Media

Viacom Outdoor announced it has renewed its contract with the New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority to handle all display advertising on rail cars, in stations and on station platforms in New York City Subways and Staten Island Railway.

Cable and Congress are at it again. During a hearing that was supposed to be about indecency, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin brought up a study which “concludes that purchasing cable programming in a more a la carte manner in fact could be economically feasible and in consumers’ best interest.”

ImpreMedia, LLC announced the acquisition of El Mensajero, the San Francisco Bay Area’s #1 Spanish language newspaper. The acquisition was made with proceeds of an $82.5 million credit facility with Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P.

Clear Channel Radio announced seven finalists for its Request for Proposals to create a state-of-the-art radio ratings system. The company also announced the initial members of an evaluation team, comprising a cross-section of members of the radio industry and advertising community, including media buyers and advertisers.

Telemundo announced the premiere of two new programs sure to revitalize the network’s daily lineup: “Señora León” (Lady León) (1PM/12c), marking the arrival of acclaimed artist Laura León to the Telemundo family, and “12 Corazones” (12 Hearts) (12PM/11c), a program previously broadcasted by local Los Angeles Telemundo station KWHY, which will now air nationally. “Señora León” and “12 Corazones” will make their grand debut on Telemundo on Monday, January 9, 2006.

The 18th Annual “Premio Lo Nuestro a la Musica Latina” (Lo Nuestro Latin Music Awards) nominees were announced during a press conference televised live on the Univision Network morning show “Despierta América.” As in years past, the hottest names in Latin music make up the list of nominees for the longest running and most popular Latin music award program in the U.S. “Premio lo Nuestro” will be broadcast by the Univision Network on Thursday, February 23 from 8-11 pm ET/PT (7-10 pm Central/Mountain) live from Miami’s American Airlines Arena.

Coming off of a SOLD OUT Latin American Tour Ricky Martin will tour throughout the U.S. in January/February and continue to perform at the winter Olympics in Turin, Italy on February 22, before continuing throughout the world in 2006 and 2007.