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Synacor, an intergrated technology platform company that provides white-label
portals, premium online content and services to broadband and Internet service
providers, has signed an agreement with Studio One Networks.
Online content syndicator Studio One Networks has inked a distribution
partnership with Synacor.
A group of Web publishers and content distributors have joined to form
the Internet Content Syndication Council, which will seek to raise the
profile of the growing number of syndication-based businesses in the online
realm.
Studio One Networks, a syndicator of originally produced lifestyle content
across a wide network of Web sites.
Connecting with consumers on a variety of levels is at the core of Procter
& Gamble's business.
Web content syndicator Studio One has launched a new content offering geared
for cat lovers, The Divine Cat, which Fresh Step has signed on to
sponsor.
Cat lover site thedivinecat.com is now being syndicated by Studio One Networks
exclusively for cat litter company Fresh Step.
Web content syndicator Studio One Networks has signed on pet
nutrition-purveyor Iams as the exclusive sponsor of two pet-themed content
offerings: The Dog Daily and The Daily Cat.
Once upon a time, radio programs and later, television programs, had single
sponsors. Now the advertising tactic is staging a revival on the Web.
Although the concept has been around for years, there is renewed talk these
days of how well advertising "engages" audiences. And for good reason.
Web content syndicator Studio One has inked a deal with Viacom to provide
broadband video content to its 17 soon-to-be-revamped local CBS Web sites.
Studio One Networks and Toys "R" Us have paired to create a birthday party
planning Web site designed to make gathering the troops a less painful,
messy--and yes--expensive task.
New York, NY (September 10,
2003)…Today, at its largest yearly
event, the Interactive Advertising Bureau Advertisers Forum, new results were
announced from the IAB/Volvo/Euro RSCG MVBMS Partners
“Sponsorship Effectiveness
Survey,†featuring Volvo Cars of North
America.
The second day of the IAB's Advertisers Forum is slightly less crowded than
yesterday was, and there seem to be more people schmoozing in the lobby and in
the exhibit hall than there are listening to the various panel presentations, but
the conversations are just as spirited.
Relaunches Alpo with sponsored Web content
Studio One Networks (SON), the creator and distributor of custom content
online, this week for the first time released data indicating the cumulative
reach, and time spent per user visit, of its programs.
Many of you are aware of the flap caused by Sony's online "A Sony Feature"
advertising campaign a few months ago. The crux of the controversy was an apparent
blurring of the line between editorial and advertising content.
NEW YORK -- Andrew Susman, president and CEO of Studio One Networks, is
positioning his company to become the king of fully sponsored programs.
Looking for new ways to connect with potential buyers online last summer,
Bridgestone/Firestone returned to an old school notion when it agreed to sponsor
"Driving Today," a daily Web program that is now "brought to you" exclusively by
the Nashville-based tire maker on such sites as AOL.com and AutoByTel.com.
Interactive Advertising & Branding: Shorts
Readers respond to columnist Kara Swisher's recent column on
former Slate editor Michael Kinsley's assessment of the state of the new
media industry and its hopes for survival.
Readers respond to columnist Kara Swisher's recent column concerning Gerald
Levin's departure from AOL Time Warner and the company's future.
Bridgestone/Firestone, an international manufacturer of tires and rubber
products, has extended its exclusive sponsorship of "Driving Today," an Internet
program created and
TV stations, networks find that sponsorships and bundled sales are key to
successful TV/Internet relationship
Consumers have integrated the Web into their household routines. But CPG
marketers haven't kept up. The time has come for grocery products to close the gap
by taking advantage of new ways to touch consumers.
Bridgestone/Firestone and its Web unit TireSafety.com have signed an exclusive
three-month title-sponsorship deal with Driving Today, a soon-to-launch
special-interest multimedia e-zine. Edited by former Motor Trend editor Jack Nerad,
the program will be syndicated across more than 15 auto Web sites.
Readers respond to columnist Kara Swisher's recent column about USA Networks
Inc. Chairman and Chief Executive Barry Diller's perspective on the future of the
Web.
A system to measure the effectiveness of Internet sponsorships as a
brand-building tool for advertisers is being introduced this week.
Procter & gamble Co.'s Bounty and Wells Fargo will sponsor syndicated online
programs this summer to build their brands and connect with consumers.
If banners are the dates of the Internet, winking and flirting from the top of
Web pages, then sponsorships are the marriages.
When an advertiser wants to reach its target audience on the Internet,
sponsoring content on Websites has become the hot ad vehicle du jour. But will
users really want to hear a word from their sponsors?
Andrew Susman is president and founder of Studio One Networks, a company that
creates and syndicates original programming on the web that it distributes to
multiple web sites in a model that resembles barter syndication on TV.
StudioOne CEO Andrew Susman was responsible for sponsored content on
Time-Warner's late, not-so-lamented Pathfinder site. Swimming against the corporate
tide, he launched programs to syndicate content from publications such as Time and
People.
The TV model of barter syndication is back on the Internet, and here's some
words of advice: Get used to it.
Studio One Networks this week will offer sponsored, syndicated content with
Honda as a charter sponsor.
Studio One Networks this week will offfer sponsored, syndicated content with
Honda as a charter sponsor.
American Honda Motor Co., seeking alternatives to banner-only Web marketing, is
diversifying its online ad strategy with programming on two new custom-created Web
sites.
Industry veteran Andrew Susman, who spearheaded online advertising for Time
Inc.'s Pathfinder, has launched a new company that will take sponsored content to a
new level.