LA Radio hits 1 Billion in 2007

Once again Los Angeles can lay claim to the biggest radio revenue market in the world, and the only one generating over 1 Billion...

Digesting the digital transition

Janice Finkel-Greene, Initiative Media EVP/Local Broadcast and EVP/Director Futures and Technology, has issued an analysis of The Digital Transition of 2009.

John Deere campaign launches “Deere Season”

John Deere's Worldwide Commercial & Consumer Equipment Division announces the launch of the Spring campaign, "Everything we've learned goes into everything we do," developed...

Initiative taps Jennifer Nyhan to lead Cadbury Schweppes

Initiative has hired Jennifer Nyhan as VP, Group Account Director, announced Alan Cohen, President of Initiative West in Los Angeles, where she is based.Nyhan...

The Newspaper Consortium joins quadrantONE

The Newspaper Consortium, a consortium of 26 newspaper companies, will add 138 web sites to quadrantONE (quadrantone.com), an online ad alliance formed in February...

Macy’s debuts spring branding campaign

Macy’s announced the continuation campaign that highlights the retailer’s family of fashion and home designers. This season, two new spots feature both returning favorites...

JMA signs The Tom Kent Radio Network

Jones MediaAmerica announced the signing of an exclusive long-term ad sales deal with the Tom Kent Radio Network for all programming on the net,...

Hilton Garden Inn launches national cable, radio effort

Hilton Garden Inn has launched its first national cable, and radio campaign, “Tomorrow’s a Big Day”—the largest broadcast buy in the brand’s history. As...

Canadian radio sales up 8.8%

While we didn’t get an answer from Canadian Broadcast Sales (CBS) why they would report on a Q2 that isn’t over yet, it looks like Canadian Radio is enjoying some very healthy times for ad sales—in contrast to the struggle US stations are having.

RAB presents sales & marketing workshops at NAB

The RAB is producing a lineup of topical sales and management programs for the NAB Conference in Las Vegas, April 11-17. They include:"New Technologies:...

Lexus launches cinema campaign

Lexus has launched an innovative new cinema advertising campaign for the 2008 IS F luxury sedan in National CineMedia’s (NCM) FirstLook pre-feature program. Delivered...

Ford marketing chief Farley says new efforts boosting sales

Ford's marketing chief Jim Farley says a new effort to regionalize marketing efforts is boosting sales. He said Tuesday at the Wall Street Automotive...

AdMission offers digital ad solutions to Entercom advertisers

AdMission Corporation, an online display ad technology company, announced that Entercom Communications is making the AdMission dynamic ad platform available to all Entercom radio...

February political campaign ad spend detailed

Campaign Media Analysis Group (CMAG), a division of TNS Media Intelligence, tracked hundreds of new issue and political television ad campaigns on topics from...

TiVo providing internet downloads to TV sets

TiVo announced subscribers can now watch video content from the Web directly on their television sets. Through an updated version of TiVo's Desktop Plus...