DM CONFIDENTIAL — Nobody likes to be the bearer of bad news. Shocking news, yes, but bad news no. While it might be true, bad news causes anyone to come away feeling hopeless. They feel lost in a system and problem greater than themselves in which they have no ability to impact. It’s why...

The practice of predicting the future in ads has always been dicey. But in 1993, AT&T got damn near everything right! Present-day dreamers Microsoft would kill for this record of adverfuturism accuracy: AT&T's correct predictions in 1993: EZ Pass, GPS, text messages, Ticketmaster.com, webcams, video...

In one certain category, depending upon who you talk to, Craigslist is either the best thing since sliced bread or the worst thing since Al Capone. What is it about Craigslist and sex? That category is called the “Erotic� and is filed under “Services.� Yes, it is [...]...

ADOTAS EXLCUSIVE — As advertising dollars continue to shrink many media sites are looking for ways to enhance their current offerings and create additional ad opportunities. Just as traditional ad buys began to erode in the early part of last year, interactive advertising has been hit particul...

Ad-Subsidized Handsets: Norwegian company Moota has teamed up with Interactive Media Services in Kenya to provide advertising subsidized handsets. The idea is that brands can get advertising on the handset through wallpapers and ringtones, and have the ability to update the information through text ...

Amdocs and Frost & Sullivan survey confirms that online customer interaction has never been more important, with service providers looking hard to find ways to cut costs, while still improving revenues ST....

Facebook has stepped in and deleted Burger King's Whopper promotion because it violated their rule about notifying people when you unfriend them. While many trivial actions do prompt Facebook to post an alert to all your friends — adding a photo, changing your relationship status, using Fandango t...

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ADOTAS — MySpace is working hard to take ad dollars from Yahoo and MSN portals, even letting major brands take over its homepage. It’s an attempt to overcome major advertisers’ worries about social media content by creating “save havens.” I don’t know how new this...

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