Alcohol, Sex Ads Get Prime TV Time
The airwaves are getting more grown-up, and it’s not just the shows. The Absolut Vodka commercials that aired in Los Angeles and 14 other cities during Sunday night’s Grammy Awards marked the first time in years that liquor ads ran in prime time on network-owned stations.
The Holt Vision: Get Ready for MySpace Music 3.0…
MySpace Music features virtually every band in existence, yet it also features a cluttered interface, bottom-scraping CPMs, and an uncertain monetization path. Sound like a site worth heading? A number of prominent executives turned the offer down, based on a confusing success path, divisional reporting structure, and other negatives.
Andrew Gold, Jethro Tull, and others on MS-Pro
Andrew Gold, Jethro Tull, and others on MS-Pro
Amanda Ghost Appears as Epic Records President…
The storied Epic Records now has a new president, one with an unusual pedigree. Amanda Ghost has now been slotted into the position, reporting into Rob Stringer, chairman of the Columbia/Epic Label Group. Epic is part of the freshly-consolidated Sony Music Entertainment, the major label formerly known as Sony BMG. Ghost will be based in New York, and follows in [...]