Web 2.0 Trends:

• Internet advertising is just about the only bright spot in Q3 reports of two major newspaper publishers, Gannett Co. and McClatchy Co.
• The New York Times sets 7 digital priorities.
• The Condé Nast magazine empire makes a bigger leap into the digital arena
• Hulu experiments with increasing advertising and designing subscription-based content.
• Hewlett-Packard sets up two projects to enable people to print their own magazines and to print old books that are out of copyright.
• Pew Research reports that 20% of Americans Tweet.
• NJ.com reports on 9 social networking sites that aren't Facebook or Twitter.
• Ad revenue is up 100% at the Wall Street Journal Office Network.

Video Ad Strategies:

• Comcast prepares to launch an online video player that will give entertainment companies new sources of online advertising.
• Online video was ranked as the highest priority for marketers in the next 12 months in a TurnHere survey.

Mobile Marketing:

• Marketers 'salivate' over smartphones' ad potential.
• AT&T is posting flat profits, but still adding wireless and iPhone customers at a fast pace.
• mOcean for Apps is a new mobile advertising platform for smartphone application developers.
• Healthcare company Connectyx Technologies and uVuMobile have entered into a mobile marketing alliance.
• WordPress.com introduced new features that make it easier for blogs to be viewed on mobile devices.

Regulatory Update:

• Old guard telcos are losing the lobbying war over net neutrality to upstart Web 2.0.
• 'Whiter Teeth' ads are attracting regulatory attention.

Windows 7:

• Today is go time for the long-awaited Windows 7 operating system.