Archive for February, 2009

IDC Predicts Contraction In Online Ad Spending (WebProNews)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Going into the recession, expert after expert said it: online advertising was supposed to represent a safe haven of sorts, an area into which money would pour regardless of whatever else was happening in the world.  Unfortunately, a new report from IDC suggests that’s no longer the case, as a year-over-year decrease in revenue seems about to occur.   The report, which recommends people …

BernsteinResearch: Global Online Ad Growth Scaled Back To 5.9 PercentAnd That’s The Good News (paidContent.org via Yahoo! Finance)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Despite all the predictions last year about online advertising’s solidity in the face of recession, the new thinking is that it will remain positive as other ad categories rack up declines.

Research and Markets: UK Online Ad Spending Report Projects That Online Advertising Spending Growth Will Drop to Just … (Centre Daily Times)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9fba9b/uk_online_ad_spend ) has announced the addition of eMarketer’s new report ” UK Online Ad Spending ” to their offering.

Research and Markets: UK Online Ad Spending Report Projects That Online Advertising Spending Growth Will Drop to Just … (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

DUBLIN, Ireland—-Research and Markets has announced the addition of eMarketer’s new report “UK Online Ad Spending” to their offering.

Last Bytes: Apple, Nortel, Online Advertising (Portfolio.com via Yahoo! Finance)

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Shareholders of Apple voted to re-elect the company’s board of directors despite concerns related to the disclosure, or lack thereof, about the health of chief executive Steve Jobs. [Marketwatch ] Major job cuts coming at Nortel. [New York Times ] Internet advertising …

Fans of Hardee’s Little Thickburgers Volunteer New Creative for Popular Advertising CampaignLittle Thickburger “Ad … (Broadcast Newsroom)

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Close to 30,000 fans thought they could write clever new commercials for the Hardee’s highly popular Little Thickburger advertising campaign’and they were right.

Analyst Sees First Online Ad Decline Since Internet Bubble (Fox News)

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Analyst Sees First Online Ad Decline Since Internet Bubble

Media Commerce Systems Introduces StandBuyMedia for Radio, a Unique Platform for Buying and Selling Remnant Advertising (Centre Daily Times)

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Media Commerce Systems launched StandBuyMedia for Radio last month and is adding more stations and agencies daily. The web-based platform streamlines the entire remnant advertising process making it possible for agencies to handle a larger volume of business and enabling radio stations to sell more of their unsold inventory without disrupting or compromising their current business practices.

Morrisons marketing chief: online grocery retail not profitable (Mad.co.uk)

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Supermarket Morrisons will not be moving into online sales in the ‘short term’ as “grocery online retail has not yet been proven as a profitable model,” according to marketing director Michael Bates.

Morrisons marketing chief: online grocery retail not profitable (Mad.co.uk)

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Supermarket Morrisons will not be moving into online sales in the ‘short term’ as “grocery online retail has not yet been proven as a profitable model,” according to marketing director Michael Bates.