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  • Agencies

    Time Warp: Doctor Who’s U.S. Web Presence Could Use a Check-Up

    Do you need a Doctor? If so, I’d suggest heading across the pond, because his online presence here is a little skimpy.

    I’m talking of course about “Doctor Who,” the BBC’s time lord who has gone through 10 different incarnations since his debut in 1963.

  • Agencies

    Late Show: A Few Last Minute Programming Notes

    Residential mortgage investor Freddie Mac has funded the production of “Nuestro Barrio,” a Spanish-language telenovela set to air on the new PBS-created V-me network starting June 1. In addition to focusing on the traditional soap opera themes of romance, jealousy and greed, the13-episode series will also serve as “edutainment,” educating viewers on financial issues like money management, credit, homeownership, predatory lending and foreclosure prevention.

  • Digital

    Google’s New Search: Universal, and Far from Remote

    Google’s made a major change in the way it displays its general search results. And while the impact may at first be small, the significance of that change will grow over time and eventually ripple through the very concept of optimizing Web pages for search. At least, that’s how it looks now.

  • Digital

    Autobytel Tricks Out New Shopping Site for Car Owners

    Autobytel, one of the pioneering sites that hooked up new car shoppers and dealers in the mid-1990s, has launched a new one-stop Web shop aimed not just at auto seekers but at anyone with automotive needs

  • Agencies

    Looking for GPS in Local Mobile Search

    With all the talk about the magical things users will be able to do with their mobile phones, from watching TV to surfing the Web, developers may have lost sight of the thing most people are likely to want their handsets to do most often: help them find their way to goods and services they need when they

  • Listline e-Newsletter 05/30/07

    A list of 60,000 business start-up contacts has become available from
    Manufacturer’s News Inc. This new business hotline includes corporate
    level executives, officers, managers, controllers and other
    professionals at manufacturing companies in the U.S.

  • Agencies

    InfoUSA, Hostile Shareholder Group Start Round 2 of Control Battle

    The war of words between infoUSA and an investment group that holds a 3.6% stake in the company is escalating in advance of infoUSA’s annual shareholder meeting.

  • Email

    Those Images May Get You Blocked: Lyris

    Contrary to what many marketers believe, spammy looking content is generally not the reason Internet service providers block incoming e-mail, according to a study released today by Lyris Technologies.

    User complaints and heavy use of images are two of the more prevalent reasons e-mail gets blocked, according to the e-mail software provider

  • Agencies

    Direct Sales Boost Coldwater Creek’s First Quarter Fortunes

    Women’s apparel marketer Coldwater Creek generated $12 million in income during first-quarter 2007, up from $11.6 million in first-quarter 2006.

  • VeriSign Picks Two New Top Execs

    VeriSign Inc., a digital infrastructure provider, elected William A. Roper Jr. president and CEO and Edward A. Mueller chairman of its board. Roper replaces Stratton D. Sclavos, the former CEO and board member, who had been with the company for 12 years.