Slate has partnered with NPR to produce a new radio newsmagazine show. Robert Loch comments. ...
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Matthew Berk, senior analyst for Jupiter Research, names companies he thinks prospective buyers should consider for web analytics work. He advises that solutions should cover what he calls "the 5 S's": source, stream/scenario, segment, self and score....
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The parents of internet "celebrity" and jedi master, Ghyslain Raza, are suing the parents of the four classmates who stole his video clip and put it on the web....
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Gerry McGovern provides a list of common mistakes to avoid in online writing. Robert Loch adds his own suggestions. ...
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In the continuing saga of SUV bashing, the Sierra club has launched Hummdinger.com, a web site that parodies G.M.'s Hummer. The site was created by Experiment in St. Louis. and includes a "Hummer Hunk" quiz and a link to send...
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MSN executives pointed out to analysts that Microsoft is fast gaining advertising market share, even as the market grows. With unaudited advertising revenues of $832 million, the company seems to be in striking distance of AOL and may have already...
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IAR summarizes several of their recent reports on various subscription-based online content services, showing that they are having more success today, even as some markets appear to be moving away from the model. Tig Tillinghast comments.
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HotBot changed the labels of three out of the four search engine databases it searches. Citing usability and awareness studies, HotBot changed Inktomi to HotBot; AllTheWeb to Lycos; and Teoma to Ask Jeeves. The original names were, and still are,...
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Two Democrat U.S. senators asked DARPA, the defense group that created the Internet, to stop work on an online market project that was designed to help predict international political events and terrorism targets. IAR reports. Tig Tillinghast comments....
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The American Teleservices Association (ATA) filed a law suit Monday seeking judicial review of the Federal Communications Commission's new rules that restrict telemarketers' ability to cold-call people who have signed up for the new "Do Not Call" registry. Adweek reports....
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As television networks struggle to maintain their relevance in an increasingly interactive world, DirecTV signed an agreement with Nielen Media Research to measure ad-supported networks carried by DirecTV. MediaWeek reports. Steve Hall comments....
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MSN and MSNBC.com will use WebRelevance technology to sell more targeted advertising. WebRelevance will categorize news stories and other content into pre-determined topics. A site visitor viewing one type of content will later see a corresponding advertisement, even on other...
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Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean continues to defy convention with his unorthodox blog-based fundraising efforts. Yesterday, his campaign faithful raised more than $500,000 through its weblog in a head-to-head competition with a Republican fundraising dinner, where VP Dick Cheney raised...
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Looking more deeply at the "moblogging" (or "mobile logging") trend, this piece shows how mobile phones with text messaging and photo capabilities threaten to bring self-publishing to levels never before seen and may result in bans of cell phone from...
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Just one day after going public with the The Policy Analysis Market (PAM) project, the Pentagon pulled the plug. Congressional critics from both sides of the aisle spent the day heaping criticism on the experiment in predictive modeling. NYT reports....
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Online media company ValueClick reported $20.1 million in revenues this past quarter, a 42 percent increase from last year's. The company earned two cents a share, up from a slight loss per share in the second quarter of 2002. IAR...
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Online music services haven't spent much money to launch or promote themselves, according to industry insiders, and that's all about to change now that Apple Computer's iTunes service proved money can be made online selling music. Ad Age reports. Tig...
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