Sunday, October 26, 2008

Online advertising - How to Beat 'Card Bind' - Wall Street Journal

How to Beat 'Card Bind' - Wall Street Journal
Let's call it the "credit-card bind." You're trying to get your life established. You get a job. Then you set out to buy a car, rent an apartment, maybe even you plan to buy a house -- all of which require credit. But you resisted getting a credit

Winning in Online Advertising in a Down Economy - ClickZ
In late 1997, I had founded Bluestreak with a few friends. Bluestreak started out among the first-generation rich media advertising technology companies, such as Narrative (later called Enliven), Unicast, and Thinking Media. By 2001 Bluestreak was

Big stars and station stalwarts untouched by crunch - Independent
RTE promises that popular TV programmes will not be dropped, despite a big fall in the station's advertising income. Only "moderate or minor" cutbacks in programming are expected, according to its spokeswoman. But, despite RTE's plan to hold the line

Give All Your Customers FREE Long Distance Calling And Watch Your - PR Inside
2008-10-26 06:08:06 - Al Krauza, President of Biz Calling Cards, Inc., the California based Innovative Advertising Company stated, 'Give your customers $5 free world-wide phone calling cards and watch your business grow. When your customers make the

Republicans fear a Barack Obama victory would turn America sharp left - Times Online
If Barack Obama wins the American presidential election in nine days’ time, it will be because he has beaten the Republicans at their own game, according to Karl Rove, the noted “architect” of President George W Bush’s two victories. The

Stock art consolidation: Getty to buy Jupiterimages - CNET News
In one of the larger consolidation moves that have been sweeping the stock art business, Getty Images has agreed to acquire Jupiterimages, a subsidiary of Jupitermedia, for $96 million in cash, the companies said. Getty will keep the Jupiterimages

Search Me: Internet Giant Cashes In - Ananova
Internet giant Google has bucked the credit crunch by posting a rise in profits. The company was bolstered by the continuing rise in online advertising. Third-quarter profits were up 26% to $1.35bn (£0.78bn), with revenue up 31% to $5.53bn (£3.2bn

Madison man has hit with Internet game - Wisconsin State Journal
In a big business dominated by video game giants, Madison's Joe Rheaume created his own game — then navigated a path as tricky as anything Mario faced to get it played online more than 7 million times. As an independent computer programmer, Rheaume

British TV's enfant terrible stumbles into adulthood - Guardian Unlimited
It is a cherished cultural institution that transformed broadcasting when it was launched just over 25 years ago, but Channel 4, the enfant terrible of British television, is finding adulthood testing. The broadcaster is a strange hybrid - a publicly