Plum TV is a cable network that caters to Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard, the Hamptons and Vail. The average viewer earns $218,000 annually with a household asset of $2.5 million. Plum woos advertisers with its quality, not the quantity of the viewership. This summer as many as 457,000 viewers will turn on Plum on any given [...]
By Steve Almasy CNN Wednesday, June 29, 2005 (CNN) — In 1994, most people had to call the bank to check their balances. Or inquire in person, or wait for a paper statement to arrive in the mail. Baseball box scores were found in the newspaper. Weather forecasts came over the phone from the weather [...]
By SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN CAREERJOURNAL.COM May 31, 2005; Page B1 In its short lifespan, blogging has largely been a freewheeling exercise in online self-expression. Now it is also becoming a corporate job. A small but growing number of businesses are hiring people to write blogs, otherwise known as Web logs, or frequently updated online journals. [...]
BY Dave Morgan | April 7, 2005 It’s hard to keep up with all the new developments in online advertising these days. We’ve just gotten the hang of selling and delivering Web-based advertising solutions, permission-based e-mail, search, and contextual ads. Together, these constitute over $10 billion in annual ad spending. Yet, the development community continues [...]
Online search engine leader Google has unveiled a new feature that will enable its users to zoom in on homes and businesses using satellite images, an advance that may raise privacy concerns as well as intensify the competitive pressures on its rivals. The satellite technology, which Google began offering late Monday at http://maps.google.com, is part [...]
By Roberto Belo BBC News website technology reporter Web logs or blogs are everywhere, with at least an estimated five million on the web and that number is set to grow. These online diaries come in many shapes and styles, ranging from people willing to sharing their views, pictures and links, to companies interested in [...]