Marchex rings up revenues on call advertising Marchex, the Seattle call advertising company, beat Wall Street expectations for the quarter ended March 31. The company posted net… Read More
HasOffers: Twin brothers bring a new face to affiliate marketing Twins share many common attributes. But — Winklevoss twins aside — do they actually make good co-founders of startups? The… Read More
Ex-Yahoo execs create ChoozOn to sift through the daily deal clutter Groupon, Living Social and hundreds of other daily deal sites are great … when they offer something of interest. But,… Read More
Microsoft taps Frank Holland to lead global ad sales unit Microsoft has been undergoing a series of changes in the executive ranks in recent weeks. And that trend continued today… Read More
Growth spurt continues at DataSphere; hyperlocal blog platform to hire 220 in Ariz. DataSphere Technologies may specialize in hyperlocal advertising. But the Bellevue company is undergoing what can only be described as …… Read More
Chart: Another record year for online advertising Despite a rocky economy, more dollars continue to shift to online advertising. And that could be good news for a… Read More
Kindle for Cheapskates: Amazon debuts $114 e-reader, with ads and deals Amazon.com’s Kindle just got cheaper for anyone willing to put up with some ads, or wanting to score some special… Read More
Sprint’s latest ad strategy: Wish a Missouri woman a happy 100th birthday Sprint is locked in a heated battle with Verizon and AT&T, a situation that got more challenging with AT&T’s planned… Read More
Marchex increases bet on the phone call, agrees to buy Jingle Networks for $62.5M About a year ago, Marchex placed a big bet on call advertising. And now the Seattle company is doubling down… Read More
How Microsoft would get people to watch commercials Today’s nomination for Wackiest Microsoft Idea of the Week is a newly surfaced U.S. patent application with this head-scratching title:… Read More
Is BuddyTV on the block? BuddyTV has been the subject of acquisition rumors in the past. And those surfaced again today after Kara Swisher at… Read More
