Brian Morrissey

The Internet offers myriad opportunities for political candidates, including fundraising from supporters and advertising for new voters, according to a new study. The survey, commissioned by the Online Publishers Association (OPA) in conjunction with the University of Connecticut’s Center for Survey and Research Analysis, found that more than two out of three U.S. voters are […]

Streaming video company EyeWonder and ad technology firm FPBA Group announced a deal to co-market a video interstitial product that dips into both companies’ product lines. The video interstitial, known as the CommFlash Eyeris G3, will combine streaming video with FPBA’s CommFlash in-browser ad. The video will load once a user arrives as a site, […]

Ford Motor on Thursday began its $200 million promotional push for its redesigned F-150 pickup truck, taking over the front pages of the three major portals. The front pages of both MSN, Yahoo! and AOL have been taken over by Ford for rich media units and other placements to hype the F-150 in a so-called […]

Yahoo! Gets Antitrust Nod for Overture Buy Yahoo! on Wednesday said it cleared the last regulatory hurdle on the way to completing its acquisition of Overture Services . With the expiration of the 30-day waiting period required by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act, Yahoo! and Overture now must get shareholder approval. Overture said separately that […]

Search provider FindWhat.com announced on Wednesday plans to acquire Miva, a provider of online storefronts and other e-commerce functions, in a bid to buff up its offerings for small businesses. FindWhat agreed to pay privately held Miva’s shareholders $2.7 million in cash and $2.7 million in stock, also assuming about $2.5 million in notes and […]

Auction giant eBay and Domino’s Pizza on Tuesday unveiled the centerpiece of their fall promotional campaign designed to tap into the audience of ardent college football fans. The “Stay True to Your School” campaign will be anchored by a contest that lets college football fans bid on unique memorabilia or experiences with their teams. The […]

A court in Germany has ruled that T-Online must honor its contract with Overture Services for search services. Overture said the ruling, issued by a Frankfurt court Monday, means that T-Online must switch back to its search services after dumping it in favor of rival Google last month. T-Online invoked a contract clause that it […]

AstraZeneca next week will roll out a key new drug with an online campaign, offering a major endorsement of using online to build pharmaceutical brand awareness. The British drug company will introduce its new cholesterol-fighting drug, Crestor, in an online campaign designed by aQuantive’s Avenue A/NYC. The “Crestor awareness week” campaign features homepage takeovers on […]

A coupon fraud scheme perpetuated via the Internet has led one major grocery chain and numerous other supermarkets to stop accepting any computer-printed coupons. The move by Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix came after a number of reports surfaced of fraudulent coupons circulating the Internet. The fake coupons, while not actually online coupons, were distributed via e-mail, […]

EarthLink has filed suit against alleged spam rings in Alabama and Vancouver, accusing nearly 100 people of credit card theft and bank fraud in schemes that allegedly resulted more than 250 million spam messages. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta, alleges that group of spammers in Alabama, Vancouver and elsewhere used […]

HotJobs, a Yahoo! subsidiary, announced on Wednesday that it expanded its distribution deal with Internet Broadcasting System (IBS), a network of local TV station Web sites. Under the terms of the new deal, HotJobs listings will appear in the employment section of Web sites in 55 markets, up from 35 under the previous deals. The […]

Web hosting company C I Host said AOL is illegally blocking e-mail from its customers and breaking a court order in the process — all in the name of the war on spam. According to the Bedford, Tex., company, Fort Worth District Court Judge Bonnie Sudderth slapped the AOL Time Warner Internet unit with a […]