paidContent Quick Hits: 8.03.09

Newsstand

»  The number of single-copy newsstand purchases for magazines was way down for the first half of the year, thanks in part to distribution problems. [MediaWeek]

»  FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz isn’t known as “The Terminator” for nothing. After spearheading a crackdown on spyware, the FTC chief has his eyes on targeted web ads. [BusinessWeek]

»  CBS (NYSE: CBS) has become “extremely flexible” when it comes to selling ad time during the Super Bowl. The network is not only accepting lower offers for ad time but also giving bigger spenders more presence in the broadcast. [AdAge]

»  *Washington Post* reporter Ian Shapira describes his mixed emotions at having one of his stories picked up (and mocked) by Gawker. [Washington Post]

»  New York Daily News owner Mort Zuckerman has sold $50 million worth of stock (or nine percent of his holdings) to buy printing presses for his paper. [WSJ]

»  Less than two weeks after ESPN (NYSE: DIS) banned New York Post reporters from its shows over the publication of some unsavory pictures of reporter Erin Andrews, the sports network has reversed itself and lifted the ban. [MSNBC]

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