• Ask.com To Upgrade Paid Search Platform by Wendy Davis

    Seeking to claim a bigger piece of the growing paid search marketplace, IAC's Ask.com plans to revamp its paid search platform the first week in October. "We're building out a much more competitive platform on a lot of fronts," said James Speer, vice president of marketing and products, IAC Advertising Solutions. ...Read the whole story

  • Google Study: Internet Directs Moviegoers by Mark Walsh

    About one-third of moviegoers typically turn to the Internet to learn more about a movie release after first hearing about it elsewhere, according to a study commissioned by Google. Google exec David Fleck said the research suggested a disparity between the Internet's influence on moviegoing and the amount studios spend marketing online. ...Read the whole story

  • Times Co. Online Ad Sales Increase 17% In August by Erik Sass

    Internet revenue at The New York Times Co. increased 17.3 percent last month, compared to August of 2005, the company reported Thursday. But that jump, while significant, was modest compared to increases earlier in the year. July online revenue were up 27.5 percent, while June online revenue increased 23 percent and May surged 27 percent. ...Read the whole story

  • Atom Entertainment Launches Satire Games Channel by Shankar Gupta

    Viacom's Atom Entertainment today will launch a new channel on the game property AddictingGames.com. The channel will focus on "newsgames," or games that poke fun at current events. ...Read the whole story

  • Media All Stars Announced by OMMA Magazine Writers

    * Sean Finnegan * Nick Pahade * David Cohen ...Read the whole story

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