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Local advertising spending in the U.S. will fall by 1.4% a year through 2013 on the combination of the economic downturn and more interactive advertising spending, AdWeek says, citing a study by BIA and Kelsey Group. Spending on so-called traditional…
New York-based Cablevision Systems had a fourth-quarter loss after writing down the value of its Newsday newspaper, which it bought in July, by $402 million, the Associated Press reports. The company’s television, Internet and telephone service businesses had a 7%…
General Motors will cut 2009 marketing spending by $800 million, by reducing vehicle incentives, after taking a $9.6 billion loss in the fourth quarter Advertising Age reports. The automaker in December said that by 2012, it would decrease advertising and…
CBS’s TV.com Web site unveiled an application allowing users of Apple iPhones to video-stream shows such as “CSI” and “NCIS” on their handheld devices, Broadcasting & Cable reports. Competing Web site Joost has a similar application, while Hulu has said…
“House” doctors Cameron (Jennifer Morrison) and Chase (Jesse Spencer) will get progressively larger plotlines later this season, while Dr. Wilson (Robert Sean Leonard) will find his long-lost, homeless brother in a March episode, Entertainment Weekly reports. Also, the producers of…
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., in a speech at the Free State Foundation in Washington, argued against reviving the Fairness Doctrine, which would require broadcasters to air both sides of a controversial issue, saying it should be “avoided at all costs,”…
Bill Sammon has been named Fox News’ vice president of news and Washington managing editor. Also, Fox News has appointed Bryan Boughton as Washington bureau chief. Mr. Sammon, who takes over for Brit Hume as Washington managing editor, will oversee…
Univision Network has enlisted AT&T, JCPenney, State Farm and Maybelline New York and Garnier Fructis as returning sponsors for the third installment of “Nuestra Belleza Latina” (Our Latin Beauty). The title sponsors will be integrated into the beauty competition program…
Fox ordered two more seasons of the animated comedy series “The Simpsons,” extending the longest-running primetime series in history into its 22nd season. The News Corp. unit ordered 44 more episodes of the show, which debuted in January 1990 after…
Nick Mitchell, an “American Idol” candidate, got laughs from the judges when he performed in the role of an alter ego he calls Norman Gentle, the Associated Press reports. Judge Simon Cowell called the performance “atrocious” and “horrific,” the news…