Posts Tagged with "web advertising"

State of the media report

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

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As a member of the “media” (so to speak) I think we all need to understand what is going on in the news industy; where it is going, who is doing what and what we need to do to keep up with it. Here are a few articles I found this evening while doing some [...]

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BetaNews | Viacom to Promote YouTube-like Features on Sites

Saturday, February 10, 2007

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BetaNews | Viacom to Promote YouTube-like Features on Sites Viacom is wasting no time in moving on from dealing with YouTube, as the company is planning to aggressively promote new functionality on ComedyCentral.com in the coming months, and others in the future. Functionality will be provided directly from the site itself that allows users to embed and [...]

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“This Just In”; AOL, HBO, Amex and Tylenol’s joint Entertainment Venture

Saturday, February 10, 2007

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This Just In – AOL has launched “This Just In”, a site that will present the funny and quirky side of news. TJI, “powered by HBO”, is also backed by American Express and Tylenol. The site is a blog format and has video, photo slideshows and witty commentary on popular news topics. Of particular interest to [...]

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Advertising Age – Local TV Goes Mobile

Saturday, February 10, 2007

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Advertising Age – Digital – Local TV Goes Mobile Internet Broadcasting, which creates websites and sells ads for 79 local TV stations, has forged a venture to get news and weather onto the so-called third screen. The Minneapolis-based company has signed a deal with Crisp Wireless to deliver content to phones and other wireless devices. Internet [...]

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AOL launches free anti-virus software

Monday, August 7, 2006

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AOL launches free anti-virus software – Yahoo! News (Reuters) – Time Warner Inc.’s (NYSE:TWX – news) AOL online division on Monday said it launched a free anti-virus program for online users, providing real-time scanning and hourly updates. As I’m in the market for a new anti-virus software, I’m going to give this a shot. Why not? It’s [...]

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MediaShift: Newspaper Sites Hot to Blog, Cool to Podcasts

Thursday, August 3, 2006

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Newspaper companies are feeling the shift hard, as people go from reading print newspapers to getting their news and classified ads on the Internet. MediaShift . NewspaperShift::Newspaper Sites Hot to Blog, Cool to Podcasts | PBS MediaShift by Mark Glaser has quickly become one of my favorite blogs. In this particular post, here are his main [...]

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Wal-Mart’s lame attempt at social networking.

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

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Wal-mart is like so rad, ok? um… yeah. The execs at Wal-Mart have come up with “the Hub” — a myspace-like site geared towards back to school. As far as I remember, that is the most depressing day of the year for kids. Let’s blog about it, or perhaps make some short wal-mart commercials so that we [...]

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USATODAY.com – Niche competitors crowd into MySpace

Tuesday, August 1, 2006

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USATODAY.com – Niche competitors crowd into MySpace Is MySpace losing its cool? Margaret Marks, 17, thinks so.The Birmingham, Ala., high school senior was an avid user of the No. 1 social networking website for two years. “But I never use it anymore, because most people my age now use Facebook,” she says. “I can talk to people [...]

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Wired 14.07: His Space – Rupert Murdoch and MySpace

Sunday, July 23, 2006

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Wired 14.07: His Space Twilight of the media moguls? Not for this guy. With the $580 million purchase of MySpace, News Corp. chief Rupert Murdoch is betting he can transform a free social network into a colossal marketing machine. Many people have said in the past that News Corp.’s purchase of MySpace would be its death. I [...]

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Newspapers woo bloggers with mixed results | CNET News.com

Thursday, June 8, 2006

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Newspapers woo bloggers with mixed results | CNET News.com Blogs written by so-called citizen journalists are increasingly challenging newspapers for readers. According to a recent study by Forrester Research, blogs and newspaper Web sites now have the same audience share–about 17 percent–among Internet users between the ages of 18 and 24. "Newspapers still have a larger overall [...]

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