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Some execs believe social space is the real new media

August 4th, 2008

Is banner advertising old media? Is user generated content the real future?

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Article excerpt: Google, Microsoft and other Web players may be wasting precious time and resources trying to dominate the display ad segment of the Web when the real ad potential may be in the user-generated, social media sphere, according to [...]

Wal-Mart Tastemakers Write Unfiltered Blog

March 21st, 2008

Interesting that they are allowing their merchants to talk freely – I wonder how they (or any other retailer) would feel if the tables were turned?

Article excerpt:   Microsoft is one of Wal-Mart’s biggest suppliers. But that did not stop the Wal-Mart employee in charge of buying computers from panning Microsoft’s newest operating system, Vista.  “Is [...]