Unlike the combative position of its corporate sibling, CBS Corp. made a more quiet deal with Time Warner Cable for the carriage of CBS and Showtime programs through 2013.
While online ad spending is projected to continue expanding - albeit at a much more modest rate of growth - the contraction of the general economy is expected to put even greater downward pressure on the price of both online display and search advertising, according to a new 2009 outlook for the Internet industry released Monday by a top Wall Street researcher. That analyst, JP Morgan's Imran Khan, also predicted that advertising models would fail for two of the Web's hottest emerging platforms - online video and social media - and that it would take longer than expected for a substantive mobile advertising marketplace to emerge.
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Online Spin:
Marchese 3 hours ago Facebook Changing: Enter Video The way people use Facebook is changing. What's more, something very significant is happening in the way people are communicating...
Metrics Insider:
Chasin 4 hours ago 2009: Measuring Up If, like me, you get a dozen or so MediaPost columns in your inbox each day, then you probably already...
Search Insider:
Burke 4 hours ago 5 Mobile Search Trends For 2009 Trend #1: Content and commerce transaction revenues will continue to dwarf mobile advertising revenue -- and will come from more...
Daily Online Examiner:
Davis Yesterday, 4:00 PM Facebook Looks To Control User Data As Facebook traffic climbs to new heights, the site also is taking steps to keep control over its most valuable...
Behavioral Insider:
Smith Jan 2, 11:00 AM Learning From Sony BMG's Million-Dollar Mistake In a settlement last month with the Federal Trade Commission, Sony BMG Music agreed to pay $1 million in fines...
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