French carmaker Peugeot placed its U.K. digital account, currently handled by Euro RSCG into review. The move comes just when auto manufacturers are moving significant portions of their budgets online. Last week, BMW announced that one of every six marketing...
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While it remains hidden behind closed doors in Redmond, WA, Microsoft's developing new search engine is proving ravenous. Site managers across the Internet are reporting frequent and deep visits by the indexing engine, which returns nightly to Microsoft with its...
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Senator John Kerry's presidential campaign raised more than $1 million a day on the web alone in June, with $3 million arriving on Wednesday, a one-day record comprised of so many transactions that the campaign's computer system crashed. Online contributions...
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Google announced it was making Gmail account trading explicitly forbidden in the terms and conditions of the free email service. The vast storage capacity and - perhaps most importantly - the very limited supply of accounts made Gmail accounts highly...
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Ask Jeeves added shopping search to its list of "smart search" tools. Partnering with Yahoo's Kelkoo comparison shopping site, Ask Jeeves will be able to exploit the shopping services tags, databases and pricing information. Ask Jeeves has been mentioned as...
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The pace of media mergers grew rapidly in the first half of 2004, according to Jordan Edmiston Group, shooting up 26 percent over the same period in 2003. Information databases and newsletters saw the most action, doubling the pace from...
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Nick Denton's mini media empire is set to expand, with plans to start publishing two new blogs. One will be on video games and the other on travel - both categories that have a disproportionate share of online media budgets...
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A MediaPost canvassing of executives at major legitimate email marketing firms show that the idea of the Federal Trade Commission deputizing the public to help fight spam makes them queasy. While the Can-Spam Act seems to have helped them out...
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A seemingly innocent Coke promotion called "Unexpected Summer" has the U.S. military up in arms. For the promotion, Coke outfitted 120 random cans with built-in GPS cell phones. Buyers who find one of the cans can use the embedded phone...
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