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Marketing & Media KFSM Leads TV Newscasts

CBS affiliate KFSM-TV, Channel 5 was the ratings winner in the entire 11-county designated market area for all evening newscasts according to by Nielsen Media Research.

Clear Channel Still Top Radio

Clear Channel Communications dominates Northwest Arkansas? top three radio slots but is followed by an independent station, Bella Vista?s KBVA-FM, 106.5 ?Variety.?

D-G, News Daily Numbers Rise

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette had an average Northwest Arkansas daily paid circulation of 37,763 for the 12 months ended March 31.

New Acxiom CEO Seeks to Bring Focus to Firm

New Acxiom CEO John Meyer seems to have set his sights on bringing clarity to the Little Rock company.

Razorback Legend Leaps to Marketing

Former Razorback Mike Conley has made a rapid rise in the sports marketing world with clients like Greg Oden and Darren McFadden while leading the Chicago bid for the 2016 Olympic Summer Games.

Arkansas Newspapers Feel Squeeze

Wehco and Stephens Media Group are still on the lookout for buying opportunities.

Marketers Keep Company Cars Under Wraps for More Message

Many mall businesses choose to turn company cars into traveling billboards.

Simmons Foods Broiler Ops Buyout Complete

Simmons Foods Inc. of Siloam Springs announced July 21 that it completed a buyout of broiler operations from Decatur-based Peterson Farms Inc.

Eureka Springs Revenue Down 7 Percent

Revenue generated by Eureka Springs’ hotels in 2007 slipped from its all-time high in 2006.

Toter Industries Builds Factory in Springdale

Toter Industries is building a 27,000-SF manufacturing facility in Springdale on the northeast corner of Emma Avenue and Huntsville Avenue, said company founder Mike Graham.

40/29 Anchors Change Seats

Donna Bragg, current anchor for the KHBS/KHOG-TV, Channel 40/29 10 p.m. newscast, will be joining Craig Cannon for the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. newscasts starting Sept. 2.

Vendors Raise $20,000 For Walton Scholars

The 12th Vendors FORE Education golf tournament July 18 at Stonebridge Country Club in Fayetteville netted $20,000 to fund scholarships for students at the Walton College of Business Center for Retailing Excellence at the University of Arkansas.

Benchmark Opens LEED-registered Office

Rogers-based architecture firm Benchmark Group recently opened the doors to its new 118,000-SF, LEED-registered headquarters on North Second Street.

Roaming Verizon ‘Test Guy’ Real Deal

Cell phone companies employ test men and women who drive around searching for wireless dead zones. These technicians – driving about 31 million miles annually and making millions of test calls – are constantly monitoring the network.

Apartments Come Around the Mountain Ranch (Real Deals)

SC Bodner Co., through its MBA Construction LLC, of Indianapolis, Ind., purchased five building permits for a total value of $25.85 million for the construction of Mountain Ranch Apartments, a high-end apartment complex at the Mountain Ranch development i

Terminella Determined to Depose MNB’s Rogers

In our June 30 Whispers, we told you about Metropolitan National Bank of Little Rock seeking sanctions against Tom Terminella for blasting the bank’s public statement after it signed an agreement May 23 with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Eureka Developer Set to Sell Properties

There’s at least one voice of economic optimism coming out of the woods over in Carroll County. Joe McClung, a 38-year veteran Realtor in Eureka Springs and owner of two hotels there tells us people are starting to look at investment opportunities in his

GDP up 4.3% in the third quarter, consumer confidence declines

St. Bernards to expand Maternal Life360 HOME program into Greene County

Then and Now: Cooperative business model a good fit for Mitchell Johnson

Dope Medicinal Wellness opens Fayetteville clinic