GLG News by Online Advertising Experts (North America)

Potential upside for advertisers as well as broadcasters, ability to narrowcast, not unlike the relationship between broadcast TV and cable in the early 1980's

1) Amerprise has been aggressive ever since its Personal Advisor and Banking separation from Amercan Express 2) MasterCard appears to be the predominate card network

Google, Inc. (GOOG) this week announced a pilot project with at the Cleveland Clinic to store the information of up to 10,000 patients in a new online electronic health records storage service. Google is not the sole player in the online medical records storage field.  Microsoft (MSFT) launched...

The slowdown is coming - we have two good sources - Airlines and Airports. The impact is not just in the USA but in other market geographies The impact on two specific carriers - British Airways and Singapore Airlines is examined.

Every business, whether it specializes in manufacturing or is part of the Web 2.0 landscape, sooner or later finds itself in need of a database system to help manage information flows throughout the company.  Most businesses find that they end up with a database system as they grow, starting off...

2008 is already shaping up to be another tough year for newspapers.  Falling revenues have prompted big layoffs at New York Times and Tribune.  A recession only makes matters worse.

Four big newspaper players have created a new company to sell online advertising to national advertisers.  QuadrantOne will have dedicated inventory on 175 newspaper and TV web sites, reaching 50 million unique users in 27 of the top 30 markets.

Travel in the USA is soft but we see a move to more up market product As the US declines the impact of the cheap dollar and cheap pound is driving traffic from Europe Airport Traffic is showing a sharp drop in growth.

BA is changing and losing its once dominant status in a transformation driven by factors no longer in BA's control. AF-KL combo is now the world's leading airline by far. Competition is bearing down heavily on the carrier.

Newspapers are facing more declines in readership and advertising.  Online gains are not making up the losses.  Costs are too high.  And continued cost-cutting makes newspapers less appealing for readers and advertisers.