Big ad sales on the high seas of online piracy
Ben Johnson May 23, 2013
BitTorrent, a site best known as a way for people to illegally share and download content, says it serves over five billion ads a month. But will advertisers flock to such a dicey marketplace?
Meet AppNexus: The online ad platform you already use everyday
Jeremy Hobson Apr 29, 2013
While most people haven’t heard of AppNexus, many Internet users almost certainly interact with the company on a daily basis.
Facebook experiments with free Wi-Fi, for a price
Queena Kim Mar 7, 2013
The social network has started offering free Internet in a few places. The catch? It makes it easier for advertisers to find you.
Twitter shines as lights go out at Superdome
Jim Burress Feb 4, 2013
A dark moment in football history is turning out to be a bright spot for social media.
Campaign ads crowd out local businesses on airwaves
Nancy Marshall-Genzer Aug 11, 2012
Small businesses are seeing higher TV ad rates, fewer time slots in key swing states.
Small talk: Pink lights, games with cats, Google ads
Brendan Newnam Mar 16, 2012
The news that didn't quite make the headlines. This week: using pink lights to deter criminals, an interspecies iPad game you can play with your cat, Google replacing ringtones with ads.
Commercials? On TV? BELIEVE IT!
John Moe Nov 2, 2011
LG announced yesterday that it's partnering with online adverting company, YuMe. The deal will bring ads into LG's Internet-enabled TVs. The Toyota...
Sick of Kindle ads? Pay up
John Moe Oct 6, 2011
That new $79 Kindle that Amazon just announced is ad supported, as befits a screaming deal. But if you just don't want to see the dang ads any more...
Promoting Climate Change: Hits and Misses
Adriene Hill Mar 9, 2012
If you heard my story today on Marketplace, you know there's some debate over exactly what sort of messaging is best suited to climate change. Co...
