Brian Blum | August 01, 2008 | Uncategorized
Torstar Corp. has written down its investment in LiveDeal by $2.4 million “to fair market value”. The publisher of The Toronto Star and Metroland...
bruce oren | August 01, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here’s a test about the newspaper industry and its economic health, developed by media economist Robert G. Picard and published online by Editor...
AIM Group | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
By Katja Riefler There are several versions of the stories about David successfully challenging Goliath. Kai Nikolaizig, CEO of the German newspaper classified...
AIM Group | July 31, 2008 | Real Estate
By Shannon Kinney SAN FRANCISCO – Always an active and vibrant...
Ross Hoddinott | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
By Ross Hoddinott The Chinese economy may be heading for a slowdown, but Credit Suisse says the outlook for online advertising in China is still healthy –...
Ross Hoddinott | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
By Ross Hoddinott New-car sales in Australia passed the 1 million mark for the first time in 2007. The early months of 2008 showed continuing growth but,...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
Traffic up at U.S. papers’ sites Not all the news is bad at American newspapers. U.S. newspapers’ Web sites attracted nearly 66.4...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Uncategorized
Chacon heads Monster’s alliances Lauren Chacon, who joined Monster two years ago from her position as VP of advertising at The Boston Globe...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
Whatever you may think of President George W. Bush, the unpopular prexy is scheduled to be out of a job come January. One job site,...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
Middle Eastern jobs portal Bayte.com has launched a jobs site in Morocco targeted to new college graduates. The trilingual site – French, Arabic and English...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
Redesigned French job board CarriereOnline’s launched a feature called Carriere OnlineTV, providing video “channels” for both recruiters and...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
Thanks to its jobs channel, Germany’s listed-business network portal Xing.com was able to double year-over-year revenue in the second quarter €8.41...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
SharkStrike.com, a division of CareerMetaSearch in Boca Raton, Fla., has announced that it will launch a “keyword engine” that will allow employers,...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
A class-action suit against Monster Worldwide advanced last week when Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
Despite shaky times in the financial markets, Dice Holdings, the pure-play employment-site company traded on the NYSE, reported that its 2008 Q2 revenue rose by 17...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
NWJobs.com, the regional job site owned by the Seattle Times and Post-Intelligencer and powered by the vendor Adicio, reports that it’s increased...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
StepStone, the Norway-based global recruitment-solutions company, has bought Les Villages Emploi, a French company that operates four Web sites, including a...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
Workopolis, the big Canadian job-site company owned by Toronto Star Newspapers and the newspaper publisher Gesca, has teamed up with Rogers Publishing,...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Recruitment
To the traditional job-class divisions of white, blue and even pink collar, add a new one: green collar. Don’t laugh. Green-collar jobs – i.e....
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
The Portuguese car magazine Turbo, owned by the major publisher Impresa S.A., has finished a complete redesign of its site, www.aeiou.turbo.pt. New features...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
Automotive mobile-marketing and technology provider Gumiyo has launched a new “Mobile Ready” initiative. Aimed at retail automotive-advertising...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
Critical Mass, an Omnicom digital-marketing agency, has been named the interactive agency of record for AutoTrader.com. Critical Mass’ team will develop and...
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
Online business-optimization firm Ominiture announced new customers this week including Chicago-based Classified Ventures. Omniture has 4,700 customers worldwide....
Brian Blum | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
By Alessandra Ritondo AutoScout24.it., the Italian version of the German Autoscout24. Gmbh, has changed up its Web site and it management. Giovanni...
AIM Group | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
Any discussion about online auto-dealer advertising very quickly turns to the question of “leads.” In other words, is it all about delivering specific,...
AIM Group | July 31, 2008 | Automotive
Anyone with a stake in the auto business is wondering how to ride out the current slump. Here are some timely suggestions from a recent survey of members of the...
Brian Blum | July 28, 2008 | Automotive
Vehix has launched a new service that allows car sells to post listings on the company’s Web site for free.Visitors click the “Sell Your Car”...
admin3 | July 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
Sometimes the bad news contains some positive patterns worth digging for.Advertising Age magazine (subscription required) reported earlier this month that U.S....
admin3 | July 25, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’ve been polishing a theory for a while (since around 1980) that as consumers take more control of their media (1980 being the VCR), the challenge for media...
bruce oren | July 21, 2008 | Uncategorized
The economic depression among U.S. newspapers, especially metros, is causing layoffs,...
