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Facebook bought life aggregator and community site FriendFeed on Monday for a deal reportedly worth $50 million. The figure would come from $15 million in cash, and the rest in Facebook stock that vests over several years worth nearly $32.5 million. Facebook had previously eyed purchasing the start-up as far back as 2007. This deal also comes after an  [...]

Google, Facebook and Twitter CEOs in MediaGuardian's Top 10 Digital Media List.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page lead the list in this year's MediaGuardian Top 100 of Digital Media. The Guardian UK's MediaGuardian is an annual compilation of the 100 most influentical people in the digital space. Apple's Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive come in at number four ahead of Microsoft's Steve Ballmer at number five. Rounding out the top 10 is Twitter's Evan Williams. The complete list of 100 can be   [...]

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The acquisition of aQuantive will give Microsoft a boost in metrics and prepare them for the future of advertising, according to Martin Laetsch, senior director of search strategy at SEMDirector, in an email correspondence. Laetsch calls Microsoft's acquisition a reaction to the Google/Doubleclick deal, and the reason they didn't   [...]

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Leaked Documents Confirm MySpace News Coming

The MySpace News site has apparently been confirmed in leaked Fox Interactive Media sales documents, including screenshots, about the MySpace news-aggregation service, Wired writes. The site, reportedly to launch later this year, will automatically collect news items from various news sites and blogs. MySpace users will then be able to rate and comment on each story the  [...]

Yahoo Courting Sponsors for Social Media Sites

Yahoo is beginning to increase efforts to monetize its social media sites, including Yahoo Groups, Yahoo 360 and Yahoo Video. This week, Yahoo will begin a high-profile marketing initiative with Nissan Motors, after having recently launched its first corporate page on Yahoo 360 for Travelocity, MediaPost reports. Yahoo promises that similar marketing efforts will be coming soon to   [...]

Literary Magazine 'Wholphin' Launched via DVD

A new magazine - and a new conceptualization of what a magazine is - has been launched; four yearly issues will contain not articles but short films on DVD, writes the Washington Post (via MediaBuyerPlanner). The DVD magazine, Wholphin (a cross between a whale and a dolphin), is being published by the   [...]

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Million Dollar Homepage Being Blackmailed

The Million Dollar Homepage is being hammered by extortionists who want money in return for halting the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that knocked down the site last week and has since made it nearly impossible to access, reports The Register (U.K.). The site's ow  [...]

'Download Disasters' Found in WhenU, 180solutions Bundles

Among "The Web's Worst Download Disasters," at least according to the blog of software startup SiteAdvisor, is software bundled with packages from adware leaders WhenU and 180solutions, writes MediaPost. SiteAdvisor says it tested more than 140,000 programs and found that the following five scored worst among adware/spyware: EntertainmentWallPaper.co  [...]

Yahoo, Marketers Agree: Shorter Is Better (for Text Ads)

Starting this week, Yahoo Search Marketing will shorten sponsored search text ads to 70 (from 190) characters, and most marketers view the move in a positive light, writes ClickZ. They say the standardization (with Google) simplifies the management of keyword buys and makes comparing results across engines easier. It's also what time-strapped consumers want. No  [...]

Media Matchmaker Hooks up Buyers, Potential Partners

In Media Matchmaker, Media buyers wishing to find product placement, promotions and integration opportunities for their clients have a new tool to help find potential partners that are likewise looking to negotiate and close deals, writes MediaBuyerPlanner. As traditional advertising has been augmented by digital opportunities, product placement and other non-traditional approaches have become increa  [...]

Online Shoppers Not Too Worried about Security

Some 70 percent of online adults responding to a new Business Software Alliance (BSA) study conducted by Harris Interactive said security concerns did not prevent them from making purchases online - and 38 percent said spent more online in 2005 than they in 2004, reports InternetNews. Nine of ten said they did online shopping from home; 26 percent said they did at least some online shopping while at work. Some 88 percent said  [...]

Online Sales Up 33 Percent Christmas Week

Year-over-year online sales growth was strong Christmas week (ended Dec. 25), up 33 percent, to $1.77 billion, from the $1.33 billion in the corresponding week a year earlier, reports Internet Retailer, citing comScore figures. Online sales were, however, down significantly from the record $3.03 billion the week before. Online travel sales   [...]

Internet Sales Tax Bills Likely to Be Combined

Two Senate bills that propose mandatory collection of internet sales tax will likely be combined into one that would provide exemptions to small retailers, writes InternetRetailer, quoting John Logan, senior state tax analyst at CCH Inc. "As we get further into 2006, some of the unsettled issues will get settled, making passage...more favorable," Logan says. Two versions of an internet sales tax bills were   [...]

Seven Digital Marketing Predictions for 2006

eMarketer this week issued e-marketing predictions for the coming year: (1) Online advertising will constitute 5.4 percent of all U.S. advertising spending in 2006, surpassing the 5 percent mark for the first time, and reach 7.5 percent by 2009; (2) retail e-commerce will grow even more, from $87 billion in 2005 to $105 billion in 2006, a 21 percent increase; (3) Broadband use will continue to expand, from the current 105 million users   [...]

Million Dollar Homepage Reaches Goal, Suffers DDoS Attack

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Consumers: For VOD, We'd Rather See Ads than Pay

Sixty-two percent of consumers prefer free on-demand TV programs with commercials rather than commercial-free VOD programs that cost $1.99, writes MediaBuyerPlanner, citing new research from Point  [...]

TV Stations' Website Revs Doubled in 2005

Online advertising revenue for local TV websites was an estimated $283 million in 2005, twice as much as in 2004 - and is expected to again increase, by 39 percent, in 2006 - according to a new Television Bureau of Advertising survey conducted by Borrell Associates, writes MediaWeek. Considering their strength in delivering online video content, local TV station websites are poised to make s  [...]

Online Agency Creates $500 TV Ads for Local Businesses

A new, internet-based ad agency, Spot Runner, is positioning itself as a company that offers commercial production, media planning and ad time for as little as $500,   [...]