It seems like the nation's pets are barking up the right tree this holiday season, so to speak.

In case your attention was focused elsewhere in these frenzied weeks before year's end, you may not have heard about a case before the U.S. Supreme Court involving wine and the Web.

JupiterResearch reported today that search engine marketing (SEM) agencies are responsible for the bulk of SEM spending in the United States.

All signs point to China as a major driver of global advertising growth in 2005.

On the day after the Viewpoint/Unicast deal, the Minute remains confused over an arrangement that, from a value standpoint alone, seems slightly ridiculous.

At first glance, today's news that Viewpoint Corp. has acquired Unicast Communications for about $7.4 million looks like another case of interactive industry consolidation.

Now here's a first - the Merriam-Webster dictionary says the word "blog" has earned a place on its list of the 10 words of the year.

In case you missed it, last night was 212's final event for the year.

Ad spending for the first nine months of this year increased 10.3 percent to $102.4 billion compared to the same time period in 2003, according to data released today by TNS Media Intelligence/CMR.

Shoppers, start your engines. It's that time of year again. Online, offline, it really doesn't matter.