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2010 Is Looking Bright for Search, Display and Mobile
ADOTAS – The only online segments to emerge from the ad recession virtually unscathed were search and email marketing — neither put up fantastic numbers, but they didn’t drop to the icy depths of display revenue. However, 2010 is looking like a year of across-the-board recovery for online ads according to [...] more...
Internet ad revenue claws higher in third quarter
ADOTAS – While advertising in other media continue to suffer in the harsh economy, the Internet is still standing strong — and even gaining ground. According to research by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhousCoopers, Internet advertising revenue neared $5.5 billion in the third quarter, a 1.7% improvement over second quarter. “While [...] more...
Revenue? Whatever, says Twitter
ADOTAS – Will becoming a billion-dollar player spoil Twitter? Not a chance Chief Executive and Cofounder Evan Williams told a roomful of reporters at the Online News Association conference in San Fransisco. A week after confirming the company’s impressive $100 million of fundraising, Williams said Twitter felt no pressure to come [...] more...
New York Times gets tighter with Mexican kingmaker
ADOTAS — When the New York Times laid off people, it was unfortunate but unsurprising. When it put up properties, including part ownership of the Red Sox, I questioned why it didn’t do it earlier. When Michael Hirshorn wrote about how the Times’s print version evaporating by May, I chuckled. I’m [...] more...
New York Times, Murdoch – Wolff knows; online? Not so much.
ADOTAS — Michael Wolff met a Times reporter for lunch recently. The conversation turned to Rupert Murdoch, since Wolff had come out with a book on the newspaper baron. The reporter said to get editors interested in Murdoch stories, reporters had to pitch negative stories. It’s understandable. Murdoch lusts after the [...] more...
Meebo To Launch IM Service With 35 Partners
ADOTAS – Meebo, an online IM shop, plans to launch a syndicated IM service with 35 partners including Sugar Inc., Tagged and Flixster, MediaPost reports. Ads will be placed on chat apps and revenue will be shared with Meebo and its partner sites, which will reach roughly 70 million people. – Express [...] more...
AOL Bets on Bebo for Turnaround
ADOTAS – The beleaguered AOL is turning to its social network Bebo to help it give its business a much-needed boost, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. AOL bought Bebo in March for $850 million, which some on in the industry considered an extraordinarily high price for a [...] more...
Microsoft, Yahoo Search Deal a No-Go
ADOTAS – On Sunday, The Times of London reported on a deal that would have Microsoft picking up Yahoo’s search business for $20 billion. The only problem? It is “total fiction” according to former Fox Interactive Media president Ross Levinsohn, as reported on AllThingsDigital. The $20 billion search deal smelled fishy [...] more...
Goodmail Reels in $20M
ADOTAS – Cha-ching! Goodmail Systems, the creator of CertifiedEmail, has raised a $20 million round of financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners. DCM, Emergence C Capital Partners and Softbank Capital also participated in the round. The funding comes on the heels of a major milestone for the CertifiedEmail standard, which [...] more...
Yahoo Sells Off Shopping Site at Discount
ADOTAS – Yahoo has sold European comparison shopping site Kelkoo, according to a report in TechCrunch. Yahoo bought the site in 2004 for about $579 million and sold it for less than $125 million to PE firm Jamplant, which is based in the U.K. TechCrunch got a copy of an internal memo [...] more...
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AdBidCentral’s CEO, Vivek Veeraraghavan Talks Openly*What was the inspiration to start AdBidCentral? The conditions that inspired AdBidCentral came from a variety of factors in my personal [...] more...
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