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‘944 San Francisco’ Comes to Bay Area, Celebrates with Tumblers

San Francisco gets a new lifestyle magazine with the launch of 944 San Francisco, from 944 Media. The magazine is the brand’s seventh regional market.

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U.S. Consumers Say Country in Recession, Economy Top of Mind

Some 85 percent of U.S. consumers say they believe the country is in a recession and U.S. consumer confidence in the economy plunged 17 points from the second half of 2007 to the first half of 2008, according to a new online survey by The Nielsen Company, writes MarketingCharts.

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Bernstein Analyst: Internet to Be Reduced to Two Major Players

Yahoo and IAC InterActiveCorp will ultimately be sold and/or split up, while two players, Google and Amazon, will weather the current economic downturn beautifully, according to a new report from Sanford C. Bernstein analyst Jeffrey Lindsay.

Dad’s Day to Take Hit Due to High Gas and Food Prices

Higher prices at the pump and the grocery checkout line might be cutting into Father’s Day budgets, according to the National Retail Federation’s 2008 Father’s Day Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, writes MarketingCharts.

Online Advertising in Europe Surges 40%, Closing Gap with U.S.

The European online advertising market was worth €11.2 billion (in ad expenditures) in 2007, up from €7.2 billion in 2006, according to (pdf) final numbers processed and analyzed by PricewaterhouseCoopers and issued by the Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe, reports MarketingCharts.

NBCU/Nielsen Combine Metrics for New Measure

NBCU and Nielsen have agreed to combine research forces in a deal that will create a new TV/media research product, culled from Nielsen’s ratings service and its VideoCensus service, along with data of consumer purchases in a variety of categories and insight from NBCU.

CC Yanks Small, Mid-size Radio Stations off the Market

Clear Channel has decided to take 173 of its small and mid-size stations off the market, writes MediaPost.

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Alloy: College Students Maniacs for Campus Paper

College publications are still a must-read on campuses, despite growing online activity and the decline of national print audiences, according to a new study.

Local Grocery Retailers Slip as Wal-Mart Gains Market Share

Wal-Mart’s food bargains are successfully pulling consumers away from regional grocery chains, according to a new study by BIGresearch.

Giant Knitted Billboard Heads to Liverpool

The world’s first hand-knitted billboard has been created in the U.K. by Sky TV and the Women’s Institute, to launch a campaign seeking to find a Women’s Institute member to become a presenter on Sky Learning.

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GroupM, NBC Ink Upfront Deal at 5% CPM Bump

Sources say that GroupM has made an upfront buy with NBC for an average CPM increase of 5 percent over last season; the agency group also signed deals with ABC-affiliated Lifetime, A&E and ABC Family.

Turner Creates Own Ad Network, Pulls out of Third Party Nets

Turner is creating an ad network by packaging display and video ad inventory from 19 different websites, including CNN.com, CartoonNetwork.com, TNT.com, TBS.com, AdultSwim.com and GameTap.com.

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