In Memory of China's Earthquake

China tallies losses, costs from quake

...from an earthquake this week that killed thousands and left thousands more missing, with estimates ranging to over $20 billion. It remains unknown... SFGate: Top News Stories

Ode to China

This touches my soul ... it's about those children trapped in the collapsed school building...I translated this in English. Enjoy each moment we have with our family and friends.   /Ming

孩子们快抓紧妈妈的手	Hold Tight to your Mama's Hands
孩子们快抓紧妈妈的手，	Kido, hold tight to Mama’s hands
去天堂的路太黑了,	Way to the heaven is too dark
妈妈怕你碰了头，	Mama’s worried you might bump your heads
快抓紧妈妈的手，	Hold Mama’s hands tight
让妈妈陪你走。	Let Mama guide you through
妈妈怕天堂的路太黑了，	Mama’s worry that road to heaven is too dark
怕看不见你的手	Fearing not being able to see your hands
自从倒塌的墙将阳光夺走	Ever since the collapsed walls take sunshine away
我再也看不见你柔情的眸。	Mama will never see your deep eyes
孩子，你走吧，前面的路再没有忧愁，	Kido, as you go, no more worries way ahead
没有读不完的课本和爸爸的拳头，	No more endless homework accompanied Dad’s span
你要记住我和爸爸的模样，	Do remember Mama and Papa
来生我们还是一起走。	Be together once life again
妈妈别担忧，	Don’t worry, Mama
天堂的路有些挤，	The way to heaven a bit crowded
有很多同学朋友，	Along with many fellow students
我们说不哭，	We all say no more crying
那一个人的妈妈都是孩子的妈妈，	All Mama in the world are our Mama
那一个孩子都是妈妈的孩子。	All kids in the world are Mama’s kids
没有我的日子，	With my absence
你把爱给活着的孩子吧，	Devote your love to all other kids around
妈妈，你别哭，泪光照不亮我们的路	Mama, please don’t cry as tears won’t lighten our road
让我们慢慢的走，	Let us walk slowly
妈妈，我会记住你和爸爸的模样，	Mama, I will always remember you and dad
记住我们的约定，我们来生一起走。	As promised, we be together again in second life

NEWS: China's rescue effort clings to hope

China's rescue effort clings to hope CNN - 7 hours ago At least 12300 people remain buried in the debris from the China earthquake that killed at least 22077 others, a spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in ... Displaced thousands on the longest march Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 1 hour ago These are the haunting images of China's earthquake, which has left 22000 officially dead, at least 170000 injured and 4.8million homeless. ... Death toll in China earthquake exceeds 12000 The Associated Press - May 13, 2008 ... rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades. ... Chinese citizens rally aid for quake victims Los Angeles Times, CA - May 15, 2008 MIANYANG, CHINA -- Everywhere you turned Wednesday, there was more bad news: The official death toll from China's earthquake climbed to nearly 15000, ... Hope of finding more buried survivors fading in China TV3 News, New Zealand - May 15, 2008 The official death toll from China's earthquake is now more than 20000 but it is feared it could rise beyond 50000. As survivors of the earthquake come out ... Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears CBC.ca, Canada - 1 hour ago (Kyodo News/Associated Press) Thousands of residents, along with relief workers helpingearthquake survivors, left Beichuan city in China's Sichuan province ...

AdNets Weekend

ClickFacts Launches NetworkFacts; Exposes Malware, Spyware and ... PR-USA.net (press release), Bulgaria - 10 hours ago NetworkFacts relieves advertising networks from the burden of manual content review ofadvertising and publishers sites by providing automated and ...

Research finds that spending on online advertising networks is to grow Business Strata - Business News, UK - May 13, 2008 Linus Gregoriadis, head of research at E-consultancy, said: "Online ad networks operate in one of the most competitive spaces in the digital sector, ... Ad Networks sector to grow by 60% in 2008 - new report E-consultancy (press release) Online ad network spend ‘to top £385m’ PrecisionMarketing Online ad spend set to soar IT Week all 9 news articles »

SocialMedia Networks Expands Business School Series to Additional ... Earthtimes (press release), UK - 10 hours ago SocialMedia Networks, the largest social advertising network with over 5000 applications, will gather industry specialists from its field of experts to ...

Maktoob Business (press release)

CBS Agrees to Purchase Cnet Networks for $1.8 Billion (Update3) Bloomberg - May 15, 2008 ``They offer us significant exposure to the fastest-growing advertising sector,'' Moonves said on a conference call today. ``We have taken a major leap ... Video: CBS in $1.8B Deal for News, Info Site CNet AssociatedPress Word Count: 651 | Companies Featured in This Article: CBS, CNET ...Wall Street Journal Blogs CBS Agrees to Purchase Cnet Networks for $1.8 Billion (Update2) Bloomberg all 976 news articles »  CNET - CBS

Marketing Week

Yahoo teaming with WPP Grp on digital advertising BusinessWeek - 13 hours ago Yahoo Inc. said Friday it will team with WPP Group PLC on digital display advertising. Three of WPP Group's divisions, GroupM, 24/7 Real Media and WPP ... Yahoo Partners With Ad-Holding Company WPP InformationWeek WPP'S 24/7 Real Media to Partner With Yahoo's Right Media Stockhouse More On WPP-Yahoo Exchange Deal: Walrath: 'We've Reached Scale' Washington Post Digital Media Wire - guardian.co.uk all 96 news articles »  YHOO - PINK:WPPRF - TYO3:3746

Search Engine Watch

Online Advertising Revenues Rising InformationWeek, NY - 16 hours ago Web sites with more than 100 million monthly page views saw monetization rates from adnetworks plummet by 52%, from 38 cents in March to 18 cents in April, ... Warm note: Online spending's still hot Media Life Magazine all 33 news articles »

Online Social Networks Facilitate Music Sales Cybergrass - 17 hours ago We created a revenue-sharing model where we share roughly half of our advertising revenue with the content owners. Labels and artists promote themselves in ...

3 Nashville-area malls join Adspace digital advertising network Bizjournals.com, NC - 6 hours ago Rivergate Mall, CoolSprings Galleria and the Hickory Hollow Mall will now have "smart screens" that display mall promotions, advertising and editorial ...

AOL eyes local online ad portal The Australian, Australia - May 11, 2008 Affiliate advertising networks (think Viva9 and dgm) compete with third-party salesnetworks (such as MediaSmart, PostClick or Max Interactive) and ...

Business Wire (press release)

Janome America and Next New Networks Announce AdvertisingPartnership Business Wire (press release), CA - May 15, 2008 The advertising campaign will include sponsored segments during ThreadHeads, the network’s weekly flagship program, as well as regular promotional elements ...

Blog Weekend

NDTV.com

SRK unflustered by Aamir's blog Sify, India - 20 hours ago Says a very popular character-actor, who has worked with both stars: "I guess the freedom provided by a blog tends to loosen tongues. ... King Khan takes Aamir's blog in good humour CNN-IBN Shah Rukh cool about Aamir's blog about dog named after him Press Trust of India Aamir: you disappoint us! GlamSham IndiaGlitz - CNN-IBN all 76 news articles »

'NYT' Lets 'Games Begin' Online with Olympics Blog Editor & Publisher - 7 hours ago The blog features analysis and perspectives from sports, foreign, and business reporters at the Times and in its global bureaus. "We expect the Rings blog, ...

KYLE BUSCH IS POLE SITTER Nascar - 2 hours ago A blog is an online journal entry written by a Member of the Community. Every Member of the Community can create his/her own blog posts and read and comment ...

TVNZ	Indy 500: Rob and Bob's blog - part 4 TVNZ, New Zealand - 3 hours ago We thought we had seen pretty much every area of Indianapolis over the last few visits here but last night we ventured into new and uncharted territory (for ...

Saturday Blog: If only God was Bulgarian Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - 3 hours ago Economy Minister Petar Dimitrov delivered one of the quotes of the year so far when he put his faith in God to improve the standard of living in Bulgaria. ...

MIKE BRUDENELL'S BLOG Keeping time with Danica Detroit Free Press, United States - 3 hours ago INDIANAPOLIS – Danica Patrick didn’t have time for questions from reporters at her Tissot watch partnership renewal press conference at the Indianapolis ...

The blog from the boundary BBC Sport, UK - 7 hours ago The elements are conspiring to make it difficult for either team to win this game. Bad light dogged the second day, while the forecast for the third looks ...

A blog about sports by The Baltimore Sun's Bill Ordine Baltimore Sun, United States - 6 hours ago One of Big Brown's chief rivals for the Preakness has been scratched with a foot bruise. This morning, it was announced that Behindatthebar will not make it ...

Blog Buzz: John McCain and Hamas, Not a Civil Union U.S. News & World Report, DC - 6 hours ago The left side of the blogosphere loves the video of John McCain's chat with Jamie Rubin in which he said that "sooner or later we are going to have to deal ...

GEORGE SIPPLE'S BLOG Wings fans: Set your calendars for Cup finals ... Detroit Free Press, United States - 7 hours ago You’ll want to clear your evenings for the next couple of Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays if the Red Wings make the Stanley Cup finals. ...

Social Media Weekend

Broadcasting & Cable

Comcast buys social networking site Plaxo Bizjournals.com, NC - May 15, 2008 "Comcast has an exciting vision to bring the social media experience to mainstream consumers," Golub wrote. "Together, we will be able to help users connect ... Comcast Acquires Plaxo - The End of Data Interoperability? CMSWire Comcast Buys Social-Networking Site Plaxo TheStreet.com Comcast And Plaxo Invite You To The Marriage Of Set-top Box ... Washington Post all 225 news articles »  CMCSA

Datran Media Executives to Present Email and Social Media ... Market Wire (press release) - 10 hours ago Daniels will give attendees a sneak peek into his upcoming analysis around social media. Gerace will provide the social network point of view and contribute ...

longtail celebrates new Social Media site My Pressportal (press release), South Africa - 8 hours ago The answer is simple – it’sa new niche Social Media website created by digital marketing and strategic consultancy agency longtail for Unilever South ...

Twitter, the Coup in Social Media that Is Past Due Technosailor, MD - 9 hours ago In all the buzz over new media, social media, Web 2.0 (fill in the buzz words), there is something that has been really lacking. Sure the various social ...

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Social Media Analytics Firm Sometrics Gets Seed Funding Digital Media Wire, CA - 7 hours ago Los Angeles - Sometrics, a provider of analytics tracking and measurement services forsocial media, announced this week that it has raised an undisclosed ... App Analytics Firm Sometrics Raises Seed Round From Mail Room Fund paidContent.org all 2 news articles »

VAClassroom.com Announces Upcoming Social Media Marketing Tele ... Emediawire (press release), WA - 18 hours ago Craig Cannings, Internet Business Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of VAClassroom announced today an upcoming Social Media tele-seminar for Virtual Assistants. ...

"Cup O' Mambo" Gives Social Media a Latin Buzz -- Mercury Mambo ... PR-USA.net (press release), Bulgaria - 13 hours ago ... topics that will be featured in the blog, Cup O' Mambo, which is being launched simultaneously with Mercury Mambo's new, social media friendly Web site. ...

Pan names social media chief Bizjournals.com, NC - May 14, 2008 Public relations shop Pan Communications Inc. has promoted Joel Richman to the position of director of the firm's social media practice, the company said on ... Industry Veteran Joel Richman to Head up PAN Communications ...Business Wire (press release) all 10 news articles »

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NEWS: Icahn Plans Yahoo Proxy Contest

Ed: No shortage of advise for Yahoo.

Icahn Plans Yahoo Proxy Contest

from WSJ.com: What's News US

Carl Icahn is launching a proxy contest to unseat Yahoo's board, a move aimed at pushing Yahoo back to the bargaining table with Microsoft. Icahn plans to nominate 10 directors to replace Yahoo's board before a deadline Thursday.

Yahoo Taking It From All Sides

from ClickZ News Blog

Yahoo's having a rough go of it today, with the official emergence of a threat to its board led by investor Carl Icahn, and the usurpation (according to comScore) of its U.S. Web traffic leadership by Google.

In a letter to Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock, Icahn alleged the board "acted irrationally and lost the faith of shareholders and Microsoft," and proposed an alternate board that includes Marc Cuban, Adam Dell and himself. "It is unconscionable that you have not allowed your shareholders to choose to accept an offer that represented a 72 percent premium over Yahoo’s closing price of $19.18 on the day before the initial Microsoft offer." Wall Street Journal has more coverage. TechCrunch has the letter to Bostock...

Can Yahoo Get the Search Monkey Off Its Back?

from John Battelle's Searchblog

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Yahoo's Search Monkey is released today. Not a moment too soon. My one word summary of what Yahoo needs to do to win: Open. Nothing new there, this is the rallying cry of Yahoo's senior leaders. But perhaps I should add another word: Open faster.

Today Search Monkey, where developers can take Yahoo results and rejigger 'em, opens to the world. It's a good idea. But it's not enough.

I think Yahoo should be far more radical. Yahoo should let folks play behind the curtain. It's one thing to give folks a feed of results and let them mash it up. It's quite a different thing to let folks play with the machinery that produces the results.

Yahoo responds to Icahn’s short story with War & Peace

from VentureBeat by MG Siegler

If you’re Yahoo and you have to respond to billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s letter telling the company he was launching a proxy takeover, you don’t have too many options — you’re going to look weak no matter what you say. The way I saw it there were two options: First, don’t respond. Maybe just pretend you didn’t get the letter and didn’t check the Internet today. Or second, come back with a response so long that it will bore Icahn out of wanting to acquire you. Yahoo chose the latter.

The response, by Yahoo chairman Roy Bostock is really quite incredible when compared to the letter Carl Icahn sent. Icahn wrote four paragraphs to Bostock. Bostock wrote thirteen in response.

Jerry To Yahoos: Please Keep Working! Jerry To Bosses: Here's What To Say (YHOO)

from Silicon Alley Insider by Peter Kafka

Carl Icahn's moves prompted a flurry of paperwork at Sunnyvale yesterday: First Roy Bostock responded to Carl, then Jerry Yang sent out two memos -- one to all the proles, and one just for "SVPs and above". But since copies of both letters were filed with the SEC Friday morning, they're bascially press releases. And both of them say the same thing: Stay the course, ignore the media, etc. And both showcase Jerry's odd distaste for capital letters.

We'd like to give Jerry credit for straight talk here, but it'd be easier to do so if he didn't repeat the same phrase -- "transforming the online experiences of our users, advertisers, publishers and developers" -- three times in the same missive.

STATS: IAB, PwC: Internet Advertising Revenues Top $21B - Another Record

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IAB, PwC: Internet Advertising Revenues Top $21B - Another Record

Internet advertising revenues in the US reached a record high of $21.2 billion in 2007, eclipsing revenues in 2006 - the previous record year - by 26 %, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) announced.

Search, display, classifieds and lead generation all continued growing at a healthy rate, according to the report:

The 4Q07 internet advertising revenues hit $5.9 billion - also a historic high for a single quarter, a 24% increase over the same period in 2006, according to the “2007 Internet Advertising Revenue Report.”

The figures constituted the fourth consecutive year - and 13th consecutive quarter - of record results:

Consumer advertising remained the largest category of internet advertising spending, at 55% of 2007 full-year revenues, up from 52% from the full year 2006:

Online advertising remains concentrated, with the 10 leading ad-selling companies accounting for 69% of total revenues in the fourth quarter:

Some 51% of 2007 revenues were priced on a performance basis, up from 47% reported for 2006:

About the report (pdf): Conducted by the New Media Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Internet Advertising Revenue Report was launched in 1996 by the IAB, and aggregates data from all companies that report meaningful online advertising revenues. The survey includes data concerning online advertising revenues from Web sites, commercial online services, free email providers, and all other companies selling online advertising. First and third quarter revenue reports are estimates, with the actual figures being released along with second and fourth quarter data respectively.

STATS: Top 50 US Web Rankings Issued for April, Google No. 1 for First Time

Top 50 US Web Rankings Issued for April, Google No. 1 for First Time

For the first time ever, Google Sites took the top spot among US web properties, finally overtaking long-time leader Yahoo Sites, according to a comScore Media Metrix monthly analysis of US consumer activity at online properties in April.

With a total audience of more than 141.1 million visitors, Google Sites edged out Yahoo Sites, which had 140.6 million visitors.

Content categories showing gains in April included job search, career resources, and television sites.

“April was a very active month. Google took the top property position, thanks to continued search growth and rapid growth at YouTube,” commented Jack Flanagan, EVP of comScore Media Metrix.

Top 50 Properties (Unique Visitors)

Among the highlights:

• Trailing Google Sites and Yahoo Sites, Microsoft Sites were third with 121.2 million visitors in April.
• Superpages.com Network and CareerBuilder LLC both jumped eight spots in the ranking to positions 18 and 30, respectively.

Top 50 Ad Focus Ranking (Advertising Reach)

Among the highlights:

• Platform-A continued to lead the Ad Focus ranking, reaching 89% of the more than 190 million Americans online in April.
• Turn, Inc. jumped 10 positions to #32, reaching 32% of the online population.
• National Newspaper Network introduced two Ad Focus entities in April, NNN Top 25 and NNN Top 10, which entered the rankings at position 40 and 50, respectively. ...

YouTube Adds Demographics Tab to Analytics Tools

from ClickZ News Blog

YouTube has added a demographics tab to its Insight analytics platform for video uploaders. The feature makes it easy for creators to break down viewer patterns by age, gender or a combination of the two. The data come from birthday and gender data people are asked to share when they set up YouTube accounts.

The feature addition was announced in a blog post today from product manager Nick Jakobi. That post also notes many creators are altering their upload schedules based on learnings from the analytics tools, including insights about exactly when users are tuning in. In previous conversations with marketers, ClickZ learned that many agencies have used the platform to glean some new insights from old videos. ...