BAM! the Brands and Marketing Bulletin Vol 1. # 1; Yahoo Up for Sale, Facebook Getting "Lots of Likes" from Advertisers

 

Founder/Curator

$5 billion

Possible value of assets including Yahoo and AOL in a sale being explored by Verizon. The telecom giant paid more than $9 billion for the pair with a plan to resurrect powerful brands of the dial-up era.

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Facebook posted a sharp increase in quarterly revenue and profit as it benefited from a wave of digital ad spending but said it expects growth to slow later this year from factors including Apple’s new ad-targeting rules, Sarah E. Needleman reports. 

The company said its earnings reflects the past year’s trend of people spending more time and money online and advertisers redirecting their resources to take advantage of that shift. Revenue rose 46% to $25.44 billion, while profit nearly doubled to $9.5 billion.

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CES BETS ON 2022 RETURN TO IN-PERSON

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is officially returning to an in-person format in Las Vegas in 2022, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced today, marking the return of the largest tech conference in the world next year.

“We’re thrilled to return to Las Vegas – home to CES for more than 40 years – and look forward to seeing many new and returning faces,” said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the CTA, in an announcement.

CES 2022 will be held from January 5th through the 8th, with the usual media days preceding the conference itself on January 3rd and 4th. 

VERSES

PANDEMIC CITY. 2:00 pm

and the piss

that has seeped into

Parade's cracked

sidewalks

leaps undeniably

into my conscious

Stirred by April's

convectional heat

Dogs seek the cover

of cars, whether simply

parked or

junked

An army of vendors

coexists

at the head of

King Street

momentarily amused and

titillated

by the squatting twerking

woman and her

metronomic butt cheeks

Taxis slink through

the back alleys

to avoid the Law

and everywhere

there is dancehall

with its materialist

boasts

threats of gunplay

and demands for

sex

Women in various states

of undress

and lawyers in

various states of

official dress

unselfconsciously

humorlessly ply the streets

passing Busta and

Norman

cousins engaged in

imagined banter on

their statuary bench

Once mighty buildings

sulk in retirement - some voluntary

- some enjoying a

dubious second life as

impromptu homeless shelters and

snack stands

Atop the greatest

of them

the toothless soundless

Lions

adorning Colonel Ward's

squandered

gift

betrays a quiet

yet weary

resilience