Online analytics giant ComScore has launched a service with Information Resources Inc. (IRI) that measures the effectiveness of online ad campaigns on bricks-and-mortal retail “consumer packaged goods” sales, DM News reports. IRI’s Consumer Network platform measures retail sales, while ComScore tracks which of those consumers who bought a particular product were exposed to a certain ad campaign online.

Yelp may be playing chicken with one of the Internet’s biggest players. Last week, Google was said to be close to buying the popular review site for $550 million, but Yelp’s chief backed out, the New York Post reports. In the last year, Yelp has doubled its audience and draws nearly 9 million unique visitors a month, according to comScore.

Have you ever wondered where the readers of The New York Times’s Web site come from, and what kind of devices they use to read its content? The two videos here show the traffic to NYTimes.com on June 25, 2009, the day Michael Jackson died. The 24-hour period is compressed into a little over a minute and a half.

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‘Independent Thinking’ and host Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute, discusses the Regional Transportation District with Chuck Plunkett of The Denver Post and Kathleen Osher from the Transit Alliance, a regional transit coalition. This video is presented in three parts.

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‘Colorado Inside Out’ on KBDI-TV examines Sen. Dave Schultheis controversial “let’s roll” Tweet, and Josh Penry’s decision to exit the governor’s race.
The host is Raj Chohan. Guests are columnist David Sirota, the Independence Institute’s Dave Kopel, the Denver Post’s Dan Haley and WesternCitizen.com’s Wendy Norris.

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‘Your Show’ on 9News features Gov. Bill Ritter answering your questions on a variety of topics. The host is Adam Schrager.
Among other things, Ritter discussed the loss of 200 or so Frontier Airlines maintenance jobs to Milwaukee, Wis., his plan to create jobs, his support for an increase in car registration fees to fix the state’s 128 structurally deficient bridges as well as state worker furloughs, his decision to give money back to the state even though he cannot be furloughed, and early parole for some offenders as a way to save money.

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Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter appears on the latest episode of ‘Zappolo’s People.’ Topics include Colorado’s budget.

9News’ ‘Your Show’ featured Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tom Wiens live in the studio to answer viewer questions. The former state senator from Douglas County announced his campaign this past week.
Among other things, Wiens complained that special-interest lobbyists are “so committed to system right now that independent people can’t be elected.” He also said that Washington has it completely backwards, thinking that the people at the top should get bailouts and everybody else should get the bill.

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