30 November 2009
The Advertising Federation of Australia has launched new guidelines to help digital agencies with the growing complexity of complying with legal rules surrounding digital marketing. New Dialogue was recently fined $22,000 for their part in a SMS spam deba... read full story
27 November 2009
LinkedIn is about to get a local presence with the the appointment of Clifford Rosenberg to the position of MD, Australia and New Zealand. LinkedIn boasts 52 million members. with nearly 1.1 million members in Australia and New Zealand. Based out of Sy... read full story
26 November 2009
By David Jackson Second instalment in an occasional series. According to the US Department of Labor, the top 10 in-demand jobs for 2010 didn’t even exist in 2004. In the digital era, a degree is important, but there seems to be little point in choosing... read full story
26 November 2009
The struggling online video startup Joost, begun with much fanfare by the creators of Skype and Kazaa, has been sold to an online advertising company. Adconion Media Group said Tuesday it bought Joost assets for an undisclosed sum. These include the tec... read full story
25 November 2009
Tourism Australia is extending its No Leave No Life marketing campaign, signing up to be a commercial partner on a new TV show of the same name on the Seven Network. The lifestyle and travel programme, produced by Endemol Southern Star, will be hosted b... read full story
24 November 2009
MALAYSIAN billionaire and media investor T. Ananda Krishnan has seized an opportunity created by the government's proposed national broadband network, whereby he could challenge traditional media players for Australian television viewers. Mr Krishnan,... read full story
23 November 2009
Remember when we had to flip through the Sunday classifieds to find an apartment or used car? Or use an encyclopedia to look up the capital of an Eastern European country? Thanks to the Internet, we now have Craigslist, Google, Wikipedia and more to hel... read full story
20 November 2009
Commercial Radio Australia has rolled out the next phase of its $10 million digital radio awareness campaign, pitching a digital radio as the perfect Christmas gift. The campaign will rollout across radio and online, airing on over 40 commercial radio s... read full story
19 November 2009
You wouldn't pick it by looking at him, but rap star MC Hammer is a self-confessed geek. In fact, he refers to his ''geek family'' in conversation, owns so many Xboxes and flat screens that he's lost count (short answer is one on each wall of his substant... read full story
18 November 2009
The National Broadband Network (NBN) team has chosen Melbourne as its home. The selection of Melbourne as the team’s home may mean much of the early rollout will occur in and around the city. This could prove a significant advantage to digtal businesses... read full story