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Top News: MS Backs Nook | The Anti-Groupon | WPP Lifts Forecast | Social Cola Wars | Hulu Less Free

Ad Technology: Meet the anti-Groupon Agencies: WPP Lifts Forecast Campaigns of Note: Flexjet   [...]

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One-Fifth of US Households Use Only Wireless Phones

More than one of every five US homes (22.7%) had no landline and only wireless phone service during the first half of 2009, an increase of 2.5 percentage points since the second half of 2008, according to preliminary results from the January - June 2009 National Health Interview Survey by the US Centers for Disease Control (  [...]

Gay Travel Market Reflects Recession Resilience

Despite the economic downturn, gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) consumers in the US are likely to spend more on travel this summer than heterosexuals -- and are less likely to cut back on meals and lodging while they are traveling, according to (pdf) a national survey from Witeck Combs Communications and Harris Interactive.   [...]

Hispanics 211% More Likely to Download Digital Content

Though their use of broadband is slightly lower, online Hispanics in the US are 211% more likely to download digital content than the average US adult internet user. They are also significantly heavier users of cell-phone features, according to (pdf) a study by Scarborough Research (  [...]

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US Hispanics Prefer English Media, Switch Easily between Languages

More than half of US Hispanics say they are most comfortable speaking Spanish, but a larger percentage prefer English-language broadcast, print and internet media and can switch easily between languages to get needed information, according to an Ipsos Omnibus study. Some 52% of US Hispanics report speaking primarily Spanish at home, while 43% say they speak mostly English  [...]

DMA: Most Marketers in Hispanic Market Use Direct Mail

A report from the Direct Marketing Association, in conjunction with PSA and Zubi Advertising, shows 92% of marketers and agencies in the Hispanic market use non-catalog direct mail; over half (52.1%) use telephone marketing. 77% of active Hispanic direct marketers specifically tailor their non-catalog direct mail messages for the Hispanic audience, while 75% of Hispanic marketers collect consumer data about language preference and proficiency, and age and gender, according to   [...]

Half of Adults -- and Almost All Teens -- Play Video Games

Nearly all American teens (97%), and over half (53%) of adults over 18, say they play video games. About one in five adults (21%) plays video games every day or almost every day, adds research from the Pew Internet Project, MarketingCharts writes. Pew's Annual Gadgets Survey found that, independ  [...]

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Economy Delays Home Buys for 27% of Homeowners

More than one-quarter (27%) of American homeowners say that the current economic environment is causing them to put their plans to buy a new or existing home on hold, according to (pdf) a new Ipsos Public Affairs poll conducted on behalf of Realogy,   [...]

Multicultural Marketing Grows, but Frustrations Mount

Multicultural marketing (MCM) continues to grow as a strategic platform for driving brand and business performance, but marketers feel stymied by a lack of funding, lukewarm executive support and inadequate metrics, according to a survey from the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) and research firm 'mktg,'   [...]

Network Radio Attracts Educated Audience, Majority Listen ‘On the Go’

Network radio in the US attracts a highly educated and affluent audience, as well as a large percentage of Black Americans, working women, Hispanic teens and metropolitan listeners, according to the 2008 Network Radio Today (pdf) report from Arbitron, MarketingCharts   [...]

Ad Spend Down - Cable, Syndicated TV Gain; Newspapers, B2B Mags Lose

Advertising spending in the first half of 2008 declined slightly (-1.4 percent) compared with the first half of 2007, despite healthy advertising growth for several media and among some top advertisers, according to preliminary figures from Nielsen Monitor-Plus,   [...]

Affluent African Americans Wield $29.8B in Spending Power

The purchasing power of Affluent African Americans in the US - those with minimum individual annual incomes of $75K - is estimated at $29.8 billion, according to a study by Uptown Magazine and Diversity Affluence - writes MarketingCharts. The study, which examined behaviors  [...]

More Americans Search Health Info Online

56 percent of American adults -- over 122 million people -- sought information about a personal health concern from a source besides their doctor, up from 38 percent, or 72 million people, in 2001, according to a Center for Studying Health System Change (HSC) study, MarketingCharts   [...]

Online Job Searches More likely to Be Young, Educated, African-American

Online job searchers - those who have conducted a job search online in the past month - are 62 percent more likely than the total adult population to be 18-34 years old, 23 percent more likely to have at some college education, and 47 percent more likely to be African-American, according to (pdf) Scarborough Research (  [...]

iPhone 3G Buzzing - Nielsen Online, Hitwise Issue Stats

With Apple's iPhone 3G scheduled to go on sale today, Nielsen Online and Hitwise provide a host of iPhone-related statistics. Judging by search terms used, consumers are interested in more than just price -- such as the 3G network, release date, applications and plans, Hitwise said (  [...]

55% of US Adults Have Home Broadband, 10% Use Dialup

55 percent of adult Americans have a high-speed internet connection at home, up from 47 percent in early 2007 and 42 percent in early 2005. Among those that use the 'net at home, 79 percent have a high-speed connection and 15 percent use dialup, according to a new survey by the Pew Internet & American   [...]

Time Spent on Social Networks Up, but Traffic Slumps a Bit

Though time spent on social networking sites is up 71 percent from last year, market share of US visits to a custom category of 58 leading social networking websites decreased 1 percent in May from April, and was down 6 percent from May '07, according to Hitwise (via MarketingCharts). What hasn't changed is that   [...]

Real Content Assists Alloy with Mobile Marketing

Alloy Access is partnering with Real Content Group for a number of Alloy's mobile marketing initiatives, reports MediaPost. The partnership will result in a series of new marketing formats -- including content integration, branded text and content sponsorship -- for Alloy's mobile properties. Some will be specifically targeted to Hispanic and African-American users, wh  [...]

AHAA Forms PPM Advisory Board

The Association of Hispanic Advertising Agencies (AHAA) has created an advisory council to explore issues and opportunities surrounding Arbitron's Portable People Meter (PPM), reports MediaBuyerPlanner. Univision, Entravision, Spanish Broadcasting System, Arbitron, ABC Radio Networks, and several agencies make up the council. Council members were named this week at the Radio Ink Hispanic Radio Confere  [...]