PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, January 18, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, January 18, 2006

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If Left to U.S. Teens, Mariah Carey and Green Day Would Take Top Honors at 2006 GRAMMYs, According to Annual Harris Interactive Survey

If U-S teens could decide, the 48th Annual GRAMMY Awards would result in a return of former chart-toppers, according to a new Harris Interactive survey. Teens gave the nod to the alternative group Green Day's comeback, picking the single "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" as Record of the Year. Also back on the rise, Mariah Carey was chosen by teens for the Song of the Year with "We Belong Together". Fall Out Boy was teens' pick for the Best New Artist award.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3121304

2005 Most Memorable New Product Launches Included TV Advertising

Sixty-seven percent of consumers enjoy watching television commercials and 74 percent of consumers receive most of their new product information from television, according to the 2005 Schneider/Stagnito Communications Most Memorable New Product Launch Survey. While many say the 30-second spot is dead, consumers in this poll disagree. Eighty percent indicated T-V ads were the leading factor that influenced their decision to purchase.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3121236

LodgeNet Announces Top Performing Studio, Top Titles for 2005

LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation has announced that for the first time in its history, two of the theatrical movie titles offered through its interactive T-V systems each grossed more than three-million dollars in guest room sales.

New Line's Wedding Crashers and Universal's Meet The Fockers logged the distinction on their way to becoming LodgeNet's top-selling movies of 2005. The remainder of the LodgeNet Top 10 list is as follows:

3. Mr. & Mrs. Smith
4. National Treasure
5. Hitch
6. The Longest Yard
7. 40-Year Old Virgin
8. War of the Worlds
9. Star Wars III
10. The Pacifier

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3121317

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PRNewswire -- Jan. 18

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