Americans are growing more comfortable with young people’s use of the internet - including social-networking sites, chat rooms and email - according to the Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee (CICAC), writes MarketingCharts.
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Next week, Backpacker will unveil its first major redesign in several years. The site, which was soft-launched about a month ago, has significantly increased the amount of content and the number of Web 2.0 features to be found.
PlanetOut Inc. is jettisoning its magazine and book publishing business, selling to Here Networks’ Regent Releasing for $6 million in cash.
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The Chicago Sun-Times is the latest big-city newspaper to launch a circulation-building promotion.
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It’s official, at least according to Univision: ads on TV really do drive purchases.
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Yahoo and AOL are reportedly closing a deal to combine their operations - an action that Yahoo hopes will help fortify it against Microsoft’s attentions.
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A Sears survey found that three out of five people are interested in investing in small home improvements that can make a difference, despite the sluggish economy.
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Notorious gossip blogger Perez Hilton - the #1 web celebrity of 2007, according to Forbes - comes to the radio beginning May 5, thanks to a new venture from Steve Lehman, founder and former chairman and CEO of Premiere Radio Networks, and Andy Schuon, former president of programming of Infinity Broadcasting (now CBS Radio).
At its upfront on Tuesday in L.A., Discovery Communications shared details of its new Planet Green network, which will air June 4.
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The Wall Street Journal’s upcoming glossy magazine - called Pursuits in development but now simply dubbed WSJ. - has named a publisher.
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Millions of U.S. adults visit quick-service restaurants each month, and they constitute a prime audience for in-store digital media, according to an Indoor Direct study conducted by Arbitron at Wendy’s, Denny’s, Hardee’s, Arby’s, and CiCi’s Pizza stores, writes MarketingCharts.
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Katie Couric and CBS News are making light of the Wall Street Journal’s report that Couric plans to leave CBS Evening News as early as after the presidential inauguration.
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Advertisers will spend £3.4 billion in 2008, up 27% from 2007 levels, and will continue double-digit growth through 2010, passing £4.3 billion in 2010 and exceeding £5 billion in 2012, according to online ad spending data released by eMarketer, MarketingCharts writes.
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