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Yahoo to offer free games with in-game ads

Friday, July 11th, 2008

Yahoo said it would offer its users hundreds of popular casual online games as free downloads backed by revenue from advertising integrated into the games. NEW YORK–Yahoo said on Thursday it would offer its users hundreds of popular casual online games as free downloads backed by revenue from advertising…
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AOL lands Verizon advertising deal

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Agreement, expected to be announced Monday, gives AOL exclusive right to represent all of Verizon’s advertising space on the Internet. (From Reuters) Time Warner’s AOL landed one of its biggest advertising deals since the division’s restructuring as the sole representative of telephone company Verizon Communications’ online advertising inventory….
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Online games by the hundreds, with tie-ins

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

By entering online-game sector, media companies attract advertising, including from food companies limiting TV ads aimed at children.(From The New York Times) For some children, watching Dora the Explorer on television is becoming passe. Now they want to be Dora. Tapping into this desire, media companies are…
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Lending companies reduce online advertising

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

After January’s massive interest rate cut, marketing departments are pulling back on search engine advertising campaigns. The day after the federal government cut interest rates, LendingTree.com saw record traffic to its site for connecting borrowers and lenders. As a result, the marketing team at LendingTree pulled back…
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Doing a number on Web site traffic

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Content publishers and tracking agencies aren’t always on the same page when it comes to Web metrics, which are key to a site’s appeal to advertisers. In 2004, new kid on the block MySpace was watching its user traffic rise fast. But executives were having a tough time…
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GoFish out to hook youth marketers

Monday, February 18th, 2008

The company is bundling dozens of smaller kids sites to build one big marketplace in an effort to appeal to advertisers. Club Penguin and Webkinz are rare success stories in the realm of sites that can draw tens of millions of loyal tweens and teens. So one company…
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Four big U.S. newspaper companies set online ad network

Friday, February 15th, 2008

Called QuadrantOne, alliance is intended to serve premium advertisers seeking an audience in 27 of nation’s top markets. Four of the largest newspaper companies in the United States are teaming up to create an online advertising sales network focused on premium advertisers seeking a national audiences. New…
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BT, Carphone, Virgin Media sign on to ad exchange

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

System connects advertisers, Web sites, and ISPs to produce more targeted advertising based on a user’s anonymous browsing trends. Three of Britain’s largest Internet service providers have signed up to use a new advertising platform that will give them a slice of the growing online targeted ad market….
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Google CEO bullish on mobile Web advertising

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Eric Schmidt says mobile Web access is a “re-creation of the Internet” that will turn location-based advertising into big business. The arrival of a truly mobile Web, offering a new generation of location-based advertising, is set to unleash a “huge revolution,” Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said on…
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Publicis, Google reveal digital ad collaboration

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Details not disclosed, but pact will allow Google to provide tech expertise while Publicis handles analysis, media planning. France’s Publicis and Web search engine giant Google on Tuesday revealed they were combining their expertise to expand in the fast-growing digital advertising market. However, the pair did not…
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