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13 Oct 2008

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Volume 21 - Issue No: 74

Media, Advertising & Marketing Watch

Media stocks take a pounding as Sensex plunges
Media stocks across the board take a severe beating on Friday as Sensex sheds 800.51 points.

IPL: Sri Lanka Cricket to meet BCCI on 18 October
Sri Lanka Cricket to send 5-member team; meeting with BCCI on 18 October to finalise the IPL deal.

WWIL to invest in acquisition, loan repayment
Out of Rs 4.5 bn rights issue, WWIL to use Rs 2 bn for loan repayment and Rs 346 mn for buying MSOs.

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Today's Newsbreakers.......India

	Priyanka to add style quotient to Nokia phones
	Linc Pen set to rope in Shah Rukh
	Foreign vs Desi: Publishing cos fight to tap booming market
	Chihuahua fetches $17.5 mn, remains top movie dog
	Hero Honda to roll out 7 new bikes
	Sony unveils world's thinnest TV
	Tatas to turn up heat on Bajaj with Ace variant
	ET summit to explore future of mobile marketing
	Source: Economic Times

	Foreign magazines make a beeline for India
	Tatas hire Aditya Birla Retail's marketing head
	Source: Business Standard

	Zee launches Tamil channel
	Reality bites Big Boss contestants
	SLC ordered to release IPL-contracted players
	No crackle in Diwali sales this year, say retailers
	Source: DNA

	Reliance Footprint opens first store in Thane
	Source: The Hindu



	Ask Mint \| Catchwords for the campaign
	Homing In \| Making a pitch on cellphone
	Source: Livemint

	Zee expands network in South with Zee Tamizh
	New gadgets to offer more freedom to TV viewers
	Naukri eyes educational fairs
	Dhatri launches toothpaste
	Source: Hindu Business Line

	Big TV ties up with Thomson to increase channel capacity
	Zee launches Tamil channel
	Source: Financial Express

	Ad war adds punch to euthanasia vote
	Source: Times of India

International News

	4 Pursue Outback Creative
	Obama Buys Half-Hour of Network Prime-Time TV
	YouTube, CBS Partner on Long Form
	TBWA, Beattie Shop End Talks
	Choose the Industry's Most Influential Execs
	Edward Jones Mulls Trio
	Wunderman Names S.F. President
	Source: Ad Week

	Watchdog seeks probe of 2 political groups' TV ads
	Source: AP

	ITV signs Sony for exclusive England sponsorship
	Source: Brand Republic

	WebMD Reports Strong Online Advertising Sales Growth
	Source: MarketWatch

	World's largest ad broker targets Web games
	Source: Register

	Airline: Sexy ads 'reflect reality'
	Source: United Press International

	US newspapers see growth in online advertising slow to a crawl
	Source: IHT

	MySpace sells small businesses on self-service ads
	Source: Guardian

	Health minister calls for curb on junk food advertising
	Source: Inside Retailing, Australia

	Oscar invites film ads to its party
	Source: Variety

	Malaysian Palm Oil Council accused of misleading advertising in UK
	Source: Cnet Asia

	Viacom, CBS warn ad market sinking results
	Source: Reuters

	Sensis Yellow plans to put ads on the GPS map
	Source: The Australian

	Creepy new TV ad in South Australia targets low-level speeding
	Source: www.news.com.au

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