 | | | | Wednesday • July 09, 2008 | READ ALL NEWS AT ADAGE.COM | | Universal McCann Names Seiler as Global CEO Outgoing Chief Brien to Head New Mediabrands Organization
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- PHD North America CEO Matt Seiler is moving to Interpublic Group of Cos.' Universal McCann as its global CEO, while IPG has raised current UM chief Nick Brien to run Mediabrands, a new umbrella organization for its media assets.  FULL ARTICLE
| | AFTRA Supports Contract Despite SAG Members' Disapproval SAG Unlikely to Strike Over DVD, Web Residuals
LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists approved a new three-year contract with Hollywood's producers for prime-time TV. Members voted by a 62.4% margin to approve a deal that offered a wage increase and union coverage of some material made available online, all but assuring that the Screen Actors Guild will not go on strike over gains in the AFTRA contract that it deemed insufficient, particularly over DVD residuals and internet jurisdiction. FULL ARTICLE | | Google and Clear Channel Execs Clash Over Metrics Issue 3 Minute Ad Age: July 9, 2008 VIDEO NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Should Google submit the protocols of its new TV Ads system's audience-measurement functions to the Media Rating Council for accreditation? That seemingly mundane question sparked an intense exchange between Google TV Ads' product manager, Keval Desai, and Clear Channel's exec VP for global research, Tony Jarvis. See the video of their verbal clash at the recent Advertising Research Federation's Audience Measurement 3.0 conference. FULL ARTICLE | | All's Fair for Love and War ABC's 'Bachelorette' Beats NBC's 'Gladiators' RASH REPORT MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) -- An unresolved war. An unpopular president. A compelling campaign to succeed him. In some ways it may seem like 1968 all over again, but this time around, young people aren't taking to the streets to chant, "Make Love, Not War." FULL ARTICLE | |
What You Should Have Read, July 9, 2008
PSST, Wanna Buy Some Part of NBC?
The New York Post's Peter Lauria lays out a case for why NBC Universal boss Jeff Zucker is expected to be the popular guy at the Allen & Co. media conference, which officially kicks off today. Expect Zucker to be as sought after as Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang is on the dealmaking front, mainly because many of the entertainment and banking titans attending the confab plan on bending his ear about a merger or other combination with NBC or about off-loading some assets to the network. Time Warner, Liberty Media, Hearst and Disney all have reasons to bend his ear, as do the bankers looking to position themselves for a piece of the action should NBC be forced into an initial public offering. French conglomerate Vivendi owns a stake in NBC, and can begin exercising its $4 billion transferable put right in November and force GE to either buy Vivendi's stake or float it to the public. FULL ARTICLE | | > > Read All News at AdAge.com | | | | |
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