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McGraw Hill Cuts 375 Positions
by Erik Sass 1 hour ago |
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There were more layoffs at the publisher of BusinessWeek magazine in the fourth quarter, as McGraw-Hill cut 375 additional positions, raising the total number of cuts to over 1,000 in 2008. This is more bad news for the magazine--which, like other business publications, suffered big drops in ad pages even before the current economic downturn.
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'Net Will See Nothing But Flat CPMs, Analyst Also Says Ad Model Has Failed For Social Nets, Online Video
by Joe Mandese |
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While online ad spending is projected to continue expanding - albeit at a much more modest rate of growth - the contraction of the general economy is expected to put even greater downward pressure on the price of both online display and search advertising, according to a new 2009 outlook for the Internet industry released Monday by a top Wall Street researcher. That analyst, JP Morgan's Imran Khan, also predicted that advertising models would fail for two of the Web's hottest emerging platforms - online video and social media - and that it would take longer than expected for a substantive mobile advertising marketplace to emerge.
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| BLOGS/COMMENTARY |
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Labels OK DRM-Free ITunes Tracks
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TV Advertising Market: Slap, Tickle, And Wait
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Online Spin:
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Facebook Changing: Enter Video
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Email Insider:
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2009: Measuring Up
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Behavioral Insider:
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Learning From Sony BMG's Million-Dollar Mistake
In a settlement last month with the Federal Trade Commission, Sony BMG Music agreed to pay $1 million in fines... |
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| TODAY'S MARKETING NEWS AND HEADLINES |
Amazon Launches Inauguration Store 5 hours ago
It's time to get started on the next retail countdown, with Amazon.com launching a special site for the upcoming presidential inauguration. The site, opening as Washington, D.C., continues gearing up for the big event, is obviously selling Obama-themed paraphernalia, from t-shirts and collectibles to iPods etched in his... |
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S&P: Large QSRs Positive, Casual Chains Weak 6 hours ago
S&P's analysts noted that McDonald's and Burger King each achieved "meaningful" same-store sales increases last year, reflecting their leveraging of breakfast, snack and late-night opportunities. In addition, their stable-to-improved margins reflected their advantages as franchisors that directly operate only small percentages of their total restaurant systems.
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Domestics See Faint Glimmer Of Hope In December Sales Today, 5:00 AM
December was a fitting end to a year for the auto business for which every synonym for "God awful" has been used more often than a retread. And no automaker is rolling out of 2008 without flats. Still, Ford and GM might take solace from the fact that... |
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RSS FEEDS • PRIVACY/TERMS & CONDITIONS
If WeeWorld.com GM Lauren Bigelow pegs this year's virtual world trends, 2009 will go down in history as the year virtual worlds collide with social networks and video games. Not only will they increase use of "gaming elements," but they will reflect timely real-world events, and cozy up...
Cox Cross Media, the digital sales arm of Cox Enterprises, on Monday announced a marketing partnership with the ABC-owned Television Stations Group. Per the deal, CXM will handle online sales for the Web sites of ABC's 10 owned-and-operated local stations...
In a controversial ruling, a federal judge has dismissed a spam lawsuit filed by four Web users against social networking site Reunion.com because the users didn't claim they lost money as a result of e-mails sent by the site....
Unlike the combative position of its corporate sibling, CBS Corp. made a more quiet deal with Time Warner Cable for the carriage of CBS and Showtime programs through 2013....
In a sudden move, Lionsgate Entertainment will now be the new owner of TV Guide Network and TV Guide.com. TV Guide Network's owner Macrovision Solutions Corp abruptly changed gears and struck a $255 million cash deal with Lionsgate Entertainment Group, which will expand the cable network into a...