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NEWS ABOUT: radio advertising

radio advertising stories: 10 news summaries

Radio Hosts Squeezed by Too Much Listener Info

Hosts say it takes away from content

Sep 17, 09 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Radio stations are collecting more and more data on the listening habits of their audience, and even popular hosts like Ryan Seacrest are feeling the pinch. Seacrest says Clear Channel execs told him to zip it because ratings would rise if "you actually play some more music," the... More »

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audiences • Arbitron • radio advertising • Ryan Seacrest • radio interview

 Google's Radio Ad 
 Conquest Falls Flat 

Automated advertising plan not music to industry's ears

May 12, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Google has hit a stumbling block in its quest for world domination: A bid to “conquer radio” with its advertising program didn’t go as planned, and the firm is dropping the effort at the end of the month, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Internet giant bet its... More »

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radio • Google • advertising • AdSense • radio advertising • advertisers • ads • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Democrats have widened their campaign against Norm Coleman to include a radio ad urging him to concede to Al Franken, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. “Minnesota deserves two senators and voters deserve to have their verdict stand,” says the ad, produced by the DNC. “Call Norm... More »

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Congress • Senate • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Democratic National Committee • Al Franken • radio advertising • Election 2008 • ad buy

New Labor Radio Ad Beats Up on Rush

Attacks GOP senators,
tells them not to side with Limbaugh

Jan 30, 09 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A radio ad is making the rounds in Cleveland, Reno, and Philadelphia, slamming the local Republican senator and the apparent leader of the opposition: Rush Limbaugh. The ad, from the labor-backed Americans United for Change, slams House Republicans who “voted with Limbaugh against creating 4 million new American jobs.... More »

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labor movement • Rush Limbaugh • political advertising • radio advertising • economic stimulus package

Radio Struggles as Advertisers Tune Out

Despite a slight growth in audience, homogenized radio is losing ad dollars

Nov 26, 08 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - More listeners hasn’t translated into more cash for radio broadcasters struggling to keep advertising revenues up, reports the New York Times, as prime clients like auto dealers and retailers cut ad buys in their own battle to stay afloat. Radio advertising continued its 18-month nosedive, declining 10% in October... More »

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satellite radio • advertising • radio advertising • newspaper industry • digital radio

Obama Records Radio Ad for Georgia's Martin

Black support key
to Democrat's bid
in Senate run-off

Nov 21, 08 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama is lending his voice to Georgia Democrat Jim Martin's Senate run-off race, Politico reports. In a 1-minute radio spot, the president-elect calls on listeners to “turn out one more time and help elect Jim Martin.” If Martin can win the support of the African-Americans who voted... More »

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Barack Obama • Georgia • radio advertising • Jim Martin • Saxby Chambliss

 Radio Spots 
 Put the 'Ad' 
 in Adultery 

Campaign for online dating service for marrieds makes ripples in Boston

Nov 14, 08 3:51 PM CST
(Newser) - The Ashley Madison Agency, a Web site matching would-be adulterers and home of the catchphrase “Life is short, have an affair,” has launched an ad blitz on Boston radio stations, reports the Herald. “The era of the scarlet letter is long over,” the company’s CEO... More »

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social networking • Boston • Boston Herald • adultery • dating • online dating • radio advertising

Candidates Bombard Swing States With Radio Ads

Campaigns like low cost, lower accountability

Oct 27, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Although conventional radio may seem obsolete, it is an important tool of the presidential campaigns this year, USA Today reports. Political advertising is flooding the airwaves in battleground states as the campaigns take advantage of the cost: $500 to $600 per airing for a 30-second spot in Northern Virginia, compared... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • radio • radio advertising • undecided voters • Election 2008 • swing states • battleground states

ANALYSIS

'Experts' Too Often Feeding From Industry Troughs

Press misses, ignores where funds come from

May 8, 08 6:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Media consumers, beware: that assertive, well-versed, trustworthy "expert" may in fact be an industry shill, Shannon Brownlee and Jeanne Lenzer write on Slate. Journalists across the board, and even some radio hosts, are failing to disclose financial ties to various industries—drug companies being a prime example—fudging the... More »

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drugs • antidepressant • drug companies • journalism • radio advertising • front company • source

Internet Advertising to Overtake Radio Spending

Forecaster sees $$$ shift happening by 2008

Dec 3, 07 2:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Spending on Internet advertising will overtake radio advertising next year, a forecaster predicted today. A major advertising agency CEO said the Internet would get 9.4% of the ad market worldwide in 2008, compared to 7.9% for radio, reports AP. The two media are neck-and-neck this year, with 8.... More »

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advertising • economic growth • global economy • Internet advertising • radio advertising

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