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Foreword Thinking – The Business & Motivational Book Review Podcast

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http://www.admonsters.org This site is more about AdMonsters events, as opposed to information sharing. Y Y N
http://www.ad-tech.com Another event-driven site.  AdTech has shows throughout the year in large-city markets. Y annual N N
http://clickz.com. Great site for industry trends, thought leadership pieces, etc Y Y Y
http://www.iab.net Good general site for events and industry trends and initiatives.    They are one of the only groups trying to standardize online advertising, and pushing it as a viable marketing space. Y N N
http://www.imediaconnection.com Also great for events and thought leadership. Y Y Y
http://mediapost.com Good overall site regarding events, press releases, and bylines. Y Y Y
http://www.mediabuyerplanner.com Good site on ALL media (TV, radio, print and online).  Great site to keep you up on all media outlets and good for prospecting. N N Y
http://www.online-publishers.org Publisher-based site that has good stats, metrics, trends and industry news.  They also have events and breakfasts in NYC that are valuable to attend. Y Y Y
http://www.paidcontent.org Site dedicated to online advertising mergers, acquisitions and other hot industry topics (like who’s working with who, site re-designs, etc). Y N Y
http://www.techcrunch.com Great reference for trends, news announcements, and blog commentary on industry issues. N N Y
http://www.awny.org Y Y N
http://www.thearf.org Advertising Research Foundation. Has a good list of members – incl research, associations and agencies Y N N

American Association of Advertising Agencies
http://www.rab.com Radio Advertising Bureau N N N
http://www.nywici.org Y Y Y
http://www.linkedin.com

More General:
http://www.wired.com More of a large-scale view of the industry, as well as other tech-focused industries. Y
http://www.emarketer.com/Welcome.aspx Another great site for stats and metrics.  EMarketer does studies on almost everything.  We do not have a login for the reports, but some of the smaller reports are shared thru their newsletters and are FREE! Y
http://www.forrester.com/my/1,,1-0,FF.html An analyst-based site.  Many/most of the research and articles here are written by industry analysts.  Great site for referencing…. N Y
http://www.jupiterresearch.com/bin/item.pl/home Another analyst and research-based site. N Y
http://www.burstmedia.com/research/research.asp Burst Media’s newsletter: on-line insights N N Y
Think Panmure – economic research firm