two Hispanic Shops

Johnson & Johnson has chosen Vidal Partnership - which claims to be the largest independent Hispanic marketing agency in the country - and La Comunidad to handle its U.S. Hispanic business, following an extensive review.

Wal-Mart Cuts 1,000+ Magazine Titles from Eligibility List

In a move designed to improve the profitability of magazine sales at its stores, Wal-Mart has cut more than 1,000 magazines from its list of eligible titles.

Another Editor Out at Los Angeles Times

The editor of the Los Angeles Times, James E. O’Shea, has been ousted by publisher David D. Hiller for resisting newsroom budget cuts.

Top 10 U.S. Social-Network, Blog, Web Brand Rankings Issued for Dec.

Perennial leader MySpace.com is again atop the rankings of U.S. social-networking sites, with 60.1 million visitors in December, up from November’s 57.4 million unique visitors and 55.3 million a year earlier, according to custom lists compiled by Nielsen Online, reports MarketingCharts.

Mobile Search Used by 46MM Users in 3Q07

Some 46.1 million mobile data users in the U.S. used mobile search functions in the third quarter of 2007, according to a Nielsen Company report examining the mobile search behavior of wireless subscribers, reports MarketingCharts.

FSI Coupons Deliver 257 Billion Offers Worth $320B in Incentives in ‘07

More than 197 billion pages containing 257 billion consumer offers representing over $320 billion in consumer incentives were delivered through free-standing insert (FSI) coupons in Sunday newspapers during 2007, according to a new report, writes MarketingCharts.

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