UK Net Advertising Surpasses Print

Internet advertising is a big business in the UK, and according to a new report, it’s reached record proportions.  Over 2 billion pounds - that’s about $3.95 billion - was spent in 2006, which represents a 41% increase over the previous year’s figures.  Even more important is the fact that only $3.73 billion was spent on newspaper advertising.

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Eisner Series To Premier On MySpace

My Space and former Walt Disney chief executive Michael Eisner have announced a partnership to premier "Prom Queen" on MySpace, an original mystery series produced by Eisner's production studio Vuguru. The show will accessible exclusively on MySpace twelve hours before being released on any other site.

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Porn Domain Vote To Come Tomorrow

Officials of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Numbers and Names (ICANN) are becoming increasingly leery of adopting the “.xxx” domain for pornographic websites amid concerns from government officials, the porn industry itself and, oddly enough, many religious groups.

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Kathy Sierra and Keeping it Positive

Like many, I'm far enough removed from this particular conference & blog orbit that I don't really know that much about Kathy Sierra, or the motivations someone might have for writing noxious comments about her and threatening her. On the strength of the belief that what has transpired has been an act of misogyny in the professional world, hundreds have sent supportive comments and have…

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Why Google’s Brand is Hurting its Offline Expansion Plans

When most people think of the Google brand, they get a warm fuzzy feeling. Indeed, Google is one of the top influential brands in the world, but not everyone feels butterflies in their tummy, when they think of Google. In fact, when it comes to offline advertising channels, Google is finding that it’s brand is more of a hindrance, than help, when it comes to…

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