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MSN China Launches Job Service
MSN is set to launch a job search service for its China market, with the intention of attracting young jobseekers. In a statement to Reuters, company spokesman Richard Feng said “we are going to offer a job-hunting service in the next few months, but at the current stage we do not [...] more...
Tribune Inks Interactive Technology, Classifieds Deals
Tribune Interactive, the online arm of 160 year-old newspaper publisher Tribune Company, has enlisted startup VMIX, barely over one year old, to provide technology to manage user-generated media. Tribune Interactive manages more than 50 websites for Tribune Company papers including the Chicago Tribune and Newsday. VMIX’s technology will help manage the [...] more...
Classified Service Debuts User-Created Video Ads
International classified ad service OnLine eXchange (OLX) has partnered with user-powered ad platform ViTrue to deliver user-created video classifieds on OLX.com, an industry first, claims OLX CEO Fabrice Grinda. “We’re proud to be the first classified service to empower a global community to easily post and view user-created video ads,” said [...] more...
Monster Kicks off 2007 with Integrated Marketing Campaign
Online career recruitment stalwart Monster today unveiled “Monster Works for Me”, its new 2007 cross-channel marketing campaign. The concept behind the creative, which will include TV, radio, and online spots, as well as a redesigned homepage, is to highlight the personal motivation, passion and determination behind why people work each [...] more...
Clear Channel TV Tries Online Classifieds
Online classifieds service AdPay, which places classified ads on local newspaper websites, has signed a deal with Inergize Digital Media, Clear Channel Television’s interactive division, to place classified ads on 42 Clear Channel-affiliated TV station sites. The deal makes Clear Channel the first large television group to join the AdPay [...] more...
Craigslist Found Not Liable for Discriminatory Ads
According to federal judge Amy St. Eve of Chicago, unlike printed newspapers, online classified site Craigslist is not legally liable for housing ads posted on the site by users that discriminate on the basis of race. In February, the legal advocacy group The Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law [...] more...
Alibaba Invests in Chinese Classifieds Site
Alibaba.com, one of the leading e-commerce websites in China, has announced a major investment in online classifieds site Koubei.com. Just over two years old, Koubei, whose name means “word of mouth,” provides localized classified listings and discussion forums that let people share information about apartments, restaurants, entertainment, jobs, and other [...] more...
CareerBuilder.com Signs Ad Deal with Quigo
Online job site CareerBuilder.com will be deploying AdSonar, an online ad management system from online advertising provider Quigo, which uses an auction-based PPC system to place contextual sponsored links on a site. Sponsored links will be available on the CareerBuilder site. Advertisers will be able to place ads on the site’s [...] more...
Monster Sells Off Recruitment Advertising Agency
Monster Worldwide, owner of the Monster.com career and recruitment website, has sold its stake in TPM Worldwide Advertising and Communications to private equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson in order to focus on its core business. Likewise, TPM, now independent from the rest of Monster, will be able to focus completely on [...] more...
Monster Expands into Marketing, Advertising, PR Jobs
As the online job market grows exponentially, Mediapost reports that Monster.com is launching a marketing, advertising and public relations channel. With exclusive sponsor, marketing and PR headhunting firm Aquent, onboard, Monster’s new channel will focus on specialized search for industry related resumes, postings from the Monster database, as well as [...] more...
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Media Two’s CEO: Display Ads Are the FutureADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — Media Two is an interactive advertising agency that specializes in display, search engine advertising, design, video ads, [...] more...
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