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Microsoft has dismissed speculation that it may go in to takeover talks with Yahoo!.Yahoo! boss Jerry Yang indicated that he would be willing to consider a new bid from Microsoft, however, the software giant said it has “moved on”.Yahoo! turned down the £33-a-share deal that Mircosoft offered them in May, claiming it undervalued the company,… Continue reading Microsoft dismisses potential deal with Yahoo!

CondéNet UK is set to relaunch its fashion website, Glamour.com, in a bid to drive user loyalty and engagement.The revamped Glamour.com will feature additional sections, such as beauty, hair, health and lifestyle as well as increasing its celebrity and behind-the-scenes content.New features will offer users advice, galleries, a virtual beauty school and a blog, in… Continue reading Glamour.com set to relaunch

Over the past six months, the popularity of online video services in the US has grown significantly with women and older consumers, helping close the age and gender gap within the burgeoning online video audience, according to new data from Ipsos MediaCT. Ipsos MediaCT’s MOTION study illustrated the widespread appeal online video services have with… Continue reading Online Video Services Growing In Popularity In US

AOL’s global ad revenue was down by 6% year on year in Q3, with revenue dropping 17% to $1 billion (£626 million).Parent company Time Warner said that the fall in revenue was down to a 26% decline in subscription revenue and the fall in ad revenue.The fall in subscription revenue reflects a decrease in US… Continue reading AOL’s ad revenue falls

Google has terminated its search advertising deal with Yahoo! in order to avoid a “protracted legal battle” with regulators.The proposed deal would have seen Google ads displayed around Yahoo!’s search results.David Drummond, Google senior vice president, corporate development and chief legal officer, said: “After four months of review, including discussions of various possible changes to… Continue reading Google terminates Yahoo! ad deal

American banking giant JP Morgan has reduced its online advertising forecast for the second time in two months, estimating an annual growth rate of 25% in 2008 and 13% in 2009, down from 28% and 19%, respectively. The firm said: “Since we reduced our estimates on September 4th, we have seen a further slowdown in… Continue reading JP Morgan reduces online ad forecast

Google and Yahoo! have made a final attempt to win approval for their proposed search advertising deal in a revised submission to the US Department of Justice.The two companies have adjusted their proposal, reducing the length of the deal from 10 years to two and putting a 25% cap on the percentage of Yahoo! search… Continue reading Google and Yahoo! make last attempt to win ad deal approval

Virgin Media is set to air content via its on-demand TV service ahead of its scheduled broadcast on television.The broadcaster wants to increase viewing choice for its on-demand platform in a bid to attract subscribers and drive traffic, as well as boost ad revenues, according to reports.Virgin will offer customers a feature length episode from… Continue reading Virgin Media is set to premiere content on its on-demand TV service

The heaviest users of the internet are also among the heaviest viewers of television, according to new US research from the Nielsen Company. Nielsen found that the top fifth of US internet users spend more than 250 minutes per day watching television, compared to 220 minutes of television viewing by people who do not use… Continue reading Research Finds TV Viewing And Internet Use Complementary

US newspaper websites attracted more than 68.3 million unique visitors on average (41.4% of all internet users) in the third quarter of 2008, a record number that reflects a 15.8% year on year increase. According to figures from Nielsen Online for the Newspaper Association of America, newspaper website visitors generated an average of just over… Continue reading US Newspaper Websites Get Record Number Of Unique Visitors In Q3