Although total US ad expenditures fell 0.3% during the 1st half of ’07, cable delivered a 2.8% increase to $8.38bln and was the only TV medium to achieve growth, according to TNS Media. Internet ad spends experienced the greatest growth of all media (18% to $5.52bln), while the magazine segment (+4.6% to $14.55bln) was the top performer, led by Spanish-language mags (+13.1% to $102mln). AT&T ($1.1bln), Verizon ($1.04bln), Time Warner ($793mln) and Disney ($664mln) were among the top 10 advertisers.

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Title II Returns: Same Show, Different Cast

The slow march to the FCC’s Title II vote came to an end Thursday as commissioners voted 3-2 to reclassify broadband as a common carrier service with no real surprises along the way.

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