Video Q&A: Crispin's Jeff Benjamin

Jeff Benjamin, interactive ecd at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, discusses adland's digital talent shortage.

Patent Problems Pending Over Web Apps?

The runaway success of OfficeMax's "Elf yourself" upload-your-face-on-an-animated-character campaign attracted lots of attention, but not just from the millions of consumers who sent elves to their family and friends. In late 2007, an obscure New York company called PixFusion filed a lawsuit against...

Google Upgrades Ad Exchange

Google is taking the wraps off its overhauled ad exchange, part of its effort to reinvent online display advertising.

NBCU, American Family Roll Out Brand Series

NBCU has rolled out a series that revolves around an understanding American Family Insurance agent.

Havas Preps for Real-Time Ad Bidding

Havas is readying for real-time bidding exchanges by striking a deal with DataXu, whose CEO, Mike Baker, is shown.

Rubicon Project Buys Others Online

The Rubicon Project has purchased of Others Online. Rubicon CEO Frank Addante is shown.

A Marketing Shop Fresh Off the Vine

Gary Vaynerchuk launches a business designed to help brands remain relevant at a time consumer empowerment rules.

FM Preps Bigger, More Social Ads

Federated Media Publishing rolls out Ad Stamp option. Company CEO John Battelle is shown.

Heavy Expands Into Radio

Young-male destination Heavy.com is launching a terrestrial radio program in a bid for expanded reach.

Pressure Mounts on Web Tracking

Pressure is mounting from privacy groups, federal regulators and lawmakers for stricter rules governing how Internet advertising targets consumers. The proposals all vary, but a consensus is building that change is coming. The outstanding question is whether that change will come via a government...