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Ando Changes Internet Radio Ratings Metrics

Ando Media, the sole provider of Internet radio ratings, changed the metrics it reports in its Webcast Metrics service beginning with the September monthly report. The new metrics are based on average minute session counts, a marked departure from the more familiar radio ratings based on a five-minute qualifier.

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Seven Time Inc. Titles to Run Ad-Edit Grammys Push

In a second ad-edit collaboration across multiple titles, seven Time Inc. magazines will serve up simultaneous Grammy coverage in February.


 

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TNT Picks Up Off-Net Syndication Rights to The Mentalist

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CBS Rev. Down; Network TV Ads See Improvement in Q3

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World Series Most Watched Since 2004

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J.J. Abrams to Direct NBC's Undercovers Pilot?

J.J. Abrams wants to take a hands-on approach to Undercovers, his Warner Bros. pilot at NBC.

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TNT Picks Up Off-Net Syndication Rights to The Mentalist

TNT, the home of quality scripted dramas, has acquired the exclusive off-network syndication rights to The Mentalist from Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.

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Hallmark Channel Sees 7% Drop in Ad Sales

Ratings erosion and a continued decline in direct-response advertising dollars put the squeeze on Hallmark Channel’s third-quarter results, as the basic-cable network saw ad sales revenue decline 7 percent versus the year-ago period.

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Scripps Acquires 65% of Travel Channel

Scripps Networks Interactive has agreed to buy a 65 percent stake in Travel Channel Media from Cox Communications in a deal that values the Travel Channel at nearly $1 billion.

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Ando Changes Internet Radio Ratings Metrics

Ando Media, the sole provider of Internet radio ratings, changed the metrics it reports in its Webcast Metrics service beginning with the September monthly report. The new metrics are based on average minute session counts, a marked departure from the more familiar radio ratings based on a five-minute qualifier.

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Social Media Users Tout Brands, Products

Social media sites are on their way to becoming a brand’s best advertising medium, according to a new study.

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Seven Time Inc. Titles to Run Ad-Edit Grammys Push

In a second ad-edit collaboration across multiple titles, seven Time Inc. magazines will serve up simultaneous Grammy coverage in February.


 

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Playboy CEO: 'Bold Steps' Needed to Stem Losses

Playboy Enterprises will continue to publish its iconic print magazine, but it needs to take “bold steps” to stem its profit losses, the company’s CEO said.

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OUT THERE

Cinema Advertising Down 12% in Q3

After bucking the downward trend of most media, cinema advertising took a hit in third quarter. Cinema rep firm National CineMedia reported late Thursday (Nov. 6) advertising down nearly 12 percent to $88.3 million in third quarter.

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ABC to Handle Sales for 'American Eagle' Sign

ABC Regional Sports and Entertainment Sales announced Thursday (Nov. 5) an exclusive deal to handle sales for American Eagle Outfitters’ new electronic sign in New York City’s Times Square.

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Local TV/Radio

Radio Disney Listening Up in '09

Radio Disney’s network for kids, 'tweens and families continued to gain listeners in 2009. The network’s ratings, up 11 percent over 2008, reaches 22.2 million listeners 6 and older, and 6.8 million Kids 6-14, according to a Radio Disney analysis of Arbitron’s custom Radio Disney Ratings Studies for April and August.

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NBC Local Site Strategy Sees Soaring Sessions

One year after NBC Local Media relaunched and reoriented its TV station Web sites with a hyper-local focus, the strategy is paying off. According to figures NBC released Wednesday (Nov. 4), the number of visitors to the 10 Web sites doubled from 6 million in Nov. 2008 to 12 million in Oct. 2009.

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CIMM to Meet With Set-Top Box Research Firms

The Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement said Monday (Nov. 2) it would meet with five of the research firms currently providing set-top box data as a first step towards figuring out how the data could be used to measure TV audiences.

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Nielsen, DataLogix Partner for Better Online Ad Targeting

The Nielsen Co. has joined forces with the Westminster, CO–based direct marketing firm DataLogix in a partnership that the research giant believes will go a long way toward fulfilling the promise of online ad targeting.

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Freshman Series Update

2009-11-06

Two new series to-date, NBC's Mercy and The Vampire Diaries on The CW, have been given their walking papers.  Ten, meanwhile, have been renewed for the full season.  We have the full scoop here.

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Other than Lost, the last science fiction show I really got into was cheesy daytime serial Dark Shadows, and that was 40 years ago. Full disclosure: I was actually a member of a local Dark Shadows fan club.

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