According to the expectations of AccuStream iMedia Research, online video ad spending will grow 22.5 percent in 2009.

After more than three years in beta mode, Yahoo!’s Ads in RSS program was shut down on Monday, “to focus on other more broadly used ad products for our publishing partners, such as Sponsored Search and Content Match,” according to an e-mail sent to publishers.

Steve Martin, who once famously spoofed King Tut in a “Saturday Night Live” shtick, is talking to two puppets who spoof film critics on Cartoon Network this week to plug his latest movie.

Kellogg has named Rivet Chicago and Rivet Toronto to handle developing a new loyalty program for Pop-Tarts, it’s first.

Supermodel and TV host Heidi Klum will return for a second year as the face of Diet Coke’s participation in a program to raise awareness about women’s heart health, timed to kick off at the start of New York’s Fashion Week on Feb. 13

The health and wellness channel, Discovery Health, is prescribing interactive Web elements for its popular medical TV series aiming at boosting viewer interest.

During an economic malaise when buying new cars is the last thing on consumers’ lists, Honda has concocted a trio of impressionistic short-form Web documentaries

People wandering Amsterdam’s main shopping area last fall came across a ribbon winding through the city. The ribbon turned out to be a 650-foot-long bookmark

There are now more than 1 billion users in the worldwide Internet audience, according to comScore’s latest World Metrix report.

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