 RAIN 11/10: Google buys mobile ad firm AdMob for $750 MM ·Nov 10, 12:00 PM SEARCH GIANT ENHANCES MOBILE POSITION WITH PICKUPGoogle has purchased mobile advertising company AdMob for $750 million. (That’s the third-largest acquisition in Google history, but a distant third behind the multi-billion dollar YouTube and DoubleClick deals.)
The San Jose Mercury News writes the acquisition “should help Google come up with more effective tools for creating and analyzing mobile ads. AdMob says its technology will help advertisers better engage mobile users. Developers stand to make money off their content. And users will see more relevant ads.” Read more here. FORMER WNUA/CHICAGO PD O’DELL FINDS THERE’S ROOM FOR HIM, AND SMOOTH JAZZ, ONLINEChicago Sun-Times media critic Lewis Lazare offered Chicago smooth jazz fans the low-down on the whereabouts of former WNUA-FM (CBS Radio) programmer and air talent Rick O’Dell: he’s in Chicago heading up AccuRadio’s ChiTownSmoothJazz.com Internet radio service.
“At first, I was skeptical and a little intimidated by the Internet technology, but now I’m a believer… I believe we have great opportunity for growth,” O’Dell told Lazare. Read Lazare’s profile online here. BRS LAUNCHES ANNUAL GUIDE TO HOLIDAY WEBCASTSBRS Media’s Internet radio portal Web-Radio.fm has announced it will once again feature “Christmas Radio Stations” Online! Web-Radio will enable listeners to browse a growing list of Holiday-themed webcasts and streaming radio stations from around the world. BRS, which has now offered the “Christmas Radio Stations” feature for 14 years, says its already aggregated 70 online holiday webcasts here.
RAMSEY: TRYING TO SELL LISTENERS AN $80 HD iPHONE ACCESSORY IS TREATING THEM LIKE FOOLSYesterday in RAIN (here) we reported on a new $80 gizmo that turns your Apple iPhone into an HD Radio receiver. As we (and the Wall Street Journal) pointed out, it’s easier to listen to Internet radio with a downloadable app. Mark Ramsey today puts an even finer point on it: “Another way to get HD Radio on your iPhone: 1. Download any radio station app since virtually all stations that have them feature their HD channels on them – all for free, no extra gadgets required; 2. Enjoy.” The difference is the difference between “selling audiences” and “selling HD Radio chips,” he writes, and suggests, “we do NOT treat our audience – and the thoughtful folks in our industry – like fools.” Read his Hear 2.0 blog here.STITCHER ADDS VERIZON BLACKBERRY SUPPORTStreaming talk/news radio aggregator Stitcher has expanded its mobile phone reach to include Blackberry models on Verizon’s cellular network. The newly supported models include the Tour 9630, Storm 9530, Curve 8330 and 8830, according to the company’s press release. Stitcher is a free app already available on the iPhone, Palm Pre and other Blackberry models.share: del.icio.us.  Reddit  Digg  Yahoo  Wink  Windows  Google  Newsvine 
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