Marketing News Roundup, January 14

January 15, 2009

Wednesday, Wednesday—can’t trust that day.

Silent films are coming to YouTube—but not because of DMCA requests. Instead, YouTube is giving users the option to remove infringing music from videos. Or they’ll do it themselves.
A New York court dismissed Amazon’s objections to paying state taxes, filed after the New York law passed back in May.
A new AdGooroo report takes a look at search ad marketshare. SEL looks at Microsoft’s success formula (More Ads = Better Ads = Better User Experience); meanwhile, Silicon Alley Insider focuses on Yahoo’s 36% drop in share.
Ad Age outlines viable opportunities for the recession including online video, analytics, e-books and online coupons.