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Instant messaging is a favorite communication tool of teens and young adults, with nearly two-thirds of them sending more IMs than emails, according to an AOL-commissioned survey by Opinion Research, writes CNET (via MarketingVox). Nearly 66 percent of 13-21-year-olds now say they send more IMs than e-mails, compared with 49 percent last year.
Some 38 percent of all users say they send as many or more IMs than emails. And IM is popular at work: 58 percent use it for communicating with colleagues, 49 percent for getting answers and making business decisions. Most users at work - 77 percent - say instant messaging has had a positive effect on their work lives.
Wachovia analyst Marci Ryvicker revised her 2009 radio revenue prediction downward significantly, from a drop of 8% to a drop of 13%.
Even that may be too optimistic, Ryvicker warned, saying there will be no recovery until the economy and/or credit…
Just three days after sister publication The New York Times began running ads on its front page, the Boston Globe announced that it will begin publishing front page ads, as well.
The Globe’s decision to run front page ads was made…
Posters in the U.K. advertising a nasal spray meant to enhance sexual performance have been ordered to be taken down.
Titan, the outdoor advertising company that is hosting the billboards, has been told it must remove the ads because they…
Time Warner said today that the economy has been more challenging in terms of its advertising business than it had expected, particularly at AOL and the Time Inc. publishing units.
The company said it will post a net operating loss…
Just weeks after shuttering the print edition of PC Magazine and moving it entirely online, Ziff Davis has announced that it is closing the books on Electronic Gaming Magazine, due to the sale of its collection of video game sites,…
Even through a recession U.S. consumers redeem just 1%-3% of paper coupons, but up to half of the coupons that Kroger sends to its customers are redeemed - because it uses a data-mining firm it part-owns to target specific customers.
Kroger,…
