The Federal Trade Commission has accused a man and his employment-opportunity companies of marketing a fraudulent U.S. Postal Service employment program.
The FTC’s complaint named as defendants Jeffrey Wayne Simmons (aka Wayne Simmons, aka Wayne Stevens) and his companies, Information Resources of Nashville LLC and Career Services LLC. The complaint was filed Jan. 20 in U.S. […]

Revenues from classified ads in phone books have continued to rise despite competition from the internet, a Competition Commission investigation has found.
The Commission today published initial findings on whether printed directories are stifling competition.
The last four years have seen a 15% increase in revenues for printed directories, which currently earn £750m a year from advertisers, […]

BuyLookSell, Inc. (http://www.buylooksell.com/newspaper) has released seven new web services enabling the newspaper industry to rapidly expand their existing classified advertising business. The services are provided with no up-front costs to the publication and are hosted by BuyLookSell, Inc. while branded as the newspaper – integrating directly into a newspaper organization’s existing online advertising section.
BuyLookSell, […]

We’ve been sold the digital living room dream for years now. Efforts to converge media in the center of the home have come from two directions: On one hand, cable companies are promoting interactive TV and fancy set-top boxes that would tie together the Internet and TV, offering interactive programming, video on demand, and Internet […]

A classified ad for a brand new motorcycle led a customer to call police Tuesday afternoon. A 2006 Kawasaki that would usually go for up to $10,000 was being advertised for $300.
When police pulled up to the address given to them by the seller, that man took off on the bike. He led them to […]

Search for a keyword on the web, and at the top or to the right of the list of results you’re likely to see several specially highlighted entries, usually links to relevant businesses, whose “top billing” has been purchased through online auctions. Revenues from such auctions have put Google ahead of ad earnings for any […]

A marketing agency that connects advertisers and podcasters has decided to let the market decide how much podcast commercials are worth.
Podtrac, based in Washington, D.C., said it has begun auctioning advertising positions in three top-ranked tech podcasts, including Leo Laporte’s “This Week in Technology,” “MuggleCast” and “Josh & Japan.” The auction is to last through […]