Advertising news and advertising widget

CHICAGO: The growth of US online retail spending fell to its lowest level in seven years during October, posting a year-on-year improvement of just 1% as the economic downturn impacts on consumers. Online market research firm comScore...

GRAND ISLAND, Nebraska: The preceding location is almost exactly half-way between Google's Mountain View Calif. headquarters and that of Procter & Gamble in downtown Cincinnati. Its significance to this story is purely symbolic: the picture...

LONDON: Hauled before Parliament's Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, Sir Michael Lyons pictured, chairman of the BBC Trust, assured the assembled politicos he had heeded the raft of complaints about the anti-competitive behaviour...

NEW YORK: The Nielsen Company has won radio ratings contracts for two major US broadcasters, Cumulus Media and Clear Channel Radio, a move Steve Morris, president/ceo of rival radio measurement firm Arbitron, declares is "a step backward" for the...

Susan Veidt, general manager of Fleishman-Hillard St. Louis and regional director of the agency's U.S. central region, has been promoted to president of U.S. Central, the public relations firm said Wednesday. (OMC)

As Walgreens formally opens at 1 Times Square on Thursday, executives are describing plans for the giant signs that will festoon the building on three sides.

It is the latest of several magazine publishers to drop a print edition, as advertising plummets and the cost of printing a paper version rises.

Tiny Summit Entertainment finds itself sitting atop one of the biggest pop-culture phenomena of recent years.

"60 Minutes" on CBS has been the most-watched program in the nation the last two weeks - including the full episode on Sunday devoted to Steve Kroft's interview with Barack and Michelle Obama.

The NFL is asking sports fans to choose their favorite story from a host of NFL players. The winning story will be featured in a Super Bowl commercial. BBDO Loses Pepsi:...