AIM Group | February 27, 2009 | Uncategorized
The closing of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver provides a rare glimpse into the numbers behind the collapse of classified advertising at just one (well, two,...
AIM Group | February 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
The PayPal monopoly at EBay continues to crack. Today, the auction giant officially added Australian payment processor Paymate to a growing list of PayPal...
AIM Group | February 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Washington Post Company reported earnings this week. Net income for Q4 08 was down 77 percent, but revenue rose slightly – 3 percent – to $1.16...
AIM Group | February 26, 2009 | Automotive, Recruitment
Internet Brands has picked up four new classified and reviews Web sites. In Q4 of last year, the company paid $2.8 million for two recruitment sites –...
AIM Group | February 26, 2009 | Automotive
Kelley Blue Book is launching a new ProfitDriver webinar series. The first webinar will highlight “Maximizing Online Lead Generation and Sales Using Kelley...
AIM Group | February 26, 2009 | Automotive
Steve Wilhite is the new president & CEO of San Francisco-based Jumpstart Automotive Media. Wilhite, a veteran auto marketer who worked at Volkswagen and...
AIM Group | February 26, 2009 | Recruitment
CareerXroads released its annual Source of Hire study yesterday. The 8th annual free study, subtitled “What Happened in 2008 and What It Means for...
AIM Group | February 26, 2009 | Uncategorized
By Michael van Wijngaarden Cutbacks, takeovers and layoffs are the most common news coming from European publishers these days and every publisher tries to keep...
AIM Group | February 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
YouTube is now allowing a select number of its partners to charge users for downloads. Most videos in the current test are currently charging about $1 each....
AIM Group | February 25, 2009 | Real Estate
Good news in a tough environment. The REA Group today announced $11.4 million in first half profits, a year on year growth of 47 percent. For the whole year,...
AIM Group | February 25, 2009 | Automotive
Brian O’Kelly is the newest market partner for AutoUpLinkUSA, which makes inventory data and vehicle image acquisition software. O’Kelly opens up the...
AIM Group | February 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
U.S. local mobile search advertising will hit $1.3 billion by 2013--up from just $20 million in 2008, according to a new study by The Kelsey Group. That’s a...
AIM Group | February 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
If setting up a Facebook or LinkedIn account and profile seems too arduous, call a professional. At least that’s what Digital Brand Expressions is counting...
AIM Group | February 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
Quotes of the day from the Inland Press Association Key Executives Conference in San Antonio this week:--- “Just two years ago the concern of the industry...
AIM Group | February 25, 2009 | Uncategorized
SAN ANTONIO, Texas --- Great sessions and surprisingly strong turnout this week for the Inland Press Association Key Executives Conference along the delightful...
AIM Group | February 24, 2009 | Real Estate
Australian commercial property portal, RealEstateCommercial.com.au is adding another commercial property website, PrimeSite.com.au, to its portfolio. It joins the...
AIM Group | February 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Twitter has raised an additional $35 million. The money comes from venture capitalists Benchmark, IVP, Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital. Twitter CEO Biz...
AIM Group | February 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Jupitermedia has changed its name to WebMediaBrands, Inc. Its Nasdaq symbol will now be WEBM. Jupitermedia’s flagship Web site is MediaBistro which lists...
AIM Group | February 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Interactive Advertising Bureau has released the final version of its Audience Reach Measurement Guidelines. The announcement was made at its Annual Leadership...
AIM Group | February 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Yahoo has launched three new targeted-search products, including the ability to target display ads based on user search. It calls that particular feature "Search...
AIM Group | February 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Tired of Craigslist's iconic but clunky, Web 1.0 interface? Somebody at Motion Technologies was and built a free, downloadable reader that looks like a Microsoft...
AIM Group | February 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
An article in today’s AdAge puts the source of today’s newspaper woes not on the economy but on the newspapers’ owners.If you analyze...
AIM Group | February 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Facebook has made impressive inroads on mobile devices and smart phones. But now a new startup thinks it can grab some mind share.Mobile video startup Buzzwire has...
AIM Group | February 23, 2009 | Marketplaces
If your site doesn’t allow comments on articles or other types of content yet, don’t worry. Facebook is coming to the rescue. A new in-house built...
AIM Group | February 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Guess what? Yahoo is preparing a company-wide reorganization. No surprise there given the company’s difficulties and a new CEO. The re-org is intended to...
AIM Group | February 23, 2009 | Recruitment
A new Web site from Mayomann Employment allows job seekers to upload video resumes. Job seekers can conduct inquiries for specific job titles, post and review...
AIM Group | February 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Does Yelp extort small businesses that receive negative reviews on the popular local review site? The Oakland, Calif.-based East Bay Express thinks so. In a 4,500...
AIM Group | February 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Neeraj Khemlani is leaving his post as GM and executive editor of Yahoo News to become a VP of media at New York-based Hearst Corp. His title includes Special...
AIM Group | February 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
AOL announced the relaunch of a new private-party classifieds section, using Oodle's classified aggregation service. Interestingly, the site says “featuring...
AIM Group | February 19, 2009 | Recruitment
Employers beware: Your staff may be looking for a new job during work hours. According to research released today by U.K. recruitment site Experteer.co.uk, the...
