San Francisco : Spam king Sanford Wallace has been ordered to pay $711 million in damages for bombarding Facebook members with unwanted messages, the social networking site said Friday. The award was made at the San Jose District Court Thursday, according to the announcement. Facebook claimed that Wallace’s emails tricked many recipients into giving him [...]
WPP has announced the financial results for third quarter .WPP Q3 revenues rose by 16.7% to £2.007 billion. Revenues, in constant currencies, were up 6.7%, reflecting both the acquisition of Taylor Nelson Sofres plc (“TNS”) and the weakness of the pound sterling against the US dollar and Euro. Excluding the impact of acquisitions and currency [...]
Reston : comScore, Inc. has released September 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, showing that more than 168 million U.S. Internet users watched online video during the month. Online video viewing continued to reach record levels in September with nearly 26 billion videos viewed during the month, as Google Sites accounted for more [...]
Boston : The New York Times Company announced today that Christopher M. Mayer, senior vice president for circulation and operations at The Boston Globe, has been named publisher of that paper and head of the New England Media Group. He succeeds P. Steven Ainsley, who is retiring at the end of the year. Mr. Mayer’s [...]
Reston :comScore, Inc. , a leader in measuring the digital world, has announced entry into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of Certifica, a leader in web measurement in Latin America. The acquisition helps enhance comScore’s presence and brand in the rapidly-developing Latin American market and positions the company for further expansion in the region. [...]
The BBC has appointed Simon Lloyd as Director of Marketing, Communications & Audiences (MC&A)for Future Media & Technology (FM&T), which is responsible for the delivery of BBC services in new ways to audiences via existing and developing technology. Simon Lloyd will report to Sharon Baylay, Director, MC&A, and will take up his post on 2 [...]
BBC Radio 4 has added more than 750,000 listeners to achieve its biggest audience under current methodology, according to data released today by RAJAR (Radio Joint Audience Research Ltd). The station is now listened to by 10.22 million people every week – up from 9.45 million last year and 10 million last quarter – and [...]
The BBC Trust has agreed to proposals put forward by the BBC Executive to cut the amount the BBC spends on paying its senior managers by 25 per cent over the next three and a half years. The Trust has also endorsed a new pay strategy for senior managers joining the BBC and agreed to [...]
New York : Time Warner Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors has elected Fred Hassan to join the Board, effective Thursday. Mr. Hassan, 63, is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Schering-Plough Corporation. Jeff Bewkes, Chairman and CEO of Time Warner, said: “Fred Hassan is an experienced CEO who brings [...]
New York : Demonstrating its continuing commitment and support of diversity and inclusion in the advertising industry, Ogilvy & Mather New York was a proud sponsor of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s (GLAAD) first Media Awards in Advertising. The Awards recognize and honor individuals and projects in the advertising and marketing industries for [...]