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Microsoft is expected to unveil a new version of its Internet search engine next week, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news162046116.html Technology Wed, 20 May 2009 13:49:26 EST news162046116 (AP) -- The CEO of Craigslist is asking South Carolina's attorney general to apologize for threatening to prosecute the company if any advertisements on the Web site lead to a prostitution case. http://www.physorg.com/news161869613.html Technology Mon, 18 May 2009 12:47:21 EST news161869613 (AP) -- The New York Times launched a new feature on its Web site Tuesday offering readers a running stream of updates from the Times newsroom. http://www.physorg.com/news161352874.html Technology Tue, 12 May 2009 13:15:08 EST news161352874 (PhysOrg.com) -- The recent decision by the Los Angeles Superior Court in Hypertouch vs ValuClick, LCO81000 decided on May 4th by Summary Judgment found that the Federal CAN-Spam Act preempted California's rigorous anti-spam, false and misleading email laws. Hypertouch, an Internet service provider got ticked because they alleged some 45,000 emails containing advertisement with fraudulent and misleading headers, were sent to its customers using specious means to collect the emails. http://www.physorg.com/news160927117.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 14:59:20 EST news160927117 Media giant News Corp. reported a flat quarterly net profit of 2.7 billion dollars on Wednesday as one-time items helped compensate for a slide in advertising revenue. http://www.physorg.com/news160924676.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 14:18:34 EST news160924676 (AP) -- Online retailers are shifting their marketing from traditional advertising to less expensive tools like Facebook.com and Twitter and e-mail as they seek market share or just work to retain customers, according to an industry study being released Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news160720966.html Technology Tue, 05 May 2009 05:47:49 EST news160720966 The New York Times Co. on Monday postponed its threat to close the Boston Globe after reaching agreement with six of the seven unions at the newspaper on cost-saving measures. http://www.physorg.com/news160667543.html Technology Mon, 04 May 2009 14:59:36 EST news160667543 (AP) -- AOL, the struggling Internet unit that Time Warner Inc. is likely to spin off, said Thursday that it will put a new executive in charge of its online advertising business - making him the fourth person to hold that title in little over a year. http://www.physorg.com/news160371423.html Technology Fri, 01 May 2009 04:37:41 EST news160371423 Researchers from City University London have found that at least 75 percent of revenue can be lost and web traffic can actually fall when a newspaper moves from print and web to web-only. http://www.physorg.com/news160072337.html Other Sciences Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:32:38 EST news160072337 The latest daily circulation figures for US newspapers provided more bad news on Monday for the embattled industry. http://www.physorg.com/news160057106.html Technology Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:18:59 EST news160057106 (AP) -- Cable operators will sit in the hot seat Thursday as Congress reviews their plans to roll out targeted advertising amid fears that consumer privacy could be infringed if the companies were to track and record viewing habits. http://www.physorg.com/news159642233.html Technology Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:04:34 EST news159642233 Digg is reasserting itself as the social bookmarking site with pizazz, buzz and connections. Within the past weeks, Digg's Daniel Burka, formally apologized to users announcing,"Digg has 99.987% less suck, followed with the announcement of a new DiggBar and cut short its exclusive advertising partnership with Microsoft. Digg apparently likes 1,2,3 approaches to problem solving. http://www.physorg.com/news159517319.html Technology Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:22:34 EST news159517319 (AP) -- Google Inc.'s YouTube said Thursday it is vastly expanding its library of full-length movies and TV shows it offers online, while also launching a new advertising service and adding about a dozen new content partners. http://www.physorg.com/news159127464.html Technology Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:04:49 EST news159127464 (AP) -- The European Union started legal action against Britain on Tuesday for not applying EU data privacy rules that would restrict an Internet advertising tracker called Phorm from watching how users surf the Web. http://www.physorg.com/news158927479.html Technology Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:32:03 EST news158927479 SAN FRANCISCO _ Shares of Yahoo Inc. bucked the downward trend for technology stocks Monday and gained more than 7 percent, following reports late last week that the company is in serious discussions with Microsoft Corp. about teaming up in the online-advertising market. http://www.physorg.com/news158864902.html Technology Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:09:15 EST news158864902 The Washington Times on Monday announced plans to turn over one page of the newspaper a day to readers in an experiment with "citizen journalism." http://www.physorg.com/news158864804.html Technology Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:07:14 EST news158864804 Microsoft and Yahoo! have held "early discussions" about possible Internet search and advertising partnerships, a leading Silicon Valley technology website reported on Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news158592970.html Technology Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:36:40 EST news158592970 An advertisement dressed up as a news story on the front page of the Los Angeles Times has reporters at the newspaper fuming and the publisher defending the move. http://www.physorg.com/news158592876.html Technology Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:34:58 EST news158592876 US newspaper owners, their advertising revenue evaporating, their circulation declining and their readership going online to get news for free, are fighting mad. http://www.physorg.com/news158396207.html Technology Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:57:09 EST news158396207 (AP) -- Google's CEO Eric Schmidt recommends that news organizations continue to rely on advertising but seek new ways to reach readers. http://www.physorg.com/news158344168.html Technology Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:31:27 EST news158344168 Google-owned YouTube and Walt Disney Co. are close to finalizing a deal to distribute videos from Disney properties on the video-sharing website, The Wall Street Journal online reported on Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news157661631.html Technology Mon, 30 Mar 2009 19:54:23 EST news157661631 Firms that are able to increase advertising during recessions are likely to have stronger future earnings, according to a new study by researchers at Oregon State University and Western Oregon University. http://www.physorg.com/news157649978.html Other Sciences Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:41:56 EST news157649978 (AP) -- U.S. Internet advertising revenue climbed in the fourth quarter in spite of the poor economy, but the growth rate was sluggish compared to previous years, according to an analysis released Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news157646353.html Technology Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:40:57 EST news157646353 Last year was the worst ever for the US newspaper industry with both print and online advertising revenue posting declines, according to Newspaper Association of America (NAA) figures. http://www.physorg.com/news157377934.html Technology Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:06:08 EST news157377934 Internet giant Google is testing a new service that would expand its television-ad brokering business to YouTube and video on other websites, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news157377758.html Technology Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:03:24 EST news157377758 (AP) -- Cablevision Systems Corp. should stop saying its Internet service is "the fastest around," the advertising industry's self-regulatory body said Thursday, in response to complaints from competitor Verizon Communications Inc. http://www.physorg.com/news157372389.html Technology Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:33:43 EST news157372389 The New York Times and Washington Post, two of the most prestigious titles in American journalism, plan another round of pay cuts, layoffs and buyouts amid a steep decline in advertising revenue. http://www.physorg.com/news157311996.html Technology Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:47:07 EST news157311996 Last.fm, which provides music to online users like a jukebox, will start charging fans outside Britain, the United States and Germany from the end of the month, the London-based site's co-founder said. http://www.physorg.com/news157229916.html Technology Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:59:18 EST news157229916 Efforts to dissuade youth consumption through negative alcohol consumption depictions can be thwarted by portrayals of positive consumption in prime-time television programming. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Affairs reveals that television series often portray mixed messages about alcohol, but the positive and negative messages were shown differently. http://www.physorg.com/news157211214.html Other Sciences Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:47:31 EST news157211214 (AP) -- Google is promoting a top advertising executive in Europe to oversee the Internet search leader's sales in North America and South America. http://www.physorg.com/news156540431.html Technology Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:27:35 EST news156540431