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Now Google, Comcast in Talks for Piece of AOLGoogle and Comcast have reportedly joined forces and are in talks with Time Warner to buy a piece...SpamAssassin Spares Those on Habeas ListHabeas, which certifies the reputations of email senders, announced yesterday that the latest version Apache's SpamAssassin, the open-source...Heavy.com Debuts Videogame-Based Comedy WebisodesBroadband TV network Heavy.com this week announced a slate of seven on-demand three-minute, three-episode comedy series, including "Gangster...RealNetworks, Microsoft Bury the HatchetMicrosoft and RealNetworks on Tuesday announced a far-reaching deal putting their legal differences and instead buttressing their digital-music...IPG's R/GA Builds Verizon Film SiteInterpublic Group's R/GA has built a website for a short-film competition as part of Verizon's campaign celebrating the...Eyeblaster Partner Network LaunchedRich media company Eyeblaster on Thursday debuted a preferred partner network - EyeNet - intended for publishers and...Miva Service Offers PPC Ads in EmailsSearch marketing firm Miva has launched a service that lets advertisers generate pay-per-click ad revenue through email newsletters...Yahoo Music Admitted to StanfordYahoo will provide its Music Unlimited subscription service to Stanford University students at no cost to them, in...MSN to Show, Sell Vid Ads for JibJab ShortsJibJab Media has hired MSN to distribute, sell video ad units for, and work with JibJab and its...Bollore's Aegis Stake Grows, Omnicom Not Yet InterestedAlthough prospective bidders of Aegis are reportedly waiting on the sidelines and corporate raider Vincent Bollore continues to...Comcast Delivers One Billion VOD Programs in 10 monthsComcast announced that more than one billion programs have been viewed on the company's On Demand service to...Interactivity of Newspaper Online Classifieds Found WantingNewspapers are missing an opportunity to use audio, video and other interactive media technologies according to a University...Online Shoppers Relying Less on Credit CardsConsumers are more and more using credit-card alternatives to pay for online purchases, reports InternetRetailer, citing a recent...Leapin' Lizards: Scripps 3Q Profits Jump on Shopzilla GainsNewspaper publisher and cable network owner E.W. Scripps reported today that its profits jumped 48 percent in the...56 Percent of Internet Population Views Streaming VideoMore than 94 million people in the U.S. - 56 percent of the domestic internet population - viewed...Spielberg to Make Videogames for EASteven Spielberg videogames - coming soon (actually, in a few years) to your game console, reports the Associated...Google Maps Leaves Out Taiwan Province MentionTaiwan last week welcomed Google's removal of "Taiwan, Province of China" from its global map service following protests...Predictive-Text Mobile Interface Better, FasterMobile software firm Tegic Communications, an AOL subsidiary, has launched a new mobile phone interface solution - T9...AOL: Some 80 Percent of African-Americans OnlineAfrican-Americans are accessing the internet in record numbers - they are spending more time there (5 hours a...Buying (into) RSS Advertising (Part 2)Pheedo CMO Bill Flitter offers the second in a three-part series for ReveNews on "How to Buy RSS...Yahoo, Too, Reportedly Courting AOLYahoo has reportedly joined the ranks of big-name contestants vying for AOL's favors, according to TheStreet.com, which cites...180solutions Lays Off 20 Percent of WorkforceAdware firm 180solutions, facing a class-action lawsuit, has laid off 50 employees (20 percent of its workforce) across...Verizon Thinking Big with Fios TVPhone company Verizon, one of the four remaining offspring of Ma Bell, is offering its new, fiber-optic network-based...Search, Research Tool and Newsreader, Inform.com LaunchedInform.com, developed by New York startup Inform Technologies, is being launched today (Monday) and will not only allow...The Aegis Saga: WPP In, Publicis OutWPP is considering a bid for Aegis Group, in collaboration with a private investment firm that sources say...WPP Shutters Red CellWPP Group is unraveling Red Cell, the multifarious assortment of agencies it tried to knit together in 2001...Online merchants, ERA Form Lobbying AllianceSeveral major multi-channel retailers, including eBay, Shop NBC and the Home Shopping Network, have formed the Online Retail...Online Retail Sales Up 17 Percent for weekOnline retail spending was up 17 percent for the week ended September 25, reaching $1.58 billion from the...VeriSign Acquires Moreover for $30 MillionVeriSign on Monday confirmed that it had acquired Moreover Technologies, an aggregator of real-time content for websites, search...Intelliseek to Provide, AOL to Publish, Blog DataAOL has reached an agreement with word-of-mouth measurement firm Intelliseek's BlogPulse, which indexes more than 17 million blogs,...BellSouth, Yahoo in Broadband, Portal DealBellSouth and Yahoo announced on Monday that they've struck a deal to offer a co-branded broadband service, called...Commercial Alert: FTC Should Probe Buzz MarketersThe nonprofit Commercial Alert today (Tuesday) sent a letter (pdf) to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), requesting that...DMA Requires Use of Email AuthenticationThe Direct Marketing Association is requiring all member companies to use identification and authentication protocols to authenticate their...3Q Online Adspend Up; 4Q Looks Good, 2006 Even BetterOnline adspend increased some 10 percent in the third quarter according to a Deutsche Bank/MediaPost survey of 87...Bollore Now Owns 17.38 Percent of AegisCorporate raider and Havas chairman Vincent Bollore on Monday said he has bought an additional 22 million shares...Eight Google Print Sites Open in EuropeGoogle on Monday said it had begun operating local-language sites in eight European countries for Google Print -...DMA Unveils New LogoDirect Marketing Association president/CEO John A. Greco Jr. unveiled a new brand identity and logo for the DMA...MarketWatch Golden Goose Campaign LaunchedIn its first campaign since being acquired by Dow Jones last year, MarketWatch is using the image of...New Site Targets Video GamersA new Time Warner venture, GameTap, offers computer users an opportunity to play hundreds of games on demand...I/PRO Launches Free Media Planning ToolOnline media qualification service I/PRO has launched a beta of SPOTSITE, a free media planning service for media...A Preview of MSN AdCenterWith Microsoft having begun its AdCenter pilot by rolling out a beta interface, SearchEngineLowdown takes it for a...AOL Kids' TV Hopping, Going PlacesIn another indication that TV content is moving away from the TV set, AOL's two TV channels geared...Yahoo's 3Q Numbers Beat Analysts' ExpectationsYahoo on Tuesday posted 3Q05 profit and revenue numbers higher than in 3Q04, beating analysts' expectations, reports CNET....More of Online Ad Budgets Go to Local SitesMedia executives allocated more of clients' online adspend to local media websites in the third quarter than earlier...Video iPod Has Some Advertisers SweatingAmid the explosion of available media outlets, advertisers will likely be scrambling even more to reach consumers, this...Estonia Votes via the NetThe Baltic state of Estonia last week became the first country to open up local elections to internet...Gamers Would View Ads in Return for Free PlaysSome 90 percent of males age 18-34 would watch a video ad in exchange for free game plays,...Google Revises Privacy PolicyGoogle has updated its privacy policy and now says employees, contractors and others with access to customer information...Whereonearth a Find for Yahoo Local SearchYahoo reported on Tuesday that it had acquired a small, 25-employee U.K. firm called Whereonearth to help improve... |