Merrill Lynch Downgrades Ad Outlook
By AAN Staff
october 2, 2003 03:41 am
Signaling yet another mixed signal for the ad
spending outlook, the ad industry equities
research team at Merrill Lynch Wednesday issued
a report revising the firm's advertising forecasts
down from earlier predictions. The move follows a
modest upward revision made recently by Zenith
Optimedia Group, as well as a MediaPost survey
of media planners and buyers that pointed to a
markedly lower traditional ad spending outlook for
2004 than those issued by major forecasters
including Zenith and Universal McCann.