Ad-Tech: Content King Again?
Interesting keynote/roundtable at AdTech this morning asking the question is content king again? Panlists include Suzie Reider, Head of Advertising for YouTube, Jason Hirschhorn, president Sling Media Group, Kourosh Karimkhany, General Manager Wired Digital, Caroline H. Little CEO and Publisher, Washingtonpost.com and Newsweek Interactive.
Windows Live Search Executive Dane Glasgow Leaves
Dane Glasgow, general manager for Windows Live Search, is leaving the company to work for various nonprofits and spend more time with his family, according to ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley. Only last month did, Christopher Payne, VP of Windows Live Search, leave to start his own company.
PRWeek Responds to Fallout
In an impressive move, PRWeek EIC, Julia Hood, responded to the blogstorm of negative coverage about the magazine’s edict that PR was entering the 3.0 era.
Reality TV on MySpace News
Less than a week after the launch of MySpace News, Reuters reports on a planned political show, “Independent,” for the social news site.
1/3 Adults Consult Wikipedia, CD Version is Out
The Washington Post reports today on a Pew Internet study that states that Wikipedia receives around 70% of its traffic from search engines (citing Hitwise), and one in three adults consults Wikipedia—39% of men and 34% of women. The full study also notes that 50% of those consulting Wikipedia are college graduates. One hopes they take the information they find with the appropriate grain of salt.
Banner Blindness Beyond the Banner
When looking at the difference between a profitable business model and an unprofitable one you really need to look at the math. I recently ran many graphic ads that I bought through Google on a CPM site targeting basis. Here is a look at one campaign:
Adobe Flex Enters Open Source
Adobe hopes to attract more developers to their Flex platform by releasing its SDK under terms of the Mozilla Public License.
Live Search Exec Ejects
Another one bites the dust at Microsoft, as Live Search general manager Dane Glasgow has chosen to bail out of the company.
Yahoo Strolls To Tribeca Film Festival
If you can’t make it to Bobby D’s showcase event in lower Manhattan, Yahoo can bring some choice parts of it to your web browser.
Webmaster Settles With IA, Goes After Teenager
One of the most bizarre Internet stories this year gets more bizarre. Internet Archive and Suzanne Shell have resolved their lawsuits against each other "amicably," a word that follows words like "theft" and "racketeering" about as well as toothpaste follows orange juice. Next on her list: a 15-year-old Canadian jokester.