WPP buys $1 bln in upfront ads from NBC Universal
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WPP Group Plc&#39;s GroupM media-buying  agencies have agreed to buy nearly $1 billion in advertising  across NBC Universal&#39;s television and digital properties, an  agency spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Media conglomerate NBC Universal aims   to more than double revenue from its digital businesses to   about $1 billion by 2009 from an estimated $400 million this   year, a source familiar with its plans said on Monday.
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LONDON (CBS.MW) - Advertising spending on the US election this year is expected around $1.5 billion, ahead of WPP Group&#39;s initial projection at around $1 billion, the financial director of the London-based group confirmed Friday.
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The deal with the media agencies owned by the WPP Group is valued at $800 million to $900 million in commercial time.
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NBC Universal, ramping up sales of TV  commercials beyond living rooms, on Wednesday made its first  ever industrywide pitch to top marketers like General Motors  Corp and GlaxoSmithKline Plc on advertising in taxis,  hospitals, stadiums and elsewhere.
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Broadcaster NBC Universal said on Tuesday it would double the size of its cable operations outside the United States with the acquisition of Sparrowhawk Media, the private equity-backed owner of the Hallmark channel.
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Aug. 20 (Bloomberg) -- WPP Group Plc, the world&#39;s second- largest advertising and marketing company, said first-half profit rose 11 percent as demand increased in the US and Asia, and reiterated it&#39;s looking into buying Grey Global Inc.
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NBC Universal said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy Sparrowhawk Media, which owns the international operations of the Hallmark Channel, confirming an earlier Reuters report.
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News Corp., the media company controlled by Rupert Murdoch, agreed to sell eight of its Fox network-affiliated television stations in the United States to Oak Hill Capital Partners for about $1.1 billion in cash.
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Britain's WPP Group Plc has offered to  pay more than $1.25 billion for advertising firm Gray Global  Group, the Wall Street Journal said on Thursday, citing an  unidentified person familiar with the matter.
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Time Warner Inc's AOL said on Tuesday  it has purchased online affiliate marketing network buy.at as  part of a strategy to bolster its Internet advertising  operations.
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WPP Group, the world&#39;s second-largest advertising company, says first-half profits climbed nearly 16 percent as growth in Asia and the United States counterbalanced sluggish European markets.
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WPP's WPP.L $1.31 billion acquisition  of U.S.-based Grey Global takes it to the top of the  advertising sector and puts the spotlight on France's Havas  EURC.PA, which failed in its bid and may now become a  takeover target itself.
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Microsoft and Yahoo agreed to a one-year extension of MSN&#39;s deal to show Overture Services&#39; paid listings on its Web sites.
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Online retailer Amazon.com Inc said on  Tuesday that it will sell NBC Universal television shows on its  Unbox digital video download service.
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WPP Group PLC, the London-based advertising giant, said Monday it was buying U.S.-based Grey Global Group in a &#36;1.52 billion cash and stock deal.
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ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG, Germany's largest commercial television broadcaster, said it bought a 30 percent stake in MyVideo.de, a Web site that allows users to upload their own videos, for an undisclosed sum.