Disney Buys 'Mom' Blogs Publisher Babble
Disney is buying Babble Media, whose website carries news for parents and blogs written by moms and dads, in a deal that could further blur the line between advertising and blogs.
View ArticleFacebook adding ads to its Ticker feed
Facebook's Ticker, the fast-scrolling tote board of pretty much everything your friends are doing, is ready to start selling you stuff.read more
View ArticleGoogle results fall short, rare miss hurts shares
Google Inc's quarterly results fell short of Wall Street's heightened expectations for the holiday season as declining search advertising rates contributed to a rare miss, triggering a 9 percent slide...
View ArticleMeet The Company Behind Zynga's Fastest-Growing Business: Ads
Almost lost in Zynga’s disappointing fourth-quarter earnings report was one bright spot: advertising. Ad revenues jumped 230%, to $27 million in the fourth quarter–almost four times the social gaming...
View ArticleIn Google's Earnings, All Eyes on 'Costs Per Click'
Google, of Mountain View, Calif., issued a fourth-quarter report in January that largely fell flat on Wall Street, as profit came in well below expectations. During a subsequent conference call,...
View ArticleValueClick Q1 Revs Miss; Q2 View Soft; Shrs Tumble
Shares of online marketing services provider ValueClick are taking a beating after hours Wednesday following the company's Q1 financial report. ValueClick posted revenue of $152.9 million, up 31% from...
View ArticleUS Internet advertising spending hits $8.4B in 1Q
An advertising industry group says revenue from Internet advertising in the U.S. hit $8.4 billion in the first three months of the year. That's the highest for the first quarter, up 15 percent from...
View ArticleGoogle's Internet biz roars even as ad rates slide
Google Inc's revenue increased 21 percent as strength in its Internet advertising business offset a persisting drop in ad rates, stirring hopes among investors the Web search leader is close to slowing...
View ArticleMicrosoft reports first loss as public company
Microsoft said Thursday that an accounting adjustment to reflect a weak online ad business led to its first quarterly loss in its 26 years as a public company. The software company had warned that it...
View ArticleFuror over French move to block online ads
France's government says it has persuaded a leading Internet provider to stop blocking online advertisements — a controversial move that would have hit online search giants such as Google.
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