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A new Strata survey of ad agencies found that, for the first time, a majority of agencies say they see no obstacle to increasing digital spending -- a change from previous surveys where they cited lack of advertiser demand. More than 80 percent of agencies said in the third-quarter survey that they're focusing more on digital than they did last year, up 17 percent from Strata's Q1 poll. |
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Westwood One renews its agreement with golf's Masters Tournament and will provide radio play-by-play for the 2011 event. |
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ADVERTISEMENT -- REALTORS® spend $1 billion annually to market their services and 30% are ready to buy radio! See the video from the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® Annual Conference. Read more. |
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As part of their merger, XM and Sirius agreed to lease 4 percent of their channels to qualified entities, and now, after a number of delays, the FCC has adopted rules for how those leases will be implemented. The rules make the criteria for "qualified entity" race-neutral, and leave it to Sirius XM to choose the lessees, subject to review by the Media Bureau. |
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Jack Sanders is re-elected chairman of BMI's board of directors as the performing rights group holds its annual shareholder meeting in Nashville. Clear Channel Communications CEO Mark Mays is elected to the board, while Radio One Chairperson Cathy Hughes and Tribune Broadcasting President Jerome Kersting are re-elected. |
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Clear Channel Radio is teaming with the USO as part of the broadcaster's Q4 community-engagement campaign. CCR has developed a series of PSAs designed to encourage involvement with the USO ad support of its various programs, which include the Wounded Warrior program and Operation Phone Home. |
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Yahoo reports its third-quarter results, with revenue up 2 percent, to $1.6 billion in the quarter. The company says display advertising revenue on its owned and operated sites rose 17 percent year-over-year. |
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Radio Ink is planning a feature on cutting-edge program/production facilities for an upcoming issue. Have you recently upgraded, or built out a great facility over time? We want to hear about it! Get in touch with Wendy Bernstein |
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Tech Ink will present its inaugural edition of the Best Engineers in Radio in the November 15, 2010 issue of Radio Ink . Nominations are open through October 22; eligible nominees include technical staff at any radio station or group, contract engineers, consulting engineers, and technical staff at any broadcast/audio equipment manufacturer, service provider, government agency, or other vendor to the industry. Click the headline to learn more. |
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Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the influential Huffington Post and co-host of public radio's Left, Right & Center, will provide the luncheon keynote at Radio Ink's Forecast 2011, to be held December 7, 2010 at the Harvard Club in New York. Huffington, the author of 13 books including most recently On Becoming Fearless in Love, Work, and Life and Fanatics and Fools: The Game Plan for Winning Back America, launched the Huffington Post news and blog site in 2005. |
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Eric Rhoads, publisher of Radio Ink is developing a new iPad application that will choose some historic audio clips of air personalities from throughout radio history. If you would like historic telescoped airchecks of you on the air to be included, or if you have an aircheck collection, please e-mail us your MP3s. Click the headline for more information. |
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Radio Ink magazine the first radio industry publication on the iPad and one of the first of all publications. With the iPad's touchscreen, you can flip through the digital edition just as you would a copy of the magazine, with live links, interactive ads, links to video, and with more interactive features on the way. |
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The economy is slowly turning around, and broadcasters are beginning to hire again. Put your name in front of the industry with a free listing in Radio Pros Available. And we'll be happy to post your aircheck or demo, or a link to your website. Click the headline to learn more. |
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