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PORTLAND, Ore. - Two penalty kick goals by former Timbers forward Matt Taylor lifted Hollywood United of the U.S. Adult Soccer Association to a 3-2 win over the Portland Timbers at PGE Park on Tuesday to eliminate the Timbers from the 2008 U.S. Open Cup.
The Timbers maintained a lead for much of the match on goals by forward Chris Brown and midfielder Arsene Oka, and out-shot Hollywood United 18-15. But a missed penalty kick attempt by Timbers forward Takayuki Suzuki proved to be the difference as Hollywood United’s Earl Alexander scored the game-winning goal in second half stoppage time.
Portland continues a busy schedule as it faces the Atlanta Silverbacks in a regular-season match on Thursday at PGE Park and then Italy’s Juventus Primavera comes to the Rose City for an exhibition match on Saturday presented by Peroni Italy.
The Timbers took a 1-0 lead in the 32nd minute on a free kick by Brown. Following a foul on Oka, Brown cracked a low shot from 25 yards out just off the inside of a four-man wall and inside the left post for the one-goal advantage.
Portland out-shot Hollywood United 12-4 in the first half, including a 30 yard curling free kick by midfielder Kiki Lara in the 24th minute that was pulled out of the air by Hollywood United goalkeeper Javier Barragan. Earlier in the half, Brown and forward Chris Bagley teamed up for a dangerous chance from 15 yards out, but a reaction save by Barragan kept the Timbers off the board.
Just before halftime, Portland defender Tim Karalexis was called for a foul inside the penalty area awarding Hollywood United a penalty kick opportunity. Taylor slotted home the attempt past a diving effort from Timbers goalkeeper Jordan James to tie the match at 1-1.
The Timbers escaped a chance by Hollywood United set up by Taylor in the 19th minute. He brought down the ball left side of the field and dished the ball off to Hollywood United captain Derk Droze for a shot near the penalty spot. He double clutched on his shot allowing James to make one of his four saves on the night knocking the ball wide and out of play.

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Pro: Excellent install process. Took 10 mins to span 200ft of fiber line. Installed the ONT and all other boxes in the basement. Very clean wiring by the tech. Internet router was installed in the basement and later hooked up to my Time Capsule. Speed is breathtaking. Got the 20/5 package, and speakeasy confirms it. So far (2 weeks), no issues at all with the internet.
Con: TV. Simple as that. DirecTV spoiled me with a ton of HD programming. Going back to some 20 channels is not cool. (they don’t even provide basics such as CNNHD, USAHD, or ESPNNEWSHD.) Furthermore, the equipment provided by Motorola is sub-par, at best. 1 HDDVR and 1 regular HD box. The regular HD box freezes up like it’s nobody’s business. It’s connected to an Onkyo 7.1 receiver along with a PS3 and outputs to a 52″ Sharp Aquos (all HDMI). The box freezes up, literally, every time. Called Verizon, said it’s my HDMI cable…so I got all Monster M-1000 HDMI cables ($400). Still nothing.
Bottom Line: Internet is worth every penny.TV has it’s hang ups, especially equipment-wise. Rumors are circulating that they’ll add around 100 HD programs by the end of the year, but I’ll believe it when I see it. On demand HD is definitely cool. The HDDVR does not have the option to expand its HDD via an external, but as of yet that is not an issue.

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“Free the Children” founders Marc and Craig Kielburger are taking their humanitarian mission to the mainstream with back-to-back-to-back TV appearances on “Oprah,” “Degrassi: The Next Generation” and “eTalk.”
Even though Craig Kielburger, 25, is a veteran public speaker, he admits to being jittery ahead of “Oprah.”.
“I was extremely nervous while I was sitting in the audience,” Kielburger says in an interview with CTV.ca. “But it’s an amazing opportunity to get our message out to millions and millions of people around the world.”
“Free The Children” helps establish innovative education and development programs in more than 45 countries. Kielburger founded “Free the Children” in 1995 at the age of 12.
Kielburger’s appearance on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” will air on Monday, May 26, and will officially launch the “O Ambassadors” project, a partnership between “Free the Children” and “Oprah’s Angel Network.”
Oprah’s giving a boost to “Free the Children” by launching “O Ambassador” clubs in schools from coast to coast.
The clubs will take part in fundraising and awareness events, and “galvanize an entire generation across North America,” says Kielburger.
According to the Thornhill, Ontario native, the difference between this project and other humanitarian groups is simple: “Most organizations just ask for money, but we’re asking people to get engaged and involve their daily lives.”
Some “O Ambassador” projects include:
Building a package of school supplies for a classroom in need
Planting a tree on school grounds
Creating “AIDS Awareness” posters
Collecting old blankets and sleeping bags for local homeless shelters
Joining Kielburger and his brother on the show are 12 student representatives from across North America who have recently joined the program.
Kielburger hopes that youths tuning into the program will be encouraged by seeing kids their own age involved with humanitarian projects.
“With Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan on nearly every screen, it’s a nice change to instead see Canadian students doing something positive in their community and giving back,” says Kielburger. “We see too few human rights activists.”

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JAMIE OLIVER brought his food revolution to the Hay Festival yesterday.
The popular TV chef was greeted with a huge round of applause as he entered the Barclays Wealth Auditorium on the second day of the literary event.
Speaking to Rosie Boycott, Jamie told his large group of fans that he was still committed to improving the diets of children in Britain.
“Sixty per cent of packed lunches are worse than school dinners,” he said, adding he had come across numerous examples of five- year-olds with Red Bull and cold McDonald’s for lunch.
He also told of his frustration with the political system. “I’ve been through three education secretaries and two prime ministers. They won’t commit to a 10-year plan.”
His Fowl Dinners programme on Channel Four, which showed the reality of intensive chicken farming, has seen the sale of free range produce go up by 800%. But he insisted he was not trying to persuade the British people either way.
“I had absolute faith in the British public to make good decisions,” he said. “But we shouldn’t try and be perfect. You do your best.”
He also talked about why he wants to bring the joy of cooking back into people’s busy lives.
“Food is life, food is a great leveller. I do think food is so important. Cooking is very simple and very quick. It’s very cheap if you can cook. If you can’t, it’s a very scary place.”
The father of two, who shot to stardom with his Naked Chef series, talked about his latest project, where he was trying to teach a group of families the basics of cooking.
“On £60 a week, you can eat good dinners, lunches and a roast dinner with a free range bird. We sat around the table and we talked about life. It was like being in rehab.”

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Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Medical College of Wisconsin analyzed one month’s worth of late-evening TV newscasts from 122 stations in the nation’s top 50 television markets.
Of the 2,795 newscasts, 1,748 included coverage of incidents such as crashes, fires, falls, drownings, accidental poisonings and recreational and sporting mishaps. Most of the stories (84 percent) involved crashes or fires.
Only 245 of the stories featured an interview with a police officer, fire official or other public services professional. These stories were much more likely to include prevention and risk-reduction information — 2.5 times more likely for crash stories and more than 2.75 times more likely for fire stories — than stories that didn’t have these kinds of interviews.
“In the end, if police and firefighters appeared on camera, it meant more prevention messages for the public,” study author Dr. James Pribble, an emergency medicine physician at the U-M Health System, said in a prepared statement.
“This suggests that we have a very powerful opportunity to train these public service professionals to be ready to give interviews on the spot, often on the scene, to give the public prevention tips and information about current public policy issues in injury prevention and safety,” Pribble said.
The study was published in the May issue of theAmerican Journal of Preventive Medicine.

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announced today that its television stations held major giving campaigns in 2007 in their local communities that helped raise more than $25 million in cash donations, collect 457,000 toys for needy children, and gather 3.5 million pounds of food. Many of the campaigns were supported by televised and online promotional air time provided by Belo owned stations valued at more than $18 million.
"People gave generously last year to help those in our local communities," said Dunia Shive, Belo’s president and Chief Executive Officer. "Our television stations are proud to assist so many individuals and families through these campaigns. These efforts reflect Belo’s commitment to addressing critical community needs through worthwhile charitable causes, while also providing quality journalism to the communities we serve."
A summary of the many fundraising campaigns, by market, follows below: Belo Television Station 2007 Community Impact Campaigns WFAA-TV:WFAA collected 75,000 toys, valued at more thanDallas/Fort Worth$750,000 as part of its 38th annual Santa’s Helpers Toy Drive. The toys were distributed to more than 50,000 children in the North Texas area. As part of the campaign, more than $104,000 was raised through cash and online donations to purchase additional toys. WFAA annually sponsors approximately 75 nonprofit organizations in the Dallas/Fort Worth area by producing and airing PSA’s to promote their community events. The station aired more than 12,000 PSA’s for a total of more than $6 million in donated air time. KHOU-TV:KHOU is involved in two programs that help fill theHouston pantries of Houston area food banks. In 2007, the 20th Annual Spirit of Texas Food Drive collected a total of 305,671 pounds of food and $340,057 in monetary donations. KHOU also held the 1st Annual Souper Bowl of Caring Food Drive, which collected 1.6 million pounds of food. In addition, the station held the Spirit of Texas Blood Drive, which generated 1,873 pints of blood. During the holidays, KHOU organized the Spirit of Texas Toy Drive and collected 37,000 toys and more than $365,000 for the Salvation Army. KING-TV, KONG-TV,KING held the "Home Team Harvest" Food DriveNorthWest Cable News: supporting the Northwest Harvest Food Bank andSeattle/Tacomacollected 189,249 pounds of food and $150,000. The station also held an on-air campaign called Northwest Response to help victims of natural disasters such as the California wildfires and the Washington state flooding, collecting more than $555,000. During the holidays the Regence Toy Drive collected more than 5,000 toys and $1,000 in cash to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs in the area. KTVK, KASW-TV:KTVK collected more than 90,000 bottles of water,Phoenix 250,000 hats and $50,000 for the Salvation Army’s Project Hope program, which provides for the Valley’s homeless during the summer months. The station raised $1.5 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Arizona during the MDA Telethon. KTVK joined The Salvation Army in a one-day turkey drive, collecting 1,200 turkeys and raising $61,500 for area families. As part of its Annual Christmas Angel program, the stations collected clothes and 163,300 toys for 54,000 children. In partnership with a statewide grocer, they held the Arizona’s Family Food Drive collecting $130,000 for local food banks. KMOV-TV:The Variety Club Telethon produced by KMOV raisedSt. Louis more than $3 million for the St. Louis Variety Club, which benefits disabled and disadvantaged children. KMOV also participated in Home for Hope where KMOV provided the equivalent of $30,000 of in-kind support to build a home for a local family through Habitat for Humanity. More than $150,000 was raised for Forest Park Forever, a St. Louis charity whose mission is to restore the beauty of the 132-year-old Forest Park. Sponsored by KMOV, the March of Dimes golf tournament raised $10,000 and the Thanksgiving Day Parade raised $5,000 for St. Louis Crisis Nursery and Gateway Homeless Services. Additionally, KMOV’s Kids Caring 4 Kids, a toy and food drive, collected 20,000 toys, 55,000 food items and $7,800 in cash donations. KGW-TV: The Fourth Annual KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8 GreatPortlandFood Drive generated more than one million pounds of food for 894 hunger-relief agencies across Oregon and Southwest Washington. KGW supported the Portland Race for the Cure event, one of the largest in the country, by airing more than 300 PSA’s. More than 60,000 people participated in the event, raising $2 million for the Oregon and Southwest Washington Komen Foundation affiliate. WCNC-TV:WCNC held the Loaves & Fishes Food Drive andCharlotte collected 84 tons of food, which benefited the non-profit organization that provides groceries to families in crisis. The WCNC Blood Drive collected 351 units of blood for the American Red Cross. The station also collected 2,200 school supplies for children in the area through Pack the Truck, which benefits A Child’s Place. Also, the WCNC Magical Toy Drive, which benefits The Salvation Army collected 6,200 toys for children. KENS-TV:KENS collected 481 units of blood through the KENSSan AntonioBlood Drive that is held each January. KENS sponsored the Diabetes Expo and donated $78,500 of air time and collected $281,000 for research. KENS also helped raise $65,000 for college scholarships by sponsoring the Poteet Strawberry Festival. KENS sponsors the March of Dimes Walk America and helped raise $750,000 for the March of Dimes services and research. For the San Antonio Sports Foundation, KENS sponsored and promoted the Duck N’Dodgeball Tournament and the Valero Go Kids Challenge. Combined air time value was $149,000 and 52,500 children participated. The station also helped raise more than $50,000 for the Kids Sports Network at the Annual Bruce Bowen Golf Tournament. KENS contributed more than $68,000 in air time, and also provided an unusual auction item of Weatherman for the Day at the Cattle Baron’s Gala, which raised $393,000 for the American Cancer Society. WVEC-TV:WVEC joined the Urban League of Hampton Roads toHampton/Norfolk sponsor Oscar Night Virginia, which raised more than $50,000. WVEC also sponsored Taste of Hampton Roads, an event that raised more than $130,000 for the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia. WVEC teamed up with Farm Fresh Grocery Stores for a special campaign that raised $700,000 for cancer treatment programs at the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters. More than $100,000 was raised during the Tool Box Bash, an event to raise funds for the South Hampton Roads Habitat for Humanity. WVEC joined Golden Corral restaurants for a special event to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, which raised more than $43,000. Tastefully Yours, the Peninsula Foodbank’s fundraising event, brought in more than $90,000. WVEC promoted the event on news broadcasts and with public affairs interviews. WVEC joined six other organizations for the Write Stuff school supply collection drive. More than $88,400 worth of school supplies was donated serving nearly 3,000 children. The station also sponsored two walks in 2007 benefiting the Alzheimer’s Association in Hampton Roads, raising more than $150,000 combined. WVEC also sponsored Fantasy Shopping Night at the MacArthur Center Mall to benefit the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, which raised more than $20,000. Again, partnering with Golden Corral restaurants for Military Appreciation Night, WVEC raised more than $73,000 for the Disabled American Veterans and served 11,500 complimentary meals to retired and active duty military. WVEC and the American Red Cross sponsored the Jingle Bell Blood Drive, which collected 720 pints of blood. This year the Angel Tree helped close to 19,300 children in Hampton Roads with gifts valuing $480,700. WWL-TV: WWL’s Eye on Crime Prevention campaign included airNew Orleanstime value of $275,000. The station made great strides with its partnership with United Way and aired a half-hour show and a number of PSA’s which is valued at $110,000. A+ Athletes is an ongoing program that awards students who are outstanding in their high school sports and academic efforts. WWL holds a banquet for the students and features each of them in their own 60 second commercial. The air time schedule for all the spots is worth $120,000. The Hurricane Katrina Special was a four-hour remembrance of the storm. Along with this event, PSA’s focused specifically on dealing with the effects of the storm including spots that raised money to repair local landmarks and fought hunger and homelessness worth more than $50,000 in air time. In its 20th year, WWL continued its commitment to the New Orleans City Park Celebration in the Oaks fundraiser by airing event information and PSA’s requesting donations. Backed by air time worth $225,000, the annual event broke records by attracting 70,000 visitors and bringing in $300,000 in cash. A new campaign, entitled The Spirit of Giving, was a partnership with the Volunteers of America. The program raised donations to support people with disabilities as well as families in crisis. An air time schedule worth $15,000 helped bring in more than $60,000 in donations, the organization’s best fundraiser to date. WHAS-TV:WHAS Crusade for Children raised nearly $5.5Louisville million throughout the entire year to support 201 grants to 164 agencies serving thousands of children with special needs in Kentucky and Indiana. WHAS also raised $570,000 to fight breast cancer by sponsoring the Louisville Affiliate of Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. KVUE-TV:KVUE celebrated breast cancer survivors in theAustin largest 5K race in Austin and 22,000 participants came together and raised more than $1.5 million for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. KVUE made low-cost mammograms available to women who might not otherwise be served. In the heat of the summer, Austin’s Humane Society faced an unexpected air conditioning issue. KVUE asked viewers to help and in total more than $200,000 was raised to buy the animals a new air conditioner. KVUE’s Habitat for Humanity built a house for a family for the holidays and saluted 10 outstanding volunteers who work daily to make our community a better place to be. KVUE’s efforts for children included collecting school supplies for nearly 40,000 children, 30,000 warm winter coats and raised $1 million for March of Dimes WalkAmerica. Throughout the year KVUE supported family events, the ballet and museum art collections that enrich all our lives, in total raising more than $3 million for the community. KMSB-TV, KTTU-TV:KMSB and KTTU were the exclusive TV sponsors of theTucson, AZ NAMI Walk for Mental Illness. More than $50,000 was raised to support education, outreach and prevention programs. Ducky Derby raised nearly $50,000 for Arizona Lung Association programs and services in Tucson. KMSB was the exclusive TV sponsor of the Fantasy Home Tour, which raised $2,500 for Casa de los Ninos crisis nursery programs. The stations sponsored the Tucson Kiwanis Club Reading Seed car show, which raised $50,000 to enable the continuation of this volunteer reading/education program. KMSB and KTTU were the exclusive TV sponsors of the Tucson Police Foundation’s Cops & Rodders car show. The stations also were the TV sponsors of the Tucson Firefighter’s Chili Cookoff, on behalf of the Tucson Firefighters’ Association’s Adopt a Family program where more than $50,000 was raised for food, clothes, toys and assistance for more than 1,000 families. KMSB-KTTU participated in the NAB’s Project Roadblock campaign resulting in no local DUI-related fatalities between Christmas and New Year’s Day in Southern Arizona. KTVB:KTVB kicked off 2007 with an online and TV charityBoiseauction that raised $250,000 for Special Olympics Idaho and the Boys & Girls Club of Nampa. In partnership with Neighborhood Housing Services nearly 100 homes were painted and repaired for low income senior citizens and the disabled. Through KTVB’s 7-7-7 Celebration and the Polar Bear Challenge, more than $85,000 was raised for the local Make-a-Wish Foundation granting 14 wishes for terminally ill Idaho children. Also KTVB helped raise $68,000 for the Learning Lab to combat adult illiteracy, $150,000 for the Idaho Food Bank and $18,000 for Boys & Girls Clubs of Ada County. In partnership with the Operation Wish Book campaign more than 24,000 books were collected and distributed to low-income children. KTVB’s Christmas Campaign entitled "Season of Hope," in partnership with Regence Blue Shield, collected more than 100,000 pounds of food for the Salvation Army Food Pantry, 80,000 toys for Toys 4 Tots, and created awareness of the Project Share program, which provides winter heating assistance for Idaho’s low income families. About Belo Corp.

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The Iranian New Year, Nowruz, which coincides with the astronomical Vernal Equinox Day or the first day of spring, falls on March 21.
While the term Nowruz first appeared in Persian records in the second century CE, there is evidence suggesting that the celebrations may be much older.
Tradition takes Nowruz as far back as the time of King Jamshid when the life of Indo-Iranian settlers depended on farming and spring, when nature awakened once again and flowers bloomed.
Legend has it that after defeating the demons (daevas), King Jamshid had them lift his throne into the sky. His subjects who were in awe of his might showered him with gifts and the auspicious day was named Nowruz and recognized as the first day of the year.
In Zoroastrian cosmology, after Ahura Mazda created the Universe he assigned six holy immortals (Amesha Spenta) as protectors of the world:
Khashtra (Sharivar), the protector of the sky; Asha-Vahishta (Ordibehesht) the protector of fire; Vahu Manah (Bahman) the protector of animals, Haurvatat (Khordad) the protector of water, Spenta Armaiti (Esphand) the protector of earth and Ameratat (Amurdad or Mordad) the protector of vegetation.
Ahura Mazda himself became the protector of humans and the Holy Fire.
The architect of this cosmology, Zoroaster, introduced many feasts, festivals and rituals to honor the seven creations, the holy immortals and Ahura Mazda.
Nowruz, the most elaborate one, was to celebrate Ahura Mazda and the Holy Fire at the spring equinox.
The Nowruz festival as celebrated today dates back to the Sassanid era.
Sassanid celebrations began ten days prior to the New Year when it was believed that the guardian angels (Farvahars) and the spirits of the departed came down to visit humans on earth.
To welcome these spirits from the netherworld, a major spring-cleaning along with feasts and celebrations were carried out. At night, bonfires were lit on rooftops to inform the spirits and angels that humans were ready to receive them. This festival was called Suri.

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Despite fears of a recession and a crippling writers’ strike that has left television broadcasters bleeding viewers, ad buyers and network executives say the annual ad-buying ritual known as the “upfront” is likely to be stronger this year than last.
The upfront is a vital event for broadcasters — they sell about three-quarters of their yearly ad inventory during those negotiations, which take place in the spring and summer. Ad-sales executives across the TV industry are already having preliminary meetings with media buyers, and several say they don’t see signs of a pullback.
“We don’t really see a market slowdown in spending at this time,” says Mike Shaw, president of sales and marketing at Walt Disney’s ABC Television Network. “We have marketers coming to us and talking about early deals.”
One factor: Some marketers in recent years have held back during the upfront, only to be forced to pay more in the so-called scatter market, which is reserved for ad purchases bought closer to the air date. With some scatter prices currently more than 40% above last year’s upfront rates, a handful of major media buyers say they expect their clients to shift money into the upfront this year.
A stronger upfront, however, doesn’t necessarily signal that advertisers will spend more over the course of 2008 than they did in 2007, say media buyers. Any advertisers that move more money to the upfront may simply be trying to secure better prices rather than increasing their overall spending. And while marketers’ interest in the Olympics and presidential elections will boost ad-spending figures this year, the outlook is gloomier for the following year, especially if advertisers cut budgets because of a recession.
Cable networks are using the upfront to continue to chip away at broadcasters’ marketplace dominance. Today, Time Warner’s Turner Entertainment Networks, home of cable outlets such as TNT and TBS, is planning to announce it is moving its upfront presentation to the same week in May as the broadcast networks’. While cable networks often have advertiser presentations in the early spring, buyers traditionally make their broadcast buys before locking in their cable commitments over the summer.
“It’s having the same opportunity when money is out there,” says David Levy, president of Turner Broadcasting Sales and Turner Sports. “We’re not saying don’t buy broadcast, but we’re saying an over-reliance on broadcast is a problem in this marketplace.” Others are making a stronger play, too: General Electric’s NBC Universal says its cable networks, such as USA and Sci Fi, are beginning their client meetings earlier than usual.
Cable networks could also benefit if broadcast ad rates rise because of a scarcity of broadcast-advertising inventory. Advertisers come into the upfront with a certain number of eyeballs they must buy. As ratings fall, advertisers have to buy more time to get the same number of eyeballs they got the year before. That could lead to a decrease in ad inventory, and higher rates if demand stays strong. The writers’ strike has exacerbated the problem, as broadcasters are still without some of their hit scripted shows. Even with a record Super Bowl viewership, broadcasters’ combined household ratings were down more than 15% for the four weeks ended Feb. 24, compared with the year-earlier period, according to Nielsen Media Research.
“A couple more years of bad broadcast ratings and cable holding share — and there will be some cable networks that will be at parity with the worst broadcast networks,” says Michael Nathanson, a senior analyst at Sanford Bernstein.
Until recently, the overall upfront take had been dropping slightly, as advertisers shifted money out of TV into Internet ads and delayed their TV-ad purchases until later in the year. But last year some advertisers decided to move money from the scatter market back into the upfront, helping the overall prime-time market take in about $9.2 billion in committed ad dollars, up from about $9 billion the previous year.
Advertisers and networks will be inking deals at a time when the dominance of television advertising is being increasingly questioned. Last month, the Association of National Advertisers, a trade group, released a study saying that a majority of marketers believe TV advertising has become less effective than it was just a few years ago.
But a recession or any other kind of economic slowdown would likely have the biggest effect on overall TV ad buying, say media buyers. Cutting “advertising is one of the things one can do in a challenging economy to cut your costs,” says David Verklin, chief executive officer of Aegis Group’s Aegis Media Americas.
Still, some TV ad-sales executives say that there is likely to be a lag before any recession would begin to take its toll on advertising budgets.
Write to Sam Schechner at sam.schechner@wsj.com and Stephanie Kang at stephanie.kang@wsj.com

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A gallon of gas costs a quarter, and a stalk of steel rising from a local cornfield causes motorists to pull over and stare. It is 1953 and the areas first television station is getting ready to sign on.

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