@ BMO Media: Yahoo Video Director: Ad Prices Flat Before Decline Next Year
It’s always an obsession, so here’s what Rebecca Paoletti, director of video strategy at Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), said about ad pricing: “Right n… Read more »
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Mobile Content Bits: Palringo-RIM; Viva Vision; MSNYuuZoo; Hello Kitty Portal; Duke’s Sticky Notes
By Dianne See Morrison
– Palringo Available On RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) Devices: Mobile instant messaging company Palringo has released its software client for BlackBerr… Read more »
Message At Cannes Ad Festival Is That Mobile Ads Lag In America, But Thrive In Europe And Asia
By Tricia Duryee
At this year’s Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, arguably the industry’s biggest annual competition, featuring nearly 30,000… Read more »
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Every Day Is Mother’s Day: Newspapers’ Local Turn To Moms For Local Boost
By David Kaplan
Before this year, moms could have issued a plaintive “You never call, you never write…” to newspaper sites and other major media companies… Read more »
Gannett Takes Minority Stake In Family Organizer Cozi
By Joseph Weisenthal
Gannett (NYSE: GCI) has made an unspecified strategic investment in Cozi, a family organization tool. Seattle-based Cozi offers a range of t… Read more »
First Look: TimesPeople Adds Social Layer To NYTimes.com
I’ve spent some time off and on today with the latest tool from NYTimes.com: TimesPeople, a Firefox add-on that functions as a combo recomme… Read more »
Bain: LinkedIn Will Be Public In Three Years
By Joseph Weisenthal
LinkedIn is getting a lot of media attention following the big raise it announced last night… speaking on CNBC, Jeff Glass, partner at Bai… Read more »
Bebo Added To T-Mobile Social Gateway, But It Will Cost You
T-Mobile has added support for Bebo and Piczo to its My Social Sites mobile social networking application. The app already allowed customers… Read more »
Cooking.com Raises $13 Million; Continuing Efforts In Social Networking
By Joseph Weisenthal
They’re more of an e-commerce play, but Cooking.com has been trying to glom onto the whole content, social networking tip as well… the foo… Read more »
Ex-YHOO, MSFT Execs Launch Stealthy Center’d: Local Search Meets Social Networking
By Joseph Weisenthal
Last November we wrote about Fatdoor, the stealth local content site from ex-Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) exec Jennifer Dulski but we didn’t know much… Read more »
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LinkedIn Raised Its Big Round; $53 Million From Bain and Others; $1 Billion Valuation
By Rafat Ali
LinkedIn has closed its big round, which it had been working on for a while now in the midst of fielding some acquisition offers from strate… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: MMS Search; FusionOne Backup; Knovolo Real Estate Text; Loopt On Blackberry
By Tricia Duryee
– Text Pics To Search: 23half said today that its so-called Thrrum MMS Search is available to Sprint (NYSE: S) wireless subscribers, which… Read more »
EconAds Video: Agency’s Digital Future; Keeping Up With Creative Campaigns
In a discussion about the future of ad agencies at EconAds, panelists talked about the steady growth in digital, the importance of laying ou… Read more »
In Search of a Business: Technorati Launching Blog Ad Network
By Rafat Ali
Technorati, which has raised around $10 million in new funding to save it out of oblivion, is now launching an online ad network for blogs,… Read more »
Ex-Facebooker’s i2we Raises $750k For Social Net Apps
By Joseph Weisenthal
More money for Facebook apps, this time going to an ex-Facebook employee’s startup. i2we, a social apps maker started by ex-Facebooker Karel… Read more »
Disney Family.com Gearing Up For Parent-Focused Social Net Launch
Parentpedia. Family Blogger. Comment Contest. Consider these just some of the elements of DisneyFamily.com that laid the groundwork for the… Read more »
AT&T Launches JuiceCaster And Buzzwire Mobile Apps
By Tricia Duryee
AT&T (NYSE: T) said today it launched two new social media and entertainment applications — JuiceCaster 6.0 and Buzzwire. JuiceCaster lets… Read more »
VCs Say The Focus Is On Mobile And Online Content For Next Two Years: Report
By Tricia Duryee
Venture capitalists, executives and investment bankers said over the next two years they expect to increase their investments in entertainme… Read more »
Nick Increases Emphasis On Gaming And Virtual Worlds By Carving Out New Divisions
By David Kaplan
MTV Networks’ (NYSE: VIA) Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group is continuing its emphasis on online gaming and virtual worlds by carving out tw… Read more »
MP3 Blogs Have Hipster Readers; Make For A Perfect Ad Network
By Joseph Weisenthal
Here’s a quick summary of Fortune’s look at the world of MP3 blogs: Sites like Peter Rojas’ RCRD LBL and TheFader.com attract hip readers th… Read more »
EconAds Video: Starting An Ad Network And More On ‘Pork Bellies’
A few weeks ago in NYC at our EconAds seminar one of the panelists asked several ad execs their thoughts on whether now’s a good time to sta… Read more »
Online Video Advertiser Jivox Gets $10.7 Million First Round From Helion, Others
By Joseph Weisenthal
Jivox, the developer of a self-serve video ad system, has raised a $10.7 million first round led by Opus Capital, along with Helion Venture… Read more »
IMedExchange Gets $2.5 Million Angel Round For Doctors Social Net
By Joseph Weisenthal
IMedExchange, a social networking site for doctors, has raised $2.5 million from various angels, according to Seattle PI. All but two of the… Read more »
AP Wants Change In Blog Excerpting, Just Not Sure What
By Joseph Weisenthal
The AP is spoiling for a fight it can’t win. It started last week when the news organization took exception with the linking and excerpting… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: UK Met Office; Verizon and Nokia’s Bat Phone; maniaTV Goes Mobile
By Dianne See Morrison
– UK’s Met Office To Create More Mobile And Digital Content: The UK Read more »
NextNew Networks CEO Herb Scannell Steps Down; Seeking Replacement
By Rafat Ali
Online video production and distribution service NextNew Networks’s CEO Herb Scannell is stepping down…he is becoming executive chairman,… Read more »
Puma Kicks Off Mobile Marketing Campaign For Euro 2008
By Tricia Duryee
Puma, the shoemaker, is also jumping on the Euro 2008 bandwagon by launching an entire mobile marketing program, called “‘Together Everywher… Read more »
More Cash For Technorati: Blog Searcher Gets $7.5 Million Of $10 Million Fourth Round
By Joseph Weisenthal
Looks like the Technorati Monster has escaped again, gobbling up more cash… The perpetually “borked” blog search engine has raised another… Read more »
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 »
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)
Sony (NYSE: SNE) is following up its deal to show BSkyB’s (NYSE: BSY) UK TV programming via its handset PSP console with a similar partnersh… Read more »
Capzles Closes First Round Funding; Launches Social Storytelling Net
Capzles, a new company enabling for sharing and combining media (read: a glorified photo slideshow), has closed its first round of funding.… Read more »
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 »
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
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Qualcomm’s MediaFLO Launches European Soccer Tournament Channel
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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 »
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