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CTCT, LAMR, VCI, NCMI, AOL: Advertising Losers

Advertising Losers: CTCT, LAMR, VCI, NCMI, AOL

Constant Contact (NASDAQ:CTCT) lost 1.98% or $.61 to settle at $30.13 with a moderate volume of 86,000 shares. The stock has been trending nicely above its 50 day moving average of 29.76 and above its 200 day moving average of 23.58 with a relative strength index of 54.68.

Constant Contact, Inc. (Constant Contact) is a provider of on-demand e-mail marketing, event marketing and online survey solutions for small organizations, including small businesses, associations and non-profits. As of December 31, 2009, the Company had 347,548 e-mail marketing customers. It also offers an online survey product that enables its customers to create and send surveys and analyze responses.

Lamar Advertising (NASDAQ:LAMR) has lost 3.71% or $1.54 a share to settle at $40 with a volume of 205,000 shares. The stock has been trading above its 50 day moving average of 39.14 with a relative strength index of 53.48 which is considered neither overbought nor oversold territory. The stock is still trading way above its 200 day moving average lows of 32.76.

Lamar Advertising Company (Lamar Advertising) is an outdoor advertising company. It sells advertising on billboards, buses, shelters, benches and logo plates. Lamar Advertising operates three types of outdoor advertising displays: billboards, logo signs and transit advertising displays.

Valassis Comm, Inc. (NYSE:VCI) has also lost 2.71% or $.83 to settle at $29.76 a share with a volume of 537,200. The stock has fallen through its 50 day moving average of $31.85 and its 200 day moving average of $33.01 with a relative strength index of 35.88.

Valassis Communications, Inc. (Valassis) is a media and marketing services company. The Company's RedPlum portfolio of products and services delivers value on a weekly basis to more than 100 million shoppers across a multi-media platform, in the mailbox, in the newspaper, on the doorstep, in store and online.

National CineMedia Inc. (NASDAQ:NCMI) has lost 2.42% or $.46 a share to settle at 37,100 shares. The stock has slightly fallen below its 50 day moving average of $18.81 but is still way above its 200 day moving average of $17.87 with a falling relative strength index of 50.

National CineMedia, Inc. operates NCM Media Networks, an integrated media company reaching United States consumers in movie theaters, online and through mobile technology. The NCM Cinema Network and NCM Fathom present cinema advertising and events across the nation's digital in-theater network, consisting of theaters owned by AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark Holdings, Inc., Regal Entertainment Group and other regional theater circuits. NCM's theater network covers 171 Designated Market Areas and includes approximately 17,100 screens (15,500 digital).

AOL Inc. (NYSE:AOL) has lost 1.96% or $.43 to settle at $21.56 a share with a moderate volume of 641,934. The stock has fallen beyond its 50 day moving average of $23.49 and 200 day moving average of $23.21 with a relative strength index of 38.80.

AOL Inc. (AOL) is a global Web services company with a suite of brands and offerings. The Company's business spans online content, products and services that it offers to consumers, publishers and advertisers. The Company markets its advertising offerings on both AOL Media and the Third Party Network under the brand AOL Advertising.

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