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Local Ad Dollars Go Mobile And Online: Who Buys Them, In What Formats?

Local ad spending will experience a compound annual growth of 2.6% through 2016, but online and mobile will lead the way with double-digit growth, compared to TV, radio and print. And technology and retail will lead that growth, with local search leading the formats. That according to BIA/Kelsey's Media Ad View reports, which projects that local ad revenues   [...]

Microsoft's Xbox LIVE Beats iPad In Video Viewing, And Has Ad Platform

Sure, you can watch digital TV on your iPad, but suppose you want to watch it in your living room? It seems that the xBox gaming console is the most popular non-computer device to watch streaming video, edging out the Apple iPad by 28.2% to 27.1%. Advantage, Microsoft, which owns the Xbox LIVE digital media delivery service. AllThingsD’s Peter Kafka describ  [...]

The New Yellow Pages: "Local is Where We Play/Shop/Live"

The quaint old Yellow Pages have evolved into YP.com, and what may be North America’s largest local search, media and advertising company. YP Holdings LLC (“YP”) combines the assets of AT&T Advertising Solutions and AT&T Interactive. YP Holdings launched yesterday with the closing of a 53% controlling interest in the company by Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (“Cerberus  [...]

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Demographics: Wealthier Men Outpace Women In Online Shopping

Never mind the perception that men dislike shopping. They spend plenty online, reports USA Today. According to digital performance company iProspect, 19 million affluent American men are online, the majority of them shopping, and about half of them spend $4,000+ per year. Leading the growth trend? Luxury items, particularly clothing and accessories. Affluent men pref  [...]

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Google DFP Upgrades Streamline Campaign Trafficking, IAB Standards Compliance

Google has substantially re-jigged DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) to streamline and simplify campaign trafficking and report options, and to simplify compliance with Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) standards for privacy and opt-outs. Improved Custom Targeting Input: Fewer steps, clicks, and screens throughout the trafficking process will "help you streamline your workflows," promises Google. Users  [...]

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Newspaper Website Traffic Up, But Subscribers Elusive

Good news for newspaper websites and their advertisers. Newspapers improved upon website traffic in the first quarter of 2012 with a 4.4% increase year-over-year in adult unique visitors (113 million) and a 10% increase in adult average daily visitors (25 million). That according to the Newspaper Association of America (NAA), citin  [...]

Black Consumer Market: Huge, Largely Untapped, Won Through Fair Representation

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Surprise: Consumers Want Email, But Want It Their Way

Marketers were right to worry about getting blacklisted and spam-filtered—that is until most consumers became bargain hunters. Market research from email solution provider BlueHornet (reported via eMarketer) found that as of February 2012, 95% of U.S. email users had joined email lists to receive discounts. What that suggests is that consumers are perfectly willing to share personal information with retailers, in excha  [...]

Reach Travelers on Smart Phones: They Expect It

Hotels, airlines, and online travel agencies take note: if you do not have iOS and Android apps already, or a web presence optimized for those devices, a segment of travelers is passing you over. Fully 51% of smart phone owners get their travel information on those devices. The data comes from   [...]

Hulu "Grows Up" As a TV Rival, Guarantees 100% Ad Completion

The streaming service Hulu will hold a TV-style upfront on Thursday, reports the New York Times; and it is expected to announce it has reached two million paid subscribers of its $8/month Hulu Plus service. If true, then Hulu has gained 0.5 million in Q1 2012. Hulu is a joint venture of NBCUniversal, Fox Entertainment Group and Disne  [...]

Pew Research: 20% of Americans Aren't Online, Don't See Your Ads

A bit of a surprise late Friday. The Pew Internet Project released its findings, that one in five U.S. adults simply is not on the Internet. So there is a “digital desert,” where senior citizens, Spanish speakers and low-income families reside, blind to search, social ads and streaming media.   [...]

Bing Maps for Malls Debuts in Growing Space

Bing just added mall maps and map search to Bing for Mobile Browse. While Bing already offered the functionality for the desktop, the best use  for such maps is on the mobile device. Shoppers use these mobile maps not only to find a local shopping center but also to navigate their way while inside. Among other features, Bing's mall maps  [...]

Top Industry News for 9-23-10: Facebook puts up friends for sale

Social Media: Facebook friends for sale as advertising seeks clicking cliques. Facebook said to be working on phones with INQ for AT&T. LinkedIn to   [...]

More Signs That Digg Can Be Manipulated - Even With the Redesign

Dedicated users of Digg have been gaming the social news site with a particularly malicious purpose in mind: to push up stories with links to rival site Reddit. Apparently these users are disgruntled about the redesigned web page, version 4, which has been long in coming. Ironically one of the reasons why Digg redesigned its site was to move power away from its hard-core users. One of the changes allows me  [...]

CBL Joins Ranks of Geo-retail App Providers

Most geo-location applications have been for outdoor use because they were the low-hanging fruit: simply put, GPS devices and satellites made it very easy to design these applications. Now, though, geo-location is targeting indoor use, led in no small part by shopping center companies that want to bring more traffic to their malls. CBL & Associates Properties is the latest example, partnering with mallMerl  [...]

Gmail May Be Calling Marketers...Along with One Million Other Subscribers

Twenty-four hours after it introduced a new service that lets Gmail subscribers place phone calls from their desktops, Google reported that one million people had tried the service. The service lets Gmail account holders to make voice calls to any traditional phone number from their Gmail account once they have installed of a voice and video  [...]