Beijing: Heads of media organisations worldwide will gather in the Chinese capital for a unique summit Oct 8-10.
The World Media Summit, with the theme “Cooperation, Action, Win-Win and Development”, will be attended by officials from major media organisations including news agencies, newspapers, magazines, radio, television broadcasters and online sites.
According to the summit secretariat, the attendees [...]
Washington : Don Hewitt, the legendary producer of the television news programme “60 Minutes”, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 86, CBS News said.
“60 Minutes” has aired on CBS for more than 40 years, currently the longest running show broadcast during prime time. The investigative news documentary show typically carved into three [...]
TNT has picked up a second season of its hit medical drama HawthoRNe, starring and executive-produced by Jada Pinkett Smith (The Women, The Matrix trilogy) and created by Emmy winner John Masius (St. Elsewhere, Providence, Dead Like Me). The network has ordered an additional 10 episodes of the character-driven drama, which airs Tuesdays at 9 [...]
The National Association of Hispanic Publications (NAHP) issued the following statement in response to the announced search advertising partnership between Yahoo! and Microsoft Corporation from its National President, Clara Padilla Andrews.
“With ad revenues and circulation figures in print media overall diminishing and Hispanic publications seeing the first ad downturn ever, online search advertising is becoming [...]
United Business Media (UBM), organizers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC), has filed a lawsuit against China GDC (CGDC) organizers China Game Publishers Association and Howell International Trade Fair Limited for unfair competition and false advertising. UBM has requested that CGDC organizers immediately cease its illegal acts, offer a public apology, lift their influence on [...]
On the heels of seven films opening to the number one position at the box office since January 2009 – more than any other studio – and an incredible Wednesday release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this week, Warner Bros. Pictures has surpassed the $1 billion threshold in domestic box office revenue for [...]
Michael J. Kelly, former president of AOL Media Networks, has been named President/CEO of The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC). Kelly will be responsible for the strategic direction and operations of TWCC which includes The Weather Channel, the second most distributed cable network, available in 99 million homes; The Weather Channel Interactive and weather.com, the third [...]
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. In June 2009, Americans conducted more than 14 billion core searches, with Google Sites accounting for 65.0 percent search market share. Microsoft Sites grabbed 8.4 percent market share, a 0.4 percentage point [...]
WPP has announced that its wholly-owned operating company Added Value, the brand development and marketing insight network, has agreed to acquire, subject to regulatory approvals, a 51% stake in each of Saffron Hill Research Pte Ltd and Saffron Hill Philippines, Inc. (“Saffron Hill”), leading research houses in Singapore and the Philippines.
Founded in 2001, Saffron Hill [...]
The Chicago Advertising Federation (CAF) has announced that Carla Michelotti, Executive Vice President, General Counsel of Leo Burnett Worldwide, will be awarded the 2009 American Advertising Federation (AAF) Silver Medal Lifetime Achievement Award. Established in 1959, the AAF Silver Medal award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the field of advertising. This is [...]