NEWS

BREAKING MEDIA NEWS
IAB Report

Report: Web Still Growing Despite Recession

Online ad spending approached $5.9 billion during the third quarter, an increase of 11 percent versus the same quarter in 2007 and up 2 percent versus Q2 of this year, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers

More

Domestic Auto Spend Stalls in '08

U.S. automakers are making little headway in their efforts to secure a federal aid package of $25 billion, and as the threat of bankruptcy looms for General Motors, there is little doubt that the domestic auto category is going to take an even greater hit in 2009.

More

NATIONAL BROADCAST

NFL Asks Fans to Vote on Super Bowl Ads

The National Football League will unleash a TV spot this weekend to encourage online voting on its Web site dedicated to the Super Bowl, NFL.com/SuperAd.

More

The CW to Resume Programming on Sunday

Just two months after unsuccessfully leasing is Sunday lineup to Media Rights Capital, the CW will regain control of the evening beginning on Nov. 30.

More
More National Broadcast
CABLE TV

Fuse Tunes Guitar Hero World Tour for Killers' Special

Set to premiere on Thanksgiving night (Nov. 27) at 8 p.m., the one-hour The Killers Rock Fuse will run without commercial interruption

More

Comcast Taps U.K.'s MirriAd for Placement

The Comcast Networks group continues to explore advanced product placement, striking a deal with the London-based tech firm MirriAd to digitally insert client messaging into existing video content on E!, Style, Versus, Golf Channel and G4.

More
More Cable TV
DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

NFL Asks Fans to Vote on Super Bowl Ads

The National Football League will unleash a TV spot this weekend to encourage online voting on its Web site dedicated to the Super Bowl, NFL.com/SuperAd.

More

Crispin, Plum TV Intro 'Mr. Internet'

Crispin Porter + Bogusky and Plum TV are launching their first co-production over Thanksgiving Day weekend, Mr. Internet, a 30-minute show hosted by vp, group creative director Dave Schiff that aims to be the Talk Soup of Web culture.

More
More Digital Download
MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS

AP Could Lose 10% of Staff in '09

Associated Press President and CEO Tom Curley told a group of employees today that the AP could lose up to 10 percent of its staff by the end of 2009, but likely through attrition not layoffs.

More

McClatchy Revenue Down 18%

October provided no relief for The McClatchy Co., with the nation's third-largest newspaper company reporting Wednesday that consolidated revenues dropped 17.8 percent in the month compared to a year ago on advertising that slipped 20.4 percent.

More
More Magazines And Newspapers
OUT THERE

Samsung Rings Up Airport Charging Stations

Passengers stuck at the airports during the holidays in Houston, Miami and Washington, D.C. can plug in for free and recharge portable devices and laptops, thanks to an advertising partnership Samsung Telecommunications America struck with JCDecaux.

More
DTV Gas Pumps

NAB Turns to Gas Pumps for DTV Education

The National Association of Broadcasters turned to an emerging out-of-home ad platform to remind consumers about the pending transition to digital TV: the gas pump.

More
More Out There
Local TV/Radio
DTV Gas Pumps

NAB Turns to Gas Pumps for DTV Education

The National Association of Broadcasters turned to an emerging out-of-home ad platform to remind consumers about the pending transition to digital TV: the gas pump.

More
Arbitron

Wall Street Analysts Downgrade Arbitron Stock

A pair of Wall Street analysts on Wednesday (Nov. 19) downgraded Arbitron stock following the announcement from The Nielsen Company Tuesday (Nov. 18) it would measure audiences for Cumulus in 50 small markets. Clear Channel also signed a contract to have its stations in 17 of those markets measured. Still, the analysts see Arbitron as a good investment.

More
More Local TV/Radio
MEDIA AGENCIES AND RESEARCH

Crispin, Plum TV Intro 'Mr. Internet'

Crispin Porter + Bogusky and Plum TV are launching their first co-production over Thanksgiving Day weekend, Mr. Internet, a 30-minute show hosted by vp, group creative director Dave Schiff that aims to be the Talk Soup of Web culture.

More

Domestic Auto Spend Stalls in '08

U.S. automakers are making little headway in their efforts to secure a federal aid package of $25 billion, and as the threat of bankruptcy looms for General Motors, there is little doubt that the domestic auto category is going to take an even greater hit in 2009.

More
More Media Agencies And Research


  • Newsletter
  • Chat
  • Podcast
  • Column

CBS Dominates the Wednesday Overnights; ABC and NBC Continue to Struggle

2008-11-20

Led by old faithfuls Criminal Minds and the 100th episode of CSI: NY, CBS has a lock on the Wednesday overnights.  But ABC and NBC continue to lag in midweek.

More

More Newsletters

Do you eat, breathe and sleep TV, but don't want to start your own blog?
Share your thoughts and opinions with thousands of TV lovers everywhere at Marc Berman's PIFeedback.com, a forum about all things television. The Programming Insider posts the previous nights broadcast ratings results and weighs in on any number of TV issues, from the latest hits to the best of the classics.
Click Here to Chat

Click here to hear Marc Berman's morning review of last night's TV highlights and lowlights. Berman, aka The Programming Insider, offers tasty tidbits from his daily enewsletter, dishes on TV news (occasionally with a guest editor from Mediaweek) and previews upcoming shows to watch or avoid.

Berman

Mr. TV: Army of One

Since it isn’t every day I have the chance to interview a megastar (and impress my two teenage children in the process), this week’s column is devoted to the one—and only—Gene Simmons, with whom I spoke on camera during our Mediaweek All-Stars luncheon last week.

More

More Column







Media News Magazine for Industry Professionals

News and media are two of the strongest driving forces within our modern culture. And there is only one publication designed to provide in-depth coverage as well as expert media analysis - Mediaweek. As a weekly magazine, Mediaweek is a must-read for those in the television industry. But online, Mediaweek is a powerful source of media research and up-to-the-minute news. Align yourself with the one publication dedicated to news and media and subscribe to Mediaweek today.