Facebook’s Groupon-killer is dead
Facebook is ending its Deals product soon after its April launch, the company said on August 26. The…
Q&A: Teresa Jeffry, retail industry practice head, AOL
Teresa Jeffry, who heads AOL‘s retail industry practice, discusses how retailers are plotting their display advertising campaigns. Direct…
TRUSTe debuts privacy icon for video ads
Online security firm TRUSTe rolled out the Digital Advertising Alliance‘s “Advertising Option” icon to online-video and rich-media ads…
Huge named digital AOR for Comcast.com
Cable provider Comcast has named interactive agency Huge the digital agency of record for Comcast.com. Brooklyn, NY-based Huge,…
Carat cuts global ad-spend growth forecast
Media communications agency Carat shrunk its global advertising-spending forecast for this year by 0.7% on August 25. The…
Google pays $500M to settle federal charges
Google has forfeited $500 million to settle US Justice Department charges that it helped Canadian pharmacies target US…
WPP’s direct, digital business reports first-half growth
WPP Group reported $7.62 billion in first-half 2011 revenue, a 12.8% increase compared with the prior year. The…
TCBY to celebrate anniversary with sweepstakes
TCBY will run a sweepstakes on Facebook next month to celebrate the frozen yogurt company’s 30-year anniversary. Consumers…
Target relaunches its e-commerce portal
Retailer Target Corp. has relaunched its e-commerce site, adding social media integration and email sharing capabilities. SapientNitro served…
Silverpop readies Social Sign In tool
Marketing technology company Silverpop has developed a tool that allows consumers to register for websites through their preferred…