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European News Aggregation Site Wikio Raises $5.3 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 23, 2007 - 9:29am.

Luxembourg - Wikio, a European news search and aggregation site similar to Digg, announced that it has raised $5.3 million in its first round of financing, which was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Gemini Israel Funds.

Career Moves: January 16, 2007

Authored by dmw on January 16, 2007 - 12:59pm.

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Nellymoser, a mobile media and service delivery platform provider, today announced its new CEO, Susanne Bowen. Most recently, Bowen was the Chairman and CEO of Webhire. Bowen has also held senior executive positions with Workscape, ENTEX Information Services and JWP Information Services. Bowen replaces John Puterbaugh who will remain actively involved in the company as Founder and Director.

Career Moves: November 27, 2006

Authored by dmw on November 27, 2006 - 12:55pm.

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Vivi Zigler, Executive Vice President, NBC Digital Entertainment and New Media announced two promotions at NBC.com. Stephen Andrade was promoted to Senior Vice President, Digital Development and General Manager. Andrade had been Vice President, Interactive Development for NBC.com since 1999. He will continue to report to Zigler.