Jul 17, 2015, 5:00am CDT W.Scott Bailey Reporter/Project Coordinator- San Antonio Business Journal Are NBA players overpaid? It depends on who you ask. Most of the athletes cashing the checks likely think they are earning every penny of their multimillion-dollar contracts. A good percentage of fans certainly have a different view, as they are having… Continue reading TV Market Could Be the Next Bubble to Burst
The PM Group is happy to announce that Danielle Gunter has joined the firm as our new Executive Director of Community Giving. She will oversee all charitable efforts, community alliances and The Agency’s annual Saturday Night Fun Raiser charitable gala that benefits children, families, education, veterans and animal rescue. Last year’s event raised over $174,000! “After… Continue reading Agency Announces New Executive Director
Rents are stretching millennial budgets throughout the U.S. Nationally, the typical worker from 22 to 34 years old paid 30 percent of income for rent in the first quarter of 2015, up from 23 percent in 1979, when the analysis begins. In those places, rental unaffordability is a distinct obstacle for people trying to carve… Continue reading Bad News for Millennials as Affordable Housing is Scarce
ESPN Tightens Its Belt as Pressure on It Mounts-Cable Subscribers Drop Dramatically in the Last Year! Sports-TV powerhouse ESPN, a profit machine that has long towered over the media landscape, is showing signs of stress as the pay -TV industry goes through an unprecedented period of upheaval. A decline in subscribers as customers… Continue reading ESPN Tightens Its Belt
The vast majorities of Americans continue to believe that it is challenging to find affordable rental housing. The homeownership rate in America has now dropped to 63.7 percent, according to the U.S. Census, down from 69+ percent peak in 2004. Because of that, rental apartment occupancy is now at an all-time high, and rents are… Continue reading Higher Rental Housing Costs Mean More Economic Pain for the Middle Class
Schlitterbahn & The PM Group Record Their 27th Consecutive Year as Promotional Partners. Most marriages don’t last 27 years, but the relationship between Schlitterbahn and the PM Group has endured many hot Texas summers and is still thriving! “Our on-going promotional partnership has been built on the principles of trust, results and a… Continue reading 27th Consecutive Year as Promotional Partners.
”Advertising Age reports that ad blocking and fraud is of major concern in the advertising community. If ad blocking escalates exponentially over the next 1-2 years, how will digital advertising be helpful in reaching consumers? Check out this article to hear more about this problem” – Bob Wills, CEO/Media Director Ad Blocking Is a Growing Problem.… Continue reading Advertising Age reports ad blocking and fraud is major concern
Last night the San Antonio Media Alliance “roasted” John Seabers as a scholarship fundraiser for the organization. John is the San Antonio General manager for Sinclair Television Group and he oversees WOAI-TV, FOX29 and the CW-35 stations. Over 175 people attended the event at The Veranda here in San Antonio. John was roasted by fellow… Continue reading The Roasting of John Seabers
In the last year, Stephanie has won a local Silver Addy and a Regional Bronze for her work on San Antonio Pet’s Alive. She has continued to spearhead the creative internship program – finding candidates, interviewing, keeping them on task and mentoring them. She has steadily improved in her skill set – being the first… Continue reading Well Deserved
What do you get when a client has such good professional service that they seem to be able to pull off almost anything? You create a television campaign that says their guys (and women) are magicians. This is exactly what The PM Group did when we created one of two :30 television commercials for our newest client… Continue reading It’s Magic
April 9th was national Reveal Day for ChildSafe’s community-wide Cardboard Kids campaign. This was the second year that Cardboard Kids where adopted and decorated to “put a face” on child abuse. The staff at The PM Group, The Wood Agency and QMP created and adopted their own Kids. But we were not alone. Over 20,000… Continue reading Big Success Battling a Big Problem
Today is Reveal Day for ChildSafe’s community-wide Cardboard Kids campaign. As part of April, National Child Abuse Prevention Month, ChildSafe created Cardboard Kids to achieve a new level of awareness of child abuse by “putting a face” on it and engaging the community. The staff at The PM Group and The Wood Agency have done… Continue reading Reveal Day is Here