Sophos: 9,500 New Infected Web Pages a Day in May
Web pages infected by malware continued to pose a threat in May, affecting official government websites as well as other legitimate pages, as did email-borne threats, according to IT security firm...
View ArticleUK Biz Execs: Climate Change Not Priority
Climate change is barely on the radar of the UK’s largest companies, according to a survey of business leaders by YouGov for professional services firm KPMG, reports the Financial Times. (more…)
View ArticleOnline Media Employment Up 15% in One Year
Internet media employment – 40,100 in April – is still below its pre-bubble high of 51,300 in July 2000 but significantly up (45.7%) from the post-bubble low of 28,200 in December 2003, according to...
View ArticleRecord $223.3MM in Gay Media Ad Spend in 2006
Ad spending in gay and lesbian publications in 2006 reached a record $223.3 million, an increase of 5.2% over 2005 – and an increase of 205% since 1996 – according to the 2006 edition of the Gay Press...
View ArticleThe ‘Urban Hustler,’ a 20MM Consumer Group, Spends $90B a Year
Termed a new brand of consumer and accounting for 19.6 million of the highly coveted 12-34-year-old demographic, the “urban hustler” is responsible for nearly one-third of spending across critical...
View ArticleLocal Online Advertising to Grow 31.6% in ’07
US local online advertising is forecast to reach $7.5 billion – 31.6% over 2006 levels, according to “What Local Media Web Sites Earn: 2007 Survey,” the fifth annual benchmarking report from Borrell...
View ArticleKids Using Electronic Devices at Earlier Ages
The average age at which children begin using consumer electronic (CE) devices has declined from 8.1 years in 2005 to 6.7 years in 2007, according to NPD Group’s recently released report, “Kids and...
View ArticleTop US Video Property in March: Google Sites, Led by YouTube
Google was the top US streaming video property in March, with 57.4 million unique people streaming (“streamers”) and 1.2 billion video streams initiated, according to the comScore Video Metrix...
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