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News Corp Names Lex Fenwick as CEO of Dow Jones & Company
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New York :News Corporation today named Lex Fenwick Chief Executive Officer of Dow Jones & Company. Mr. Fenwick joins Dow Jones from Bloomberg LP, where he spent 25 years, most recently as CEO of Bloomberg Ventures. He will be based in New York and report to Chase Carey, President and COO of News Corporation. His appointment is effective...
G2 Joshua bolsters social media capabilities with Alterian
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Following a year of positive change under Tim Hipperson, leading integrated marketing agency, G2 Joshua, has bolstered its social media capabilities with Alterian, a leading international integrated marketing platform provider, by implementing its SM2 service.
The social media monitoring and reporting tool means G2 Joshua will have the ability...
Communicate Reveals Shortlist For Transform Awards 2012
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London: Transform Awards shortlist highlights brand success from growth companies.
Communicate magazine has announced the shortlisted entries for this year’s Transform Awards.
Last year, the awards heavily featured entrants from financial services, understandably keen to alter perceptions, whereas this year the awards shortlist reflects...
Discovery Channel announces Unchained Reaction series
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Los Angeles:Discovery Channel announces UNCHAINED REACTION, a new series executive produced by Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman of MYTHBUSTERS. The duo also serve as judges for the six-part series, which pits two teams of varying backgrounds against each other to build an elaborate chain reaction contraption. But they're not creating a mere...
Cannes Lions announces Tham Khai Meng as 2012 Film and Press Jury President
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The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is pleased to announce that Tham Khai Meng, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy & Mather, will head up both the Film and Press Juries at the 59th Festival, taking place in Cannes, France, 17-23 June 2012.
As stated by Advertising Age, Tham Khai Meng is considered 'one...
truTV’s Hit Series Hardcore Pawn Sets Network Record with 2.7 Million Viewers
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truTV's hit show Hardcore Pawn has done it again, drawing an extraordinary 2.7 million viewers last night, making it truTV's most-watched series telecast ever. This is the latest triumph for truTV, which is on the verge of closing out its biggest year ever among young adult and male viewers.
Hardcore Pawn not only set a new viewership...
BBC One secures seven of top ten Christmas shows
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The BBC enjoyed a strong Christmas day, with BBC One averaging 8.1million viewers in peak time (6pm-10.30pm), peaking at over 10.4m for EastEnders.
BBC One secured three of the top five most watched programmes and had seven of the top 10 shows on Christmas Day.BBC One’s peak time average audience and all day average audience were both...
Christmas Day Sees Huge Spike in Digital Content & Subscription Sales
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Reston : comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today reported holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the first 56 days of the November – December 2011 holiday season. For the holiday season-to-date, $35.3 billion has been spent online, marking a 15-percent increase versus the corresponding days last...
Nielsen and comScore to enter into a cross-licensing agreement
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New York : Nielsen Holdings N.V. (NYSE: NLSN), a leading global provider of information and analytics around what consumers watch and buy, and comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, recently announced the companies have settled their patent disputes.
As part of this settlement both companies will enter into...
The New York Times to Sell Its Regional Media Group
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New York : The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) announced today that it is in advanced discussions to sell its Regional Media Group, consisting of 16 regional newspapers, other print publications and related businesses, to Halifax Media Holdings LLC.
The Regional Media Group comprises Sarasota Herald-Tribune in Sarasota, Fla.; The Press...