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Condé Nast, P&G Strike Ad Deal

In a hellish advertising year for Condé Nast, the publishing company is about to get a shot in the arm from Procter & Gamble.

Consortium Creates Self-regulating Guidelines for Web

Looking to get out in front of potential heavy regulation from the U.S. Government, group unveils set of self-regulatory principles for behavioral targeting

NATIONAL BROADCAST

NBC News' The Wanted Looks to Nab Terrorists

NBC News has scheduled its controversial To-Catch-a-Terrorist investigative program, where an elite team hunts war criminals.

SNL Vet Lands ABC TV Series

Chris Kattan has landed his first post-Saturday Night Live TV series.

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CABLE TV

Oxygen Gets Strong 'Dance' Sampling

Oxygen’s aggressive promotion of its new competition series Dance Your Ass Off seems to have paid off, as the show debuted to 1.27 million total viewers Monday night at 10 p.m., making it the most-watched premiere in the network’s history.

Turner Brings Dark Blue Promotion to N.Y. Underground

Turner Entertainment Networks is going underground to promote the premiere of Dark Blue, its new drama series about undercover L.A. cops set to premiere July 15. All this month, riders going through New York's Grand Central Terminal will find themselves in Dark Blue's underworld of Los Angeles.

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DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

Consortium Creates Self-regulating Guidelines for Web

Looking to get out in front of potential heavy regulation from the U.S. Government, group unveils set of self-regulatory principles for behavioral targeting

Study: TV More Effective Ad Environment Than Online

Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing and the research firm NeuroFocus found that TV earns high marks for emotional engagement, commercial recall and intent to purchase

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MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS

Report: Mag Closings Outpaced Launches in First Half of Year

Magazine closings outpaced launches in the first half of the year as publishers were squeezed by the ad recession. A total of 279 folded while 187 made their debut, according to Mediafinder.com, an online database of U.S. and Canadian titles.

Condé Nast, P&G Strike Ad Deal

In a hellish advertising year for Condé Nast, the publishing company is about to get a shot in the arm from Procter & Gamble.

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OUT THERE

Posterscope to Open Phoenix Office

Out-of-home specialist Posterscope USA continues to expand its U.S. operations, announcing Wednesday (July 1) it is opening a new office in Phoenix, headquarters of out-of-home media giants CBS Outdoor and Clear Channel Outdoor.

Turner Brings Dark Blue Promotion to N.Y. Underground

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Local TV/Radio

Nielsen: 1.7 Million Still Unready for DTV

Since the June 12 transition to digital television, more than 800,000 homes have taken action to receive digital broadcasts, according to the latest count from Nielsen. As of June 28, 1.7 million or 1.5 percent of U.S. homes still remain completely unready for digital TV.

BIA Lowers TV Stations Forecast

BIA Advisory Services Wednesday (July 1) lowered its 2009 revenue forecast for TV stations from 15 percent to a 17.3 percent decline. The revised forecast of $16.6 billion is the lowest annual revenue for the TV station industry since 1995.

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MEDIA AGENCIES AND RESEARCH

Study: TV More Effective Ad Environment Than Online

Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing and the research firm NeuroFocus found that TV earns high marks for emotional engagement, commercial recall and intent to purchase

Nielsen: 1.7 Million Still Unready for DTV

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Television Network Programming

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Remembering Karl Malden

2009-07-02

Oscar winner Karl Malden, who was a familiar face on the small screen in 1970s ABC crime drama The Streets of San Francisco, died yesterday. He was 97.

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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.

Mr. TV: Heat Seeker

I know, I know, technically the summer has only just officially begun. But it seems like months have passed since the annual “Gone Fishing” sign went up at the broadcast networks after Memorial Day weekend.

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Columbus, Ohio

Ohio’s state capital is the largest city in the state and the 15th largest city in the nation.

Magazine Monitor

The Mediaweek Magazine Monitor chart provides continually updated current and year-to-date ad page data by magazine category. See Mediaweek magazine?s accompanying analysis for the stories behind the numbers.

Rapid Report: March 27, 2009

The second half of 2008 was a cruel time for teen titles on the newsstand, which has been hit as consumers reduce shopping trips and forgo discretionary purchases at checkout.

Top Cable Hybrids: Q1 2009

This Nielsen-IAG data set is the first of a two-part series reporting the top performing hybrid ads on cable networks for the first quarter of 2009.

HEADLINES

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Unilever Launches Global Media Review

TV's a More Effective Ad Medium Than Web

Spring Allergy Ads Were Less Effective

NBA Drops McDonald's as Sponsor, Picks Up Taco Bell

Microsoft Shifts Office Creative to JWT

'Cincinnati Enquirer' Share of Gannett Layoffs: 100

'Wash Post" Pay-to-Play Dinner Offer Blows Up -- Here Are Links to Reactions -- And Video Spoof

'NYT' Public Editor: Most Feedback on Kidnapping 'Blackout' Critical -- Writing Column About It for Sunday

Carradine died of asphyxiation
The medical examiner who oversaw a private autopsy on David Carradine said Wedne...

Nimrod Antal chases down 'Predators'
Nimrod Antal, the director of the horror film "Vacancy," has been hired to direc...

Neil Patrick Harris close to Emmys gig
CBS is close to signing "How I Met Your Mother" co-star Neil Patrick Harris to h...

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