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BlogsWeb Publishing Platform Posterous Nabs $4.4 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on March 8, 2010 - 7:00am.
San Francisco
- Posterous, the developer of a simple blogging platform that lets publishers
upload new content via email, has raised $4.4 million in its first round of
funding.
MOG Raises $9.5 Million, Plans Music Service Launch in U.K.Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 26, 2010 - 9:02am.
Berkeley,
Calif. - MOG, the operator of a
network of user-penned music blogs, announced on Friday that it has raised $9.5
million in new funding, led by Menlo Ventures.
tags: Deals | VC | Blogs | Music | Publishing | MOG | Menlo Ventures | User-Generated | Balderton Capital | MOG All Access |
Mail.com Media Corp., Zee Team on India Content PortalAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 23, 2010 - 8:55am.
Los Angeles
- Mail.com Media Corp. (MMC), the publisher of a network of
entertainment-focused websites, announced on Tuesday that it has formed a joint
venture with India-based media company Zee Entertainment Enterprises, to create
a local portal on the domain India.com, PaidContent reported.
Gawker Acquires Cityfile; Names New Editor-in-ChiefAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 16, 2010 - 7:56am.
New York
- Blog network Gawker Media has acquired New York-focused blog Cityfile, and
named its editor Remy Stern as the new editor-in-chief of its flagship
Gawker.com site.
tags: Deals | Blogs | Moves | Acquisitions | Publishing | Nick Denton | Gawker Media | Cityfile | Remy Stern |
Google Deletes Long-running Music Blogs, Cites DMCA NoticesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 11, 2010 - 9:42am.
 Mountain View,
Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) has deleted
several long-running music blogs hosted on its Blogger service without prior
warning, citing multiple copyright infringement notices from record labels. The
owners of Pop Tarts, Masala, I Rock Cleveland, To Die By Your Side, It's a Rap
and Living Ears today found years of posts deleted with the following
explanation from Google. "We'd like to inform you that we've received
another complaint regarding your blog. Upon review of your account, we've noted
that your blog has repeatedly violated Blogger's Terms of Service ... [and] we've
been forced to remove your blog. Thank you for your understanding."
TechCrunch Fires Intern Who Sought Compensation for CoverageAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 5, 2010 - 11:57am.
Palo Alto, Calif. - Technology blog TechCrunch said that it
has terminated an intern who asked for, and in at least one case received,
compensation in exchange for including certain companies in articles. Founder
and co-editor Michael Arrington said that the intern, who was not a full-time
writer, asked for a Macbook Air in exchange for a post about a startup, and
actually received a computer on another occasion. The blog has deleted all of
the intern's posts.
HBO Plans Series on Female Showbiz Blogger; Nikki Finke?Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 5, 2010 - 11:54am.
Los Angeles - Time Warner's (NYSE: TWX) HBO has announced plans to
develop a series about "a powerful female online showbiz journalist with a
no-holds barred style," leading many to speculate the subject is Nikki
Finke, the one-time LA Weekly columnist who started her own successful blog
before being hired by Mail.com Media Corp. to run Deadline.com. Gawker
contacted Finke for comment, who said she would be posting on the news on her
own site shortly. The Hollywood Reporter, meanwhile, said HBO did not obtain
Finke's life rights before moving forward with the project, and does not plan
to work with her on the show.
tags: Blogs | TV | Publishing | Time Warner | HBO | Nikki Finke | Deadline.com | Mail.com Media Corporation |
File-sharing News Blog p2pnet to ShutterAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on February 2, 2010 - 9:28am.
Los Angeles
- The publisher of p2pnet, a site covering file-sharing and the online
entertainment industry, announced in a blog post on Tuesday that he will
shutter the site after nearly ten years.
SoundCloud, Hype Machine Team to Serve Music to BloggersAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 25, 2010 - 12:25pm.
London
- SoundCloud, the provider of a music distribution platform for labels and
artists, on Monday announced a partnership with music blog aggregator The Hype
Machine. The deal will allow artists and labels to serve tracks directly to
bloggers through SoundCloud, via embeddable SoundCloud players on their sites. The
Hype Machine will detect these players across blogs that it aggregates, and
allow tracks to be streamed on its own site. Artists and labels will then also be
able to access data on the music, including number of plays and which blogs
picked up their tracks. Initial partners include Domino Records and artists
including Massive Attack.
StockTwits Acquires Financial News Blog Abnormal ReturnsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 25, 2010 - 7:27am.
New York
- StockTwits, the provider of a real-time financial news service that utilizes
Twitter, has acquired financial blog Abnormal Returns, according to a post on
the company's blog.
Report: AOL in Talks to Buy Technology Blog MashableAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on January 6, 2010 - 11:07am.
 New York
- AOL (NYSE: AOL) is in talks to acquire Mashable, a popular blog that covers social media,
Valleywag reported, citing a source within AOL. Blogger Robert Scoble also
cited sources as saying that a deal is in the works.
Knight Foundation Gives $200K to Huffington Investigative FundAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 22, 2009 - 8:30am.
Washington
- The Huffington Post's Investigative Fund has received a $200,000 grant from
the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, earmarked for investigative
reporting.
Deadline.com Traffic Tops Variety, Hollywood Reporter CombinedAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 18, 2009 - 11:15am.
Los Angeles
- Mail.com Media Corporation, which publishes a network of websites including
Movieline, Hollywood Life and Deadline, announced on Friday that Deadline.com's
1.11 million unique visitors in November surpassed the combined number of
visitors to Variety.com (515,000) and HollywoodReporter.com (336,000) -- as
well as their combined print circulations. Deadline.com was launched four years
ago by veteran Hollywood reporter Nikki Finke.
Huffington Post Debuts Sponsored Comments, TweetsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 14, 2009 - 1:17pm.
New York
- Blog network The Huffington Post has introduced the ability for advertisers
to insert paid comments among readers' comments on stories, as well as to place
paid tweets among the site's aggregated Twitter feeds, AdAge.com reports. The
company will provide guidance to advertisers so that their messages are more
well-received by the site's readership. "You cannot use the social
engagement for the purposes of really hawking your products," Huffington
Post president Greg Coleman told AdAge. "The advertiser is really put in a
position where they need to add value to the conversation that's taking
place."
RCRD LBL Offers Free Daily Downloads on MySpace MusicAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on December 2, 2009 - 12:37pm.
New York
- RCRD LBL, a music discovery site and digital record label, on Wednesday
announced a partnership with MySpace Music to launch RCRD of the Day, an
exclusive, free daily song download for MySpace Music users. The exclusive
tracks and remixes from new and established artists will be provided through
RCRD LBL, which said that "custom ad campaigns will be crafted to fit
client needs, with sponsorship opportunities available throughout MySpace
Music, within the email delivery system, and on the daily download page.
TechCrunch Says CrunchPad Tablet PC Hits Dead EndAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 30, 2009 - 1:09pm.
 Palo Alto,
Calif. - Ten days after the
scheduled debut of its tablet PC, technology blog TechCrunch said on Monday
that its CrunchPad device, co-developed with Singapore-based Fusion Garage, has
hit a legal dead end. "The entire project self destructed over nothing
more than greed, jealousy and miscommunication," TechCrunch founder
Michael Arrington wrote in a blog post.
MOG to Launch Music Subscription Service Next WeekAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on November 23, 2009 - 11:40am.
Berkeley,
Calif. - MOG, a network of
user-created music blogs that counts 10 million monthly visitors, said on
Monday that it will launch its previously announced subscription-based music
streaming service on Wednesday, Dec. 2. The unlimited streaming service, which
has secured licensing from all four major record labels, will cost $5 per month.
Yahoo Hires Talking Points Memo Writer for Political BlogAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 23, 2009 - 10:42am.
Los Angeles
- Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) has hired former Talking Points Memo deputy publisher Andrew Golis to
head up a new political blog, PaidContent reported. Yahoo maintained that it is
not launching a new site or vertical, but rather "ramping up" its
original content.
DailyBooth Gets $1 Million for Photo Blog ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 19, 2009 - 8:50am.
New York
- DailyBooth, a photo-based blogging service with similar features to Twitter,
has raised $1 million in venture capital financing, The Wall Street Journal
Online reported.
tags: Deals | VC | Blogs | Publishing | Images | Sequoia Capital | Kevin Rose | Betaworks | SV Angel | DailyBooth | Caterina Fake |
Interactive Ad Bureau Decries New FTC Blogger GuidelinesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on October 16, 2009 - 8:35am.
 New York - The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), a
consortium of top technology firms and advertisers, called on the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) this week to withdraw its new rules regarding disclosure of
payments to bloggers for their coverage, arguing that "offline media have
engaged [in such practices] for decades." The FTC last week set new
guidelines concerning disclosures made in social media and on blogs where
compensation has been given for an endorsement or testimonial.
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