links for 2010-01-13

US: "Total revenues in 2009 were down 5.2 percent to $7.5 billion, estimates JPMorgan analyst Imran Khan in a new Internet industry report. But he forecasts that in 2010 U.S. display advertising will rebound 10.5 percent to $8.3 billion, buoyed by a rising economy and actions to reduce the glut of display ad inventory for higher quality sites and content."

"Here’s our picks of the best products or services from the Consumer Electronics Show, which ended Sunday after a five-day run in Las Vegas."

"We've added a new category of information to each EveryBlock city: school reviews. Using data from GreatSchools, we now point you to recent reviews about schools in your neighborhood."

"How important is the tail? As with most pieces of the paid search game the answer is 'it depends'.”

"So, if ever there was an example of both the power of crowdsourcing via social media and the ease-of-use of ready made digital tools, it was the establishment of The Harborne Mile. Within minutes of mooting the idea, I had a handful of people volunteering to contribute content, others advising me on the best platforms to use, and examples of good local blogs to learn from."

"A map of hyperlocal websites from independent publishers across the UK."

"What were your experiences on online journalism training? Are courses unfairly maligned, having come to so far in recent years? Let us know in the comments…"

Ashley Friedlein: "There has been a lot of talk about publishing business models related to paid content. We understand this space pretty well, given that Econsultancy has been operating a ‘freemium’ model successfully for over 10 years now. But rather than talk about our business model, I wanted to give five tips from my own experience on what I believe is important, and what works, in order to be successful at selling content online."

"BBC director general Mark Thompson revealed in the latest edition of BBC in-house magazine, Ariel, that bbc.co.uk receives 27 million users each month."

"This article frames the problem of news dissemination as a problem of market lemons, analogous to the issue raised by George Akerlof in 1970."

"Mobile will drive local search growth… Local search providers will vie for social… Local print advertising will decline but won’t disappear… A hybrid marketing approach will win"

"Ever-increasing choice was supposed to mean the end of the blockbuster. It has had the opposite effect"

"Conservative Lord Lucas is proposing a specific new clause so that: Every provider of a publicly accessible website shall be presumed to give a standing and non-exclusive license to providers of search engine services to make a copy of some or all of the content of that website, for the purpose only of providing said search engine services"

"The website of the nation’s biggest selling regional newspaper, Wolverhampton’s Express & Star, has relaunched introducing new business directories to its readers. The site, which primarily serves readers in the Black Country and the broader West Midlands, has partnered with Trinity Mirror to use its Local Mole business directory."

"According to a new study from the MIT Sloan School of Management, Online advertising can be much better at targeting certain demographics than its traditional media counterparts, but as more competition enters the space, these advantages do not automatically translate into greater profits."