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Career Moves: November 17, 2006

Authored by dmw on November 17, 2006 - 9:16am.
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Andrew Baer joins Comcast Cable as its Chief Information Officer. Baer will be responsible for developing Comcast's internal Information Technology strategy. He will also oversee the integration of the IT organizations in former Timer warner and Adelphia Cable systems. Baer will report to Dave Scott, ECP of Finance and Administration.
tags: Career | Moves | Fox | Comcast | FIM | Gannett | Netscape |

Netscape's Calcanis to Pay Bloggers $1,000 per Month

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 20, 2006 - 12:49pm.
San Francisco - Recent Netscape hire and Weblogs Inc. founder Jason Calcanis this week began offering to pay blog frequenters up to $1,000 a month to contribute to a revamped Netscape blog portal, Wired News reported. The offer was made indirectly to contributors to reader-generated link sites like Digg and Reddit, with the work for Netscape to be substantially similar to posting to such sites. "The way for this to grow beyond a hobby is to pay them," Calacanis told Wired News. "There are a lot of people paying bloggers -- it's not a radical idea anymore."
tags: Internet | Online Publishing | Blogs | Career | Netscape |

AOL to Transition Netscape Into Blog-Style News Site

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 15, 2006 - 1:55pm.
Dulles, Va. - AOL on Thursday announced plans to transition its Netscape.com Internet portal into a site that combines blog-style news updates with user-submitted content and discussion.
tags: Internet | Online Publishing | Blogs | AOL | Portals | News | Netscape |

Netscape Settles Trademark Suit with Playboy Over Search Keywords

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 26, 2004 - 2:36am.
Dulles, Va. -- Netscape, the browser developer owned by America Online, has settled a trademark infringement suit with publisher Playboy over its sales of keyword advertising spots using Playboy-trademarked terms like "playmate" and "playboy," CNET News.com reported. The settlement, terms of which were not disclosed, follows an appeals court ruling last week that said Playboy could go ahead with its case against Netscape. The appeal followed a lower court's ruling that Netscape and partner Excite made "fair use" of Playboy's trademarks when it sold banner ads to adult sites that came up when users entered search terms like "playboy."
tags: Playboy | Netscape | Trademark | Search Keywords |

Court Reinstates Playboy Trademark Suit Against Netscape

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 16, 2004 - 3:16am.
Mountain View, Calif. -- In a case with major potential implications for search engines, a federal appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit against Netscape Communications by adult entertainment company Playboy Enterprises, which claims that the America Online unit infringed on trademarks when it used works like "playboy" and "playmate" in search results to link to ads for Playboy's rivals, the AP reported. The suit, originally filed in 1999, seeks financial damages, reportedly in the range of seven figures. Legal experts say that the outcome could have ramifications on a practice known as "keying," in which search engine users type in keywords and receive results that include banner ads specifically targeted to those users. Netscape reportedly used about 400 words, including "playboy" and "playmate," to target people interested in adult-themed material.
tags: Law | Playboy | Netscape |

AOL to Launch New Discount Internet Service Carrying Netscape Name

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 15, 2003 - 4:15am.
Mountain View, Calif. -- In a bold move to stem the tide of its dwindling subscriber base, America Online is expected to announce the launch of a new bare-bone Internet service under the banner of its Netscape unit, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. The service is expected to cost $9.95 per month, compared to AOL's standard feature-rich service that costs $23.90. The new service will give users more of a "raw" Internet experience. For instance, subscribers reportedly will get just one email address instead of AOL's seven. The service, which will carry the name of AOL's Netscape unit, is expected to launch early next year.
tags: Internet | AOL | Netscape | Discount |