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Craigslist Sues eBay … Take Your Ball and Go Home!
ADOTAS – In a corporate game of “I’m rubber and you’re glue” Craigslist is slapping eBay with a counter-lawsuit in which it accuses the online auctioneer of stealing corporate trade secrets, among a roster of other unseemly deeds. Craigslist also charges eBay with unfair competition, diluting its minority stake in its [...] more...
Will Icahn Bring Microhoo Back to Life?
ADOTAS – The boisterous billionaire Carl Icahn thinks he can (which means there’s a good chance he will) take control of Yahoo’s board and force it into talks with Microsoft again. The activist shareholder has reportedly told associates that he bought about 50 million shares of Yahoo (worth a cool bill) [...] more...
Wet Blanket Thrown on Social Marketing Ad Spend Predictions
ADOTAS – Don’t believe the hype: it seems social networking is more flash than cash in the interactive advertising spend department, according to eMarketer. The company revised its projections for spending in the U.S. this year down to $1.4 billion from $1.6 billion. Once again, the sputtering economy is blamed for [...] more...
Facebook Funder Thiel #10 in Out’s List of Power Gays
ADOTAS – Peter Thiel has been mum about his sexual orientation since Valleywag outed him in December of last year. But as the blog reports today, his silence hasn’t stopped Out magazine from putting him at #10 on its Power 50 list of gays and lesbians. (To be fair, Anderson [...] more...
Pheedo’s CEO On Slaying RSS’s Rising Power
ADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — “RSS advertising done right:” that’s how Pheedo introduces its services. Pheedo also says it “connects with affluent influences” and targets “by category, keyword, feed content, country, DMA and more.” Bold statements? Sure. But how do they drive ROI? We sat down with Pheedo’s CEO and founder, Bill [...] more...
Cablevision Snags Newsday To Up Ad, Sub Revenue
ADOTAS – In a bid to grow its advertising and local subscription business, Cablevision Systems Corp. beat out media chieftains Rupert Murdoch and Mortimer Zuckerman to buy Tribune Co.’s Newsday. Cablevision acquired about 97% of Newsday Media Group – which was valued at $632 million in the transaction. Tribune Co. will [...] more...
Powerset Hopes To Overpower Google
ADOTAS – Powerset has uncovered a fancy new set of tools for searching the sometimes tough to pin down Wikipedia (keyword searches only go so far, especially if they’re imprecise). Conversational phrasing is now an option — Powerset’s technology will parse the search words, queries and sentences to figure out [...] more...
News Corp. Has Eye on Blinkx
ADOTAS – Blinkx Plc, the video-search operator, may be snapped up by News Corp., according to a Bloomberg report. Since the news leaked, shares have skyrocketed, reaching a seven-month high today. Blinkx was founded in 2004 by Suranga Chandratillake in Britain. In May of last year, Blinkx merged with another British [...] more...
Google Sends Valentine to Lonely Yahoo
ADOTAS – The slapped around and beleaguered Yahoo Inc. can finally dry its weepy eyes. It looks like Google Inc. will step up and extend its two-week search/ad deal with the Internet pioneer. Yesterday, Google chief Eric Schmidt and co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page held a press roundtable at which [...] more...
Microsoft Frees Yahoo Alt. Board Members
ADOTAS –Microsoft’s drawn-out blow-off of Yahoo continues unabated: the software giant told its alternative board members (in the event of a hostile takeover) that their services would no longer be needed. The law firm Sullivan & Cromwell delivered the news via e-mail, according to The Wall Street Journal. The unhappy couple [...] more...
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- Craigslist Sues eBay … Take Your Ball and Go Home! May 14th 2008
- So You Think SMS Is Dying? Think Again… May 14th 2008
- Interactive Creative Skills Every Agency Needs May 13th 2008
- Pheedo’s CEO On Slaying RSS’s Rising Power May 12th 2008
- GlobalSpec Launches Contest to Media Buyers to Generate Leads May 9th 2008
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- Craigslist Sues eBay … Take Your Ball and Go Home! May 14th 2008
- YouTube Unveils Buzz Targeting May 14th 2008
- Will Icahn Bring Microhoo Back to Life? May 14th 2008
- Berggi Launches Mobile Ad Platform May 14th 2008
- Gamer NeoEdge Gets Social May 14th 2008
- Wet Blanket Thrown on Social Marketing Ad Spend Predictions May 14th 2008
- SubscriberBASE To Pay $2M in Online Fraud Case May 13th 2008
- Study: Interactive Ad Rates Spiral Down Dramatically May 13th 2008
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Pheedo’s CEO On Slaying RSS’s Rising PowerADOTAS EXCLUSIVE — “RSS advertising done right:” that’s how Pheedo introduces its services. Pheedo also says it “connects with affluent [...] more...
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