This combined with a slowly recovering ad spending environment, CBS is starting to see an improvement in pricing.

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Heading into 2013, the company feels confident about the advertising environment and is still leading in terms of ad pricing and volume.

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Some experts have questioned whether mobile ad-hoc networks can work reliably in a warfighting environment, but the news so far from testing of Army versions is very positive.

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"The closure of thelondonpaper... is a sign of the extreme steps ad-funded media companies are having to take to protect their margins in the current environment, " Fitch said.

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