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Tue, Jan 6, 2009
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McGraw Hill Cuts 375 Positions
by Erik Sass 
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 
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.
TV Watch: Friedman
TV Advertising Market: Slap, Tickle, And Wait
In just the last two years, 25% of network TV's prime-time viewers have departed, and, odds are, they aren't coming...
Online Spin: Marchese
Facebook Changing: Enter Video
The way people use Facebook is changing. What's more, something very significant is happening in the way people are communicating...
Email Insider: Harmon
Make Way! The Preheader Express Is Still Chugging Along
Preheaders have received a lot of industry love throughout 2008. We're thrilled to see more email marketers begin to optimize...
Metrics Insider: Chasin
2009: Measuring Up
If, like me, you get a dozen or so MediaPost columns in your inbox each day, then you probably already...
Search Insider: Burke
5 Mobile Search Trends For 2009
Trend #1: Content and commerce transaction revenues will continue to dwarf mobile advertising revenue -- and will come from more...
Daily Online Examiner: Davis
Facebook Looks To Control User Data
As Facebook traffic climbs to new heights, the site also is taking steps to keep control over its most valuable...

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Will Virtual Worlds Collide With Real Life In 2009? 
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 Partners With ABC For Online Ad Sales 
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...
Court Dismisses Spam Lawsuit Against Reunion.com 
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....
Inauguration Spawns E-Commerce Sites  
Interpublic Taps UM's George As Digital Media Czar 
Report: Big Microsoft Layoff Unlikely
Doctors: Jobs' Email 'Vague, Contradictory'
Online To Weather 2009
Report: Rough Year For Branded Advertising Online
Predictions For 2009
Twitter Hit By Phishing, Other Scams
CBS: 5-Year Retrans Deal With Time Warner 
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....
McHale Empowers Self, Resigns As President Of Cincinnati Independent 
Brian McHale is out as president of Cincinnati-based independent Empower MediaMarketing. McHale, who has been president of Empower for nine years, is leaving to run his own "small agency," Empower Chairman-CEO Bill Price said in a statement....
Cable Muscle: Lionsgate Buys TV Guide Network, Site 
In a sudden move, Lionsgate Entertainment will now be the new owners 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...
Kagan: Retrans Revs Are Future Goldmine 
NATPE Goes To MacWorld  
Media M&A Deals Plunged In 2008 
DreamWorks, Pepsi Go 3D For Super Bowl Ads 
Full-Frontal: 'New York Times' Sells Ads Below Fold 
Cox Sells For ABC TV Sites 
WGN Cuts Deal For Weekly WWE Slugfest 
USA Ups Adult Viewers by 9% In 2008
Animators Push 3-D TV at Home
Out-of-Home Will Eke Out Growth In 2009
Media Faces Transformation This Year
Flat-screen TVs Face Green Rules In California
Bennett Exits As 'Wash Post' Managing Editor
Amazon Launches Inauguration Store  
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...
S&P: Large QSRs Positive, Casual Chains Weak  
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. ...
Domestics See Faint Glimmer Of Hope In December Sales  
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...
Hyundai To Nouveau Pauvre: You Can Return Car  
FDA Requires More Disclosure of Bug-Based Colorings  
Wobbly Borders Gets New CEO, Turnaround Team  
Now No. 5, PNC Bank Launches Campaign  
New Domino's Campaign Moves The Needle  
Seeking To End Speculation, Apple's Jobs Sparks More
Ford Fusion Hybrid Faces Real-World Challenges With Consumers
Boy Scouts Overhaul PR and Branding, Recruiting Hispanic Youth
Movado's Gedalio 'Gerry' Grinberg Dies
Ex-eBay Chief Meg Whitman Quits Board Seats
Three Manufacturing Brands That Aren't Missing The Mark Online
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Broadband Adds Subscribers As HDTV Owners Increase  
Display Ads Lift Searching 
Video At Work... On The Desk! 
Job One: Advertisers' Survival Plan For 2009  
IPG: Digital Will Impact 5 Key Areas Next Year 
Keep It Real: Pragmatic Media Predictions For 2009 
Facebook Changing: Enter Video 
An Agreement On The New Year  
2009 Wish: More Sleep  
Jingling Bells On Broadway, On Broadway 
Thrillist's Yuletide Gets Doused With The Eldridge's Lame Bucket 
Nosing Through The Truffles With La Cucina Italiana 
Flying Towards Quality When the Economy Is Grounded 
Every Word Matters 
Salesperson Of The Year 
Brands: What Are We Doing Here?  
Wishful Predicting 
Stocking Stuffers: Browsing the Mobile Brands  
Crowded Shelf Space At The Digital Game Store 
Majority Rule 
Sony Gets Overzealous Moderating Gaming UGC  
TV Advertising Market: Slap, Tickle, And Wait  
Is Digital Media Already Missing Its Chance -- At The Expense Of Traditional TV? 
Cable's New 2009 Formula: Ratings Equal Subscriber Fee And Advertising Fairness  
'Tis the Season To Be Jolly 
A Set Top Box Set-Up  
What Did You Say? 
Monday, Dec 15, 2008 
Monday, Nov 17, 2008 
Monday, Nov 3, 2008 
Facebook Looks To Control User Data 
Broadband Era Sparks Cable/Content Conflicts 
Social Nets Disable Project Playlist Widget 
Exciting 'Mad Men' Finale Column! (Finally!) Or, Duck And Cover: There's Always Room For A Season 2 Recap! 
Episode 13: 'Meditations In An Emergency' -- Or, 'There's A Chill In Here' 
Episode 12: The Mountain King -- Or, Measuring The (Two Mrs.) Drapers 
Men's Journal 
Singular 
Swindle 
5 Mobile Search Trends For 2009 
Revisiting Last Year's Predictions  
The One Resolution That Matters  
Learning From Sony BMG's Million-Dollar Mistake 
Aspirational Behavior 
From Static To Dynamic Behavioral 
Make Way! The Preheader Express Is Still Chugging Along 
Dos And Don'ts For 2009  
New Year's Email Marketing Resolutions  
Where Video Ad Creative Needs To Go In 2009  
Why Apple and Wal-Mart Are Poised To Rule The World Of Mobile Media  
Trends & Predictions: Web Video In The New Year 
Digging For Digg's Revenue Model 
AOL and Yahoo Show that for Social Media, It's Still Open Season 
In An Unscientific Survey, Looks Like My Contemporaries Are Finally Discovering Facebook 
Piquing Curiosity For Peeking At 'Curiosity,' The Book  
Clothing Keeps The Needy -- AND Ad Message -- Warm  
MINI Print Ad Drives Consumers Online 
Optimizing A Lead Generation Marketing Budget In Tough Times  
Unique URLs Vs. Homepage URLs: The Best Method For Lead-Gen?  
How The Recession Makes You Royalty 
2009: Measuring Up 
Podcasting Killed the Satellite Star 
Holiday Wrap-Up  
The Carbonation Of Times Square 
Jet Blue Brings Food, Video, All Good Things To Airport Travelers  
Location, Location, Location  
Making The Most Of '09 Marketing Spend  
New Year's Resolutions For Hispanic Marketers  
New Targeting Methods For Reaching U.S. Hispanics  
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