Kenneth Corbin

In an effort to divert some of the advertising revenue from the major Web portals, four of the nation’s largest newspaper companies have joined together to launch a coordinated advertising sales network. The New York Times Company, Gannett, Hearst Corp. and the Tribune Company have invested in quadrantONE, an ad network that will pool together […]

With AOL’s business under increasing scrutiny, the online media pioneer has signed a deal with Citysearch to strengthen its local ad sales. Citysearch, a division of rival Web media giant IAC, operates local search and business directory Web sites in cities around the country. Those sites include restaurant and bar reviews, travel guides and insider […]

A new study from the Pew Internet Project casts light on the love-hate relationship many Americans have with e-commerce. In response to the survey, 78 percent of U.S. Internet users said that online shopping is convenient, and 68 percent said it saves time. Yet, 75 percent said they don’t like giving out personal information like […]

Telecommunications industry groups have attacked a new bill calling for government regulators to take a closer look at how broadband providers manage their networks. The Internet Freedom Preservation Act, introduced earlier this week by Rep. Ed Markey, the Democratic chairman of the House subcommittee on telecommunication and the Internet, could make it illegal for service […]

Yahoo is pressing forward with the “strategic workforce realignment” CEO Jerry Yang promised in [last month’s earnings call](/bus-news/article.php/3724666). Reports are coming in from Sunnyvale today that every meeting room was filled with managers meeting with employees and handing out pink slips. The company planned to lay off about 1,000 employees. Last month, Yang said that […]

Amazon has set up shop in the New York State capital in Albany, lobbying state legislators to block a measure in the governor’s budget that would require out-of-state online retailers to begin collecting sales taxes on orders shipped to New York addresses. “This, in fact, would be a tax on New York consumers, not on […]

In the hard-bitten world of mergers and acquisitions, “no” doesn’t always mean “no.” Sometimes it means “not yet.” Monday afternoon, Microsoft responded to Yahoo’s formal rejection of its acquisition bid in a brief statement, signaling its resolve to pursue the deal. “It is unfortunate that Yahoo has not embraced our full and fair proposal to […]

Speaking at the inaugural Mobile Internet World conference four months ago, Tim Berners-Lee lamented the proprietary standards and formats that are choking off the growth of the mobile Web. To the father of the original Web, AOL has come up with an answer. At the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, AOL announced Monday that […]

Yahoo to Microsoft: It’s not enough. No thanks. Yahoo delivered its response today to Microsoft’s $44.6 billion offer of $31 per share today, claiming that it significantly undervalues the company. The bid had represented a 62 percent premium over Yahoo’s trading price at the time of the Jan. 31 offer, but Yahoo’s board of directors […]

If Yahoo rejects Microsoft’s $44.6 billion acquisition bid, as *The Wall Street Journal* has reported it will on Monday, CEO Jerry Yang is going to have to make a pretty strong argument to convince frustrated shareholders that he can turn it around, and fast. Rejecting the bid could mean one of two things. Yahoo could […]

The first wave of government inquiry into Microsoft’s bid to acquire Yahoo will break another day. But rest assured, it’s coming. Citing scheduling issues, the House Judiciary Committee has postponed today’s hearing on the state of competition on the Internet, slated to feature testimony from an undisclosed roster of experts on the potential competitive problems […]

As the e-commerce train keeps a-rolling, the most successful online retailers will be those that take a multi-channel approach in their Web strategies, according to a recent study from JupiterResearch. [cob:Related_Articles] According to Jupiter’s analysis, the most successful e-commerce campaigns are nuanced, mindful of the interrelated skein of affiliate networks, search engine marketing, ad networks […]