eBay Terminates Checks and Money Orders
Today eBay announced via FAQ that starting in late October, the only acceptable payment methods to use when purchasing items on the auction site will be:
A Closer Look At Kentucky
In a follow up to an earlier story, "Kentucky Governor Cracks Down On Online Gambling," Murdok spoke to Governor Steve Beshear’s deputy communications director Jill Midkiff.
Yang Goes All In With New Ad Platform
If Jerry Yang is to be believed, Yahoo’s experienced a genuine "eureka" moment. The company has launched a new digital advertising platform, and its CEO is comparing the platform’s importance to that of radio, television, and the Internet.
Digg Gets More Cash, Expanding Internationally
Digg has raised an additional $27.8 million from a funding round led by Highland Capital Partners. The company has now taken nearly $40 million from investors over the last three years.
The O’Reilly “Hacked”-or
Everyone knows that vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s Yahoo! email account was hacked into. Naturally Bill O’Reilly had something to say about that matter:
MySpace Partners With PayPal On Fundraising
MySpace has partnered with PayPal to create the MySpace IMPACT/ PayPal fundraising widget that allows users to collect donations for non-profit organizations.
Internet Ad Spending Up 8%
Total advertising spending in the first six months of 2008 decreased by 1.6 percent compared to the same period in 2007, according to a new report by TNS Media Intelligence.Ad spending in the second quarter of 2008 was off 3.7 percent compared to last year, the sharpest quarterly drop since 2001.
Successful Blogger Makes Conan O’Brien and Ellen Show
Murdok anchor Abby Prince-Johnson was present for the keynote delivered by Gary Vaynerchuk of Wine Library TV at the BlogWorld Expo. Vaynerchuk talked about how "America is a branded society."
MySpace Compliments MySpace Music with Ad Service
As we continue to await the launch of MySpace Music, the company has launched a new self-serve advertising platform for MySpace users. The program is geared toward bands, which would compliment MySpace Music’s launch quite nicely, though other users are free to advertise with it as well.
American Antitrust Institute Eyes Google-Yahoo Deal
A group called the American Antitrust Institute is probably the last thing Google or Yahoo wanted sticking its nose into their search deal. Now the AAI has done so, though, and surprisingly, it doesn’t see the partnership as a completely objectionable proposal.