Jeff Roberts
Jan 19, 2012 1:13 PM
After suing media site TechCrunch in 2008 over a controversial GPS patent, Chicago-based Earthcomber is at it again. This time it’s accusing ten online real estate companies of infringing the patent with their iPhone applications. (Note this story has been updated with Earthcomber’s response)
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Joseph Tartakoff
Apr 18, 2011 3:35 PM
Top online real estate site Zillow has filed to go public. The company says in an SEC filing that it hopes to raise up to $51.75 million by selling its stock. The company joins a growing number of digital media related firms—including LinkedIn, Pandora, FriendFinder, ActiveNetwork and (as of today)…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Jul 9, 2010 12:01 AM
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is turning to online real estate marketplace Zillow to power real estate listings and handle some of the ad sales on its real estate vertical, which regularly ranks among the most trafficked real estate sites on the web. During an interview with paidContent, Yahoo Real Estate Head…
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Staci D. Kramer
Sep 8, 2008 12:32 AM
Last fall, 11 newspaper publishers agreed to let real estate upstart Zillow.com carry the real estate listings from their 282 papers. Now, the Zillow Newspaper Consortium, which includes Hearst and Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE), and the price-comparison site are launching a real estate ad network with the right to sell…
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Staci D. Kramer
Nov 13, 2007 12:16 AM
Real estate site Zillow.com, which specializes in house price comparisons, will carry real estate listings from 11 newspaper publishers including Hearst Newspapers, Lee Enterprises, (NYSE: LEE) MediaNews Group, EW Scripps (NYSE: SSP) and MediaGeneral. Together, the companies account for 282 newspapers, among them the San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury…
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