Online Media Daily Issues for January 2009

Online Media Daily - Friday, Jan. 16, 2009
House Approves Funds For Broadband Expansion by Wendy Davis
Motionbox Raises $6 Million, Gets New CEO by Gavin O'Malley
BrightRoll: Video Ad Rates Fell 25% In Q4 by Mark Walsh
Survey: Web Video Beats TV Among Respondents Ages 18-24 by Gavin O'Malley
Expert: Big Brands Have Big Search Challenges by Laurie Sullivan
TurboTax To Sponsor MySpace Secret Shows
New Yahoo CEO Bartz To Get $19 Million-Plus
ComScore: Google, Platform-A December Winners
December Video Game Industry Sales Rose 9%
LinkedIn Adds Polling Service
CBS Partners With Pure Digital Technologies For Video Contest
Burger King Kills Whopper Sacrifice Campaign
Branded Credit Card Searches On The Rise
Yahoo Search Adds Specialized Wikipedia Results
Entriq Lands 'For Dummies' Video Account
SEMPO Launches In-House Salary Survey
Correction: Coca-Cola Minority Investor In Honest Tea
Your Cheek Decals Won't Get You Into Heaven Anymore... Commentary by George Simpson
Online Media Daily - Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009
Burger King Kills Whopper Sacrifice Campaign by Mark Walsh
Epperson Out At Havas Digital, CEO Role Split Across London, Madrid by Joe Mandese
Google, SpotMixer Launch Self-Service Video Ads by Gavin O'Malley
Hiccup For Whopper Sacrifice Campaign by Mark Walsh
VoloMedia Supports Ads To Monetize G4's Podcasts by Laurie Sullivan
Startup To Promote Product Placements In Online Video by Mark Walsh
Web Networks Thrive With Help From Consumer Packaged Goods by Gavin O'Malley
High Court Asks New Admin's Opinion In Broad-Reaching Case by Wendy Davis
New White House Asked To Relax Cookie Rules by Wendy Davis
MRM Worldwide Partners Globally With AdGooroo, Covario
Judge Allows Webcast Of Music Copyright Court Hearing
Q4 Ad Pricing Steadied By Holiday Advertising
AOL Sports Becomes FanHouse
IMMI Names McKenna As President, CEO
MEC Interaction Promotes Shlachter To Digital Practice Lead
Correction: Edelman No Longer Counsel In Lawsuit Against Yahoo
Put Your Ad Spend On Target Commentary by Assaf Igell
Online Media Daily - Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009
Yahoo Names Bartz CEO; Decker Is Out by Mark Walsh
Court Upholds Amazon Tax by Wendy Davis
Microsoft Gains Searches, Yahoo Acquisition On Horizon? by Laurie Sullivan
Harvard Prof: Deceptive Ads 'Rampant' On Yahoo's Right Media by Wendy Davis
MTV Partners With Video Ad Company Panache
Giant Realm Direct Offers Niche Products Ad Serving
Former Ogilvy Interactive CEO Windsor To Assume EVP Role
NBC Digital Promotes Celik To VP Technology
Spring Creek Group Partners With Visible Technologies, Lands Microsoft
Microsoft Adopts Nexidia Searchable Video App
Leveraging Your Marketing Spend With The Young, Hip And Mobile Commentary by Randy Haldeman
Online Media Daily - Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009
Madison Avenue Coalition To Focus On Behavioral Marketing, Consumer Protection by Joe Mandese
FTC Asked To Protect Mobile Privacy by Wendy Davis
Anchor's Fraud Detection Confronts Hackers by Laurie Sullivan
Lines Between Media Channels Increasingly Blurred by Gavin O'Malley
MP3Tunes Founder Gets Heat From EMI by Wendy Davis
Goodmail Gets Another $5 Million by Mark Walsh
Social Ad Platform SocialVibe Closes New Round Of Funding
Hitwise: Google Leader Of The Search Pack
Verizon Encourages Direct Network Access
PaidContent, Nielsen Business Media To Share Headlines
Morris + King Adds Digital Unit
Kinetic Mobile Rebrands As Joule
Accenture, Microsoft Emphasize Online Retail Support
Quantivo Identifies Online Behavior Pattern
Digital Media 2008: From Reality To Realism Commentary by Seana Mulcahy
Online Media Daily - Monday, Jan. 12, 2009
Google Deal Kicks Off One True Media '09 Plans by Gavin O'Malley
Nuance Communications 'Evangelist' Named New MMA Head by Mark Walsh
MLG Debunks Computer Game Potato Myth by Laurie Sullivan
Parties Settle Libel Lawsuit Over Yelp Review by Wendy Davis
Ex-Condé Nast Exec Named Linkstorm CEO by Mark Walsh
Cars.com Blogs About Super Bowl Ads by Les Luchter
Omnicom Taps Levy To Head Digital At Singer Direct
CrossView Builds SEO And Analytics Into WebStore
Yodle Secures $10M In Funding
Heavy Launches Branded Programming For Foster's
Intergi Adds To Network
Online Branding: The Top Of The Funnel Is More Important Than Ever Commentary by Andy Atherton
Online Media Daily - Friday, Jan. 9, 2009
Copyright Reformer Lands Key Legislative Post by Wendy Davis
Report: Mobile Video Adoption At Plateau by Mark Walsh
Vitrue's New Tools Help Brands Integrate Social Media by Gavin O'Malley
Tech Marketers' Next Opportunity: Boomers by Laurie Sullivan
Scripps Interactive Already Seeing Softening In '09
LinkedIn Gets Plug From IAB's Rothenberg
Ogilvy Offers Social Media Dashboard
Time Inc. Digital Nabs Microsoft/Rapt Exec
New Service Promotes Twitter Profiles
FlyCast Picks DoubleClick To Serve-Up Ads
Heavy's Sports Show Promotes New Sony Film
ViewSonic Taps Location-Based Services To Target Ads
Correction: MLG's Playoffs Attract More Viewers
What A Difference A Year Makes Commentary by George Simpson
Correction: No Layoffs At Adify Commentary by The Editor
Online Media Daily - Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009
Microsoft Seals The Deal With Verizon by Mark Walsh
OPA: Premium Content Sites Worth Extra Bucks by Gavin O'Malley
Online Startup Takes On Fox News by Wendy Davis
MLG's Online Video Game Success Drives VC Investment by Laurie Sullivan
Q4 Search Marketing Budgets Rose by Laurie Sullivan
Antitrust Suit Filed Against Netflix, Wal-Mart
Facebook Surpasses 150 Million Users
Reuters Revamps Ad Sales, Picks Up WebMD, Yahoo Execs
CQ Launches Mobile-Friendly Services
MDialog Launches Ad Delivery Platform
Publishers, Ad Nets Can Retool Relationship To Thrive In '09 Commentary by Frank Addante
Online Media Daily - Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
Model: 'I Am Not A Skank' by Wendy Davis
U.S. Mobile Broadband Users To Surpass 140 Million By 2013 by Mark Walsh
Search Ad Industry Won't Go On Hiatus by Laurie Sullivan
Reprise Surprise: Interpublic Turns Digital Unit Into A Media Brand by Joe Mandese
Judge: Veoh Eligible For 'Safe Harbor' Protection by Wendy Davis
Purple@Epsilon Lands ClickSquared Exec by Gavin O'Malley
Google, Microsoft Execs Among Top Inaugural Donors
Conroy Leaves AOL For Univision
Sony Electronics Launches Community Site
Clearspring Lays Off Staff Amid Downturn
Double Fusion Promotes Friedman To SVP
MobiTV Partners With CBS
Isobar Opens Toronto Office
Edmond Makes Partner At SEO/SEM Firm
Yangaroo Gets Thumbs Up From U.S. Patent Office
Monitoring Your Brand Commentary by Rob Howard
Traveling On The Long Tail Commentary by Cree Lawson
Online Media Daily - Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009
'Net Will See Nothing But Flat CPMs, Analyst Also Says Ad Model Has Failed For Social Nets, Online Video by Joe Mandese
Will Virtual Worlds Collide With Real Life In 2009? by Laurie Sullivan
Inauguration Spawns E-Commerce Sites by Mark Walsh
Cox Cross Media Partners With ABC For Online Ad Sales by Gavin O'Malley
Interpublic Taps UM's George As Digital Media Czar by Joe Mandese
Court Dismisses Spam Lawsuit Against Reunion.com by Wendy Davis
ComScore: Online Video Audience Grows 34%
Aflexi Launches Delivery Management Solution
Oregon Marketing Firm Focuses On Local SEM Services
Malware, Ad Monitoring Rely On Technology And Humans
Google Continues To Take Market Share
Get What You Pay For And Pay For What You Get...Or: How I Learned To Stop Targeting And Love The Results Commentary by Mason Wiley
Online Media Daily - Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
Heavy.com Enlists 'American Pie' Star by Gavin O'Malley
Google Solicits Suggestions For Mobile Products by Mark Walsh
VC 2009 Investments: Which Startups Will Get The Dough? by Laurie Sullivan
Facebook Sues Power.com
Wikipedia Campaign Surpasses $6 Million Goal
Facebook Gets Christmas Eve Gift: Highest Traffic
Six Online Ad Industry Predictions For The Year Of The Ox Commentary by Joe Doran
Lessons In Online Branding: Valuable Doesn't Always Mean Directly Measureable; Models Aren't Always Right Commentary by Andy Atherton