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For Better or Worse, Demand Media's Plans Tied to Google

Demand Media is beginning to move toward its initial public offering - which could well be the biggest web IPO this year. The company filed a S-1 disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission - the first step in this process. Criticized by some as a content mill, Demand Media's business strategy produces online content for the purpose of attracting keyword advertising. The company's algorithms look at what search words are most popular, and then pays writers to produce content for s  [...]

GOOG to Serve 'Premium' News, Unbidden, to Users

At a Hollywood party last week, CEO Eric Schmidt of Google revealed the search giant's intentions to provide a "solution" to the collapsing newsprint industry. "Schmidt is distinctly aware of the newsprint meltdown going on in an information world dominated by his company, and that [the Google News] system only works as long as there is someone to report the news that his system delivers to readers," wrote The Wrap's Sharon Waxman, after sp  [...]

Yahoo Withdraws Ads From RSS Feeds

Yahoo has informed publishing partners that, as of February 2009, it will no longer provide ad space in its RSS program. In an email sent to network members, Yahoo said shall end the beta program, which launched in November 2005, and focus on more broadly-used ad products, such as Sponsored Search and Content Match,   [...]

Google Plots Ad Model for Friend Connect, OpenSocial Widgets

Sites registered with Google's Friend Connect will soon be able to include AdSense-like advertising onto their sites and in Open Social widgets, reports TechCrunch. The capability gives Google a window to shoehorn more advertising onto third party websites. Friend Connect lets websites incorporate social features -- like Twitter-style chat, and the ability to embed and share content on MySpace   [...]

Kia Peddles Soul Across imeem for Android

Social music service imeem launched imeem for Android, a mobile music app for phones built on Google's Android platform. imeem for Android has been available in Google's App Market for the past month. It is currently a  [...]

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Rodale Syndicates Print Content to Glam Media

Rodale shall partner with women's online network Glam Media to provide branded articles, slide shows and videos from Women's Health and Prevention magazines, reports MediaBuyerPlanner. The content will appear on Glam's new Health channel, which pulls 9.6 million unique visitors a month, writes Folio. Collectively, Glam's channels a  [...]

Streaming TV Network TheWB.com Goes Live Today

Today marks the debut of TheWB.com, Warner Brothers' contender to existing streaming show and movie sites like Hulu. The WB was a teen-oriented TV network that died quietly in 2006. (The CW, also a teen network, owns the channel now.) It hosted popular shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Gilmore Girls, Angel and Smallville. TheWB.com shall air ad-su  [...]

Google Tests Ads Across YouTube Mobile

Google is preparing an ad platform for YouTube Mobile, which went live in January. YouTube Mobile has enjoyed a happy reception since its debut, expanding to Latin America in February.   [...]

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NBC Reveals Hidden Cache of Olympic Ad Space

NBC Universal has reportedly kept some Olympics ad inventory in its pocket, hoping its impressive viewership numbers would pull in spendier advertisers. Between Monday and Wednesday (Aug. 11-13) of this week, the network sold an additional $10 million worth of TV spots -- topping the $  [...]

Starcut to Build Olympics Website for Mobile

Starcut has been chosen to build the Olympics Mobile website, which will host NBC coverage of the Beijing games taking place from August 8-24. From the mobile site, fans may access polls, news headlines, videos, slideshow galleries and Olympian profiles. Most of the material will come from NBCOlympics.com. "This site will provide the most ambitious sporting event coverage ever provided to mobile sports fans," said SVP Perkins Miller of Digital Media, NBC Sports and Olympics. Miller's st  [...]

Social Media, Mobile -- and Microsoft -- Top Off Beijing Olympic Coverage

With the Beijing Olympics fast approaching, NBC Universal announced it would provide 2200 hours of live competition coverage across 25 sports on NBCOlympics.com. Others will appear on-demand. NBCOlympics.com will also include home video-style content and blogs fr  [...]

Facebook Search: Powered By Microsoft

Live Search will be integrated into Facebook by year's end -- part of an extended ad agreement with Microsoft, reports The Register. Last year Microsoft bought 1.6 percent of Facebook for $240 million, ballooning the site's value to over $15 billion. The stake granted Microsoft the exclusive right to sell Face  [...]

Captivate Launches Online News Site

Captivate Network, which pumps news to digital screens in office building elevators, is launching an online news site. The site, which will appear on Captivate.com at an unspecified date, expands on the 15-second news clips already delivered in elevators. It will be ad-supported and may also feature widgets.  [...]

iVillage Gets into Bed with BlogHer

NBC's iVillage formed a liaison with BlogHer, an online ad network composed of about 2200 women's blogs. Along with the right to advertise to BlogHer's audience, the deal includes a Series B investment worth $5 million, financed between Venrock and Peacock Equity (a joint venture between NBC Universal and GE Commercial Finance's Media), Communications & Entertainment business,   [...]

Ask.com to Power Search, Syndicate Ads to Photobucket

Under an exclusive multi-year agreement, Photobucket has agreed to help resuscitate Ask's search and ad program. Ask.com's search bar will now appear prominently on Photobucket.com, whose user base totals about 44 million per month globally. Ask will also syndicate sponsored listings and display advertising to the photo site. "Photobucket has one of the largest online audiences, and now Ask.com provides these consumers with the answers to the questions they ask every day," boasted SVP Andr  [...]

Syndicated Reviews, Product Comparisons Supplement PC World Content

PC World has partnered with Retrevo to syndicate rival product reviews and comparisons alongside editorial on its website. Retrevo scans other websites to aggregate information related to a client's content. It focuses primarily on consumer electronics: comparison data, prices and review rankings. As part of their agreement, PC World will exclusively promote ad programs for Retrevo's website. Alt Search Engines has  [...]

Hulu Broadens Distribution, Lets Users Cherry-Pick Ads

Hulu.com is adding new distribution outlets for its suite of streaming movies, shows and clips, reports Reuters. The site's content ranges from films like Meet Joe Black and The Usual Suspects, to seasons of The Simpsons and Bones. Selections will be syndicated to TV.com, TVGuide.com and Break.com, which join   [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 4/15/08

Ad Networks and Analytics: comScore said AOL's Platform-A was the top-ranked ad network in March, reaching nine out of 10 online users by combining myriad niche verticals. Ad targeting shop Visible World raised $25 million to expand operations. WidgeBucks is now the fir  [...]

Yahoo and MLB Sign Ad, Distribution Deal

Yahoo has made an agreement to sell ads and distribute video for Major League Baseball. Yahoo shall sell the ad space in games streamed online during the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Considering the number of games shown on MLB.TV, the deal adds significantly to Yahoo's available video inventory. Yahoo will also distribute over 2,400 games live and on-demand through  [...]

Every Episode of South Park is Now Online

The creators of hit comedy show South Park have made every episode available online -- for free, with ad support. South Park Digital Studios shall feature all episodes and archives, including 3,000 embeddable video clips, and games, reports NewTeeVee. The site one-ups Hulu -- a hosted streaming TV site with   [...]