• Health Sites Aim To Stave Off Economic Ills by Mark Walsh

    Health information sites have continued to show growth even as more and more players crowd into the category. Data released earlier this month by comScore showed that traffic in the segment increased 21% in the last year, four times the growth rate of the U.S. Internet audience. But as the wider economic weakness spreads to online advertising, will health sites be immune to the downturn? ...Read the whole story

  • Glam Cuts Jobs But Adds Male-Focused Network by Gavin O'Malley

    Female-focused e-publisher and ad network Glam Media is finally branching out beyond the fairer sex with CodeBlue, a content channel and ad network for guys. That's according to Industry blog VentureBeat, which published screenshots of the service late last week. While a Glam spokesman had no comment on CodeBlue, he did confirm the news that company is cutting 14 jobs, which represents 7% of its 200 employees. ...Read the whole story

  • gaming Electronic Arts Sued Over Spore's Anti-Piracy Software by Wendy Davis

    Electronic Arts' controversial decision to bundle its new game Spore with digital rights management software that limits the number of computers on which users can install the game has sparked a lawsuit by a California resident. In a class-action lawsuit filed last week in federal district court in the northern district of California, Maryland resident Melissa Thomas alleges that Electronic Arts didn't disclose critical details about the anti-piracy software included with the game. ...Read the whole story

  • gaming Gamers: Brand Influencers When It Comes To Autos by Tameka Kee

    According to research from Ziff Davis' 1UP Network, gamers are focused on more than just playing games. They're also avid car enthusiasts who influence each other about brands and features for upcoming purchases. About 75% of gamers give their peers advice about which brand of vehicle to buy--up from about 63% last year, according to 1Up, which partnered with Surveynetwork.com to poll more than 1,600 U.S. readers of its content (both online and print) in early August. ...Read the whole story

  • Digital Rights Groups Urge Court Not to 'Chill' Innovation by Wendy Davis

    The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Center for Democracy & Technology and other groups are urging a federal court to balance the need to protect technological innovation with copyright owners' rights in an infringement lawsuit brought by the record industry against peer-to-peer network Lime Wire. While the organizations do not take a position on who should win the lawsuit, they argue that at least some of the record industry's arguments in the case could "chill legitimate innovation" if accepted by the court. ...Read the whole story

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