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Social News Service Mixx Forges Partnership with CNN

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 7, 2008 - 1:29pm.

McLean, Va. - Mixx, an online social news start-up that allows users to submit news stories, vote on their favorites and view the most popular on the site's front page, said on Wednesday that it has forged a key partnership with CNN. Under the deal, users of CNN.com will be able to add CNN headlines and articles to Mixx's platform through "add to" Mixx buttons on CNN.com story pages.

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Mixx Gets $2 Million for Social News Aggregation Service

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 25, 2008 - 7:16am.

McLean, Va. - Mixx, a provider of social news aggregation services, has raised $2 million in its second round of financing from previous investor Intersouth Partners, VentureBeat reported.

L.A. Times Takes Minority Stake in Social News Service Mixx

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on December 4, 2007 - 8:47am.

Los Angeles - The Los Angeles Times Media Group (NYSE: TRB) announced on Tuesday that it has taken a small equity stake in Mixx, a social news website whose user-driven news article, photo and video rankings will be integrated at LATimes.com.

Social News Service Mixx Lands Funding, Signs Publisher Partners

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 9, 2007 - 6:39am.

McLean, Va. - Mixx, a social media site that lets users create personalized news feeds, announced on Tuesday that it has raised an undisclosed sum in first round funding from Intersouth Partners, and plans to launch a public beta test of its service this month.

How Brands Participate in the Conversation at OMMA East

Authored by Rohit Bhargava on September 27, 2006 - 9:11am.
For the last two days, as most interactive marketers know, there have been two dueling interactive marketing conferences taking place in downtown NY about 5 minutes apart from one another.  The OMMA East event, sponsored by MediaPost and the Mixx Expo 2.6 event sponsored by IAB this year decided to choose the exact same days to hold their events rather than overlapping or separating as they have done in the past.  The result was many folks attending one event holding a bag from the other, many with two different name badges hanging around their necks and lots of conversation about what was at each event between marketers.