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NBTA Predicts Cost Cutting Measures To Continue Into 2009 as a Result of Economic Slowdown

Article from: Targeted News Service Article date: November 11, 2008

The National Business Travel Association issued the following news release:

The National Business Travel Association (NBTA) (http://www.nbta.org/NBTA/Templates/www.nbta.org) today released its 2009 Business Travel Overview & Cost Forecast predicting increases in business travel costs and slower than usual travel industry growth. According to the study, travel managers project an increase of 5 to 8 percent for business travel costs in the coming year. Additionally, as shifting market forces equalize with new levels of supply and demand for travel services, the number of business trips will ...

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Fox Ponies Up as Ad Picture Clouds

Posted Oct 23, 08 6:19 PM CDT in Politics,  Arts & Living,  Business 

Fox Ponies Up as Ad Picture Clouds
Source: AP Photo

(Newser) – With the election season winding down and the economy slumping, Fox News could have trouble paying the heavy hitters it's signed and re-signed to multimillion-dollar contracts, the New York Times reports. Experts agree that advertising, a big chunk of Fox’s budget, will fall off after the amazing expenditures during viewer-magnet election coverage. Whether the outcome of the vote will matter is another question entirely.

“The electorate has been electrified by this campaign,” one analyst said. “Interest is going to carry over into the subsequent governance.” And a Democratic win, throwing conservative Fox into a minority position, could be a boon. “The Fox style of aggressive commentary works best in opposition,” another expert said. Fox has also renegotiated fees with cable providers, almost quadrupling them in some cases, which could mean good news for Papa Bear.

Source: New York Times

More about:  Election 2008 • advertising • conservative • Fox News • economic slowdown • Bill O'Reilly • Sean Hannity • Glenn Beck

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(Newser) - The conservative movement is at a crossroads, torn between its intellectuals (think David Brooks) and its shouters (think Rush Limbaugh). As TV’s main conservative voice, Fox News could tip the scales, so Isaac Chotiner of the New Republic watched as much of the channel as he could. His verdict isn’t kind. “Once the network of optimistic, flag-waving jingoism,” he writes, “Fox has become a beacon of sky-is-falling fury.” More »

More about:  Election 2008 • conservative • Fox News • Rush Limbaugh • media bias • Bill O'Reilly • conservative base • Brit Hume

Palin: I Didn't Mean to Knock Community Organizers

In Fox interview, GOP VP pick talks up Hillary, takes swipe at Biden's age

Chicago Tribune Chicago Tribune Sep 18, 08 6:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin says she didn’t mean to offend community organizers when she implied they didn’t have “actual responsibilities,” the Republican candidate tells Fox News—she was just firing back at Barack Obama for disparaging small-town mayors, the Chicago Tribune's Swamp reports. In the second part of her interview, airing tonight, Palin also cracks that Democratic VP nominee Joe Biden “was first elected when I was like in second grade.” More »

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Fox News • Sean Hannity

Conservative Radio Sees Boom Ahead

Limbaugh, Hannity & Co. ready to play foil to Obama White House

New York Times New York Times Dec 22, 08 9:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Where Bill Clinton’s presidency triggered Rush Limbaugh’s ascent, many see a new boom coming for conservative talk radio under President Obama, the New York Times reports. Limbaugh is touting the “rebirth of principled opposition,” and Sean Hannity claims to lead “conservatism in exile.” Says one radio executive, “the conservative hosts will have more fun. There’s no doubt about that.” More »

More about:  Mike Huckabee • Fred Thompson • radio • Rush Limbaugh • Rudolph Giuliani • talk radio • Sean Hannity • Glenn Beck • Michael Savage • Laura Ingraham


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