Publicis Groupe’s first half organic growth was 5.4 percent, which chairman and CEO Maurice Levy characterizes as “very good,” though he acknowledges the company was adversely affected by the Healthcare sector.
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Tate likely swing-voteThe FCC is set to approve a satellite radio merger today (Thursday). Though Jonathan Adelstein, once expected to vote in favor of the merger, has decided not to back the deal, Republican Deborah Taylor Tate will reportedly vote in favor of it.
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Potential new opportunities for advertisers, should the merger between XM and Sirius Satellite Radio clear FCC hurdles, are murky, but could include a third party service to measure listenership, according to Dennis McGuire, vp and regional broadcast director at Carat.
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Robinson Radio, Inc., an advertising
Aflac has decided to pull all of its ads from the Michael Savage radio show, The Savage Nation, following the host’s incendiary remarks last week about autistic children.
Clear Channel Radio’s Total Traffic Network today announced that half a million people are now signed up for the company’s real-time traffic service, which they can receive in their cars or from mobile devices.
Arbitron has announced plans to increase its 12+ sample targets by 10 percent, and to increase its 18-54 sample size guarantee from 80 percent to 90 percent, along with other key sample benchmarks in PPM markets.
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Not enough top-level marketing talent exists to help marketing departments reach their goals, according to a survey of nearly 400 members of the Marketing Executives Networking Group. And top marketers tend to stay in their jobs just 2.5 years.
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The Sean Hannity Show will be syndicated to Clear Channel radio stations via a new co-syndication deal with Clear Channel-owned Premiere Radio Networks. Hannity is currently heard on radio stations owned by Citadel Broadcasting Corp.
Vending machines filled with a “synthetic blood nourishment beverage” called Tru Blood have sold out - but vampire fans can get more of the bloody refreshment at events across the country promoting a new HBO drama.
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Democratic FCC commissioner Jonathan Adelstein has, surprisingly, said he would vote in favor of the merger between satellite radio companies XM and Sirius - with conditions.
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Radio and word-of-mouth are the top sources for “music influencers” (those who are influential online among digital music fans) to discover new music, according to a new study from Jupiter Research.
Spending on total U.S. advertising and marketing will grow 3.9 percent in 2008 to reach $412.4 billion, with the advertising portion reaching $249.1 billion, according to the third annual ad spending report by Outsell, Inc., which said growth has declined from 2007’s 5.8 percent, MarketingCharts reports.
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Ryan Seacrest’s America Top 40 has hit a milestone of nearly 500 radio stations worldwide. The show continues to rank number one in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Detroit and Minneapolis within its target demo of adults 18-34, according to Clear Channel Radio.
TargetSpot, the ad sales network serving online radio, gained nine more radio groups recently, bringing its portfolio of station partners to over 600.
FCC commissioner Robert McDowell has voted to approve the merger between Sirius and XM Satellite Radio, as long as the companies meet the conditions under which FCC chair Kevin Martin approved the deal.
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Ad revenue for Spanish-language media grew 3 percent in 2007 over the previous year, a healthy rise when compared to the paltry 0.6 percent that the U.S. ad industry grew overall.
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NPR’s Bryant Park Project, a weekday radio show with a strong social element online, is being cancelled, with the last show airing on July 25, due to cost issues.
Clear Channel Radio has unveiled a new marketing-consulting unit called Marketing Solutions. The unit is being headed by evp Greg Glenday, most recently regional vp/director of sales for Clear Channel Radio Sales.
Some Clear Channel stations will be decreasing the amount of ad inventory they sell, while others will be increasing it, according to a memo sent by CEO John Hogan to Clear Channel managers last week.
