Three enormous developments today.

The New York Times Co. announced June advertising revenues today.

Chicago-Ad:Tech. Here in the city by the lake, more than 1,500 people gathered at the Sheraton Hotel & Towers to hear from marketing experts, learn about new interactive ad and media tools from some 60 exhibitors, and trend forecasts that impact the interactive sector.

The Democrats have finally issued press passes to bloggers who've been approved to cover the Democratic National Convention taking place later this month in Boston.

The Fed's quarter point increase in interest rates last week sparked a jump in online traffic to real estate sites, according to Nielsen//NetRatings.

Yahoo! reported second quarter earnings yesterday; revenues and net income rose nicely but the Internet giant's failure to exceed analysts' estimates sunk the rest of the 'Net sector.

Calling spam a "modern day epidemic," the head of Australia's communications agency urged countries to work together to try to control and contain the problem.

The bloggers are coming--to the political conventions that is.

It's as quiet as a morgue get-away Friday before a long holiday weekend. Are any of us really "mentally" all there? Most of us aren't physically here--at work.

Integrated marketing, 360-degree marketing, holistic marketing, and the so-called "contact." All are well-worn buzz words for the stuff agencies like EarthQuake Media have been executing successfully for the last few years.