) February 11, 2009 -- M&A firm AdMedia Partners today announced that it advised Mr. Youth, a social marketing agency focusing on word-of-mouth, social interactive and experiential marketing, in a private equity deal with two Boston-based investment firms. The investors are Alta Communications, which specializes in equity investments in media and communications companies, and The Mustang Group LLC, a private equity firm that invests in industry-leading middle market companies.

) March 20, 2009 -- M&A firm AdMedia Partners today announced that Western Interiors & Design, a seven year old shelter publication that showcases the best designs and architecture that emanate from the West, was acquired by Sandow Media, publisher of high-end consumer magazines NewBeauty, LUXE, InSync and Worth.

) October 10, 2008 -- Roughly 86% of respondents in a survey conducted by Locomotion Creative in Nashville say they expect social media to impact the way companies do business and generate sales. Additionally, 64% believe their competitors are probably incorporating social media into their strategic plans.

The survey, which explored awareness and usage of social media -- including social networking, Wikis, podcasts, e-mail and blogs -- was sent to Locomotion Creative's opt-in e-mail distribution list. There were 112 respondents.

) March 25, 2009 -- Amidst all the buzz surrounding social media and popular networking sites, 6S Marketing, one of North America's largest internet marketing firms, has conducted a survey to investigate trends in social media usage. Survey results reveal an overwhelming percentage of companies & individuals who have adopted social media for business and personal use and highlight the most popular forums and mediums for communication.

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) April 30, 2009 -- Cascadia Capital, LLC, a national investment banking firm focused on cutting-edge Web-based technology companies, today released its annual report on the current state and future prospects of the Internet New Media market.

The 2009 edition of the report is being published at a time of great uncertainty for Internet entrepreneurs, executives, investors and acquirers. After years of unfettered growth and technological innovation in the space, business and financial activity have slowed considerably despite legions of smart new ideas, products, services and business models.

To help bring insight and intelligence to this muddled marketplace, Cascadia's Internet New Media analysis tries to address all the essential questions, including these 10:

) February 9, 2009 -- RFID Journal, the world's leading media and events company focused on radio frequency identification, announced today that a survey of 100 end users and potential end users of RFID indicates most see the technology as a tool to help them cut costs now, as well as improve long-term efficiencies and gain a competitive advantage.

RFID Journal surveyed its readers to determine how the global recession will impact their businesses. Respondents hailed from North America, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa. A whopping 70 percent of respondents said that in past recessions, their businesses benefited from investing in information and other technologies.

) October 31, 2008 -- Updata Advisors, Inc., a leading investment bank for the information technology industry, released today its quarterly report for Q3 2008 on mergers and acquisitions activity. The report covers the five sub-sectors tracked by Updata: infrastructure software, enterprise application software, security, IT services and Internet. Deal volume of 202 transactions is up slightly over the 194 transactions announced in Q2, but enterprise value on announced transactions is down 51% from Q2's $31 billion, according to the report. Overall valuations continue to trend downward, with median multiples of enterprise value over trailing twelve months' revenue down 17% from Q2 2008.

) May 6, 2009 -- Ira S Wolfe has a warning for leaders of multi-generational organizations: "if you're not using social media in your marketing, recruiting, and retention strategies, they may be working more like shotguns than lasers." Wolfe, President and founder of Success Performance Solutions, based his observations on a nationwide "Are you a Geek or a Geezer?" survey his firm completed May 1.

) February 11, 2009 -- Pangea Media (http://www.pangeamedia.com), the leader in online quizzes and quiz technology, has released the results of its latest "Pangea Pulse," which tracked the attitudes and preferences of approximately 2000 of its tween and teen users towards relationships and Valentine's Day.

) October 7, 2008 – For the first time since HRmarketer.com began its series of buying trend reports, a majority of human resource executives say they turn to the Internet first when searching for HR-related products and services.

) October 20, 2008 -- In the midst of financial and economic uncertainty, and during a historic presidential election, the DLA Piper 2008 Technology Leaders Forecast Survey found that industry leaders have a host of concerns, but are fundamentally optimistic about future opportunities.

) October 1, 2009 -- The first three quarters of 2009 saw 466 M&A transactions worth $16.4 billion announced across the media, information, marketing services and technology sectors, as tracked by The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. (JEGI) (www.jegi.com), the leading independent investment bank specializing in acquisitions and divestitures across these core markets. Two markets actually saw growth in M&A activity in 2009 over 2008 – the Mobile and Education sectors.

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) October 13, 2008 -- It isn't surprising that half of the agency leaders surveyed stated their business was down or down significantly from last year and that new business was harder or a lot harder to obtain. Nor is it surprising that there were fewer new business opportunities and prospects were harder to reach. What seems to be revealing is the significant majority of these agencies are still relying heavily upon referrals and networking for new business and these traditional methods are not working.

) May 6, 2009 -- Pangea Media, a leader in online quizzes and quiz technology, and Ypulse, the leading media platform for youth media and marketing professionals, have released the results of a jointly developed survey which tracked television consumption and viewing preferences of almost 2,000 of Pangea Media's tween/teen users.

) December 15, 2008 -- Senior Asian information technology (IT) executives are cautiously confident about maintaining staff numbers through 2009, despite the economic downturn.

Although the global economic crisis dominates their thinking, 43 per cent of CIOs across the Asia Pacific expect to increase their IT staff headcount in the year ahead. More than a third (36 per cent) of this group indicated they planned to increase IT staff by between one and 10 per cent.

More than a quarter (28 per cent) expect their tech staff numbers to remain unchanged through 2009. Less than 10 per cent expect to have to cut IT staff numbers.

) July 14, 2009 -- Performics (http://www.performics.com), the performance marketing expert inside Publicis Groupe's VivaKi Nerve Center, today released its third month's consumer behavior findings from its "2009 Online Buyer Economic Trend Study."

) September 16, 2009 -- The Black Book of Outsourcing, a Datamonitor company, announces the results of Procurement Outsourcing users worldwide in the annual poll of customer satisfaction and client experience to identify the top twenty service providers of ITO Infrastructure.

Key Findings:

-   ITO Infrastructure vendor satisfaction is the highest among mid-market vendors

-   Large buyers (above US$10 billion in revenue) now account for 55% of the deals signed by offshore suppliers

-   Latin American alternatives are challenging Indian infrastructure vendors as they evolve, although two vendors, HCL and TCS are commanding market growth share and commanding global user respect.

) June 30, 2009 -- TalentDrive, the creator of the advanced SaaS sourcing technology, TalentFilterSM, just today released the results from the recent "What Steps Are You Taking to Leverage this Recession" April through June 2009 survey. The economic recovery survey found that 50% of HR Professionals surveyed are actively preparing for the return of hiring and "the other side" of the recession.

) August 17, 2009 -- The Internet and social media have become critically important outlets for women-owned businesses, according to a survey by the Women's Business Council-Southwest(WBCS). Three-fourths of women business owners surveyed say they rely on social media and consider it important to the way they do business.

) July 28, 2009 -- The Society for New Communications Research (SNCR) and Middleberg Communications today announced the launch of the Second Annual Middleberg/SNCR Global Survey of Media in the Wired World to examine the effects of new media and communications developments on journalists and journalism. The research team will examine the effects of new media and communications developments, social media, and citizen journalism on journalists and the journalism profession. The survey seeks to:

SNCR Senior Fellow, Don Middleberg

) October 14, 2009 -- Respondents to a member survey conducted by www.TraderPlanet.com, an interactive social networking site for active traders and investors, see higher inflation rates in the U.S. economy's future and believe that being long stocks or commodities and short bonds or the U.S. dollar will be the best investments over the next few years.

) August 18, 2009 -- The 2009 Marketing Industry Trends Study is unique in that Equation Research opened up survey development to the Marketing Community - drawing the survey questions directly from marketers. The feedback was outstanding, spurring diverse and thoughtful questions. Over 1,450 marketers representing clients (brands), agencies, consultants and non-profits responded to the survey.

) September 3, 2008 -- Priority Publications Inc. announced yesterday that, to better serve an evolving marketplace, it has rebranded the company. Now doing business as Priority, the company's new brand offerings include interactive and strategic marketing solutions in addition to custom publishing.

The expanded services allow Priority to focus on more customized solutions for its clients. With a team that includes more than 50 publishing experts, interactive specialists and marketing strategists, the company can provide clients with fully integrated and highly targeted marketing for maximum results.

) December 18, 2008 -- Pangea Media, the leader in online quizzes and quiz technology, has released the results of its latest "Pangea Pulse," which tracked the attitudes and preferences of its tween and teen users towards their holiday spending habits.

In a recent Christmas Shopping survey conducted on Quibblo.com, tween and teen users were asked where they will shop for gifts this holiday. Fifty-nine percent responded that they plan to shop in-store rather than online, while 31 percent plan to buy gifts both online and in-stores. When asked how much they will spend on gifts, most (51 percent) said that they will spend under $100, while 30 percent plan to spend between $100 and $500.

) January 5, 2009 -- The Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG), a nearly 2000 member, not-for-profit organization of senior-level marketing professionals across all industries and marketing disciplines, and industry-leading research firm Anderson Analytics, today issued the results of its second annual survey of Top Marketing Trends for 2009. The survey of MENG members, conducted by Anderson Analytics, focused on top marketing concepts, buzz words, global areas of opportunity, targeted customer demographics, as well as the books and thought leaders that marketers look to for inspiration and growth opportunity.

) January 22, 2009 -- MANDARICH MEDIA GROUP has acquired Internet Submitter, an Internet marketing and submission company, which has provided website promotion services to thousands of businesses worldwide.

Owned and operated by Tony and Charlavan Mandarich, this acquisition expands Mandarich Media Group's service offerings into international markets.

"Our goal is to provide high quality, successful website marketing, at an affordable price, to customers worldwide. The bottom line in this industry is results and conversions," said Tony Mandarich. "This acquisition is complementary to the services we already offer, and was a natural fit for our Group."

) January 27, 2009 -- DeSilva+Phillips, Media Investment Bankers, announces that its seventh annual Media Dealmakers Summit, taking place at The Pierre, New York City, on February 5th, will feature half-a-dozen leading figures from the digital media industry - most of them active in last year's M&A market:

Brian Berger, VP Strategy & Development, Comcast Interactive Media (bought DailyCandy, Fandango and Plaxo)
Thomas Gensemer, Managing Partner, Blue State Digital (which managed the online Obama campaign)
Eric Hippeau, managing partner of SoftBank Capital (a member of the Yahoo board and of the CNET board until the company was sold last year to CBS Interactive for $1.8 billion)

) July 21, 2009 -- A focused shift from traditional branding techniques to social media-based reputation strategies is among the significant findings from the just released 2009 SiriusDecisions B-to-B Reputation Management Survey.

For its follow-up to previous surveys, the research and advisory firm surveyed a cross section of organizations that sell complex, enterprise b-to-b products and services. The new survey reexamined a wide range of b-to-b communications issues, including strategy, budget, tactics and measurement.

) January 5, 2009 -- The Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG), a nearly 2000 member, not-for-profit organization of senior-level marketing professionals across all industries and marketing disciplines, and industry-leading research firm Anderson Analytics, today issued the results of its second annual survey of Top Marketing Trends for 2009. The survey of MENG members, conducted by Anderson Analytics, focused on top marketing concepts, buzz words, global areas of opportunity, targeted customer demographics, as well as the books and thought leaders that marketers look to for inspiration and growth opportunity.

) February 12, 2009 -- CommodityPoint, a division of UtiliPoint® International, Inc., has released a new report titled "Changes in Commodity Markets - Impacts on Traders and Software" based on a survey of a variety of energy commodity market participants. While commodity traders face a barrage of issues as a result of the ongoing financial and credit crisis, the study indicates that risk management is the most critical business issue facing those market participants.

) August 17, 2009 -- QuinStreet, Inc., the leader in vertical media and marketing online, announced revenues of $261 million and EBITDA of $57 million for its fiscal year ended June 30, 2009. This represents a 36% increase in revenues over 2008 and a 57% increase in EBITDA.

QuinStreet is a privately held company that has grown rapidly since launching its business in late 2000. It has been consistently profitable since reaching breakeven in 2002. The July 2008 to June 2009 period was no exception, despite the economic recession.

) October 2, 2009 -- As the social media movement continues to experience unprecedented growth, many small business owners are asking how they can carve out their niche in what many experts consider the new frontier of advertising and marketing.

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) February 12, 2009 -- Zoomerang, the leader in online surveys, today released the results of its February 2009 consumer survey focused on how the economy has affected people's love lives. Surprisingly, the online survey of more than 200 respondents in the U.S. found that many people are not affected--in fact, 70% say their love lives have not been impacted by the weak U.S. economy.

) August 18, 2009 -- BRS Media Inc., a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that helps traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Web, announced today that the company has been included in Inc. Magazine's 2009 "Inc. 5000" list of fastest-growing private companies in the USA.

With a tremendous increase in revenue of 88.7% over the past three years, BRS Media has the honor of being named to the annual ranking of fastest-growing private companies for a second year in row. In addition, BRS Media ranked No. 35 in the Top 50 Media Companies, that featured prominent companies like: FriendFinder Networks, 944 Media and Pinnacle Publishing Group.

) August 26, 2009 -- Performics (http://www.performics.com), the performance marketing expert inside Publicis Groupe's VivaKi Nerve Center, today released its fourth month of consumer behavior findings from its "2009 Online Buyer Economic Trend Study."

) August 17, 2009 -- Nearly half of all Americans - 49 percent - say they know at least one person who has dated someone they met online, and the majority of that group actually know more than one person who has dated someone they met online.

The pervasiveness of online dating cuts across demographic lines, even reaching the oldest Internet users - with nearly one-third (31 percent) of Americans age 65+ saying they know someone who has dated a person they met online. Thirty-eight percent of retirees know someone.

) January 21, 2009 -- Updata Advisors, a leading investment bank specializing in mergers and acquisitions for the information technology industry, has published its annual outlook report on IT M&A trends and predictions for 2009.

) February 11, 2009 -- TalentDrive, http://www.talentdrive.com, the creator of the SaaS recruitment technology, TalentFilter(SM), http://www.talentdrive.com/talent_filter, just today released the results from the recent "Time to Upgrade Your B Talent to the A Talent" January 2009 survey. The surprisingly optimistic results affirm that 46% of surveyed companies are NOT in a hiring freeze. The survey went on to announce that 68% of participants anticipate normal hiring to return by Q3 of this year. However, when asked if new technology was being employed to assist with sourcing, 66% responded no.

) December 2, 2008 -- DeSilva+Phillips, media investment bankers, has launched an Operational Restructuring practice. The practice will advise media companies, private equity funds and commercial lenders who seek assistance with financial performance issues in the current economy and debt markets.

) February 12, 2009 -- TalentDrive, http://www.talentdrive.com, the creator of the advanced SaaS recruitment technology, TalentFilter(SM), http://www.talentdrive.com/talent_filter, just today released the results from the recent "How is Your Firm Adjusting to the Economy" January 2009 survey. This survey investigated the tactics Staffing Firms are employing to transition to the new economic situation. The most profound statistic was over 58% of those surveyed reported implementing new services and re-positioning their company to attract new clientele.