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Why MySpace Co-Presidents Aren’t Worried About Growth

Mar 10, 2010 4:01 AM

MySpace (NYSE: NWS) pulled up the curtain a little this week, letting in some light on a makeover still very much in progress and marking a debut of sorts for Co-Presidents Mike Jones and Jason Hirschhorn as a team. By walking reporters through their road map, the two hope to…

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Posted In: Social Media, Community, Companies, News Corp., MySpace, jason hirschhorn, mike jones

Without Colbert, Stewart, Hulu Could Cede Some Ground To Viacom

Mar 9, 2010 7:15 PM

Barring a last-minute fix or change of strategy, at midnight Tuesday Hulu.com will switch from a co-host for online video of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report to a referral engine for the popular shows. Viacom (NYSE: VIA) execs like to call it a test but…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Social Media, Video, Companies, Viacom, hulu, philippe dauman

Daylife And Demotix Partner On User-Gen Image Sales

Mar 9, 2010 6:30 PM

News aggregator Daylife will begin reselling pictures posted by users of London-based citizen-photo journalism site Demotix to create an “open image wire service.” The arrangement is an expansion of Daylife’s existing image programs. Last fall, Daylife began partnering with Getty Images—which is also an investor in Daylife—on products that lets…

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Posted In: Marketing, Media & Publishing, Online News, Social Media, Photo Sharing, Countries, Europe, UK, daylife, demotix

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TMZ Courts Bigger Advertisers With New, Softer-News Website

Mar 9, 2010 5:19 PM

Celebrity gossip site TMZ has quietly unveiled a gentler fashion-oriented offshoot called Too Fab. Although TMZ maintains high traffic—February uniques were up 6 percent to 14 million, per comScore (NSDQ: SCOR)—and gained new credibility by breaking the news of Michael Jackson’s death last year, many advertisers remain uncomfortable with the…

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Posted In: Advertising, Features, Exclusive, Media & Publishing, Women-Centric Content, Online News, Social Media, Companies, AOL, tmz, too fab

Here Comes Facebook’s Move Into Location Sharing ...

Mar 9, 2010 2:30 PM

With services that make it easy for users to share their location—like FourSquare and Gowalla—gaining buzz and usage, Facebook is finally set to fire back with its own move into the hot location-aware space. The NYT reports that the social network will release a new feature in late April that…

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Posted In: Advertising, Local, Social Media, Community, Companies, Facebook

Plancast Gets $800,000 For Plan Sharing

Mar 8, 2010 8:20 PM

Plancast, a startup which lets users share their plans, has raised $800,000 from SoftTechVC, True Ventures, Founders Fund Angel, Zelkova Ventures, as well as a number of angel investors. On Plancast, users post what they plan on doing later; users can track each others’ accounts and also indicate publicly that…

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Posted In: Advertising, Local, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Nanopublishing, founders fund angel, plancast, soft tech vc, true ventures, zelkova ventures

Teen Social Shopping Site PlumWillow Gets Funding

Mar 8, 2010 12:20 PM

PlumWillow, a to-be-launched social shopping site betting that teens will skip the mall for online—as long as online shopping is social enough—has raised a seed round led by Crossbar Capital. The site promises to “empower its members to shop together with friends, make wardrobe choices from multiple brands, design their…

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Avatars, Community, crossbar capital, plumwillow

New Vertical From News Aggregator Techmeme: Mediagazer

Mar 8, 2010 11:00 AM

It took just two years for Gabe Rivera to have four verticals, including tech “front page” Techmeme, running off his algorithm for discovering and highlighting news. The fourth site, BallBug, launched for opening day in 2006. It took four years to add one—Mediagazer, a site launching today to aggregate news…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Online News, Social Media, Nanopublishing, News Sharing, Technologies / Formats, gabe rivera, mediagazer, megan mccarthy, memeorandum, techmeme

IAC’s Citysearch Invests In Ad Marketer OrangeSoda; Expands Local Ad Net CityGrid

Mar 8, 2010 12:00 AM

IAC-owned local guide network Citysearch is expanding its local listings ad service CityGrid through a partnership with search marketer OrangeSoda. Citysearch is also providing an investment in Utah-based OrangeSoda, the amount of which is undisclosed. The move is part of a more aggressive effort by Citysearch to attract more ad…

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Posted In: Advertising, Local, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Online News, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Companies, IAC, citygrid, orangesoda

Blog Platform Posterous Raises $4.4 Million More

Mar 5, 2010 4:01 PM

Posterous, the popular quick blogging platform, has raised $4.4 million in additional funding, CEO Sachin Agarwal tells us. The site—which is likely best known for letting users blog simply by e-mailing text, photos, or files to a default Posterous account—has grand ambitions for its service; it says it “wants to…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Nanopublishing, founder collective, lowercase capital, posterous, redpoint ventures, sv angel, trinity ventures, xg ventures

iVillage To Run Ad Sales For Independent EatingWell Site

Mar 5, 2010 1:54 PM

iVillage is looking to expand its advertising role to include sites not specifically aligned with parent NBC Universal (NYSE: GE). The female-focused lifestyle site has struck a deal with recipes and nutrition information and part of EatingWell Media Group to oversee advertising for EatingWell.com. The move is seen as a…

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, Social Media, Companies, NBC Universal, iVillage, eatingwell

The Greatest Chatroulette Story Ever: Stewart Skewers Media’s Obsession

Mar 5, 2010 10:25 AM

No need for explaining, watch the clip.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Social Media, chatroulette, jon stewart

MSLO’s Upfront Puts The Emphasis On Cross-Platform, Consumer Control

Mar 5, 2010 8:30 AM

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia (NYSE: MSO) held its advertising upfront yesterday and unlike the traditional TV upfront events that are getting under way, the focus here was the company’s range of cross-platform offerings, all of which are tied together with social media elements. The centerpiece of the presentation was a…

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Posted In: Advertising, Upfronts, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Women-Centric Content, Books, eReaders, Magazines, TV, Broadcast, Cable & Telecom, Mobile, Social Media, janet balis, mark burnett, martha stewart, mslo

Roger Ebert Makes Pay Play: The Ebert Club

Mar 4, 2010 11:46 PM

Roger Ebert thrives on the web. Now he’d like to get paid for it but not by blocking access to the site or its 10,000-review archive. Instead the Chicago Sun-Times movie critic—a master blogger and tweeter—is going the value-added route, launching The Ebert Club: annual subscriptions $4.99 through the end…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Movies, Social Media, Nanopublishing, roger ebert

Microsoft’s Dual Track Strategy for Mobile May Include Sidekick Refresh In 2010

Mar 4, 2010 7:50 PM

When Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) unveiled Windows Phone 7 last month, we figured that was the extent of its comeback plans in mobile. But now, there’s evidence that the software giant has something else up its sleeve. Two reports released today from unnamed sources indicate that Microsoft’s “Project Pink” is alive…

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Posted In: Gadgets, Mobile, Social Media, Technologies / Formats, Operating Systems, Companies, Microsoft, Windows Mobile

@ Music & Money: MTVN’s Van Toffler: Music Videos Still Have Value

Mar 4, 2010 2:34 PM

The other day, MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) Judy McGrath was asked about the company’s image in the age of the Jersey Shore, and she talked about reality shows hooking younger viewers, which is the ultimate focus for the network. Today, at the Billboard Music & Money Symposium, Billboard’s Antony Bruno…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Cable & Telecom, Social Media, Events, Companies, Viacom, MTV, antony bruno, billboard music & money symposium, judy mcgrath

Chris DeWolfe, Austin Ventures Buy Social Games Portal MindJolt

Mar 3, 2010 4:23 PM

Former MySpace (NYSE: NWS) CEO Chris DeWolfe—who left MySpace last April—is back in the social media space via the acquisition of social games portal MindJolt. DeWolfe is partnering with fellow MySpace co-founders Colin Digiaro and Aber Whitcomb, along with VC firm Austin Ventures, to buy the company. He’ll also join…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Gaming, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Community, aber whitcomb, austin ventures, chris dewolfe, colin digiaro, mindjolt

Social Dating Site Smartdate Raises $2.2 Million

Mar 3, 2010 4:09 PM

As traditional dating sites stagnate, investors appear to be sensing an opportunity in social dating startups. European venture fund 360 Capital Partners is investing $2.2 million in SmartDate.com, a social dating site which launched just three months ago. The site integrates with Facebook Connect so that users can link up…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Community, 360 capital partners, smartdate

Playdom Buys ‘Super Farkle’ Developer Offbeat Creations

Mar 3, 2010 3:30 PM

Playdom, which said it would use some of its recent $43 million funding round for acquisitions, is following through on that pledge. The social gaming company is buying up Offbeat Creations, the developer of several Facebook titles, including dice game Super Farkle, which has more than one million users. Super…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Gaming, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Companies, Facebook, offbeat creations, playdom

Arkayne Gets $1 Million Seed Round For Link Recommendation Plug-In

Mar 3, 2010 12:45 PM

Arkayne, which makes a plug-in designed to automatically add related links to web pages, has raised $1 million in an angel round. The plug-in scans all of the posts on a website in order to automatically suggest related items that a visitor should read. A version for bloggers with “moderate…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, News Sharing, Technologies / Formats, arizona technology technology investor forum, arkayne

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