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Kindle Fire Ad Requests Spiked 261 Percent on Christmas Day

John Paczkowski in News on December 30, 2011 at 12:35 pm PT

Santa’s good little boys and girls fire their Fires up for the first time — en masse.

Amazon Starts an Ad Network, Powered by Your Data

Peter Kafka in News on June 28, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

A new product line for Jeff Bezos and company: Ads on other people’s Web sites, targeted using data from Amazon’s customers and visitors.

Nice Empty Space You Got There. Mind If We Run a Web Ad?

Peter Kafka in Media on June 6, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Ad network Undertone rolls out a new ad unit that will turn the left and right side of your Web browser into commercial messages. Gripe all you want, but you’re probably going to see them.

Four Big Projects Facebook Should Launch, and Probably Will–Even Though It Says It Won't

Liz Gannes in Social on January 27, 2011 at 9:33 am PT

There are several obvious product launches coming for Facebook, but it either denies they’re in the works or refuses to talk about them.

More Mobile Ad Money: InMobi Raises $8 Million

Peter Kafka in Media on July 13, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

The mobile ad market is still more theoretical than anything else. But it’s got to show up one day, right?

Viacom Fights YouTube in Court, but That Won’t Stop It From Selling YouTube Ads

Peter Kafka in Media on June 30, 2010 at 8:30 am PT

Google and Viacom are still fighting in court. But in the real world, they’re about to be partners, in a way: The cable network’s MTV unit is going to start selling ads on Google’s YouTube, via a new deal that makes it the sales rep for Warner Music Group’s videos. Confused? Me too!

It’s a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘n’ Roll), Android

John Paczkowski in Mobile on May 26, 2010 at 8:14 am PT

Android may be outselling Apple’s iPhone in the United States, but has a long way to go before it rivals the device in market penetration.

Twitter’s Free Love Era Comes to an End: Time for Developers and Publishers to Pay Up

Peter Kafka in Media on May 24, 2010 at 3:32 pm PT

Twitter isn’t just booting other ad networks out of its stream. It now plans to tax some start-ups and publishers that are making money from the service. That’s a pretty significant change for the company, which has previously allowed anyone to do just about anything with its data, without asking for a cent.

A Sheriff for Web Ads Gets $10 Million

Peter Kafka in Media on March 8, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

Web advertising is a big business, but it’s a young and rowdy one, too. Does it need a sheriff? That’s the job DoubleVerify wants. And the start-up just raised more money to help it get the gig. Institutional Venture Partners led a $10 million B round for the company,

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