TNS: First-Half Ad Spend Down 1.6% in 2008

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Total measured advertising expenditures during the first six months of 2008 declined by 1.6 percent compared to the same period in 2007, according to TNS Media Intelligence data.

But a more ominous sign of possible things to come was second quarter ad spending, which was down by 3.7 percent compared to last year, the largest quarterly decline since 2001.

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