InternetMySpace Lets Users Share Profile Data on Yahoo, Twitter, eBayAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 9, 2008 - 8:45am.
tags: Social Networking | MySpace | eBay | Yahoo | Facebook | News Corp. | Twitter | Data Availability |
CBS's Last.fm Debuts Original Video ProgrammingAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 9, 2008 - 10:39am.
New York - Last.fm, the social music discovery service owned by CBS (NYSE: CBS), on Friday launched a new original video programming section, featuring interviews with artists including Moby, Santogold and Spoon. The videos will also be made available through CBS Audience Network partners, which include AOL, Comcast, Microsoft, Joost, Bebo and Veoh. Facebook, Attys General Introduce New Child Safety FeaturesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 8, 2008 - 10:00am.
Palo Alto, Calif. - Online social network Facebook on Thursday introduced a number of new privacy protections intended to safeguard younger users from sexual predators and cyberbullies, the Associated Press reported. Social News Service Mixx Forges Partnership with CNNAuthored 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. Qtrax Licenses Universal Music Group for Legal P2P ServiceAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 7, 2008 - 12:27pm.
San Jose, Calif. - Qtrax, the developer of a free, ad-supported music download service, has reached a deal to license Universal Music Group's catalog, the company's first major label signing. Web-based Ad Agency Spot Runner Gets $51 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 7, 2008 - 7:29am.
Los Angeles - Spot Runner, a Web-based advertising service that helps local businesses create ads and place them on TV and radio, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $51 million in new financing. tags: Deals | VC | Advertising | Radio | TV | Spot Runner | DMGT | Grupo Televisa | Legg Mason Capital Management | Groupe Arnault/LVMH |
Burst Media Debuts Ad Network for Independent WebsitesAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2008 - 12:06pm.
Burlington, Mass. - Burst Media, a provider of online advertising services and technology, announced on Tuesday the launch of a new online advertising network aimed at independent websites. The network -- called Burst Trendsetters Network -- will focus on brand advertisers who want to reach 15-34 year olds online. Burst Media said its network includes 100 websites that reach 7 million unique visitors and delivers more than 51 million web impressions per month. tags: Advertising | Burst Media |
Chicago Transit Authority Sued for Pulling "Grand Theft Auto" AdsAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2008 - 10:27am.
New York - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive (NASD: TTWO) has sued the Chicago Transit Authority and sales agent Titan Outdoor for pulling ads for its "Grand Theft Auto IV" game without any explanation, Reuters reports. Analysis: Raising the a la Carte AlarmAuthored by Paul Sweeting on May 6, 2008 - 10:17am.
The talk of the digital media blogosphere over the weekend was a report
by written by Bernstein Research analyst Craig Moffet headlined, And
Now for the News...The Emperor Has No Clothes. It's well worth a read
if you can get your hands on it. For those who can't (and even those
who can), digital maverick Mark Cuban has a looong post on his blog about the report in which he reproduces many of the juiciest parts.
tags: Video | Advertising | TV | Mark Cuban | Copyright | Business Models | Bernstein Research | Craig Moffet |
Survey: Majority of Execs See Newspapers Going FreeAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2008 - 9:52am.
tags: Advertising | Reports | Newspapers | Publishing | Research | Reuters | Zogby | World Editors Forum |
Buzznet Acquires Web Music Community Absolute PunkAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2008 - 8:47am.
PurePlay Raises Funding for Legal U.S. Poker SiteAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 6, 2008 - 7:21am.
San Francisco - PurePlay, an online poker site that allows users to play for cash and claims to be compliant with U.S. laws, announced on Tuesday that it has raised a third round of venture capital, led by Bay Partners, with total funding to date now at $15 million. Christian Video Site GodTube Raises $30 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 5, 2008 - 7:26am.
Dallas - GodTube, a Christian video-sharing site and online social network, has raised $30 million in new financing from GLG Partners, at a valuation of around $150 million, PaidContent.org reported. OSG: The Secret Metric For Measurement Every Marketer WantsAuthored by Rohit Bhargava on May 5, 2008 - 7:12am.
Mark Cuban: Will The Ala Carting of Video on the Net Lead to Disaster?Authored by Mark Cuban on May 5, 2008 - 6:17am.
Craig Moffett of Bernstein Research wrote an amazing report entitled
And Now for the News...The Emperor Has No Clothes". If you can get a
copy, read it. Starting with the disappointing but expected news that
journalism is no longer a service consumers desire to pay for, he moves
on to the problems facing Internet video. He does a far better job than
I ever did explaining the failings of Internet video and the
expectation of free content. This is the report I wish I had blogged.
USAToday.com Launches Online Flight CommunityAuthored by dmw on May 2, 2008 - 11:03am.
McLean, Va. - USAToday.com, the web site of USA Today, on Thursday launched an online flight community called "Today in the Sky." Google TV Ads Now Available to U.S. AdvertisersAuthored by Ned Sherman on May 2, 2008 - 7:52am.
ABC.com To Experiment With More Ads Per TV StreamAuthored by Jay Baage on May 2, 2008 - 6:34am.
New York – Viewers of video at ABC.com might soon be seeing two advertisements, one after the other, within each video break. "It would be premature for us to say people only want one ad," said Albert Cheng, executive vp digital media at Disney-ABC Television Group (NYSE: DIS), to the Hollywood Reporter. "It's a likely sort of thinking, but we want to push it a little bit to see how it would go."
Web Messaging Firm Meebo Raises $25 MillionAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 1, 2008 - 8:10am.
Mountain View, Calif. - Confirming earlier reports, Web-based messaging and chat service Meebo announced on Thursday that it has raised $25 million in new financing, led by JAFCO Ventures. tags: Deals | VC | Marketing | Social Networking | Music | Meebo | Draper Fisher Jurvetson | Sequoia Capital | JAFCO Ventures | Time Warner Investments | KTB Ventures |
Softbank-led Group Invests $430M in China's Oak PacificAuthored by Mark Hefflinger on May 1, 2008 - 7:00am.
Beijing - Japan's Softbank has led a $430 million investment that will give the group a 35% stake in Oak Pacific Interactive (OPI), which manages Xiaonei.com, China's largest social networking site. tags: Deals | VC | Social Networking | China | Softbank | SBI | JOHO Capital | Oak Pacific Interactive | Xiaonei.com |
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