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Hasbro and Discovery Communications Announce Joint Venture
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Hasbro, Inc. and Discovery Communications has announced an agreement to form a 50/50 joint venture, including a television network and website, dedicated to high-quality children’s and family entertainment and educational programming built around some of the most well-known and beloved brands in the world. As part of the transaction, the...
Viacom Reports a decline of 7% in revenues
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Viacom Inc.has reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2009.
Revenues for the first quarter of 2009 totaled $2.91 billion, a decline of 7%, primarily reflecting a 4-percentage point negative impact from foreign currency exchange, as well as lower ancillary and advertising revenues. Media Networks and Filmed Entertainment...
Interevco to Sell ThirdAge.com Online Advertising
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ThirdAge, Inc., the premier destination for Baby Boomers and mid-lifer’s online, has announced that it has named Interevco as its online advertising sales representative. Interevco will also consult with the organization in developing online advertising sales strategies for their top-tier web site which was re-launched in August 2008.
“We...
View2Gether.com Secures ‘Series A’ Investment
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Leading social viewing platform View2Gether.com, has secured its “Series A” investment round from an investor group including View2Gether.com Chairman Jeff Sagansky and View2Gether Pacific. The announcement has been made by View2Gether.com President and CEO, Chris Adams. Adams was the co-founder of noted production company Participant...
The Zimmerman Agency Named Largest PR Firm in Florida
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The Zimmerman Agency, a Tallahassee-based public relations, advertising and interactive firm, has recently expanded its platinum portfolio in the public relations travel division by attracting five new ultra-luxury hospitality clients in Anguilla, Barbados, St. Lucia, The Bahamas, Palm Beach and Coconut Grove. Continuous growth has led to...
Siegel+Gale Names Jacqueline Rhoades as VP , Business Development
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Global strategic branding firm Siegel+Gale, whose clients include Yahoo!, Sony PlayStation, McAfee, and Microsoft, has announced the expansion of its presence in San Francisco and the hiring of Jacqueline Rhoades as its Vice President of Business Development here.
“Branding technology companies and products demands special insight –...
Reuters launches online business community
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Reuters has announced the launch of its new online small business community, providing entrepreneurs with the knowledge needed to grow their businesses, innovate and lead.
Reuters online small business community will feature breaking news, commentary, and videos from Reuters journalists and content partners, including BNET, Entrepreneur,...
Discovery’s Brands Earn Top Rankings Among Viewers in the 2009
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For the ninth consecutive year, viewers rank Discovery Channel as the highest quality TV network, according to results of 2009 Beta Research Cable Subscriber Study – Brand Identity of Basic Cable/Broadcast Networks. In addition, for the tenth straight year, Discovery Channel ranks #1 for having many original programs and series.
In their...
Viewers in Todmorden change to regional TV news
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Viewers of analogue television sets in Todmorden will see a change to their normal regional TV news broadcasts from Friday (1 May 2009).Historically the BBC has broadcast BBC North West Tonight to TV viewers in the Upper Calder Valley.
However transmitter changes next month mean that the estimated 3,600 homes in Todmorden still watching analogue...
AOL Announces ‘Socialthing’
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AOL has announced the launch of Socialthing, a revolutionary new platform that brings social networking services to websites and enables publishers to attract new users and keep them engaged wherever they are on the Web. MediaGlow, AOL’s centralized publishing unit, is in the process of deploying Socialthing across its network of...