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NBCU Unveils Digital Health Network

NBC Universal has announced plans to package and distribute a collection of health-related video content across a network of niche Web sites.

Telemundo Touts "Content Integration" in Upfront

Telemundo executives today (May 12) expressed their belief that the network's ability to do custom product integration into their novelas and across all their platforms will give them a selling advantage in upfront buying for the 2008-09 season.

NATIONAL BROADCAST

Jimmy Fallon in for Conan on 'Late Night'

One of the worst-kept secrets in TV was announced Monday: Jimmy Fallon will take over the hosting duties of "Late Night"when Conan O'Brien leaves for "Tonight."

Telemundo May Try Late Night Again

Telemundo president Don Browne said today (May 12) that the network has not given up on programming in the late night hour, despite its cancellation of talk show Mas Vale Tarde con Alex Cambert after just five months on the air.

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CABLE TV

Cablevision Acquires Newsday After Murdoch Steps Aside

Cablevision on Monday morning (May 12) announced its second major acquisition in just over a week, having agreed to pony up $650 million for the Long Island daily paper, Newsday.

ESPN Shows Tennis Love, Picks Up U.S. Open

ESPN has picked up the rights to televise the U.S. Open, signing a six-year deal with the United States Tennis Association valued at approximately $135 million to $140 million.

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DIGITAL DOWNLOAD

Radio One Inks Ad Sales Deal With AllHipHop.com

Radio One, which owns or operates over 50 radio stations in urban markets throughout the U.S. has inked a deal to assume advertising sales for the nine-year old hip hop-focused news Web site AllHipHop.com.

NBCU Unveils Digital Health Network

NBC Universal has announced plans to package and distribute a collection of health-related video content across a network of niche Web sites.

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MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS

Cablevision Acquires Newsday After Murdoch Steps Aside

Cablevision on Monday morning (May 12) announced its second major acquisition in just over a week, having agreed to pony up $650 million for the Long Island daily paper, Newsday.

Manhattan Media Buys Harvard Mag 02138

Publications targeted to the reading elite haven't had an easy time making money, but Manhattan Media, parent of several New York neighborhood publications, has bought Harvard grad-aimed lifestyle magazine 02138, with the belief that it can turn a publication aimed at the disparate community of Harvard grads into a bigger business.

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OUT THERE

Reactrix, CC Airports Cut New Pact

The multi-year deal to place Reactrix's STEPscape systems in potentially more than 200 U.S. airports follows the 6-year-old Redwood, Calif., company's recent agreement with movie theater advertising leader National CineMedia.

Research for OOH Video Metrics At Hand

Both Nielsen Media Research and Arbitron are quietly laying the groundwork to measure out-of-home video networks, a $1.3 billion business and one of the fastest-growing segments of out-of-home.

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LOCAL BROADCAST

Radio One Inks Ad Sales Deal With AllHipHop.com

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MEDIA AGENCIES AND RESEARCH

Study: Untargeted Ads Turn Off Social Net Users

Social networking is all about linking people with common interests. For most, brands are a part of those interests. So much so that 56 percent of respondents to a new survey said their social networking experience would be better if marketers pushed more targeted ads, per online branding consultancy Prospectiv, Wakefield, Mass.

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The Programming Insider: Monday 5/12/08

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Fox, which announces its fall 2008 line-up on Thursday, has confirmed its first official new series, sitcom The Inn, which is set at a hip New York City hotel. The network has also picked-up sitcom ‘Til Death for a third season, while it chose not to renew freshman Back To You because of the higher production costs. Recent midseason entry New Amsterdam will also not be returning.

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Leave It to Paula

I always take the second column in May to focus on the crazed events of upfront presentation week. I was going to explain how cost cutting was about to take its toll on the once lavish festivities. I was also going to complain that CBS no longer foots the bill for entertainment by mega-stars like Celine Dion or Faith Hill. And I planned to express my concern on how times are changing--and not necessarily for the good.

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Charting Web buzz around the Top 5 TV shows

Orlando, Fla.

Most people associate Orlando with Disney World. But it's hardly all fun and games. The Orlando market, which also includes Daytona Beach and Melbourne, is filled with TV stations scrambling to reach a diverse population, about 15 percent of which is Hispanic.

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: April 28, 2008

Drawing from topline circulation estimates filed to the Audit Bureau of Circulations’ Rapid Report service, this monthly feature looks at how titles in a given category are delivering on metrics like rate base performance, single copy sales and verified copies.

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Deflating a Myth

Live Commercials Return to TV

Study: Untargeted Ads Turn Off Social Net Users

Small Candy Makers Not Sweet on Consolidation

Consumers Are Dining In More--At The Supermarket

Baker of 'Wash Post' Says Wife's Ouster Sparked Jump to 'NY Times'

'Newsday' Sale Not Enough To Plug Tribune Debt

Early Reactions to Cablevision/'Newsday' Deal

Tale of two satellite radio firms
Losses grew at XM and shrunk at Sirius, the satellite radio firms said Monday in...

Cablevision acquires Newsday
Cablevision Systems will expand its New York media empire into the print space u...

HBO goes day-and-date with iTunes releases
HBO will add hit series to iTunes day-and-date with their DVD release, and "The ...

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