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Tanzina Vega / Media Decoder:
Internet Advertising Revenue Increases — Advertising revenue on the Internet just broke a record, according to the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers. — Revenue for the first half of 2010 was $12.1 billion, an 11.3 percent increase over the same period last year.
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IAB, TechCrunch, Adrants and Search Engine Land
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IAB:
Internet Ad Revenues Break Records, Climb to More Than $12 Billion for First Half of '10 — Search Remains Strong, Digital Video Soars as Display Gains Momentum—Double-Digit Growth in Online Advertising Is Back — The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PwC US today released …
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paidContent, rbr.com, Business Wire, VentureBeat, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim and Soup
Abe Peck / Smart Journalism. Real Solutions …:
The Third Way to Media Success — Northwestern University researchers look to link editorial talent with audience experiences to get an elusive Web-era result — loyal readers and viewers. — SHARE AND ENJOY: — Media users now sup at a cornucopia of choice.
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Romenesko
Robert Andrews / paidContent:
Veebeam Raising $6 Million For Wireless Video Sending — Veebeam, a gadget-and-software combo which transmits video from computers to TVs, says it has raised the first of a two-tranche, $6 million second funding round. — The money was led by Amadeus Capital Partners, Intel (NSDQ: INTC) …
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NewTeeVee and VentureBeat
Joe Pompeo / Silicon Alley Insider:
AOL Patch Responds To Recent Plagiarism Incidents And Ongoing Employee Woes — AOL's hyperlocal venture, Patch, is now well into an expansion phase that by year's end will bring to 500 the number of community news websites in its network, thereby making Patch the “largest hirer of full …
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Lost Remote and WebNewser
Peter Kafka / MediaMemo:
Ad.ly Promises to Get More Celebrities, Pitching More Stuff, In Your Facebook Feed — Facebook has a big ad business. But its display ads tend to get ignored by the overwhelming majority of its users. — Ad.ly says it can fix this, with a time-tested method: Celebrity endorsements.
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The Huffington Post and Beet.TV
Mark Sweney / Guardian:
Financial Times app brings in £1m — In the five months since its launch, the app has attracted 400,000 downloads and accounts for 10% of new digital subscriptions — The Financial Times's new iPad app has generated more than £1m in advertising revenue since it was launched in May …
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paidContent, The Wire, The Next Web, Media Week and Talking Biz News
rbr.com:
Tribune Company announces settlement with creditors — It looks like Tribune Company now has a deal with its creditors on a reorganization plan for the company to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The new plan was negotiated by the court-appointed mediator and covers claims from both …
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MediaPost, Broadcasting & Cable and The Wrap
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Does HuffPo refuse to link to Gawker? — Deep into Ben McGrath's largely sympathetic profile of Gawker Media impresario Nick Denton is an awkward encounter between Denton and Jai Singh, an old acquaintance from Denton's time in San Fransisco who had recently started at the Huffington Post.
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Runnin' Scared and Soup
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Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media:
Huffpo vs. Gawker: Which Is Worth More?
Huffpo vs. Gawker: Which Is Worth More?
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Most Recent Home Page Posts … and MediaMemo
Brian X. Chen / Epicenter:
Futurist Nick Bilton Sees Media's Destiny: Storytelling — With smartphones, computers and tablets bombarding us with more data than we could ever ask for, it's difficult to get a clear vision of what the future portends. But maybe we're already living there.
Eric Deggans / National Sports Journalism Center:
Legacy of Brett Favre-Jennifer Sterger story could be future of sports media ethics — Since I started in this game a few decades ago, one element has surfaced as an often-overlooked essential of the journalism craft. — Your word, especially to sources, must be gold.
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Romenesko
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
HP Scandal Sucks in New York Times Columnist Over Conflict of Interest — Another reputation smeared in the Hewlett-Packard/Oracle slag-fest. Turns out Joe Nocera, the New York Times business columnist who penned that scathing piece on former SAP chief and incoming Hewlett-Packard CEO Léo Apotheker …
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BoomTown, Felix Salmon and Financial Times, more at Techmeme »
Ryan Lawler / NewTeeVee:
BNI Video Raises $16M to Turn Cable TV to IPTV — BNI Video, which hopes to provide a way for cable and IPTV providers to quickly roll out new video services, has raised $16 million from a group of investors led by Cisco, Comcast Interactive Capital and Time Warner Cable.
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Multichannel
Austin Carr / Fast Company:
Twitter Crushing Facebook's Click-Through Rate: Report — What is the most effective way for marketers to spread their message online? Facebook? Twitter? Company blogs? Email? — According to a new report by marketing firm SocialTwist, Internet sharing trends have shifted heavily …
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MediaPost, Lost Remote and New Media Age
Laurie Sullivan / MediaPost:
Google Unleashes Ad Display Automation Tools — Google's long-term plan to automate the advertising supply chain will lead the Mountain View, Calif. tech company on Tuesday to release two tools aimed at removing costs from serving up display ads across the Google Display Network.
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Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim