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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

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

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

Facebook broke into the top five most visited online properties in the UK for the first time in its history in September, reaching 18.4 million visitors and overtaking the BBC network of sites in the process.The September figures, from web measurement firm comScore, also show that politics, business/finance and news/research categories saw an upsurge in… Continue reading Facebook becomes UK’s fifth most visited website

BSkyB is the favourite to acquire the British operations of Italian telecoms giant Tiscali.BSkyB has made a £450 million bid to buy the Italian firm’s UK business, according to a report in the Sunday Times.The Satellite broadcaster is engaged in exclusive talks with Tiscali after the Carphone Warehouse walked away from negotiations, said the Sunday… Continue reading BSkyB favourite to acquire Tiscali

Google and Yahoo!’s proposed search partnership may be under threat, according to reports from the US.The deal has already come under fire from a number of advertising and regulatory bodies on both sides of the Atlantic, due to both companies comprising 80% of the US search market.Google and Yahoo! met with the US Department of… Continue reading Google & Yahoo: Partnership Still On?