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25 Jul 2009 10:08

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Biz: Online advertising didn’t buck the trend of the recession

  • -5% decline in online ads in 1Q 2009; time to rethink? source
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13 Jul 2009 14:14

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Biz: Oh, the neverending love affair between advertisers and social media

  • How can it be wrong if it feels so good? Marketing companies are realizing more and more that when it comes to selling products, a blogger’s seal of approval can go a long way. The devil is in the details though. How exactly do they get their hands on the product in the first place? The Federal Trade Commission wants to know, and might make it mandatory for online media publishing testimonials and reviews to disclose how they got the goods. source
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19 Jun 2009 19:09

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Music: Trolls or no, Trent Reznor decides he’ll go back online

  • 1 week without Trent Reznor’s infinite Twitter wisdom thanks to trolls source
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12 Jun 2009 11:30

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Tech: Finally, Tony La Russa can verify his Twitter account!

Twitter’s verified accounts are now a thing of reality. Which means now you can confirm Ashton Kutcher is ignoring you. source
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09 Jun 2009 17:10

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U.S.: A buncha offshore bank accounts used for online gambling frozen

  • $30 million in winnings were dealt a bad hand by the feds source
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09 Jun 2009 09:38

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U.S.: Cali. Gov. Ahnold: Textbooks are heavy. Let’s get rid of them!

  • That’s one $350 million bill he doesn’t want to pay. Governator Arnold Schwartzenegger, looking for ways to save a little money in a huge deficit, is talking about getting kids out of textbooks and onto the Internet instead. And it’s not because the technology is so great. It’s because books are expensive and he has a $24.3 billion deficit to kill. *Whew.* Good luck duder. source
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10 May 2009 22:39

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Biz, U.S.: The Wall Street Journal plans to charge using micropayments

  • It’s a payments system – once we have your details we will be able to charge you according to what you read, in particular, a high price for specialist material.
  • Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Robert Thomson • On his company’s eventual move to a micropayments system online. It’s a system that’s been heavily fought against by readers but makes sense for the WSJ, as they have a history of charging for their content. And since they have Rupert Murdoch as owner, they have a better reason to do it than most. • source
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10 Apr 2009 20:47

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Biz, Politics, Tech: Huffington: Consumer habits have changed, AP.

  • Consumer habits have changed dramatically. People have gotten used to getting the news they want, when they want it, how they want it, and where they want it. And this change is here to stay.
  • Arianna Huffington • Talking about newspapers, the media and her role in the whole mess with The Huffington Post. She was on Charlie Rose this week debating the topic with Tom Curley of the Associated Press and said some really insightful things. Huffington knows what she’s talking about. • source
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05 Apr 2009 10:26

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Biz: Online ad sales are up, but it’s deceptive growth

  • 6.7% expected rise in online ad sales, mostly worldwide source
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01 Apr 2009 22:00

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Culture: We’re totally watching the leaked “Wolverine” flick tonight

That’s right, the new Hugh Jackman star vehicle is totally on the Internet a month early. And we have no morals. source
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