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.

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.