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by Joe Mandese
U.K.-based digital media shop Essence Digital is expanding its footprint in the U.S. marketplace, announcing a deal this morning to acquire San Francisco-based Black … Read the whole story
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by Laurie Sullivan
U.S. consumers will spend $3.6 billion this year for daily deals, up 87% from the year prior, according to BIA/Kelsey. The research firm estimates … Read the whole story
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by Steve McClellan
Flipboard, the social magazine app, has struck a deal with two of Japan's largest ad agencies, Dentsu and ADK, to help it market the … Read the whole story
by Gavin O'Malley
Social news site BuzzFeed just acquired Kingfish Labs to help Facebook users find the Sponsored Stories most relevant to their interests and extend the … Read the whole story
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by Laurie Sullivan
Companies in North America will spend $23 billion in search engine marketing in 2012, up 19% compared with the previous year, but search marketers … Read the whole story
by Wendy Davis
Facebook and a group of consumers have reached a confidential settlement of a dispute stemming from Friend Finder ads, according to papers filed with … Read the whole story
by David Goetzl
Internet radio service Pandora, which just announced a 48% increase in active listeners to 56 million by the end of August, continues to excite … Read the whole story
COMMENTARY
by Bob Garfield, Featured Columnist
As trust assumes an ever larger influence on purchasing decisions, brands as never before can build a following so devoted that customers will throw … Read the whole story

COMMENTARY
by Randall Beard
Owned media, such as brand sites, scored higher than paid advertising, but lower than social recommendations. Does trust in advertising matter? Read the whole story