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Report: imeem Leapfrogs Yahoo to Become Top Music Streamer

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 13, 2008 - 10:11am.

Los Angeles - Social music service imeem has surpassed Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) to become the top streaming music service, claiming 10.3 million unique visitors in March, Wired.com reported, citing data from analytics firm Compete.

tags: Music | Reports | MySpace | Yahoo | AOL | Research | Compete | Imeem | Project Playlist | Hype Machine |

Market Research Firm TNS Acquires Compete Inc. for $75 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 4, 2008 - 7:45am.

Boston - Compete Inc., a provider of online market survey services, has been acquired by Taylor Nelson Sofres (TNS), a U.K.-based provider of market information and analysis, for $75 million in cash.

tags: Deals | Acquisitions | Research | Compete | TNS |

Parsons: AOL Would Compete with Yahoo, Google in Portal Space

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 21, 2005 - 9:00am.
Dulles, Va. -- Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons on Wednesday sidestepped questions about the potential sale of its America Online unit, instead telling an audience of investors that turning around the company's struggling Internet arm is the key to increasing shareholder value. While Parsons admitted that Time Warner has entertained the notion of spinning off AOL, he downplayed the possibility and called AOL the company's "No. 1 point of focus" because of its strong growth potential, Dow Jones Newswires reported. Parsons declined to discuss reports that software giant Microsoft is in talks to buy a major stake in AOL. Parsons said that plans for AOL include transforming it from an ISP into a major web portal that would compete against the likes of Google and Yahoo.
tags: Yahoo | AOL | Google | Parsons | Compete | Portal Space |

Microsoft to Launch Paid Search Ads to Compete with Google, Yahoo

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 17, 2005 - 2:43am.
Redmond, Wash. -- Microsoft plans to launch its own paid search advertising service, to compete in the lucrative market dominated by Google and Yahoo, which currently provides paid search ads for MSN Search. The service will provide advertisers with non-personally-identifiable information on users of its search engine, such as gender, age and location -- gathered from tracking users of Microsoft's Hotmail and other online services. Microsoft will test its new adCenter service in Singapore and France, in tandem with Yahoo's service, over the next six months. The company's contract with Yahoo to provide paid search listings for MSN Search is due to expire in June 2006, but MSN corporate vice president Yusuf Mehdi told the Associated Press it is too early to say if its service will launch in the U.S. before that date.
tags: Microsoft | Yahoo | Google | Compete | Paid Search Ads |