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U.K. parents say social gaming platforms (such as the Nintendo Wii) are having a positive influence in their homes, as well as facilitating peer bonding and encouraging children to do more exercise, according to a new TNS Technology survey, MarketingCharts writes.
Below, some results from the study:
MarketingCharts has some more tidbits from the study.
Broadcasting company Radio One has struck a deal to sell ads on hip-hop news site AllHipHop.com.
The agreement spans five years and gives Interactive One, Radio One’s digital division, exclusive access to AllHipHop’s ad inventory, writes MarketingVox. AllHipHop boasts five million…
Tribune Co.’s sale of Newsday to Cablevision allows Tribune and its new chairman, Sam Zell, to put $600 million in expected cash proceeds toward its roughly $13 billion debt. This buys Tribune Co. more time to implement plans to turn…
Apple’s new model of the iPhone, which will provide 3G access and faster data connection speeds, is imminent, if the shortage of the current model means anything.
Apple’s website announced yesterday that the company is out of stock on previous…
NBC’s unusual upfront garnered mixed reviews from the media crowd; some blamed the network for using the new format to draw attention away from a weak programming slate, while others liked the innovative format.
Yesterday’s upfront event drew advertisers through…
Sirius losses shrunk in the first quarter, while XM’s losses widened, the companies announced yesterday, in what they hope will be their last quarterly financial reports as stand-alone companies.
Sirius’s loss of $104 million was an improvement over last year’s…
Budget Travel magazine is allowing readers to frolic through its pages in a whole new way: nearly all of the text and photography of the June issue was generated by readers.
The magazine pulled in 2,800 pitches, for a final…
