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I Global Direct Media Acquired by Solo Orbit

I Global Direct Media, a private U.S. online marketing company, announced today that it has been successfully acquired by Solo Orbit a leading Internet marketing services...

Marketers End 2006 with Solid Performance

NEW YORK, NY, February 22, 2007 - The Direct Marketing Association's (DMA) Quarterly Business Review (QBR) for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2006 reported the 14th consecutive quarter of positive economic growth, with findings that...

Jury is Still Out on Panama

A couple weeks ago, comScore indicated that Yahoo!’s new search ads, delivered on the new platform called Panama, saw a jump in click-through rates. Yahoo!’s stock has reaped the benefits, growing more than...

Facebook Trumps MySpace

A recent survey conducted by marketing firm Youth Trends shows that American youths between the ages of 17-25 like Facebook more than MySpace.

Third World Countries Most Keen to Mobile Content

As strange as it sounds, a new report released by the Forum to Advance the Mobile Experience (FAME), and sponsored by Palm, indicates that mobile device users in developing countries are more eager to access content and...

Game Console Ownership Growing

A new report released by Nielsen titled “The State of the Console” reaffirms that gaming consoles are continuing to get a firm grip on American households. This is hardly surprising given the recent buzz surrounding new...

Live From Marketing Sherpa

Compliance = Reputation = Deliverability = Profits: This week I had the pleasure of attending Marketing Sherpa’s Email Summit in Miami, Florida. I’m always...

Two Ways to Think about Ad Networks

The sale of Strategic Data Corp to Fox Interactive got us thinking. In the ad network world, there exist very few companies such as Strategic Data Corp. Publishers like Fox, who focus on content and not technology make...

Ad Network Identity Crisis

As we pointed out briefly in this week's other piece on ad networks, of the new entrants in the ad network space, very few have followed what we call the "search engine" route. The companies in this group have a special...