MediaPost Publications - Online Media Daily 01/13/2009

Madison Avenue Coalition To Focus On Behavioral Marketing, Consumer Protection
by Joe Mandese
In an effort to stem potential regulation that would curtail new, sophisticated forms of online user targeting, four of Madison Avenue's leading trade groups … Read the whole story
FTC Asked To Protect Mobile Privacy
by Wendy Davis
Two advocacy groups are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether mobile marketers are violating users' privacy. In the 52-page complaint to be … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
Digital Media 2008: From Reality To Realism
by Seana Mulcahy
Seems like no matter where you look--from blogs to the trades to headlines laden across business journals and newspapers--the past year Read the whole story
Anchor's Fraud Detection Confronts Hackers
by Laurie Sullivan
Anchor Intelligence next month begins testing a platform that rates Web sites in publisher networks. The platform will tell advertisers, ad networks and search … Read the whole story
Lines Between Media Channels Increasingly Blurred
by Gavin O'Malley
From 2006 to 2008, the share of U.S. consumers using shopping Web sites doubled from 17% to 35%, according to a study released Monday. … Read the whole story
MP3Tunes Founder Gets Heat From EMI
by Wendy Davis
Web entrepreneur Michael Robertson has battled the record industry since he pioneered digital music storage more than a decade ago with the company MP3.com. … Read the whole story
Goodmail Gets Another $5 Million
by Mark Walsh
Goodmail Systems has secured an additional $5 million in funding as part of a $25 million financing round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. Of … Read the whole story