Multi-Cultural Ad Spending Declines

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A new analysis of multi-cultural advertising indicates that ad spending in Spanish-Language media for the 12-month period of July 2008 to June 2009 was over $5.5 billion, a 6.3 percent decline over the previous 12 months, according to the Nielsen Co. Over the same time period, African-American ad spending fell 9.6% to $1.8 billion.

Automotive was still the largest spending product category for Spanish-Language media ($381.7 million), despite a 40 percent cut in spending compared to the previous 12 months.

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