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Ad Ops Daily Briefs: January 6 2009

» by Otilia Otlacan January 6th, 2009 at 11:30 pm » Comments (0)

- The Washington Post and The Baltimore Sun to Share Content The Washington Post and The Baltimore Sun announced that effective January 1, 2009 they will share selected stories, photos and news content with each other in order to better serve readers of both newspapers. The Post and The Sun have agreed to share the newspapers’ day-to-day coverage of certain Maryland news and sports. In addition, The Post and The Sun may draw on each other's national, international and feature stories that are distributed by the LAT-WP News Service, to which both contribute. The exchanges will allow each paper to take advantage ...more »

Despite Weak Season, Online Spending Trends Outperform Brick-And-Mortar Across Several Key Retail Categories

» by Otilia Otlacan January 6th, 2009 at 10:15 am » Comments (0)

Sport & Fitness Ranks as Top-Growing Online Category for the Season RESTON, VA – comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, released online spending data by category for the online holiday shopping season, which showed that trends in online spending outperformed offline in several key product categories. The study compared comScore e-commerce data to overall (online and offline) consumer spending data published by MasterCard Advisors’ SpendingPulse Unit for the period of Nov. 1 – Dec. 24 vs. year ago. SpendingPulse is an information service provided by MasterCard Advisors, a subsidiary of MasterCard Worldwide. A macro-economic indicator, SpendingPulse ...more »

blinkx Unveils the Un-roll Unit, A Unique, Immersive Approach to Online Video Advertising

» by Otilia Otlacan January 6th, 2009 at 9:00 am » Comments (0)

MediaCom and Shell Oil leverage the Un-roll to tell Shell’s alternative energy story to the world SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. – blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, introduced the Un-roll Unit, an entirely new and immersive branding experience that gives advertisers the unique opportunity to tell a compelling story through their brand and online television, and enables users to engage with a brand continuously throughout a video. In addition, MediaCom and Shell Oil are among the first agencies and brands, respectively, to deploy the new ad format. A media first, the Un-roll was developed in-house by blinkx in response to the industry’s ...more »

Sales During Online Holiday Shopping Season Decline by 3 Percent

» by Otilia Otlacan January 5th, 2009 at 1:23 pm » Comments (0)

Despite Weak Season Apple, Amazon, Wal-Mart and Sears Post Traffic Increases RESTON, VA – comScore (NASDAQ : SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, reported its tracking of holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the holiday shopping season, beginning November 1 and ending December 23, the last day to purchase online with the possibility of delivery by Christmas Eve. Online spending reached $25.5 billion during that period, down 3 percent versus the corresponding shopping days in 2007. more »

Akamai Accelerates Gorilla Nation’s Global Publishing Sites

» by Otilia Otlacan January 5th, 2009 at 9:00 am » Comments (0)

Increasingly dynamic, interactive sites leverage Akamai’s advanced services to improve page load times, user download speeds and overall site effectiveness CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering rich media, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, announced that Gorilla Nation Media, a diversified online media company, is leveraging Akamai’s solutions to deliver and accelerate more than 55 global sites. Exclusively representing hundreds of leading websites in various vertical markets, Gorilla Nation Media develops leading consumer destination sites that enable advertisers to reach targeted audience segments and demographics. All of the Gorilla Nation destinations are rich, dynamic sites with ...more »

MIVA Direct Launches ALOT Desktop Beta

» by Otilia Otlacan December 30th, 2008 at 9:45 am » Comments (0)

New Widget Delivery Platform Extends the Reach of MIVA’s Expanding ALOT Brand NEW YORK - MIVA Direct, Inc., the toolbar, homepage and content division of digital media and advertising company, MIVA, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIVA), announced the beta release of ALOT Desktop, a free software application that enables users to display widgets directly on their computer desktops without having a browser window open. Through the new product, users can choose from a range of different ALOT widgets that they can customize and then add to their desktops. These widgets include an online radio player, news headlines, weather and celebrity gossip. It is intended that ...more »

AOL Sites Reach 22 Months of Consecutive Year-Over-Year Growth in November

» by Otilia Otlacan December 30th, 2008 at 9:15 am » Comments (0)

Content Sites Saw Double-Digit Advertiser Growth; AOL Launched More Than 20 New Sites in 2008 NEW YORK- AOL’s programming sites continued to see strong growth in November, extending year-over-year growth in unique visitors to 22 consecutive months, according to the November 2008 comScore Media Metrix report. The announcement culminates a year of aggressive expansion and investment in AOL’s programming group, which included the launch in 2008 of more than 20 new sites in key areas such as finance, entertainment, women’s lifestyle and men’s interests. Unique visitors to AOL’s programming content sites grew 3% year-over-year to 54 million in November. In addition, page ...more »

Dynamic Logic Announces Second Annual Top Online Advertising Campaigns in the U.S.

» by Otilia Otlacan December 24th, 2008 at 1:19 pm » Comments (0)

Best Campaigns Combine Strong Creative with Effective Media Placement for Optimal Impact NEW YORK - Dynamic Logic, a Millward Brown company, announces the most effective online U.S. brand advertising campaigns for the second year. The top campaigns overall were compared to U.S. campaigns that were measured by Dynamic Logic last year. Campaigns are listed in alphabetical order by brand: Brand Advertised: Kenmore Pro Parent Company: Sears Research Commissioned by: NBC Universal/Bravo.com Brand Advertised: Olay Regenerist Parent Company: Procter & Gamble Media Agency: MediaVest Research Commissioned by: Wild Tangent more »

The Arts Ad Network Selects adConductor to Power New Vertical Ad Network

» by Otilia Otlacan December 24th, 2008 at 1:15 pm » Comments (0)

Technology Serves as Operating Platform for the World’s Premier Ad Network for Fine and Performing Arts Web Sites BURLINGTON, Mass. - Burst Media, a leading provider of online advertising services, announced the signing of The Arts Ad Network as a new client of its adConductor ad management technology and services. The Arts Ad Network has recently formed the world’s premier vertical content network serving fine and performing arts sites. adConductor will provide ad serving and ad management support across this network. The Arts Ad Network offers brand advertisers an efficient way to reach an affluent, educated audience online, and offers web publishers ...more »

Ad Ops Daily Briefs: December 23 2008

» by Otilia Otlacan December 23rd, 2008 at 11:50 pm » Comments (1)

- Dynamic Marketing Systems Partners with New Jersey Credit Union League to Offer Webinar Series on the Use of Technology to Create Marketing Campaigns Dynamic Marketing Systems (DMS), a provider of Web-enabled marketing resource management solutions, announced it is joining New Jersey Credit Union League (NJCUL) to participate in a Webinar series entitled “Marketing Your Credit Union,” which addresses how credit unions can more efficiently and cost-effectively create marketing programs and associated collateral material. The first Webinar was scheduled to take place on December 18 at 10 a.m. EST. Additional Webinars will also be held during the first quarter of 2009. more »