Archive for October, 2009

On the Call: IAC CEO Barry Diller (AP via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Besides being hampered by weakness in the online advertising market, IAC/InterActiveCorp’s Web-based city guide, Citysearch, is facing increasing competition from a rising tide of social review and recommendation sites. These include review site Yelp, which is seen as its biggest rival in the business-review space.

MediaTrust, ApogeeInvent Partner To Simplify Set Up and Management of Pay-For-Results Online Advertising (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

MediaTrust, a top ten Inc. 500 company, and ApogeeInvent announced an agreement today to develop a solution to improve and simplify the experience of setting up and managing online pay-for-performance advertising campaigns.

Top 3 Fastest-Growing Local Online Advertising Companies of 2009 Named by Borrell Associates (PRWeb)

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

The interactive media and advertising research firm Borrell Associates has named the Top 3 fastest-growing local online advertising companies of 2009. Borrell named these firms as the leaders in their estimated $14.2 billion local online ad market this year. (PRWeb Oct 27, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/online/advertising/prweb3115014.htm

Top 3 Fastest-Growing Local Online Advertising Companies of 2009 Named by Borrell Associates (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

The interactive media and advertising research firm Borrell Associates has named the Top 3 fastest-growing local online advertising companies of 2009. Borrell named these firms as the leaders in their estimated $14.2 billion local online ad market this year.

Trade body for online marketers slams FTC regulations (Express India)

Monday, October 26th, 2009

The trade body for the online marketers in the US has opposed the new advertising regulations issued by the Federal Trade Commission, or FTC. The association, called IAB, has argued that the regulations are unfair to internet advertisers.

McClatchy to Expand ‘Sunday Select’ Advertising Program (dBusinessNews.com)

Monday, October 26th, 2009

SACRAMENTO — The McClatchy Company announced today that it will expand its Sunday Select pre-print advertising program to five additional markets early next year: Modesto, Calif.; Fort Worth, Texas; Wichita, Kan.; Lexington, Ky.; and Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Online ad network AudienceScience secures $20 million in venture funding (InternetRetailer.com)

Monday, October 26th, 2009

AudienceScience, the online advertising network formerly known as Revenue Science, has secured $20 million in venture funding from existing investors. The funding will be used to bolster the company’s audience-targeting technology, while also allowing the company to add staff.

Rethinking Advertising and Circulation Strategies (Poynter Institute)

Monday, October 26th, 2009

With advertising in the tank and recovery still a distant dream, at least in Detroit, the Detroit Free Press and Detroit News are looking elsewhere for a revenue boost.

Social Networking Sites Account for More than 25 Percent of U.K. Online Display Ad Impressions, According to comScore … (ITNews)

Monday, October 26th, 2009

LONDON, October 26 /PRNewswire/ — – Telecommunications Companies Deliver Highest Volume of Display Ads on Social Networking Sites comScore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released the results of a study of U.K. online display advertising on social networking sites, based on data from the comScore Ad Metrix service.

Newspapers May Miss Out on Online Advertising’s Growth (Association of Alternative Newsweeklies (AAN))

Monday, October 26th, 2009

The New York Times reports that newspaper websites “are not holding on to ad dollars, even while overall internet advertising is creeping back.” The reasons why are complicated, but a number of industry folks tell the Times that more ads are going to ad networks, niche sites and low-cost alternatives to newspaper websites.