Selling online ads is the new plastic.

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	Selling online ads is the new plastic.

Andy Greenberg

10-2-2007 4:05 PM

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online ads, new york, silicon alley

Andy Greenberg says:

Enormous companies are bidding billions for ad firms like DoubleClick and aQuantive. Online ad salespeople are making outsize salaries and fighting off job offers. Sounds like Silicon Alley might be giving Silicon Valley a run for its money.

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