Why CNET Dumped It: Webshots '07 Revs Down 36 Percent
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Shutterfly Buys Group Sharing Site Nexo For Less Than $15 Million
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Shutterfly, the online photo printing and sharing service, has bought online groups and personal publishing service Nexo Systems, for less t… Read more »
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YouTube Democratizes Its Ad Revenue-Sharing Program, With Limits
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Last May, YouTube invited a select group of users to begin sharing in revenue from ads that run along with their content. Now, the user-gen… Read more »
Scrapbook Maker Scrapblog Adds Steamboat to First Round
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Busy times for Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) VC arm… Miami-based Scrapblog, the maker of an online scrapbook service, says that Steamboat Ventures… Read more »
FIM’s Photobucket, Google’s Picasa Will Deliver Photos Over TiVo; Some In Full HD
Another step toward meshing video and photos on TV … TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) subscribers with broadband-connected DVRs will be able to access an… Read more »
American Greetings Acquiring PhotoWorks For $26.5 Million; Second Online Photo Buy In Recent Weeks
By Joseph Weisenthal
A month after acquiring Webshots from CNET, (NSDQ: CNET) American Greetings (NYSE: AM) is making a second buy in the online photo space: OTC… Read more »
Phanfare Raises $2.5 Million Third Round For Photo Storing
By Joseph Weisenthal
Metuchen, New Jersey-based Phanfare, which offers a service for storing and sharing photos, has raised a $2.5 million third round led by Azu… Read more »
CNET Sells Off Photo Sharing Site Webshots To American Greetings, For $45 Million
By Rafat Ali
CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks has done its first online divestment for a while: it has sold its once-high-flying online photo sharing site Webs… Read more »
HP Owned Snapfish Launches In India
By Nikhil Pahwa
Hewlett Packard owned Snapfish, a free online photo sharing which allows users to order prints, has launched in India, reports ET. Snapfish… Read more »
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ProfileBuilder Acquires Social Networking Photo Site ZingFu.com
By Joseph Weisenthal
Online identity management service ProfileBuilder has announced the acquisition of ZingFu.com, a site for manipulating photographs (see site… Read more »
College Student Social Net RIPL Secures $4.25 Million Second Round
By David Kaplan
RIPL, a social net aimed at college-age demos, has raised $4.25 million in a second rounding funding from individual angel backers, PEHub re… Read more »
Photo Sharing Site Fotolog Acquired By French Company Hi Media For $90 Million
By Rafat Ali
After rumored reports last week on NYC-based online photo sharing site Fotolog being acquired, the company has officially announced it: it h… Read more »
Zivity, Adult Social Net Where Members Get Paid, Raises $1 Million First Round
By David Kaplan
Zivity, a social network that aims to occupy the intersection of Playboy, MySpace and American Idol, has raised a $1 million first round fin… Read more »
Scripps Buys Photo/Video Sharing Service Pickle For $4.7 Million; Keyword Competition Hurting
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Broadband Content Bits: Discovery; ESPN360-FIFA; I-Report
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France’s Photoways Group Raises $13 Million To Extend European Reach
By David Kaplan
Photoways Group, a French provider of online photo services, has raised about $13 million in a second round funding. HarbourVest Partners le… Read more »
@ Promax/BDA: Social Nets Becoming A Significant Part Of TV Marketing Mix
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A panel of cable TV marketing execs traded tips on how social networks are occupying a defined slot in their promotional budgets at one of t… Read more »
Online Digital Photo Solution Eye-Fi Raises $5.5 Million First Round
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Obituaries Site Respectance Launches With Undisclosed First Round Funding
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It’s official: FIM Acquires Photobucket; Adds Tool Site Flektor
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Yahoo Launches Co-Branded Sites For Europe’s Biggest Sports TV Network
Yahoo this morning launched the new websites for Eurosport, Europe’s largest cable and satellite TV sports network, under a joint venture an… Read more »
MTV Licenses Social Net Media Player; Offers Grant Money For Student Developed Programs
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Interview: Neil Ashe, CEO, CNET Networks
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MySpace Acquiring Photobucket; Pricing Around $250 Million
By David Kaplan
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Yahoo Pictures Being Folded Into Flickr
Yahoo Photos is being shuttered in favor of growth engine Flickr. As USAT’s Jeff Graham explains, acquired by Yahoo in 2005, Flickr grew 22… Read more »
Yahoo China Launches Blogging, Social Net Functions
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Photo Site Photobucket Hires M&A Advisor After Buzz
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German media Firm Burda Buys Stake In Mutilmedia Sharing Site Sevenload
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German media/magazine group Burda Media, though its arm Burda Digital Ventures, has taken a stake in local video and photo portal Sevenload.… Read more »
HP Buys Photo Site Tabblo
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Emap Ramps Up Online Strategy, Digital Head for Each Consumer Arm
The UK’s second-placed magazine publisher, Emap, is looking to expand its online media strategy, with a deadline having just expired for thr… Read more »
Yahoo Rolling Out Chinese Flickr Version In
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@ OPA: France’s Skyblog Aims For Larger Slice Of Social Net Space
One of Europe’s most active social networking-type websites is a little-talked-about French blog platform. Skyblog, which is allied to the S… Read more »
Geographic Media Aggregator Platial Closes $2.4M First Funding Round
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French Law Strikes A Blow Against Citizen Journalism
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Imagekind Secures $2.56 million In First Round Financing
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Curious Office Partners’ ImageKind, an online community site focusing on buying and selling artwork, has closed a first round of $2.56 milli… Read more »
Homassist Changes Its Name, Buys Photo-Sharing Site
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Homassist, an Irvine, CA.-based firm specializing in user-generated content, acquired The Family Post, a company that runs a photo sharing w… Read more »
Social Network Piczo Raises $11 Million Third Round
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Digital Photos Outsourcing Firm EZ Prints Secures $8 Million In Funding
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Photo Sharing Site BubbleShare Bought By Kaboose For up To $3 Million
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