eMarketer, provider of MR information for online marketers, has hired Mickey Alam Khan for the new role of Editor in Chief. He will lead the analyst team and oversee publication of more than 80 reports a year, plus the content of the firm’s daily newsletter. More

Online ad spending in the UK is growing much faster than in the US and other developed nations, according to eMarketer: this year the UK should account for more than half of all online ad spending in Western Europe. More

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Podcast audience and ad measurement firm Podbridge has raised $8.5m in a second venture capital deal, which will provide cash to strengthen both its technology and business. More

A week of headlines for Google. On Friday the search giant announced first quarter revenue up 63% to $3.66bn, and rocketed to the top of Millward Brown’s BRANDZ™ index with a worth dwarfing current figures - $66.4bn. Google also made headline deals and gained search share against rivals Yahoo! and Microsoft. More

A survey released by home technology MR specialist, Park Associates, has revealed that around one-third of US households, or 31 million homes, have no access to the Internet and do not plan to subscribe in the next 12 months. Meanwhile, broadband usage is once again on the up, underlining the so-called ‘digital divide’. More

Compiler of Internet trend forecasts, eMarketer.com, estimates that while US online advertising spend has risen by more than 30% each year for the past three, the 2007 increase will be just 19%. Not that that’s bad... but it’s certainly a change of pace. More

Cast aside any stereotypes of young male computer nerds. Three separate studies this week show that women make up the majority of US Internet users, while ‘silver surfers’ are increasing their online spending faster than the rest of the population, and broadband expansion is fuelling an online shopping boom. More

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