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• Interview: Outside.in's Josephson On Where The Local-Ad Market Is Headed

  PaidContent - 2009-12-09

  Outside.in, which has raised $12 million over the last two years, got its biggest endorsement to date this week with CNN’s announcement that it would invest in the hyperlocal aggregator as part of a $7 million funding round. But perhaps as noteworthy was CNN’s decision to adopt Outside.in’s feeds....

  Tags: Scarcity, Advertisement, Advertiser, Blogger, Outside.in, Media Business, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Advertising, Local, Media & Publishing, Online News, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Time Warner, Joseph Tartakoff

• FTC Cracks Down on Bloggers Who Take Perks (Take Two)

  BNET - 2009-10-06

  After posting my earlier report on those proposed new FTC rules this morning, I've had an opportunity to review the actual document available both in HTML and as a PDF issued by the commission. I'm no lawyer, but this document is so long and sweeping in nature...

  Tags: Commission, FTC, Advertiser, Blogger, Blogging, Sales Force Management, Internet, Sales, David Weir

• Advertisers Lobby FTC for Right to Not Tell the Truth

  BNET - 2009-03-08

  Advertising industry lobbyists have asked the FTC to stop proposed reforms for expanding its jurisdiction over infomercials, celebrity endorsements, bloggers and consumer testimonials. The advertisers' comments ask the FTC not to require that they disclose when they are making claims that don't tell the whole truth. A...

  Tags: Advertisement, Blog, Product, FTC, Advertiser, Blogger, Blogging, Internet, Jim Edwards

• FTC Considers Extending Ad Jurisdiction to Blogs and Bloggers

  BNET - 2008-11-22

  The FTC has published proposed new rules that would bring commercial endorsements by bloggers under its jurisdiction -- and therefore subject blogs and their authors to potential legal consequences for false or misleading advertising. The new proposed rules were published on the FTC’s website Nov. 21, in a Federal Register...

  Tags: Advertisement, Blog, FTC, Advertiser, Blogger, Register Item Discussion, Blogging, Internet, Jim Edwards

• Media outlets battle it out over free–speech rights

  - 2007-01-24

  LOS ANGELES -- In a dispute between the "new media" of the Internet and the "old media" of broadcasting, liberal bloggers and conservative talk-radio hosts are accusing each other of trampling the First Amendment's guarantees of free speech. Hundreds of blogs are exhorting national advertisers not to buy commercial time...

  Tags: ABC Inc., advertiser, blog, blogger, Blogging, Disney Corp., INTERNET