Budweiser blows out competition in Super Bowl ad showdown The Seattle Seahawks weren’t the only ones with a commanding victory last night. Budweiser took home top honors in the… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: Keeping score of Super Bowl ads Yes, in case it’s not obvious, we’ve got Seahawks Fever around here, and this week’s GeekWire radio show is no… Read More
How this tiny startup won a Super Bowl ad spot Goldieblox, the toy company founded by former Seattleite Debbie Sterling, has won Intuit’s “Small Business, Big Game” competition, and has… Read More
This startup will tell you which brand had the best Super Bowl ad When we watch television, commercials provide a time to take a bathroom break or grab a quick bite to eat.… Read More
Cheezburger churns a profit in Q4, shows record revenue as audience tops 10 million Cheezburger may be best known for fuzzy little felines, and funny photographs of failure. But the Seattle online comedy network… Read More
Redfin sets stage for TV ad blitz, seeks swashbuckling ad executive to build brand Could we start to see Redfin ads on TV? A new job description from the Seattle online real estate company… Read More
Spotted in Seattle: Amazon starts placing ads on Locker machines Everything can be a canvas for an advertisement these days, it seems. I spotted the latest example on a stroll… Read More
Facebook rolling out auto-play video ads in News Feed Facebook is beginning to roll out auto-playing video ads in the News Feed — following through on a long-anticipated effort… Read More
Here’s how TV ad spending translated into in-store traffic for retailers on Black Friday There’s no doubt retailers spent quite a bit of advertising money last week leading up to Thanksgiving weekend. It is… Read More
It’s cooking at AllRecipes and BigOven, the busiest time for recipe and food sites Seattle, for whatever odd reason, is home to a handful of food-oriented and recipe sites, including big players such as… Read More
Chart: It’s not looking good for print publishers It’s a bad time to be a print publisher in America. That’s the clear takeaway from a new chart published… Read More
Microsoft taps ‘Pawn Stars’ guys to bash Chromebooks in new ‘Scroogled’ ad After offering up a bunch of novelty gift items promoting its “Scroogled” campaign, Microsoft has fired another salvo. This time,… Read More
Sports network Scout.com finds a home in Seattle … again Ten days after getting word that entrepreneur Jim Heckman was back at the helm of online sports network Scout.com, more… Read More
Microsoft employee #1 has a new gig Marc McDonald not only saw the birth of the software industry, he played a key role in it. The software… Read More
Former Cheezburger and Garden.com exec launches firm to gobble up emerging digital media properties Seattle Internet executive Cliff Sharples is currently on an around-the-world adventure with his wife and five kids — writing about… Read More
Mystery: Microsoft’s Surface Excel billboard doesn’t add up One of the competitive differentiators for Microsoft’s Surface vs. the iPad is the availability of the core Microsoft Office apps,… Read More
Zillow posts $1.2M loss as Q3 revenues rise 67%: CEO Spencer Rascoff says company in ‘hyper growth mode’ Zillow today posted record revenue of $53.3 million for the third quarter, up 67 percent over the same period last… Read More
Facebook unveils new pricing, video capabilities for mobile app ads Get ready for video ads in your phone’s news feed. Facebook announced today that it’s going to be allowing app… Read More
Google can use your face in ads starting next month If you really liked the latest Drake album that you bought on Google Play, there’s a chance the whole world… Read More
Comr.se raises $780K to help brands sell products within social streams Shopping cart technology isn’t exactly the newest innovation around. But one young Seattle startup seems to have struck the right… Read More
iSpot.tv raises $5M, looks to provide better advertising insights by analyzing 35,000 TV commercials Sean Muller didn’t have to raise cash for his fast-growing Seattle area startup iSpot.tv. After all, the 15-person company —… Read More
Julep looks to polish brand image with TV ad campaign Zillow is doing it, and so is Zulily. Now, Julep — the Seattle-based online cosmetics company — is jumping into… Read More
Digital ad vet Clark Kokich named chief strategy officer at Marchex Marchex is making a big bet on mobile performance advertising, and it has hired an experienced leader to help lead… Read More
Facebook now testing auto-playing videos in news feed, prepping for video ads Want to watch video in your news feed without having to press play? If you’re one of the anointed few,… Read More
Meet new Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews: A Bruno Mars fan with some big-time advertising chops Newly-named Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews is well known in technology and media circles as an online advertising whiz. But, let’s… Read More
Following in Zillow’s footsteps, Homes.com unveils national ad campaign Zillow is spending tens of millions of dollars this year on a national ad campaign, part of a plan by… Read More
Facebook earnings beat expectations as Q2 revenue reaches $1.8B Facebook’s second quarter earnings report showed the social networking company’s revenue up 53% from the same period last year, exceeding… Read More
Facebook earnings preview: Cautious optimism from analysts It has now been more than a year since Facebook’s lackluster IPO, and Wall Street analysts seem cautiously optimistic about… Read More
Here’s what to know about Google’s upcoming Enhanced Campaigns Everyone in the ad world is buzzing about Google’s plans to migrate all of its advertisers to Google Enhanced Campaigns,… Read More
Zillow rolls out new TV ad, plans to spend $20M to $30M in big marketing push Zillow may be one of the leading online real estate companies in the U.S. But even so, most Americans still… Read More
