According to a report released earlier this week by TNS Media Intelligence, total advertising spending dropped 4.1 percent in 2008 to $141.7 billion compared to the prior year.

Research In Motion’s BlackBerry Curve was the best-selling smartphone in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2009, taking over the ever-popular Apple iPhone 3G, according to The NPD Group.

Last week Hulu scored a big win when The Walt Disney Company announced its plan to claim a 30 percent stake in the successful online video destination.

According to a recent report released by Magna, a unit of Interpublic Group, mobile advertising will increase at a brisk, but slower-than-originally-forecast pace this year and will almost double by 2011.

LinkValu Affiliate Network announced the launch of a program that will award bonuses to new affiliates who sign up at www.LinkValu.com/publishers.asp between April 21 and June 15, 2009. The announcement was made at ad:tech San Francisco at where LinkValu was a sponsor of the Affiliate Summit Beer Garden.

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Shared mailer Valpak has optimized its Web site for mobile display and has begun to distribute mobile coupons

In the early years of affiliate marketing, picking an offer was as easy as finding the highest payout for the offer you wanted. There was no need to look into an offer any further.

Mothers in the U.S. can expect more frugal gift-giving this Mother’s Day, May 10.