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Tumblr hires McLaughlin

Beth Krietsch December 06, 2011

NEW YORK: Andrew McLaughlin has joined Tumblr as EVP. He previously worked as the White House's deputy chief technology officer from 2009 to 2010 and Google's global policy head from 2004 to 2009.

DC Influencer: Carol Kelly, National Association of Chain Drug Stores

October 01, 2011

National Association of Chain Drug Stores SVP, government affairs Carol Kelly discusses risks of online pharmacies with Bernadette Casey.

Google snares top No 10 aide Tim Chatwin to take top comms role

David Singleton, PRWeek UK September 08, 2011

LONDON: Google has confirmed that one of David Cameron's closest aides is set to take up a top comms role at the tech giant.

When giants of social media compete, brands stand to win

Steve Barrett August 01, 2011

The pace of change in social media channels shows no sign of slowing.

Twitter unveils @Anywhere platform during dull SXSW keynote

Dave Armon March 16, 2010

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams used his keynote speech at SXSW Interactive to demonstrate how the micro-blogging platform will integrate more easily with third-party web sites.

Apple purchases mobile ad company Quattro

Erica Morris January 05, 2010

Apple has purchased mobile ad company Quattro Wireless, for a reported $300 million, according to The New York Times.

Google bows to Murdoch?

Rose Gordon December 02, 2009

Google has introduced a new program that will allow publishers to better protect their paid Web content from Google News lurkers.

Nintendo bests Google in BusinessWeek’s global ranking

Rose Gordon October 05, 2009

BusinessWeek released its listof the top 40 global companies for the year, and Nintendo, maker of the Wii console, came out on top. Google and...

Online video views break record in August; YouTube tops ranking

Rose Gordon September 29, 2009

Americans watched more than 25 billion videos in August, a record number, comScore data shows. Of those, more than 10 billion were viewed via...

Can Google Checkout save bottom line for news companies?

Rose Gordon September 10, 2009

The Newspaper Association of America issued an RFI to a number of companies, asking for suggestions on how online publishers can make money from their...

Google News drops rarely used comments feature

Aarti Shah July 09, 2009

Google has dropped a feature that allowed those quoted in an article to leave comments on the stories in Google News.

Because this feature was open only to...

Nine years later, 'historic' AOL-Time Warner merger comes to end

Frank Washkuch May 29, 2009

Time Warner announced May 28 that its board of directors approved the spinoff of AOL.

Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner chairman and CEO, said...

Google not shopping around for a newspaper of its own

Frank Washkuch May 21, 2009

Google’s chief executive made it pretty clear today that his company is not interested in buying newspapers.

Eric Schmidt, Google chairman and CEO, all...

Livestream for Senate hearing on journalism

Rose Gordon May 06, 2009

Here:

http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.LiveStream

NYT looks at drug ad confusion among marketers

Jaimy Lee April 17, 2009

The New York Times spoke with drug makers, a consumer watchdog group, the FDA, and Google about how a lack of specified rules...

Medpedia launches online health encyclopedia

Jaimy Lee February 19, 2009

Medpedia, an anticipated online health encyclopedia, launched this week. Much like Wikipedia, the site is free although Medpedia is edited and written by...

H&K panel calls for digital outreach during a weak economy

Jaimy Lee November 13, 2008

Last night, a few PRWeek staffers attended a Hill & Knowlton panel discussion called "Marketing in a Downturn" at Soho House in New York. The...

Google, Yahoo launch Web sites to clarify advertising deal positions

Frank Washkuch October 09, 2008

Both Yahoo and Google have felt the need to clear up public misinformation about their non-exclusive search and search advertising deal, announced in June.