Microsoft’s fourth-quarter earnings came in about where Wall Street had expected, but the decline of its Windows business continued during a holiday quarter when it seems pretty clear other gadgets dominated shopping lists.
The Rise of Google, the Ascent of Facebook and the Decline of Everyone Else
Very reasonable bet: Google + Facebook will own 50 percent of the Web ad market by the end of this month.
Macquarie: Fall TV Promotions Lift Homepage Ads
The three major portals and YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) sold more of the lucrative custom homepage ads in the second half of Q3, according to the latest figures from Macquarie. But it could be a blip, as the gains more mostly due to the influx of spending by TV networks promoting the fall season.
...As If The Switch From AOL News To HuffPo Isn’t Confusing Enough
AOL News, consistently among the top news sites, is making way for The Huffington Post, a victim of the $315 million acquisition of the younger site. It’s confusing enough right now for those used to going to the site (no matter how much HuffPo plays it down, it did have millions of users—more than...
Microsoft Ad Sales Head Everson Departs For Facebook
Carolyn Everson, who led Microsoft’s global ad sales across Bing, MSN, and Windows Live, is leaving to join Facebook, AllThingsD’s Kara Swisher reports and we can confirm. Everson joined Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) only nine months ago, replacing Robin Domeniconi who left the post to take a job at...
MSN’s Scott Moore Questions ‘Risky Bet’ AOL Made On HuffPo
AOL’s acquisition of Huffington Post makes for a “risky bet,” according to Scott Moore, partner and regional executive producer at Microsoft’s rival portal MSN. In a Q&A conducted by paidContent’s Staci D. Kramer at Federated Media’s Signal LA conference on Wednesday, he questioned whether HuffPo’s political bent would fit in at AOL (NYSE:...
Microsoft Takes Another Stab at Selling Its Own Ads–By Getting Someone Else to Do It
Microsoft starts up its own "real time" advertising exchange, just like Google has. But instead of running it itself, Redmond is handing the work to AppNexus.
Microsoft’s Results Easily Beat Expectations
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) posted a 5 percent increase in sales during the most recent quarter, countering predictions that its revenue would stay flat—or even fall—because of slow growth in the market for PCs. The results were particularly remarkable because a year ago Microsoft benefited from blockbuster sales of its then-new Windows 7 operating...
CES: Ballmer On What Microsoft Has Coming Next
[Ongoing] Steve Ballmer started off his Consumer Electronics Show keynote address Wednesday by running down Microsoft’s product debuts in 2010, including Windows Phone 7 and Kinect, and promising a preview of what Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has coming next. Read on for a run-down of Microsoft’s announcements, as they happen.
Macquarie: Larger Homepage Ads Gained Momentum In Q4
If it felt like there were a lot more of those large, homepage takeover display ads in the latter half of Q4, that’s because major sites like YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) AOL (NYSE: AOL), Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and MSN were rolling them out at an even greater pace, according to...
Exclusive: Another Executive Exits Disney Digital: Paul Yanover
It’s over for Paul Yanover at Disney (NYSE: DIS) Online. The chief architect behind the rebuilding of Disney.com is leaving to “pursue new opportunities outside the company,” as he told staffers Friday morning in an internal e-mail (full memo below).
MSN Rolls Out A Health And Fitness Site With Rodale
Microsoft’s MSN, which has launched a series of very successful sites with major magazine publishers over the last two years, is now partnering with Rodale on a new health and fitness property. The site, Fitbie, which is going live today, features a series of articles and videos on working out, healthy eating, and...
