Google is telling clients that it can help them beat the recession and is urging them not to turn their backs on digital advertising as the economy slumps, according to its most senior executive outside the US.

By Pamela M. Prah - Massachusetts once again leads all other states in moving its economy away from the old industrial "smokestack-chasing" model to one based on technology, creativity and innovation, a new report released Nov. 18 said.

A slowing economy took its toll on media, cable and telecom companies in the July-to-September quarter, but an analyst said that while media performed "a little worse than expected" and telecom growth slowed, cable operators seemed to be more recession-resistant than the rest of the pack.

Delaware and New Jersey ranked among the top five states best making the transition to compete nationally and globally in the New Economy, according to a report by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.

The future of digital media was revealed at the fourth annual >play conference at UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business last Saturday. Panelists and speakers included Twitter cofounder Biz Stone, Microsoft Game Studios former VP Shane Kim, DeviantART CEO Angelo Sotira, and former Sony Pictures Digital president Yair Landau.

Massachusetts is the state best positioned for growth when the current economic turmoil recedes, according to the 2008 State New Economy Index released Tuesday.

Shares of Digital River Inc. plunged Tuesday after an analyst downgraded the stock of the e-commerce services business, saying it will be hurt by "profoundly weak consumer spending" in the final quarter of the year.

Information technology, innovation, entrepreneurship and a highly educated work force are key to establishing the “new economy” of the future, and Oregon is among the top 15 states positioned to lead the way, said two think tanks in a joint report issued Tuesday.According to “The 2008 State New Economy Index,” released by the Kansas City, Mo.-based Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the ...