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YORK, April 07, 2003 - CMR/TNS Media Intelligence, the leading provider
of strategic advertising and marketing communications information,
today announced an agreement to integrate Campaign Media Analysis
Group's services into CMR/TNS' suite of market information and media
analysis services.
Based in Arlington, Virginia, Campaign Media Analysis Group provides
political and public affairs specialists with state-of-the-art electronic
monitoring and analysis of political and issue advocacy television
advertising. Since its inception in 1996, Campaign Media Analysis
Group's services - drawing heavily on CMR/TNS' advertising data
and a staff of experienced political analysts - have played a critical
role with hundreds of state and national political races and dozens
of issue groups.
To effect the integration, key staff of Campaign Media Analysis
Group will join the CMR/TNS organization, but will remain at their
present location near the nation's capital. The new CMR/TNS unit,
like the previous independent company, will be known as Campaign
Media Analysis Group, and will continue to base its analysis and
services on CMR/TNS' data.
Steven Fredericks, president and chief executive officer of CMR/TNS
Media Intelligence said, "We have sold our advertising data
through Campaign Media Analysis Group since its inception. With
the complete integration of their political monitoring services
into CMR/TNS, we are now able to fully expand into the political
marketplace - one of the key drivers for advertising spending."
Evan Tracey, president of Campaign Media Analysis Group, said,
"With the current transformation taking place in the political
and issue advocacy market, we feel that working as an integral business
unit of CMR/TNS Media Intelligence will allow us to offer additional
benefits to clients in the political and issues advocacy arena."
About CMR/TNS Media Intelligence
CMR/TNS Media Intelligence offers strategic advertising and marketing
communications information to advertising agencies, advertisers,
broadcasters and publishers. The company's tracking technologies
collect occurrence and expenditure data, as well as the creative
executions of more than 1.7 million brands across 15 media. CMR/TNS
is headquartered in New York City and maintains sales locations
in major markets throughout the United States.
Within the Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS) organization, CMR/TNS stands
as a key member of TNS Media Intelligence. This group, dedicated
to worldwide media analysis, provides advertising expenditure tracking,
evaluation and consultative services for broadcast, Internet and
print media, in addition to news monitoring capabilities. TNS Media
Intelligence is the market leader in the U.S. and France, with significant
operations in Europe and Asia. For further information, visit www.tnsmi-cmr.com.
Through its international network of 230 offices in more than 50
countries, TNS provides market information services in over 100
countries to national and multi-national organizations. It is ranked
as the fourth largest market information group in the world. Further
information on TNS is available from the corporate web site: www.tns-global.com.
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