Yellow Pages zooms in on Online advertising (Stuff)
Directories firm Yellow Pages Group has created a new digital media business unit to target the growing online advertising market.

Microsoft Adds Player to Combine Chat, Online Video (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
May 12 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. , seeking more revenue from Internet advertising, introduced software that allows users to exchange messages while watching online videos.

Online ad spend set to soar (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
UK spending on online advertising is set to rocket by 60 per cent over the course of this year to approximately £385 million, according to new figures from e-commerce consultants, E-consultancy.

Online ad spend set to soar (vnunet.com)
Phil Muncaster, IT Week , Monday 12 May 2008 at 16:14:00 E-consultancy predicts 30 per cent growth in 2008 UK spending on online advertising is set to rocket by 60 per cent over the course of this year to approximately £385 million, according to new figures from e-commerce consultants,... >  Read the full article

StudioNow Partners with Clear Channel To Offer Sales Solutions for Local Merchants Featuring Online Video Production ... (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
StudioNow , the premier online source for creating professional-quality video sales solutions at affordable prices, today announced a partnership with Clear Channel Radio to create engaging video and display advertising that allows online listeners to connect with local merchants in communities across the U.S.

Google Dominates Online Video Market in March (Search Engine Journal)
If Google is planning on running video ads, there’s no better time than now. New data from comScore is showing an ever increasing trend in the viewership of its YouTube property. Running ads on YouTube would certainly give them some good old advertising revenues. Based on comScore data for March  Google has emerged as the top [...]

Online sales a taxing issue for N.Y. (The Observer-Dispatch)
Amazon.com is suing New York over a new law that requires out-of-state online companies to collect sales tax from shoppers in New York, according to the Associated Press. Here’s what some Mohawk Valley officials and state legislators had to say about the Internet tax:

Live Nation and AdBrite Enter Exclusive Multi-Year Online Advertising Partnership (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Live Nation and AdBrite today announced the launch of Live Nation eFan Finder, a new proprietary service that helps local Live Nation concert promoters, artist managers and agents track and view the performance of Live Nation's online advertising campaigns for thousands of shows it produces and markets in North America each year.

Microsoft Contemplates 'Plan C' To Rebuild Online Services (NewsFactor)
Without the influx of Web traffic that Microsoft bet would quickly follow a Yahoo buyout, the software maker is facing a long slog if it wants to turn its money-losing online services business into a Google-killer. Since it withdrew a $47.5 billion (EU31 billion) bid for Yahoo Inc. after talks collapsed, Microsoft Corp. has offered little insight into what "Plan C" will entail. In that vacuum, ...

AOL eyes local online ad portal (Australian IT)
SPECULATION is mounting that Time Warner's internet division, AOL, is set to launch its Advertising.com network in Australia.