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New scam with a taste of old con
ADOTAS – The proliferation of ad networks and the online ad-buying ecosystem has unfortunately garnered the interest of scammers and spammers, who attempt to use these tools to spread the most malicious of codes. But con artists appear to be taking a step back toward the traditional scam by posing [...] more...
Yahoo pins hopes on display, expects 400 layoffs
ADOTAS — The FCC is asking Google, Apple and AT&T questions about Google Voice app iPhone rejection The government has sent letters to all three, and asking why Apple rejected the voice application and what role did AT&T play in the decision. It’s part of a broader effort by the Federal Communications [...] more...
New York Times blog fail prompts Jeff Jarvis deep sigh
ADOTAS — I’m not really sure why the Times wastes in print on what blogs do or don’t do well. The newspaper seems to think what works for traditional journalism is the same way it should for blogs, it doesn’t, and time after time foists another silly blog-centric story on readers. [...] more...
New York Times ads leverage brand Gawker-style
ADOTAS — The line between news editorial and advertisement gets blurrier every day on the web. Take Gawker. Prompted by what appeared to be a straight forward press release, Alley insider reported that the media company acqured a blog called BloodCopy.com. Later it was discovered that the news was fake and [...] more...
Small publishers grow amid carnage
ADOTAS — Despite loudly proclaiming doom, Nick Denton seems to be riding the economic tsunami well. His Gawker Media, which includes Gawker, Gizmodo and Jalopnik, drew in nearly 300 million pageviews, some 34 percent over last February’s level, according to a memo at Romensko, and for the year to March, it [...] more...
BBDO Layoffs
ADOTAS — First word came yesterday that advertising, marketing and public relations firm Omnicom Group was preparing to layoff of nearly 5% of its global work force of 70,000. Today, word has come out that about 200 people are being laid off at ad agency BBDO. UPDATE: Here’s the Times story. Subscribe [...] more...
Gawker Invades Job Market
As if their blunt, scathing wit and incomparable snarkiness was too big for the blogosphere, Gawker is now encroaching into MediaBistro/Craigslist turf with its new Gawker Jobs. The classifieds venture, which was developed in partnership with job search engine Indeed, scours all the top job boards to deliver an aggregated [...] more...
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