Social networking sites slow and inaccessible
Popular social networking sites are frustrating users, according to WatchMouse – by making them wait. Research from the leading website monitoring company has shown...
MySpace launches “MySpace Celebrity”
MySpace announced the launch of MySpace Celebrity (celebrity.myspace.com), a content channel focused on entertainment culture and related news, blogs, videos, and events. The new...
NBC.com unveils content for 2008
As the WGA strike continues, broadcast television becomes less important and online more important for midseason. NBC.com, like others, plans to hype its new...
CBSNews.com to feature Digg content
CBSNews.com has teamed up with Digg, the leading community-driven news and content sharing Web site, to add political news and analysis from across the...
70% solution?
Internet marketing firm Prospectiv's 2007 Consumer Packaged Goods Survey claims that 70% of its poll respondents do research on such goods prior to heading...
WCBS-AM goes multimedia for NH coverage
After the results of last week’s Iowa Caucuses, New Yorkers are looking forward to the outcome of the 2008 New Hampshire Presidential Primaries and...
TheRadio.com signs Envision Radio Networks
TheRadio.Com has reached deal with Envision Radio Networks to serve as its affiliate relations partner, marketing The company’s 100-plus formats to commercial and non-commercial...
All elections, all the time
WCBS-AM New York says it is taking election coverage “to the next level” with dual Internet streams. Not only will WCBS880.com carry a stream...
Chick-fil-A launches online video contest
Vitrue, Inc., the video-centric social media company known for connecting brands with engaged audiences, announced that Chick-fil-A has chosen it to power the restaurant...
Wal-Mart drops online movie downloads
Wal-Mart has shuttered its online movie download service it launched less than a year ago. The move follows the company's 2005 decision to abandoned...
Sheraton starts “worldwide pillow fight”
The feathers are flying as Sheraton Hotels & Resorts starts a worldwide pillow fight through the use of unique online technology showcased at a...
Randy Michaels to conduct “Internet experiments” with Trib properties
Randy Michaels, a longtime Sam Zell associate who is now Tribune's EVP and CEO of Interactive and Broadcasting, said in a recent Chicago Tribune...
IAB supports FTC's embrace of self-regulation of behavioral advertising
The Interactive Advertising Bureau commended the FTC for its release last week of a set of proposed principles to guide the development of self-regulation...
Jetcast partners with Spacial Audio
JetCast now has a turn-key solution for all affiliates; combining Spacial Audio's SAM Broadcaster and StreamAds into one package. The ability to let first...
Online holiday retail spend up 18%
comScore released an update of holiday season e-commerce spending for the first 44 days of the November – December 2007 holiday season (November 1...