Archive for February, 2010

20. Asians becoming more adept in using mobile and online technologies (The Star)

Friday, February 26th, 2010

ASIAN consumers are becoming more open to digital and mobile advertising and online commerce, says Universal McCann (Malaysia) chief executive officer Prashant Kumar.

Pioneer of online job search starts over again (San Jose Mercury News)

Friday, February 26th, 2010

WASHINGTON — Bill Warren founded an early online job board in the 1990s, helped kick-start an industry and was president of Monster.

Pioneer of online job search starts over again (USA Today)

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Bill Warren founded an early online job board in the 1990s, helped kick-start an industry and was president of Monster.com, one of the leading Internet career sites. But these days he’s not very happy with the results.

New Study Finds Similar Advertising Strategies Used By Indoor Tanning And Tobacco Industries (Medical News Today)

Friday, February 26th, 2010

While the proven negative health consequences of smoking and tanning are undeniable, tobacco and indoor tanning advertisers would like consumers to think otherwise. In fact, a new study comparing the tactics used in advertising tobacco and indoor tanning products found several similarities in how these two industries market unhealthy products. In the report entitled, “Comparison of advertising …

Online lessons to teach children about advertising (Times Education Supplement)

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Digital Adwise is a brand new set of cutting edge in-school teaching materials for primary schools which teach children to recognise and think about the ads they see online. They are free for all schools.

Hulu Investor Injects $50 Million Into Baidu’s Online Video Venture, Qiyi (TechCrunch)

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Hulu investor Providence Equity Partners is pumping $50 million into a new online video company set up by Chinese Internet search giant Baidu . The news comes roughly 7 weeks after Baidu confirmed plans to established a new independent company to provide licensed, advertising-supported online video content to Chinese Internet users.

Baidu Online Video Company to Receive $50 Million Investment from Providence Equity Partners (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday, February 26th, 2010

Baidu, Inc. , the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, today announced that Baidu and Providence Equity Partners have signed an agreement pursuant to which Providence will invest $50 million in Baidu’s new online video company to develop an advertising supported online video business providing premium licensed content in China.

Local newspaper websites most trusted online source (BizReport)

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

New data from the Newspaper Association of America found that local newspaper websites were more credible and informative than all other online sources. Even advertising on local newspaper websites was deemed more trustworthy.

Pioneer of online job search starts over again (AP via Yahoo! News)

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Bill Warren founded an early online job board in the 1990s, helped kick-start an industry and was president of Monster.com, one of the leading Internet career sites. But these days he’s not very happy with the results.

New Study Finds Similar Advertising Strategies Used by Indoor Tanning and Tobacco Industries (Newswise)

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

While the proven negative health consequences of smoking and tanning are undeniable, tobacco and indoor tanning advertisers would like consumers to think otherwise. In fact, a new study comparing the tactics used in advertising tobacco and indoor tanning products found several similarities in how these two industries market unhealthy products.