In light of a report about AOL in talks to acquire TechCrunch, it’s worth reading this (subscriber-only) story in last Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal.
AOL Chief Tim Armstrong says the company plans to continue making more acquisitions and focus on selling premium ads.
Computers can replace your creative department, as long as it’s not very creative. If you don’t want your job outsourced to a machine, get better at it.
The average price of display ads on social-networking sites is about one-sixth the price on the rest of the Internet, according to comScore.
Ouch.
Google bans cougar dating sites, not pumas or TV shows, from ad network
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