It would be a major coup in basketball for the New York Knicks to land the caliber of talent the likes of LeBron James or Dwyane Wade; however unlikely this may be. Similarly, Catalina Marketing has scored such a coup…

AOL Inc. has sold its affiliate marketing business, Buy.at, for an undisclosed price to Digital Window Ltd., which runs AffiliateWindow and ShopWindow.  Digitial Window claims that the purchase of Buy.at will make them the largest “performance-based marketing” group in the…

It has been a long week of fighting for Colorado affiliates against HB 1193 as it moved through the House. There were strong shows of solidarity by  local affiliates organized by Brian Fox, Senior Director of Business Development at  Adperio, as…

Despite Overstock’s maneuvering and the local efforts of Colorado affiliates organized by Brian Fox, Senior Director of Business Development at  Adperio, the Colorado House Finance Committee has passed HB 1193 (pdf). The motion passed with a 6-5 vote and with only a slight…

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…

Newspapers Take a Shot at Google and Yahoo

The World Association of Newspapers filed a complaint with the US Department of Justice and the European Commission to block an advertising deal between Google and Yahoo concerning newspaper ad placements. WAN’s main concern…

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Democracy gets Squirrelly

Kevin Cogill, known…