Final Oscar TV Ratings Contradict Early Reports » ABC’s Academy Awards ratings did not live up to Monday morning’s projections which were based on metered market data. The network was down, not up, compared with last year. Though the broadcast’s year-on-year decline is unlikely to have either ABC...

Greatest Hits of Product Placement » When the 77th annual Academy Awards were presented Sunday night, there was no category for best product placement in a film. But a monthlong series that begins on Friday on the Turner Classic Movies cable television network suggests there perhaps...

Executives Leave at BBDO New York » The flagship New York office of BBDO Worldwide, part of the Omnicom Group, is accelerating a changing of the guard set in motion with the hiring of David Lubars last June as the chairman and chief creative officer of BBDO...

Banning Moving Advertisements » A Madison alderperson is talking about banning all moving advertisements. A proposal spearheaded by Alderman Steve Holtzman would ban trucks with large billboards like those owned by T.Q. Diamonds. The proposal is designed to combat the traffic congestion created when...