AIM Group | May 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
The use of online classifieds has more than doubled in the U.S. in the last four years, according to a study out today by Pew Internet & American Life Studies....
Peter M. Zollman | May 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
It looks like Craigslist was smart to file its preemptive lawsuit against South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, who was threatening to prosecute the...
Brian Blum | May 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
TusconCitizen.com, the online only version of the former print paper, will be fashioning itself after the Huffington Post, former city editor and now co-head of...
Peter M. Zollman | May 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
Now we're really tired of this story....
bruce oren | May 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
The New Haven Advocate and its sister alternative news weeklies outsourced this week's content to India -- just to see what happened. The results are on the news...
AIM Group | May 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
There's an article in the Atlantic today with the catchiest headline ever: "Shhhh. Newspaper Publishers Are Quietly Holding a Very, Very Important Conclave Today....
AIM Group | May 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
This is quite a title for a press release: "Village Voice Media to Craigslist CEO Buckmaster: Calm Down, Back Off; There is Nothing Wrong With a Little...
Peter M. Zollman | June 02, 2009 | Uncategorized
Here's an interesting article that speaks to the effectiveness and value of online ads: The New...
ray marcano | June 03, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Renaissance ushered in the kind of sweeping reforms across Europe that resulted in lasting intellectural and cultural change that scholars still talk about...
Peter M. Zollman | June 04, 2009 | Uncategorized
It took no time at all for online journalism pioneer Chris Jennewein to land a new gig. He's...
Peter M. Zollman | June 04, 2009 | Uncategorized
Another big name in interactive media has taken on a new role. Caroline Little, who ran...
Brian Blum | June 04, 2009 | Uncategorized
When Jim Buckmaster lashed out at the attorneys general that Craigslist was not the worst offender in the publication of erotic ads, he wasn’t kidding. After...
Shannon Kinney | June 04, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone, it has been some time since my last post – for those of you who followed the last post, or follow me on facebook or Twitter, you know that...
Brian Blum | June 05, 2009 | Uncategorized
One more tidbit from last week’s World Association of Newspapers confab in Barcelona: a study by PricewaterhouseCoopers on exactly how much consumers will...
Shannon Kinney | June 05, 2009 | Uncategorized
Recently, when watching the Google Wave developer preview at Google I/O 2009, I found myself inspired enough to realize why it is I love launching new online...
AIM Group | June 05, 2009 | Uncategorized
Interesting white paper out from the American Press Institute: It calls for U.S. newspapers to set aside their differences (and evidently, their uniqueness)...
bruce oren | June 07, 2009 | Uncategorized
Internet advertising in the United States dropped 5 percent in the first quarter, marking the marketing medium's first downturn since 2002 when the Web was still...
Brian Blum | June 08, 2009 | Uncategorized
When Pay Per Post first launched, it generated no end of negative publicity. The company pays bloggers to write about products. That seemed to violate the spirit...
ray marcano | June 08, 2009 | Uncategorized
About 25 years ago, the milk industry launched a very clever campaign to get Americans to drink more milk. "Got Milk" featured celebrities including Christie...
Mark Whittaker | June 08, 2009 | Automotive
AutoTrader.com plans to add ESPN/ABC to its broadcast media advertising buy, doubling its media exposure, according to MediaPost.AutoTrader.com commercials and...
Brian Blum | June 09, 2009 | Uncategorized
What does the third generation of Apple’s iPhone mean to professionals in the classified advertising business? Two features stood out for us. Built-in video...
Brian Blum | June 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Facebook land grab starts midnight Eastern time this Saturday. That’s when Facebook will allow its more than 200 million users to personalize the URLs...
Mark Whittaker | June 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Business subscribers to vFlyer.com can now have the classified ads they create posted to Kijiji, EBay's free classifieds site.Kijiji joins other real estate, jobs,...
ray marcano | June 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
We still can’t get away from the never ending stories and blogs about the death of newspapers, and whether e-readers can “save” newspapers. So...
admin3 | June 12, 2009 | Real Estate
An lawsuit against the Toronto Real Estate Board may go some distance toward loosening the industry's monopoly on listing information, which has kept Canadian...
Shannon Kinney | June 12, 2009 | Real Estate
According to the recently released 2009 National Association of Realtors’ Member Profile, 39% of Realtors generated “some” business from holding...
Peter M. Zollman | June 13, 2009 | Uncategorized
There’s not much news in it, but The Wall Street Journal published an interview with EBay...
Brian Blum | June 15, 2009 | Real Estate
RealEstate.com has taken a huge leap into social media with the most sophisticated offering we’ve seen from any real estate listings site. The new section,...
Brian Blum | June 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
With all the talk about newspapers charging for their online editions, we’re always curious to see how it actually works out. Now along comes a paper that is...
Shannon Kinney | June 16, 2009 | Uncategorized
As I discussed in an earlier post, my hope is to use this forum to generate discussion about ideas and best practices with you instead of publishing my ideas at...
