News

More than half of retailers are keeping their holiday ad spending at last year’s levels, and only 19% have increased their budgets, according to a BDO Seidman survey. Lower ad prices may be driving some of those budgeting decisions. MediaPost Communications/Marketing Daily (11/30)
Read More »

Rule No. 1: Don’t treat Facebook and Twitter as broadcast tools. Plus, other lessons from the latest social-media debacle. FULL ARTICLE
Read More »

Advertiser Optimism Report: All Media, Not Just Digital, Could Benefit
Read More »

New York—It’s official: McGraw-Hill Cos. announced Tuesday that it has completed the sale of BusinessWeek to Bloomberg L.P. McGraw-Hill expects to recognize a $9.3 million pretax ($5.9 million post-tax) gain from the sale. READ NOW
Read More »

New York—B-to-b print, trade show and digital marketing revenues continued their declines through the first three quarters of this year, according to data released Tuesday by American Business Media’s Business Information Network. READ NOW
Read More »

Washington, D.C.—The Washington Post is closing its three remaining domestic bureaus—in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago—according to a story posted last week on the newspaper’s Web site.READ MORE
Read More »

New York—Lachlan Murdoch, son of Rupert Murdoch, is teaming with Pluribus Capital Management to make a bid for a group of Nielsen Business Media trade publications, including The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard, according to various media reports.READ MORE
Read More »

New York—NewBay Media announced Tuesday that it has acquired Broadcasting & Cable, Multichannel News and This Week in Consumer Electronics (TWICE) from Reed Business Information-US.READ MORE
Read More »