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5 posted on 06/28/2009 4:43:09 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)

This article is about ten days old, but is very important. Advertising totes the freight for the big four. Money is definitely pinching.

Which is very, very good news!

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-upfront18-2009jun18,0,7105520.story

Ad rate stalemate freezes usually hot TV network sales time
Advertisers want TV broadcasters, including ABC, CBS and NBC, to cut prices as much as 15% compared with 2008. Disagreement is delaying the start of the so-called upfront market.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upfront

14 posted on 06/28/2009 6:09:51 AM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)

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