The Creston News Advertiser staff won five first-place and four second-place awards in the Iowa Newspaper Foundation’s 2012 Better Newspaper Contests.

Today LeadBolt proudly announced the release of its latest high performance ad format, the LeadBolt "App Icon”. This new mobile advertising format allows Android app developers to monetize their applications in a unique way outside of the app experience so they improve the consumer experience when the app is in use, and earn advertising revenue even when it is not. (PRWeb February 06, 2012) Read ...

"The joke to me is you've got TV buyers still buying linear TV ratings when there are a lot of people that aren't watching linear TV," says Hanlon. What's more, it remains unclear who will be the dominant players in the battle for TV's future.

A new report from Bernstein Research attempts to gauge the long-term worth of Apple's "lifetime customers," those who will be back every few years to buy new versions of products. Originally posted at Apple Talk

Nine revealed its new-look morning show – simply called Mornings – yesterday, which delivered decent ratings. The Sydney Morning Herald reports Mornings, hosted by Sonia Kruger and David Campbell, rated 104,000, not quite enough to reach Seven’s stalwart and timeslot leader The Morning Show which received 166,000 viewers. The new show did however beat Ten’s [...]

A pro bono pitch held by the boating industry has received submissions from ten interested agencies. The pitch, held by Queensland Marine, the state’s boating industry body, was called last month. The Boating Industries Alliance of Australia, the industry body that oversees Queensland Marine, declined to reveal the identities of the agencies involved. One agency [...]