http://www.adweek.com The latest news and information from Adweek.com en-us 2008 Adweek.com Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:35:303 EST Industry News Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:50:00 EST http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ib9db9be9417a1b01b98661d1d64682c0 Digital News Brian Morrissey http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ib9db9be9417a1b01b98661d1d64682c0 Target is hoping to make the holiday season merrier and more lucrative by integrating a series of brief Web videos into its online shopping experience. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:05:00 EST http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i88f5d06b4cd7fbc6ecb8f4fd662a6f2a Digital News Mike Shields http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i88f5d06b4cd7fbc6ecb8f4fd662a6f2a ABC is introducing a new feature aimed at encouraging viewers who stream their favorite shows online to make the experience more social. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:00:00 EST http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ia2169144d2207c0a6bcea01517c47e98 Digital News Stacy Straczynski http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ia2169144d2207c0a6bcea01517c47e98 Retailers seek to engage with consumers via improved digital presence and special offers. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i4ac2561838c4675c2a784b03326296c5 Digital News Mike Shields http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i4ac2561838c4675c2a784b03326296c5 Microsoft’s Web portal MSN today unveils its most significant redesign in a decade, as the company looks to increase engagement on the property while spurring usage of its fledgling Bing search product. The new home page is designed to focus on four key areas: video, social networking, search and local news/information. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:49:00 EST http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ib0e5fce5a1ad325c672b200467d6a595 Digital News Mike Shields http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ib0e5fce5a1ad325c672b200467d6a595 Vivek Shah, group president, digital at Time Inc., will leave the company at the end of this year. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:39:00 EST http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i8161b51e045b5cf6fee21b010319ac68 Digital News Paul Bond http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i8161b51e045b5cf6fee21b010319ac68 Jaroo comes to the Internet today with the aim of being a sort of Hulu for kids. The service is from Cookie Jar Entertainment, the 5-year-old Canadian company that doubled its library last year when it purchased DIC Entertainment for $83 million. Jaroo launches with 50 TV series and 500 episodes, though it is digitizing its library of 6,000 episodes to ensure fairly rapid growth, said Ken Locker, svp, digital media. Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ib0e5fce5a1ad325c3527c6093975f2b3 Digital News Mike Shields http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ib0e5fce5a1ad325c3527c6093975f2b3 Southern Comfort has tapped Break Media to produce Social Sportz Net, an eight-episode Web series. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i422dde68f61e91f2c1d3bb5016e092c7 Digital News Mike Shields http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i422dde68f61e91f2c1d3bb5016e092c7 Nielsen has joined forces with DataLogix in a partnership that the research giant believes will go a long way toward fulfilling the promise of online ad targeting. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 EST http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i26911e62ce1ee0f77faac76820c258d0 Digital News Brian Morrissey http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i26911e62ce1ee0f77faac76820c258d0 To foster instant connections in a digital world, brands take to the Web with live content. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:49:00 EDT http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i3c3ad5ff520e5df383327f27aa79fbdb Digital News Mike Shields http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i3c3ad5ff520e5df383327f27aa79fbdb Web content syndicator Studio One Networks has rolled out a new editorial offering specifically for Procter & Gamble. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:42:00 EDT http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ib2e664ce05ad759c7eec224a575090fd Digital News Antony Bruno http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ib2e664ce05ad759c7eec224a575090fd Google has unveiled expansive new music search capabilities designed not only to facilitate music discovery, streams and sales, but also drive traffic to several digital services selected as content providers for the newly launched initiative. Under Google's new music search system, submitting a search query based on an artist's name, song or album title yields results in a special section on the Google results page. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 EDT http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i24573f225230a2e2c68445e9b221b399 Digital News Georg Szalai http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i24573f225230a2e2c68445e9b221b399 Quincy Smith will leave his post as CEO of CBS Interactive in January as he starts an independent advisory business. Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:55:00 EDT http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i24573f225230a2e218ed40f6e1c5b1fc Digital News Brian Morrissey http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i24573f225230a2e218ed40f6e1c5b1fc The IPG digital agency has plans to open offices in Singapore and Sao Paolo, Brazil, in early 2010. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:53:00 EDT http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3icf13d4806aba58de8466a8d42ba208a3 Digital News Georg Szalai http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3icf13d4806aba58de8466a8d42ba208a3 Barry Diller's IAC is ready to carefully invest in content production to make content a potential new core business. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:45:00 EDT http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3icf13d4806aba58de6a8f1d792abc3b57 Digital News Katy Bachman http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3icf13d4806aba58de6a8f1d792abc3b57 Borrell has identified Yodle, Local.com and Yellowbook.com as the three fastest-growing local online advertising companies. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:21:00 EDT http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i7a4f853fe57e4c0b0c08a3c1a4455e6d Digital News Rayana Pandey http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i7a4f853fe57e4c0b0c08a3c1a4455e6d Touted as a potential "Twitter Killer," new social media service MobJet has launched in Singapore after its debut in Japan earlier this year. Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:00:00 EDT http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i018a992ff2ce5f8e0b951801e2390a03 Digital News Mike Shields http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i018a992ff2ce5f8e0b951801e2390a03 Facebook is looking to make it easier for media companies and apps developers to track just how viral their content is on the social networking behemoth. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:54:00 EDT http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ifc258f6318477ab0cefb14398d48bac7 Digital News Brian Morrissey http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3ifc258f6318477ab0cefb14398d48bac7 The WSJ today made many articles on its BlackBerry and iPhone applications available by subscription only. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:01:00 EDT http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3id86c4bbb8dc2dcc7a8facd8766f28a12 Digital News Georg Szalai http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3id86c4bbb8dc2dcc7a8facd8766f28a12 Jim Stengel, best known as former global marketing chief at P&G, is among prominent Hollywood and media names on the board. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:27:00 EDT http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i834106c352ea8687b37f5a795ffaeec2 Digital News Mike Shields http://www.adweek.com/aw/content_display/news/digital/e3i834106c352ea8687b37f5a795ffaeec2 MySpace is planning several design and structural changes that will deemphasize the site’s reliance on user-generated content.