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Nixon Aide Herbert Klein Dies At 91

Washington Post, Jul 4, 2009, 7:38 AM ET

Herbert G. Klein, 91, a San Diego newspaperman who was a longtime aide to Richard M. Nixon and was White House communications director during much of the Watergate era, died July 2 at his home in La Jolla, Calif., after a heart attack.

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Fire Damages Fisher's Seattle Facility

TVNEWSDAY, Jul 3, 2009, 11:00 PM ET

An electrical room incident at Fisher Plaza East knocked out power. KOMO and KUNS remained on air; only KVI-AM was disrupted.

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Billy Mays Is Laid To Rest in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 3, 2009, 4:59 PM ET

Friends and family in his hometown mourned and paid tribute to the popular TV pitchman who died last Sunday of a heart attack in Tampa, Fla. Mays' body was clad in his signature blue button-down shirt and khaki trousers as were his pallbearers. The Discovery Channel, which airs Mays' reality show, covered the funeral.

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Nielsen Delays People Meters In Baltimore

MediaPost, Jul 3, 2009, 9:14 AM ET

Nielsen Thursday officially announced the launch of local people meter service in Portland, Ore., and Pittsburgh, replacing its "set meter" service in those markets, but said it was delaying a previously planned launch of the service in Baltimore until July 7, due to a "very difficult conversion to digital television" in that market.

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Retrans, Net Fees Boost TV's Bottom Line

MediaPost, Jul 3, 2009, 9:13 AM ET

Retransmission and Internet revenues can't climb fast enough for TV stations. But in a few years, both will be contributing significantly to stations' coffers. Each revenue source will be over the $1 billion mark, according to two recent estimates.

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FCC Considers DTV After-Action Report

B&C, Jul 2, 2009, 6:07 PM ET

Genachowski vows "commission's doors will be open" to broadcasters still struggling in the wake of the analog shutoff.

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Dow Drops 223, Nasdaq Finishes Down 49

Associated Press, Jul 2, 2009, 4:57 PM ET

A dour report on job losses in June sent stocks sharply lower Thursday. Major stock indexes fell more than 2.6% after the government said the U.S. unemployment rate hit a 26-year high. The Dow Jones industrials closed at their lowest level in six weeks.

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Stations' High-Def Squeeze Play

B&C, Jul 2, 2009, 3:26 PM ET

Local broadcasters are increasingly degrading their high-definition picture quality due to multicasting — transmitting digital subchannels alongside the primary HD stream within a station's 19.4 Mbps digital TV pipe.

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MSNBC Introduces iPhone App

NewscastStudio, Jul 2, 2009, 3:23 PM ET

Spokane Kids Host David Cyrus Page Dies At 79

Associated Press, Jul 2, 2009, 3:15 PM ET
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KKTV Requests Move from VHF to UHF

TV Technology, Jul 2, 2009, 3:12 PM ET

Gray Television, owner of KKTV in Colorado Springs, Colo., has asked the FCC to substitute its ch. 10 allotment with ch. 49 in order to improve the station's coverage.

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Jupiter Systems Acquires Teranex

Sports Video Group, Jul 2, 2009, 2:37 PM ET

Study: TV Ads More Effective Than Web's

Adweek, Jul 2, 2009, 2:36 PM ET

A joint research repoft by the Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing and research firm NeuroFocus found that TV earns high marks for emotional engagement, commercial recall and intent to purchase. Small-screen media is less immersive; as such, viewers tend to find that advertising on mobile and Internet platforms is not nearly as engaging as it is on TV.

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Spot Cable TV Buys Go Electronic

MediaPost, Jul 2, 2009, 2:26 PM ET

In a move that will make it significantly easier, faster and far more efficient for ad agencies to buy local and national spot cable TV advertising, the leading spot cable TV rep firm, National Cable Communications, has integrated its sales systems with Donovan Data Systems, the leading provider of "back office" data processing systems for advertising agencies. The breakthrough will enable media shops to place orders and process spot cable TV buys electronically and without any manual paper insertion orders.

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Stossel Blasts ABC For Pulling Piece For Jackson

New York Post, Jul 2, 2009, 2:20 PM ET
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Outsourcing Master Control Gains Traction

TVNEWSDAY, Jul 2, 2009, 12:13 PM ET

The faltering economy is causing many stations to consider outsourcing master control and other technical back-office jobs. Among those that may provide such services are third-party firms as well as LIN, Media General, Raycom and other station groups that have already began centralcasting or hubbing.

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In Reality Slugfest, 'Dance' Tops 'Talent'

Media Life, Jul 2, 2009, 11:51 AM ET

Fox's So You Think You Can Dance pulled ahead of NBC's America's Got Talent in their shared 9 p.m. timeslot last night, a week after the Wednesday night debut of Talent topped Dance. Dance averaged a 3.1 adults 18-49 rating, 0.2 ahead of Talent. Last week Talent had a 3.1 and Dance a 2.9 in the hour.

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Coming, A Surge In DVR Ad Skipping

Media Life, Jul 2, 2009, 11:31 AM ET

The networks have done a good job of explaining away the impact of DVRs on ratings, noting that, in fact, few users actually bother skipping through commercials. But that is about to change, according to one top researcher. As more and more users acquire and begin to use DVRs, ad skipping will become a far larger issue for networks, and those annual cost-per-thousand pricing increases will become a thing of the past.

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Media On Standby For Jackson Memorial

Associated Press, Jul 2, 2009, 10:56 AM ET

The mysteries that continue to surround Michael Jackson's death include a frustrating and potentially costly one for news organizations: how and when the fallen pop idol will be laid to rest and where a memorial service would be held.

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Poll: 64% Say Too Much Jackson News

Associated Press, Jul 2, 2009, 10:54 AM ET

Nearly two in three Americans say news organizations have given too much coverage to the death of Michael Jackson, but half say the media have struck the right balance between covering the pop star's personal life and musical career.

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Ratings

Overnights, adults 18-49 for Jul 1, 2009
  • 1.  fox2.9/10
  • 2.  nbc1.9/6
  • 3.  abc1.8/6
  • 4.  cbs1.6/5
  • 5.  uni1.4/4
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