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US: "Ad network CPMs were down in Q4 2008 compared with Q4 2007, according to PubMatic. Prices for ads on Websites of all sizes had decreased; small, medium and large sites’ ad prices dropped 52%, 23% and 54%, respectively, from the previous year."
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"As part of our aggressive path to profitability within the year, I also wanted to take this opportunity to highlight some of the major priorities for the company: Rolling out new features to grow and engage our community, Building on our advertising infrastructure, Building on our successful partnership with Microsoft, Ongoing sponsorship opportunities, Ongoing publisher and trade partnerships"
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"Venture capital investment shrank in 2008 for the first time in five years, going from $30.8 billion in 2007 to $28.3 billion in 2008, according to the National Venture Capital Association."
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"Google reported revenues of $5.70 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2008, an increase of 18% compared to the fourth quarter of 2007 and an increase of 3% compared to the third quarter of 2008. Google reports its revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs (TAC). In the fourth quarter of 2008, TAC totaled $1.48 billion, or 27% of advertising revenues."
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"Google today called for UK copyright reforms that allow individuals limited use of copyrighted work in order to create new content. 'Fair use' laws in the US – which cover use of music for sampling, for example – were included in the 2006 Gowers review of UK intellectual property but have not been incorporated into British law."
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"As soon as President Obama was inaugurated this week, a shiny new version of the whitehouse.gov website was launched, replete with blog and RSS feeds, an indication of the new administration's intent to make full use of the internet. I've been taking a look at the new White House site, and comparing it with Number10.gov, the Prime Minister's website which is still in beta since it was relaunched in August last year."
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"I thought it might be worthwhile producing the obligatory Wordle 'word cloud' of the Ofcom document, to see which words had dominated. Although interesting in itself, I also wanted to see whether there was much of a contrast with the language used in the previous Public Service Broadcasting consultation which took place in 2004 and 2005."
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"Last week, the market share of visits to Twitter surpassed Digg for the first time since launch and was ranked #84 (one above Digg at #85) in the Computers and Internet category. "
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"For the week ending 17/01/09
http://www.twitter.com ranked as the 291st most visited website in the UK, up from a ranking of 2,953 for the week ending 19/01/08. UK Internet traffic to the website has increased by 974% over this period."
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"These feeds are personal rather than professional. You may find some work-related material there but don’t be surprised if you find random thoughts on music, bad jokes or gorillas."
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"ComScore released new data today showing that the global internet population has reached 1 billion. Asia-Pacific accounts for the highest regional share of users ( 41 percent), followed by Europe (28 percent), North America (18 percent), Latin-America (7 percent), and the Middle East & Africa (5 percent). By country, China tops the list with an 18 percent share, followed by the U.S. with a 16.2 percent."
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