links for 2007-10-02

*more* coverage from journalism.co.uk of our launch. We didn't pay them, honest.

This is the first year that media companies needed more than $300 million to make Ad Age's ranking. The entry point for the Media 100 topped $200 million in 1999 and $100 million in 1986.

"Internet advertising now constitutes 15 percent of the market, now above direct mail’s 11.8 percent." And later - much of the growth driven by automotive and automotive classifieds.