http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com Daily news for media buyers & planners en-us 2008-05-14T20:34:18Z This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/290424097/ Direct 2008-05-14T14:01:14-05:00 Macy's same-store sales outperformed competitors JC Penney and Nordstrom in the first quarter, falling just 2.6 percent. Same-store sales at JC Penney dropped 7.4 percent, while Nordstrom's declined...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/290424097" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/14/macys-q1-revenue-slip-not-as-steep-as-expected/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/290407258/ Radio 2008-05-14T13:45:18-05:00 Clear Channel Radio has launched what it hopes will be a valuable tool for media buyers unfamiliar with the radio format. is a site that showcases the variety of offerings to advertisers - from...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/290407258" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/14/ccs-totalradiuscom-touts-radio-for-advertisers/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/290397300/ Print 2008-05-14T13:31:27-05:00 BBC Worldwide plans to launch BBC Knowledge - its first magazine in the U.S. - in August, with an initial print run of 85,000. The magazine hopes to capitalize on the strength of the BBC brand in...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/290397300" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/14/bbc-ness-of-new-magazine-to-appeal-to-americans/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/290384255/ Television 2008-05-14T12:23:49-05:00 Despite the fact that it was a modest hit, and won its time slot on Sunday nights, the reality show Oprah's Big Give will not return to ABC next year. ABC entertainment pres Steve McPherson said the...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/290384255" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/14/oprah-cancels-herself/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/290345225/ Television 2008-05-14T12:09:08-05:00 is launching a system called TVinContext which will allow advertisers to place ads that are related to the content of the programming. A movie scene taking place in a cafe might be followed by an ad...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/290345225" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/14/turner-launches-contextual-advertising-for-tv/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/290332446/ Radio 2008-05-14T11:58:37-05:00 Clear Channel, its private equity buyers and the banks which agreed to finance the deal have settled, with Clear Channel agreeing to accept a new deal at a lower price of $17.9 billion. Thomas H....<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/290332446" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/14/clear-channel-accepts-reduced-bid-of-36share/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/290327844/ Interactive 2008-05-14T11:39:14-05:00 filed a countersuit against eBay, challenging the latter's that Craigslist discriminated against eBay as a shareholder, and alleging that eBay used its minority stake in Craigslist to steal...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/290327844" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/14/craigslist-countersuit-ebay-stole-trade-secrets/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/290253847/ Television 2008-05-14T09:32:15-05:00 The CW is programming just 10 hours of the week, and the focus of the fledgling network with this fall's season is the young, female audience. With that audience in mind, the network is building on...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/290253847" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/14/cw-introduces-three-new-series-for-fall-sked/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/290226046/ Interactive 2008-05-14T08:58:13-05:00 To meet their information needs, America's senior executives are voracious users of all media channels - including, increasingly, digital ones such as online video, blogs and podcasts - according to...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/290226046" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/14/us-business-elite-embracing-online-media/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/290174687/ Television 2008-05-14T07:19:04-05:00 CBS is the only network planning to air two full nights of comedy in the fall season. The network is building on its Monday block of four comedies, adding two on Wednesday night. The most highly...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/290174687" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/14/cbs-adds-second-comedy-block-to-fall-sked/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/290222131/ Television 2008-05-14T06:34:57-05:00 The strike impaired ABC's development of new television shows, and the network plans to unveil only two new series in the fall - and only one of them scripted. Life on Mars is a police drama in...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/290222131" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/14/abcs-fall-brings-just-2-new-shows/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/289694634/ Radio 2008-05-13T15:49:12-05:00 Broadcasting company Radio One has struck a deal to sell ads on hip-hop news site AllHipHop.com. The agreement spans five years and gives Interactive One, Radio One's digital division, exclusive...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/289694634" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/13/radio-one-hustles-ads-for-allhiphopcom/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/289689190/ Print 2008-05-13T14:28:57-05:00 Tribune Co.'s sale of Newsday to Cablevision allows Tribune and its new chairman, , to put $600 million in expected cash proceeds toward its roughly $13 billion debt. This buys Tribune Co. more time...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/289689190" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/13/newsday-sale-gives-tribune-co-breathing-space/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/289676508/ Radio 2008-05-13T14:07:22-05:00 Sirius losses shrunk in the first quarter, while XM's losses widened, the companies announced yesterday, in what they hope will be their last quarterly financial reports as stand-alone...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/289676508" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/13/first-quarter-losses-shrink-for-sirius-widen-for-xm/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/289667695/ Print 2008-05-13T13:50:20-05:00 Budget Travel magazine is allowing readers to frolic through its pages in a whole new way: nearly all of the text and photography of the June issue was generated by readers. The magazine pulled in...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/289667695" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/13/magazines-20-budget-travel-created-100-by-users/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/289649816/ Direct 2008-05-13T13:16:02-05:00 Any Bloomingdale's customers still stubbornly clinging to catalog ordering will have to brave the online experience or head to the stores, come early 2009. Bloomie's will close its Bloomingdale's by...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/289649816" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/13/bloomies-closes-catalog-biz/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/289643383/ Outdoor 2008-05-13T12:59:43-05:00 Apple's new model of the , which will provide 3G access and faster data connection speeds, is imminent, if the shortage of the current model means anything. Apple's website announced yesterday that...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/289643383" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/13/signs-point-toward-better-stronger-faster-iphone/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/289631852/ Television 2008-05-13T12:34:18-05:00 NBC's unusual upfront garnered mixed reviews from the media crowd; some blamed the network for using the new format to draw attention away from a weak programming slate, while others liked the...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/289631852" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/13/nbcus-epilepsy-hut-pulls-mixed-reviews/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/289660449/ Direct 2008-05-13T10:29:08-05:00 Gift cards (35.6 percent) and cash (56.8 percent) will remain the most popular graduation gifts, the National Retail Federation's 2008 Graduation Consumer Intentions and Actions survey, conducted by...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/289660449" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/13/gift-cards-and-cash-most-popular-graduation-gifts/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/289497122/ Radio 2008-05-13T09:06:35-05:00 said yesterday that it was close to settling with the banks financing the deal to take the company private. The revised deal being discussed would have the price reduced from $39.20 per share to $36...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/289497122" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/13/clear-channel-sale-on-the-cusp-of-reality/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/289491284/ Direct 2008-05-13T08:45:22-05:00 's net income in the first quarter increased 6.9 percent to $3.02 billion, beating estimates by 1 cent per share. Revenue rose 10 percent to $95.3 billion. Deep discounts - as high as 30 percent -...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/289491284" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/13/wal-mart-q1-results-beat-analyst-estimates/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/289421685/ Interactive 2008-05-13T06:56:55-05:00 In March, Google Sites once again ranked as the top U.S. video property with more than 4.3 billion videos viewed (38 percent share of all videos), gaining 2.6 share points form the previous month,...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/289421685" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/13/online-video-viewing-up-13-in-march-google-extends-market-share-lead/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/289000681/ Interactive 2008-05-12T16:22:45-05:00 NBCU produces nearly 100 health video clips per week across its various networks, local stations and web properties. Now, the network plans to package and distribute them across a network of niche...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/289000681" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/12/nbcu-creates-digital-health-network/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/289005841/ Television 2008-05-12T15:38:29-05:00 Just as American Gladiators had new life breathed into it last season, so, too, will a seventies favorite: The Gong Show, which aired in NBC daytime from 1976 to 1978, will be revived on Comedy...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/289005841" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/12/gong-show-resucitated-on-comedy-central/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/288926197/ Outdoor 2008-05-12T14:13:52-05:00 Apple's iPhone on the whole lives up to the hype according to its users, who tend to be satisfied with their shiny new gadget - some even say it's displacing their laptops - though many also carry a...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/288926197" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/12/iphone-users-satisfied-but-many-carry-second-mobile-phone/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/288916529/ Television 2008-05-12T13:39:27-05:00 The May sweeps are down by 7 million viewers compared to November 2007 sweeps, and many of the networks' most popular shows are drawing between 2 million and 3 million fewer viewers than in the...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/288916529" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/12/may-sweeps-down-by-7-million-viewers-from-nov/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/288904756/ Print 2008-05-12T13:23:54-05:00 Harvard alumni magazine , launched in 2006, has been purchased by , which plans to create a social network surrounding the title and then duplicate the operation for other Ivy League schools. The...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/288904756" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/12/harvard-alumni-magazine-sold-to-manhattan-media/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/288895710/ Print 2008-05-12T12:28:56-05:00 The Christian Science Monitor is considering a weekly edition; the long-term goal may be to phase out the daily edition of the newspaper. According to managing publisher Jonathan Wells, the...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/288895710" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/12/christian-science-monitor-mulls-weekly-edition/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/288991982/ Television 2008-05-12T12:15:21-05:00 Consumers are growing disenchanted with their television experience but are nonetheless loyal to their favorite programs, showing a marked preference for content over its delivery method, 's...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/288991982" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/12/network-tv-schedules-in-trouble-but-audiences-loyal-to-content/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~3/288861855/ Television 2008-05-12T11:04:55-05:00 Nielsen's C3 ratings, which will be used as currency during the upfront (taking place as we speak) for the second year in a row, have failed to achieve accreditation from the Media Rating...<img src="http://feeds.mediabuyerplanner.com/~r/mbp/~4/288861855" height="1" width="1"/>http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com/2008/05/12/c3-ratings-still-not-accredited-by-the-mrc/?camp=rssfeed&src=mbp&type=textlink