With her family in financial straits, Ms. Diller found work as a society columnist for a local newspaper, then as an ad-copy writer and as a writer at radio station KROW in Oakland.
The World Wide Web, too, is in its fourth year as an ad vehicle -- and its share of all ad money is still at only 0.7%.
To soothe the uninvited, a second and third were presented as ad-hoc responses to market turmoil.
On the local news stations, anchors literally held their phones in their hand, scrolling through tweets as they ad-libbed their way through their newscasts.
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No problem, net execs say: While DVRs and other gear may proliferate, most viewers won't use the gadgets as ad-killers or pay for commercial-free programs.
If Roku let you sync up multiple remotes with a single box, each could serve as an ad-hoc wireless audio receiver for a room full of suddenly wireless speakers.
So, say the good people at HelloWallet, if a huge chunk of men and women are using their retirement savings vehicles as an ad-hoc emergency savings account why not have employers first help their employees set up a real emergency savings account before addressing retirement savings?
The Center's non-partisan ad campaign is meant to ensure that voters are fully informed about both the nature of this war and what it will take to defeat this enemy, and that they will vote accordingly - as the ad says, as if their lives depend on it, because indeed they do.
OpenX products, including OpenX Enterprise, OpenX Market, OpenX Lift and JumpTime provide a unique Software-as-a-Service platform by combining ad serving, an ad exchange, a Supply Side Platform and content valuation.
And the commitment can be as little as downloading an ad-supported app to your phone while waiting on line at the DMV.
If Google is to extend and grow its lucrative search advertising business, as well as its newer display-ad business, it has to maintain a presence in what is still the prime screen in the home.
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The deal comes as the advertising market heats up in advance of the yearly TV ad-sales period known as the upfront.
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As a by-product, ad rates and ratings will be less than what they otherwise could be.
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As suggested above, ad-based internet businesses like Facebook are driven by the number of dollars per page view.
The British Film Institute has already saved some of the earliest known cinema ads - such as a whiskey ad from 1897.
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After a lean 2009 when advertising spending declined 9% during the recession, paychecks for top brass were increased by a robust 50-60% as ad spending came back roaring last year.
Since as much as 80% of ad-buying decisions are made ahead of the actual TV season, the majority of purchases hinge on anticipation and past performance rather than actual in-season ratings.
"We note that DWP issued these as a research report, not as official statistics, " Sir Michael writes, adding that the department's website refers to the research as "publication of ad-hoc statistics".
Wisconsin Right to Life, the justices said such a restriction was tantamount to censorship--as long as an ad isn't for or against a particular candidate, it shouldn't be subject to a pre-election blackout.
We've been climbing for 20 minutes, a pace we'll have to keep up for most of the next 24 hours if we're going to climb the Nose in a Day known as NIAD (pronounced NY-ad).
Also like the main Android version, there's a so-called CD Listening Party feature that opens up free, complete albums, with selections changing weekly. (Naturally, you can also use the app to listen to your own MP3s stored locally on the device, but you probably gathered that.) Play will be available as a free, ad-supported app, though you can also get an advert-free version for 99 cents.
The BRICS as a group is largely an ad-hoc one, but the individual nations are increasingly aware of their potential to emerge as a new force in world affairs thanks to their strong economies and combined population.
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The mockery of consumers lining up for the next iPhone -- a phone that the ad below mocks as being more of the same -- struck a nerve because it was built around a certain amount of truth.
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Today, All Things Digital reporter Peter Kafka says the search giant is announcing the acquisition of Invite Media, a New York-based ad technology company (known also as a demand-side platform) that helps marketers buy and deliver, in real-time, advertising to audiences they want to target.
Its people are said to meet periodically with Republican-supporting groups to share intelligence, such as polling data, and to co-ordinate ad spending.
Adil and his wife, Umm Zainab (who is along for the trip as Adil's temper pacifier and ad-hoc sound girl) -- would head for Makkah, as they were doing the Hajj themselves as pilgrims and wanted to perform their "umrah" in the city before the crowds got in.
WebPass can enable new business models for operators, such as toll free data, ad-supported data, and more.
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Better yet, BrassRing could help these newspaper stalwarts capture help-wanted ad dollars as they slipped from print to the Internet.
Yahoo has faced numerous challenges in recent quarters with its core graphical- and video-ad sales, as it faces increased competition from Google Inc.
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