Data & Intelligence | by Danny Meadows-Klue

What a month? General Motors starts selling cars through eBay, Murdoch's impatience boiled over into a unilateral call to charge for content, public defence of the UK's health service proved enough to crash Twitter, and major social media platforms were brought down by cyber-terrorist 'denial-of-service' attacks.

Who says August is the quiet month off in the media industry?!

What's clear throughout this month's news and research is that behind the scenes retailers are rebuilding their strategies for boosting web sales and their agencies are rebuilding the marketing mix to support this. Social media is proving its worth and strong digital strategies - not wishful thinking - will be the key to trading through the recession.

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