The web has given birth to yet another word that defeats the laws of the English language.
“Bacn” refers to email that’s not quite spam, because users actually want to read the contents. These could be newsletters, bid notifications, niche product news or social networking updates. Nonetheless, the growing volume of this type of email significantly clogs inboxes, writes MarketingVOX.
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More gnashing of teeth and waving of arms is taking place surrounding the issue of digital billboards, this time in Texas. A meeting yesterday at the Texas Trasnporation Commission in Austin saw outdoor advertisers pitted against scenery defenders.
In the shadow of Wall Street volatility, a plurality of Americans says the economy is declining and one-third say their own personal finances have gotten worse from a year ago, according to a nationwide Harris Poll fielded in the second week of August, reports MarketingCharts.
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Who'da thunk it? NBC is partnering with MGM Television and Reveille for the return of the early 1990s show American Gladiators, writes TV Week.
Media professionals are wondering just how hands-off Rupert Murdoch will be once he gets his hands on Dow Jones & Co. But there are early signs that he might like to get involved. According to sources, he has called at least three reporters who were considering leaving the Dow Jones newspaper The Wall Street Journal and asked them to remain with the paper.
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Lucky has been quietly conducting a series of changes on its cover and pages since August of last year. Some of the changes have included a shift toward softer colors, a shift away from handwriting-like type on pages in favor of a more traditional font, and the axing of bold color borders on the editorial pages, Women’s Wear Daily writes.
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The US Open tennis championships will air live and nationwide on XM Satellite Radio starting Monday, August 27, and will continue through September 9, XM announced today.
Few adventures left... The November issue of Disney Publishing Worldwide’s Disney Adventures magazine will be its last. Subscribers will receive either a refund or a subscription to another Disney Publishing title, such as Wondertime or FamilyFun, writes Mediaweek.
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Some 50 percent of workers are being blocked from accessing Facebook by their employers, who are ostensibly worried about the website’s impact on productivity and security, and have therefore put policies or access controls in place to ban its use in the workplace, according to research from Sophos, reports MarketingCharts.
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US internet users pegged Tokyo-based Canon as the best manufacturer of digital cameras, with Kodak, Sony, and Nikon also receiving support for the title, according to a larger-scope, technology-based study conducted in the spring by Ipsos Insight, MarketingCharts reports.
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Nielsen is launching a social network it is calling “part opinion engine, part social network, and part buzz tracker.” The site, currently open only to Nielsen employees, will go public by the end of next month, writes MediaPost.
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A quarter of Britons online come from households with 50+K pounds ($100+K) in annual income, and finance and travel-related sites tend to be those with the greatest concentration of wealthy UK visitors, according to Nielsen/NetRatings, writes MarketingCharts.
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