I'm a bit late to this item (again, I'll blame being out last week), but The Wall Street Journal (sub. required) reported over the weekend that Google is in talks with in-game ad placement firm Adscape Media. Here is Red…
Pushing hard on "multimedia" capabilities to sell national ads on 1,200 local radio, TV and newspaper Web sites, Media Span and Broadcast Interactive Media mostly known as Web enablers and sales consultants are teaming up to provide a…
As Peter Krasilovsky reported last week, Citysearch will establish new Atlanta-based sales digs. Kevin Newcomb over at Search Engine Watch points to a ClickZ article today about the expansion. The company hopes to have 180 sales (inside, outside and national)…
IAC's Citysearch has opened an inside sales center in Atlanta as part of a major sales push that also includes the development of a national sales team. There are currently 60 inside sellers in the center, and more than 150…
There's been more industry feedback on the "Open Network" for national advertising that Gannett, McClatchy and Tribune (GMT) have proposed to launch for the newspaper industry. The first question is: Who leaked it to reporter Julia Angwin and why? There…
Last week, we linked to a Search Engine Guide Piece by Jennifer Laycock that outlined some of the challenges that small businesses face in devising and executing online ad buying strategies. Today, Laycock takes a closer look in her article…
Today's Wall Street Journal reports that Gannett, McClatchy and Tribune (GMT) are shaping an "open network" to sell national online advertising, possibly replacing McClatchy's Real Cities. The article says that network members are committing around 10 percent of their banner…
You have to wonder what AT&T is thinking. The lead article in The Wall Street Journal (sub req'd) Media & Marketing section on Friday was titled, "For AT&T, Ad-Sales Success Is No Cinch." No kidding. Essentially AT&T announced plans to…
