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- Valassis v. News America: Whistleblower Emmel's Prior Testimony Allowed In
- The Michigan state judge presiding in the antitrust trial between Valassis and News America Marketing will allow testimony from Robert Emmel, whistleblower formerly employed by News America. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-05-30
- News America's Emmel Testifies on Exclusivity Payments to Eckerd, Ahold, Harris Teeter
- Robert Emmel, a former account director turned whistleblower at News America Marketing, testified that the agency paid Eckerd $4.5 million to secure exclusive rights to place advertising in its stores. The deal prevented rival agency Insignia from placing ads in the drugstore chain. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- News America Marketing Whistleblower: Clients Were Charged for Ads That Never Appeared
- News America Marketing may have charged its clients for ads that never appeared in supermarkets, according to a witness in the recently settled trial in which NAM was sued by rival in-store ad agency Floorgraphics Inc. During the trial, disgruntled former NAM account director Robert Emmel testified...
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- News America Marketing Forces Whistleblower Into Bankruptcy
- Robert Emmel, the former News America Marketing account director who alleged in federal court that his old employer bilked its clients by taking payments for hundreds of ad placements that never occured, has filed for bankruptcy. The filing comes after News America won a summary judgment against...
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- News America Marketing Group Settles With Floorgraphics; Valassis, Insignia Likely Rejoicing
- News America Marketing Group has settled the case against it from Floorgraphics Inc. before FGI finished presenting its case in court. As blogger Daniel Low points out: ... the timing â€" in the midst of trial after compelling testimony from Floorgraphics' first few witnesses -- suggests that it is...
- Blog posts 2009-03-11
- Was N.Y. Post's Carlucci the Reason for News America Marketing's Settlement With Floorgraphics?
- One of the mysteries from the Floorgraphics v. News America Marketing trial is why the case settled after only a couple of days of testimony. One theory is that it had something to do with Paul Carlucci, the current publisher of The New York Post and still chairman and the...
- Blog posts 2009-04-03
- Trial: Did News America Marketing Group Break Into Floorgraphics' Computers?
- The eyes of the direct mail, in-store and coupon marketing world will be focused today on a trial which pits Floorgraphics Inc. a maker of those ads that appear on the floor of supermarkets against Rupert Murdoch's News America Marketing Group. The jury case opens at 10 a.m. in a...
- Blog posts 2009-03-02
- Valassis CEO Got Big Raise Despite Company's Losses
- Valassis CEO Alan Schultz had an awful 2008: Sure, revenues went up 6.2 percent but the company lost $207 million overall, NYSE threatened to delist the company (it's trading just above the penny-stock range), and the high-stakes litigation against rival News America Marketing Group has decimated the company's profits. He...
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- News America Marketing's Alleged Plans to Seize Safeway Account Outlined in Suit
- With News America Marketing's settlement/acquisition of Floorgraphics Inc. behind it, NAM can now turn its attention to all the other lawsuits against it. Specifically, NAM is being sued by Valassis, Theme Promotions, and Insignia Systems. Two of those cases are scheduled to come to trial later this year, possibly as...
- Blog posts 2009-03-31
- News America Marketing Group Wins Summary Judgment Against Whistleblower Robert Emmel
- A federal judge has awarded a summary judgment to News America Marketing Group in its case against a former account director who alerted federal authorities to the company's alleged anticompetitive practices. by Jim Edwards
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- GlobalHue Accused of Overbilling Bermuda Account; Agency Plays Race Card
- Don Coleman's GlobalHue is accused of ripping off the government of Bermuda by overbilling its $13 million tourism advertising contract. In a report by Bermuda auditor general Larry Dennis pictured, GlobalHue is accused of: Overbilling the account by $1.8 million. Prebilling the government in violation of...
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- Valassis, Insignia Stock Jumps on News America Marketing Group Settlement
- Since News America Marketing Group bought Floorgraphics Inc. in what appeared to be a legal settlement of the corporate spying and sabotage litigation between them, the stock of two other direct marketing companies, Valassis and Insignia Systems, has gone through the roof. Valassis, which has a much...
- Blog posts 2009-03-19
- Valassis to Stick With "Majority" of Newspapers; Settles Fraser Billing Dispute
- Brian Costello, general manager of Valassis' RedPlum network, gave a little more detail on on whether Valassis will pull more coupons from newspapers this year in favor of shared mail and online downloads. "It's not the majority" of newspapers, he told the Pontiflex CPL Summit in New...
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Valassis Accused of Using Hidden Identities in Online War With News America Marketing
- Has a Valassis executive been using a "sock puppet" a fake online identity to criticise News America Marketing? That's the claim of Joe the Coupon Guy, a blogger who writes about (you guessed it!) coupons. News America has retained a lawyer to see whether it can sue Valassis over the...
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
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