By Michael BushAdvertising Age After a string of major account losses, WPP’s GroupM today announced that Doug Checkeris, North American CEO of MediaCom, is leaving the agency and will be replaced by longtime MediaCom exec Harvey Goldhersz. In a statement,…
By Edmund Lee Advertising Age Most Americans do not want to be tracked by online advertisers, according to a new Gallup poll released Tuesday. Major marketers such as AT&T are increasingly tracking users’ habits on the web so they can…
[Adapted from the website of the Environmental Working Group] Chromium-6 levels in 25 cities’ tap water exceed safe limit proposed by California officials). Here is the list of cities and the Chromium-6 levels found (measured in parts per billion): 1….
By Bradley JohnsonAdvertising Age Marketers in 2011 will boost U.S. ad spending 2.8%, down slightly from 2010’s 3.2% growth rate, according to the average of three major media-agency forecasts. Worldwide ad spending will grow 5.3% in the new year, below…
December 20, 2010 Julius Genachowski ChairmanFederal Communications Commission445 Twelfth Street, SWWashington, DC 20554 Re: Applications of Comcast Corporation, General Electric Company and NBC Universal, Inc. For Consent to Assign Licenses or Transfer Control of Licensees, MB Docket No. 10-56 Dear…
By Rich ThomaselliAdvertising Age Would you buy a car from Michael Vick? The Philadelphia Eagles quarterback is a pitchman again. Granted, it’s only a local spot in the Philadelphia/South Jersey area, but the video has already gone viral and, coupled…
17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ® Nominations Announcement Actor® Awards Ceremony will be Simulcast Live on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011, on TNT and TBSat 8 p.m. (ET), 7 p.m. (CT), 6 p.m. (MT) and 5 p.m. (PT) LOS…
This is a press release issue by the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health YOUTH EXPOSURE TO ALCOHOL ADS ON TV GROWING FASTER THAN ADULTSAds Placed on Cable TV Networks…
By EJ SchultzAdveritising Age A new university report chastises alcohol advertisers for failing to keep booze ads away from teens, even though the study’s results show the industry making some progress in living up to its self-imposed standards. It follows…
1. BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA a. BLACK SWAN Protozoa Pictures & Cross Creek Pictures & Phoenix; Fox Searchlight Pictures b. THE FIGHTER Paramount Pictures and Relativity Media; Paramount Pictures and Relativity Media c. INCEPTION Warner Bros. Pictures UK LTD.;…