More Cash For Technorati: Blog Searcher Gets $7.5 Million Of $10 Million Fourth Round
Looks like the Technorati Monster has escaped again, gobbling up more cash… The perpetually “borked” blog search engine has raised another… Read more »
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Video Dater WooMe Raises $12.5 Million Second Round
By Joseph Weisenthal
WooMe, a service that offers speed dating via internet video, has raised a $12 million second round led by Index Ventures. NewTeeVee first r… Read more »
Zoosk Raises $4.1 Million Second Round For Social Network Dating
By Joseph Weisenthal
And here I thought social networking sites were already for dating. Zoosk, an SF-based startup, has raised a $4.1 million second round for a… Read more »
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Mobile Content Bits: Mobile Coupons On Yahoo And In The Mail; Go2 Animates; AFP Goes Mobile
By Tricia Duryee
– Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Adds Mobile Coupons: Mountain View, Calif.-based Coupons said today it’s working with Yahoo! to enable consumers to di… Read more »
Apple Awards Prizes To The Best iPhone Applications
By Tricia Duryee
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) received a ton of press on Monday when Steve Jobs took the stage to unveil the iPhone 3G, but the Worldwide Developer Con… Read more »
More Money For Widgets: WidgetBucks Raises $10 Million For Shopping Ad Network
By Joseph Weisenthal
Widgetbucks, a widget-based ad network, has raised a $10 million second round from DFJ and past backer Ignition Partners. The company has pr… Read more »
France’s Canal+ Pushes VOD To PSP (Via PC)
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Capzles Closes First Round Funding; Launches Social Storytelling Net
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Fortcom Takes 70 Percent Stake In Polish Social Net Nasca-Klasa
By Joseph Weisenthal
Forticom, an Estonian company that runs major Lithuanian social net One.lT, has acquired a 70 percent stake in Russian Nasca-Klasa, for $90… Read more »
Fortcom Takes 70 Percent Stake In Polish Social Net Nasza-Klasa
By Joseph Weisenthal
Forticom, an Estonian company that runs major Lithuanian social net One.lT, has acquired a 70 percent stake in Russian Nasza-Klasa, for $90… Read more »
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5th Finger Raises $7 Million For U.S. Mobile Marketing Play
By Tricia Duryee
San Francisco-based 5th Finger plans to announce today that it has raised $7 million in venture capital from Starfish Ventures in Australia.… Read more »
Sling Plans To Sell iPhone Player Via iTunes Store
TV placeshifting operator Sling Media plans to sell an iPhone version of its Sling Player through the iTunes Store after its alpha version h… Read more »
Qualcomm’s MediaFLO Launches European Soccer Tournament Channel
By Tricia Duryee
MediaFLO said it launched a special TV station today called EURO to broadcast live video coverage of the 2008 UEFA European Soccer Champions… Read more »
2ergo’s Proteus Launches Web Tools To Create Text-Message Campaigns
By Tricia Duryee
Proteus, an Arlington, Vir.-based company that’s owned by UK-based 2ergo, is launching a service this week called Via that helps brands, adv… Read more »
Ad Industry Roundup: IPG; NYTCo.; IAB; IPG; Facebook; Coke; Meebo
By David Kaplan
– IPG’s investment strategy: Forget Interpublic Group’s ad strategy; their investment activity is much more interesting… At the Deutsche… Read more »
French Social Net Skyrock.com Seeking Sale To Telco, Talks Ongoing
Skyrock.com, one of the bigger online social networks and based out of France, is talking with several suitors about a sale, as it nears div… Read more »
@ CM Summit: Will There Ever Be A Standard Social Media Measurement? Depends Who You Ask
By David Kaplan
Debra Aho Williamson, senior analyst, eMarketer put the question of “How do we get to good, solid metrics of social media and advertisers?”… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: Smaato And Ad Infuse; Ringleader Digital Ads; InnerActive and Buongiorno
By Tricia Duryee
– Smaato and Ad Infuse to provide ads in apps: Smaato announced at the Mobile Marketing Forum that it’s partnering with Ad Infuse to provid… Read more »
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Memorylink Sues Moto Over Wireless Video Technology
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Moto To Offer Full-Length Movies For Download On Handsets In UK
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Ex-Googler’s Plinky Raises $1.5 Million
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Sports Social Net My Team Zone Gets $2.3 Million First Round
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Time Warner CEO Bewkes: News Corp.-MySpace Looked Dubious At First, Too
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Looks like Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) CEO Jeff Bewkes might be answering questions about the Bebo deal for awhile. He’s already admitted that t… Read more »
Broadband Content Bits: ESPN360.com; Network Sites’ Visits; UK, Canada iTunes; MySpace; Hulu
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Amazon Takes Equity Stake In DIY Shopping Site The Talk Market
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Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has taken an unspecified equity stake in user-gen shopping channel The Talk Market. Amazon is also handling the site’s p… Read more »
Social Apps Firm RockYou Gets Its Big One: $35 Million Third Round
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Mobile Phone Companies Likely Winners Of UK’s Valuable UHF Spectrum
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Britannica Does A Wikipedia, Lets Readers Author Articles
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Our New Social Media Deals Report: Charting VC and M&A Deals Over the Last Year
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Monster Closing Down Social Networking Site Tickle
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Monster is closing down its career assessment and social networking site Tickle, which it bought in 2004 for a price of up to $70 million. T… Read more »
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Video Interview: Olivier Creiche, VP, Six Apart: Selling To Sup And The End Of Hype
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Mobile Content Bits: YouMail Voicemail; Zumobi New Release; Zed Brew Downloads; Rocawear And Boost
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Updated: MovieSet Gets $5 Million For Behind The Scenes Movie Footage
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Is Verizon Wireless Buying Alltel For Its Assets Or For Its Culture Of Innovation?
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Heavy Laying Off About 20 Percent of Staff; Separating Ad Network Into Another Company
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