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Monday, July 6, 2009

Ad Market Looks Worse Than Expected, Which Is What We Expected

fortune-tellerIt has been three months since Zenith Optimedia revised its ad market forecast downward. Which means it’s time to knock it down once again. The ad buying firm now thinks the market will shrink by 8.5 percent this year, which is worse than the 6.9 percent decrease it predicted in April, which was worse than the 0.2 percent decrease it threw out in December. Past performance is no guarantee of future results, of course. But anyone want to bet on what happens in three months?

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Friday, December 12, 2008

Online Ad Buys: On Hold for the Holidays

It’s now very old news that the online ad market is going to get roughed up next year. But by how much? Don’t bother guessing until the end of the month: Online ad execs say sales have basically stopped until the end of the holiday season.

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Tuesday, December 9, 2008

New York Times: Our Digital Ads “Could Be Under Great Stress”

The Times says its core Web ad business–selling display ads on its pages–fell off in November, has gotten worse this month and could really be in trouble next year. But About.com is holding up comparatively well.

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Peter Kafka has been covering media and technology since 1997, when he joined the staff of Forbes magazine. Most recently, he has been the managing editor of the tech and media Web site, Silicon Alley Insider. Read more »

Ethics Statement

Here is a statement of my ethics and coverage policies. It is more than most of you want to know, but, in the age of suspicion of the media, I am laying it all out.

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