Internet advertising down 5.3 percent - Dayton Business Journal:

Internet advertising totaled $10.9 billion for the first half of 2009, down 5.3 percent compared with the same period in 2008, according to a report by the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.

Search and display-related advertising continue to represent the largest percentages of overall interactive advertising spending, with search at more than $5.1 billion for the first six months of 2009, up slightly from that same period in 2008...