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  • This is what happened if you bought the wrong coffee

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    Did the ad copy REALLY say that?

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    Yeah, right, just how stupid do the advertisers think we are?

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    They actually published this?

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    What every young American child should have!

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    So we finally discovered what women REALLY want

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    Kentucky, eh?

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    The latest discovery in baby drink

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    In minutes? Not seconds?

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    They really published this?

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    A pedophile ad for DC-8s!

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    The closed eyes are perfect, how else to apply lipstick. Suggestive? No ......

Oct 072011
 

 

Top Ten Advertising Categories: January-September 20101

                 
        Jan – Sep 2010   Jan – Sep 2009    
Rank   Category   ($Millions)   ($Millions)   % Change
1   Automotive   $ 9,151.5     $ 7,399.8     23.7 %
   
  • (Manufacturers)
    ($5,761.2 )     ($4,691.8 )   22.8 %
   
  • (Dealers)
    ($3,390.3 )     ($2,708.0 )   25.2 %
2   Telecom   $ 6,369.4     $ 6,083.1     4.7 %
3   Local Services   $ 5,932.8     $ 5,577.3     6.4 %
4   Financial Services   $ 5,604.6     $ 5,122.3     9.4 %
5   Miscellaneous Retail2   $ 5,108.8     $ 4,639.5     10.1 %
6   Food & Candy   $ 4,961.7     $ 4,516.5     9.9 %
7   Direct Response   $ 4,549.9     $ 4,852.2     -6.2 %
8   Personal Care Products   $ 4,446.7     $ 4,050.2     9.8 %
9   Restaurants   $ 4,267.4     $ 4,190.4     1.8 %
10   Pharmaceutical   $ 3,160.9     $ 3,455.5     -8.5 %
    TOTAL3   $ 53,553.6     $ 49,886.8     7.4 %

Source: Kantar Media

Oct 072011
 

 

Top Ten Advertisers: January-September 20101

                 
        Jan – Sep 2010   Jan – Sep 2009    
Rank   Company   ($Millions)   ($Millions)   % Change
1   Procter & Gamble Co   $2,252.7   $1,897.1   18.7%
2   AT&T Inc   $1,510.7   $1,305.4   15.7%
3   General Motors Corp   $1,480.5   $1,227.4   20.6%
4   Verizon Communications Inc   $1,406.8   $1,618.9   -13.1%
5   News Corp   $984.8   $911.5   8.0%
6   Johnson & Johnson   $950.4   $1,024.9   -7.3%
7   Pfizer Inc   $895.7   $893.5   0.2%
8   Time Warner Inc   $863.3   $872.3   -1.0%
9   General Electric Co   $793.2   $752.6   5.4%
10   Walt Disney Co   $776.9   $746.9   4.0%
    TOTAL2   $11,914.7   $11,250.6   5.9%

Source: Kantar Media

 

 

Percent Change in Measured Ad Spending1

 
MEDIA SECTOR

 

  • Media Type

(Sectors and types listed in rank order of spending)

 

Jan-Sep
2010 vs. 2009

 

TELEVISION MEDIA   10.5%
– Network TV   6.1%
– Cable TV2   9.0%
– Spot TV3   27.8%
– Spanish Language TV4   11.9%
– Syndication – National   -8.3%
MAGAZINE MEDIA5   2.6%
– Consumer Magazines   2.8%
– B-to-B Magazines   -2.6%
– Sunday Magazines   8.1%
– Local Magazines   -1.8%
– Spanish Language Magazines   5.2%
NEWSPAPER MEDIA6   -2.9%
– Local Newspapers   -4.4%
– National Newspapers   6.8%
– Spanish Language Newspapers   2.0%
INTERNET (display ads only) 7   7.7%
RADIO MEDIA   6.2%
– Local Radio   3.8%
– National Spot Radio   15.9%

– Network Radio

  1.7%
OUTDOOR   7.3%
FSIs8   6.7%
TOTAL   6.4%

Source: Kantar Media

 

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