• Financial Services Marketers Increase Online Ad Spend by Wendy Davis

    Online marketers served 141 billion display ads last month, marking a 2 percent increase from January, according to new data from Nielsen//NetRatings AdRelevance. With tax season approaching, financial services marketers accounted for 28 percent of all online impressions. ...Read the whole story

  • Brightcove Buys MetaStories by Gavin O'Malley

    Web TV upstart Brightcove today is expected to announce the acquisition of MetaStories, a small firm that provides rich-media publishing tools for a variety of companies including Yahoo, MSN, and National Geographic, among others. ...Read the whole story

  • Court: Google May Keep Search Queries Private by Wendy Davis

    Google late last week scored a partial victory in a battle with the government, when federal district court judge James Ware ruled that the search giant need not provide the Department of Justice with search queries submitted to its search engine. ...Read the whole story

  • Amazon Bows Financial Services Store by Gavin O'Malley

    Amazon.com added financial services to its vast marketplace late last week, with a virtual store sponsored by Fidelity Investments. The partnership puts Fidelity in front of Amazon's 50 million monthly visitors, many of whom come to Amazon in search of financial titles. ...Read the whole story

  • Slate.com Publishes Ad-Supported Serialized Novel by Shankar Gupta

    Online magazine Slate last week launched a new serialized novel, "The Unbinding," a dark comedy by novelist Walter Kirn that was conceived specifically for the Internet. The Web site is in talks with advertisers to line up an exclusive sponsor, said Cliff Sloan, Slate publisher. ...Read the whole story

  • The War With No Winner by George Simpson

    War has broken out in New Jersey. It doesn't involve mis-checked SAT scores or Tony Soprano, the state's only other notable industry. ... ...More

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