Ad Ops Daily Briefs: September 26 2008

Gannett’s Talent Development Program Participants Graduate
Gannett has graduated the second class of its innovative and award-winning Talent Development Program, which recruits, hires and trains top U.S. graduating college seniors annually. The program identifies candidates while they are still in college and guides them through to pre-assigned jobs at Gannett operations around the country. The class of 31 was chosen from among 1,260 applications received early in the year. The program participants then experienced a summer of on-the-job training and mentoring in multiple disciplines at Gannett sites around the country.

blinkx Launches Web-Based Version of Broadband Television Offering
blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, launched an evolution of its broadband television offering: blinkx BBTV will now be available without download, straight from your browser. Leveraging blinkx’s patented speech and visual recognition technology, BBTV simultaneously delivers a high-quality television experience over the Internet, and links it to the universe of information on the Web, adding dimension and context to the viewer’s experience.