Ad firm adds VP
Posted on September 30, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Victor Results Advertising has recruited Marybeth Peters to be a vice president focused on integrated media work. Peters comes to town from an Indiana-based agency.
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Local publisher nabs IPPY honor
Posted on at 6:42 am
The Road to Eden’s Ridge, a romance novel written by two Tennessee women and brought to market by Nashville-based Turner Publishing, has won a silver medal at this year’s Independent Publisher Book Awards. Turner has been run since 2002 by Todd Bottorff, son of Council Ventures chief Denny Bottorff.
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Twitter’s value has quadrupled in less than a year
Posted on September 24, 2009 at 1:31 pm
The Journal reports that the Internet messaging sensation is set to snag $100 million from various investors, including mutual fund house T. Rowe Price. The deal values Twitter at about $1 billion, some four time the number insiders say it was deemed to be worth earlier this year.
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Sitel snags media client
Posted on September 15, 2009 at 11:53 amCall center manager Sitel says a large publishing company has hired it to handle customer service work. The Nashville-based company will use about 200 people in the Phillipines on the contract.
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FiledBy finds traction in Cambridge
Posted on September 9, 2009 at 2:23 pmFiledBy, the publishing promotion portal launched this past spring by a veteran of Ingram Book, has hooked up with England’s Cambridge University to set up sites for more than 100 authors from its publishing arm.
Christian media company adds former Thomas Nelson exec
Posted on at 6:38 am
Worthy Media, the multimedia Christian content business launched earlier this year, has hired Rob Birkhead as vice president of creative. Birkhead is a former senior VP of marketing at Thomas Nelson and a senior exec at Integrity Publishers, also a former stop of Worthy colleagues Byron Williamson and David Howell.
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WPLN cranks up the chatting
Posted on September 4, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Starting Tuesday, Nashville’s NPR outlet will fill its midday hours with news and talk programs. The classical music now being broadcast will move primarily to one of the station’s HD channels.
Shakeup at Cumulus Nashville
Posted on August 31, 2009 at 2:59 pmAaron Roberts, program director for WRQQ and WNFN — the latter of which recently changed its format to Top 40 — has been laid off by Cumulus Broadcasting to cut costs and Market Manager Mark Kanak has left his post to move to Tampa.
Wrestling venture sticks to Spike
Posted on August 18, 2009 at 6:53 am
Cummins Station-based TNA Entertainment has extended its TV deal with Spike by three years through October 2012.
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The Old Gray Lady to be printed here
Posted on August 17, 2009 at 7:53 amThe downtown operations of Gannett Inc. have become the 26th site around the country to print The New York Times.
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Sports talk station goes quiet
Posted on July 29, 2009 at 4:42 pmNashville ESPN Radio affiliate 106.7 The Fan ended its run this morning after four and a half years, with officials running promos advertising a format switch Thursday. One of the biggest local players affected is MTSU’s athletic department, whose boss is crossing his fingers he can find a new partner before opening day.
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News 2 getting new management company
Posted on July 22, 2009 at 5:34 pmAtlanta-based Gray Television has reached a deal with creditors of bankrupt Young Broadcasting to take over the management of seven of the latter’s TV stations, including News 2.
Gray (Ticker: GTN) runs more than 30 stations around the country, including stations in Knoxville and Bowling Green. Young President Deb McDermott, who ran News 2 before moving up the ladder, is getting a new contract.
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A local media success story
Posted on July 1, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Our brethren at MusicRow pass on some stats detailing the double-digit increases in of Country Music Television’s metrics.
Music video hours have also increased on the channel, with ratings up +17% versus the same quarter last year among total viewers, and up +14% among adults 18-49. In addition, video streams are up +23% for CMT.com for second quarter when compared to the same quarter last year.
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WSJ: Gannett to cut hundreds more
Posted on at 12:13 amThe Wall Street Journal reports that Tennessean parent Gannett will lay off at least 1,000 workers in the coming days.
The impending move, which follows several aggressive cost-cutting efforts by Gannett over the past year or so, reflects the gloomy near-term outlook for an advertising recovery. The publisher cut 4,600 jobs last year and followed that by requiring most of its remaining employees to take unpaid leave in the first and second quarters.
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Teddy walks
Posted on June 30, 2009 at 6:19 pmWord that Teddy Bart will chat with Mary Mancini in a few days reminded us to check up on the status of his arrest in March on prostitution charges.
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