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The Numbers
Watching, listening and reading
Recently in The Numbers
TNS Scores GfK Exec for RAJAR/BARB Service
Capital Radio Self-Immolates or Much Ado About
Being Number Three
OYE ! Spain Turns Off Media
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Lingua Franca
Culture and language
Recently in Lingua Franca
Russian Digital Radio Station Opens With
Classical Music and a New Business Model
Communicorp Spins Twist to Slovak in Prague
Movies Are the Big Casino in Central Europe
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All Things Digital
This digital environment
Recently in All Things Digital
British And US Surveys Tell Traditional Media
What They Already Knew -- Attempts To Keep Or
Attract The Young Are Failing As They Migrate to
The Internet In Ever Increasing Numbers
Is There A Future For Mobile TV? Maybe With DVB-H
If The Phones Are Cheap Enough, But It Doesnt
Look Good For 3G
Multimedia Managing Needs Agile Top Decisions
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Fit To Print
The Printed Word and the Publishing World
Recently in Fit To Print
Google, That So-Called Enemy of Newspapers,
Introduces a New Archive Service That Lets
Newspapers Make Money Without Any Referral Fee
With 1.45 Million Free Newspapers Available Daily
In London And Perhaps More To Come, Its Not Only
The Evening Standard That Could Be At Risk
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Show Biz
Entertainment and entertainers
Recently in Show Biz
CBS Tries to Laugh It Off Using Photoshop
Software to Change A Katie Couric Picture, But
For A TV Network That Has Worked So Hard to
Regain Its Credibility This Is No Laughing Matter
Want a Good Job in Radio? Bring Attitude and
Character!
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The Public Service
Public Service Broadcasting
Recently in The Public Service
What Got Stuck in Arne Wessbergs Craw?
Third Way is New Direction for PSB Youth
Channels
Eurovision Song Contest Not Political
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Big Business
Media companies and their world
Recently in Big Business
The Trouble With Viacom It Wasnt Tom Freston
At CME Garin Stays, Burke Goes, Numbers Are Up,
Stock is Not
Could The UKs Advertising Downturn Force Trinity
Mirror The Same Way as Knight-Ridder, And Also
Blow The Main Commercial TV Network Out Of The
Water?
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Conflict Zones
Media making a difference
Recently in Conflict Zones
Satellite TV Channel With You Lebanon Launched
by Dubai Media Group
Armenian Broadcaster Wins Record Number of
License Denials
Media Development Loan Fund Bonds With Swiss Bank
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Media Rules Rulers
Media politics
Recently in Media Rules Rulers
State Broadcaster Wins Denmark Radio License
Auction
Tom and Jerry Are Going To Quit Smoking For The
Most Part, Courtesy of Turner Broadcasting and
the British Broadcast Regulator, But All That
Violence In Those Same Cartoons - That Stays
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Spots and Space
The Advertising Business
Recently in Spots and Space
Advertising Revenue on US Newspaper Web Sites
Increases 33, But Print Continues Its Decline
With More Dark Clouds On The Horizon
LiveDeal Ties Up With AdStar - Now An Online Ad
Can Be Automatically Fed to the Local Newspaperís
Print Edition
The World Cup Brings Advertising Riches To Some,
But Not To All
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Write On
Journalism with a big J
Recently in Write On
Just How Does International News Coverage Fit
Into A Newspaper Going Local, Local, Local?
Photo Software Can Be A Very Dangerous
Journalistic Weapon In The Wrong Hands, And News
Agencies Need To Re-Think Their Procedures
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The Commonweal
Media associations and institutes
Recently in The Commonweal
African Broadcasters Reorganize
UK Commercial Radio Trade Groups Consolidate
Twenty Years of Reporters Sans Frontieres
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Brands
Brands and branding, modern and post
Recently in Brands
The Art of Public Relations Is In Full View As
Michelin Tries to Right Its Wrong at Indianapolis
Newspapers Should Take a Leaf From Gillette's
Promotional Book When It Comes to Getting the
Young to Buy the Product
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