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Jun 15 2007 12:00am EDT

NBC Upgrades Its Upfront

Looks like yesterday's announcement between NBC and Group M is just the beginning.

At an investor conference today, NBC President and Chief Executive Jeff Zucker said that his company expects to book about $4 billion in advance advertising commitments for the 2007-2008 season, up slightly from last year.

Zucker said that his company's last-place audience ratings were factored into the earnings. "We've already taken a big hit," he said. "It's already in those numbers and we believe there is only upside going forward."

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Laura Rich is a co-founder of Recessionwire, which provides news, advice, perspective and humor about the recession and the recovery.

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