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Published: February 7, 2012 at 09:30 AM GMT
Last Updated: February 22, 2012 at 09:30 AM GMT
Every week, Jack Myers shares his unique perspective on the state of the media and advertising business in this free video. Jack's full report and economic forecasts are available to subscribers at www.jackmyers.com.
Total marketing and advertising expenditures declined .2 percent in 2011 and are forecast to grow only .7 percent in 2012 according to a new report published this week and available to subscribers at www.jackmyers.com. Watch this week’s Jack Myers Video Media Business Report for insights from our new 2010-2020 forecasts for 57 media and marketing categories. The big winners among legacy media in 2012 will include local broadcast TV station groups like Gannett, Hearst, Belo, ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision and Fox. Cable network programmers like Time Warner, Comcast NBCU, A&E Networks, Discovery and News Corp are projected to generate significant ad revenue growth. Broadcast networks and radio companies will also have a reasonably good year in 2012. Which media and marketing categories will take it on the chin? Full 2010 to 2020 detailed data from the Jack Myers Media Economic Forecast is available to subscribers at www.jackmyers.com.
Subscribers can access the report at www.jackmyers.com. I share exclusive insights from the report in this week’s Video Media Business Report, available above and through Reuters Insider iPad app, which is available at no cost to all Media Business Report subscribers.
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