JibJab, the maker of the This Land is Your Land political satire, launched a new Christmas-oriented animation. It also announced it signed a distribution deal with Yahoo, CNET reports....
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Internet Retailer points to a Relemail study that reports that seven out of eight people believe they'll get more spam if they subscribe to an email newsletter. A slightly smaller proportion - 83 percent - say they have avoided subscribing...
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Microsoft bought anti-spyware software company Giant Company Software and plans to offer its flagship computer hygiene program for free to Windows users within the "near-term," according to an eCommerce Times report. Microsoft said the software will come configured to delete...
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When Business Blog Consulting's Rick Bruner was challenged on an AdTech stage by consumer blogger nonpareil Nick Denton, it got him thinking: just what has been the benefit of the companies publishing interesting corporate blogs? So he started pestering an...
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BtoB Online reports that FIND/SVP's Find.com will partner with ThomasB2B.com to launch a business listings site. The joint effort will include 550,000 industrial suppliers across 29 countries. The directory will be available sometime in 2005's first quarter and will use...
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SearchEngineLowdown reports that contextual targeting firm Blinkx.tv launched a new TV-oriented video search engine. Perhaps more interestingly, the engine allows for the contextual placement of video ads among that content. Blinkx is testing out a couple different business models. In...
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The promotion people behind the new book "Triangle: The Fire That Changed America" seem to have gone a little overboard, going so far as to create a complex network of websites, as they might have appeared if they were able...
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Internet Retailer points to new comScore figures showing that online sales for the week ending December 12 grew 22 percent to hit $2.67 billion. It is the current weekly record. Total commerce, both online and offline, actually fell over roughly...
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TheStreet.com reports that DoubleClick executives are giving themselves a bit of a golden parachute. The firm that hired Lazard Freres to explore "strategic options" decided on Monday that it would put in place a special bonus program for its top...
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Almost a full year after the Can-Spam anti-spam legislation went into effect, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) finally put forth its definitions of just what comprises a commercial email. Already endorsed by the Direct Marketing Association, the criteria are unlikely...
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