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Good news for Net Neutrality. This administration has shown that they are committed to the principals of Net Neutrality based on language in the rules recently released for the broadband stimulus funding. The Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP) is offering grants…

I just saw this come through:

Following Overstock.com’s announcement that it will pull its affiliate advertising from California due to the legislature’s proposal to increase taxes and the announcements of other companies such as Amazon.com threatening to follow suit, Governor Schwarzenegger…

You’ve read about the bills changing the definition of nexus sweeping the nation and why they are wrong.

The simple truth is that they are based on a loophole left by the Supreme Court. In Quill Corp v. North Dakota (1992),…

Farming gold is expected to become a big enough problem that China has banned gold farming. What? Who farms gold?

For those unfamiliar with this hidden economy, “gold farming” is a term that refers to performing tasks that allow you to…

Sign the petition

Before I start, I am going to ask that you sign the petition I started. It is all explained below. To sign, just tweet the following on Twitter:

petition @nmevans to Stop the #affiliatetax. Don’t hurt small biz in…

A huge thank you to everyone who made it up to Sacramento for today’s lobbying efforts!

• Karen Garcia, My Co-Organizer, GTO Management
• Rebecca Madigan, Performance Marketing Alliance
• Rob Smahl, eBates (Rob has come to be recognized as our own “Great Communicator” for his knack…

North Carolina Senate Passes Anti-Affiliate Tax Law, Merchants like Amazon Abandon NC Affiliates

It’s no secret that here at ReveNews we feel the so called “Amazon Tax” laws enacted by New York are a poor idea. This week North Carolina followed…

This month marks a milestone of sorts for the advertising industry. The June 2009 issue of the Journal of Advertising Research will include 23 papers (pdf) on advertising. These papers document, according to the Journal, “the evidence for empirical generalizations (substantive…