Should Samsung feel sheepish?
Media Monkey: Peta pursues Samsung over a viral video that it believes cruel to sheep
Conservatives to buy Google keyword ads in ‘live rebuttal’ of budget speech
Opposition to direct web users entering budget-related keywords to Conservative website. By Mark Sweney
Brownbook and Friday Ad take on the big guys with local video ads
Here's another nail in the coffin of local newspapers; Friday-Ad is partnering with the business directory Brownbook.net on a low-cost local video advertising deal for small and medium-sized businesses. By Jemima Kiss
The slow death of newspapers
Dan Kennedy: Can the mainstream print media save itself by charging readers for online news? Almost certainly not
Ask Jeeves search engine revived
Three years after being rebranded Ask.com, search engine reverts to Ask Jeeves in bid to take on Google. By Mark Sweney
French tobacco advertising laws force comedian’s posters to omit pipe
Trademark accessory erased from Tati retrospective posters in Paris due to tobacco advertising laws
Why is it so easy to trash Woody Allen?
Andrew Pulver: American Apparel is claiming Woody Allen has no reputation to destroy in its legal battle with the director. I beg to disagree
Amazon opts out of Phorm’s targeted internet advertising system after privacy fears
UK company that prompted legal action loses out on lucrative market and faces fresh challenges at home
Amazon opts out of Phorm system
Online retail giant delivers blow to controversial targeted advertising technology. By Richard Wray
Phorm: UK faces court for failing to enforce EU privacy laws
European commission acts to force the UK government to tighten its rules on the interception of internet communications by ISPs
Microsoft and Yahoo brewing advertising deal
Microsoft and Yahoo: there's life in the old dogs yet. AllThingsD reported over the bank holiday that the two sides have been talking over the possibilities for a commercial relationship, though the focus has been on an advertising deal rather than a revival of the acquisition attempts of last year. By Jemima Kiss
Another forecast sees 2009 online ads slowing to a crawl
Publicis' ZenithOptimedia says UK online ad spend will grow just 2.3% in 2009. By Robert Andrews
TV ad market ‘will fall 12% this year’
ZenithOptimedia predicts continuing crunch across sectors in UK, with newspapers hit particularly hard. By Mark Sweney
Does YouTube actually make any money?
New figures suggest that the video website may be on course to lose nearly half a billion dollars this year