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Don’t Tell a Soul! Media, Tech Moguls Take Manhattan for Semisecret Quadrangle Conference.

in Media on November 3, 2009 at 3:00 am PT

Wouldn’t you like to bump elbows with media moguls and hear from the likes of Eric Schmidt, Biz Stone and James Murdoch? Me too! Alas, Quadrangle’s Foursquare conference is closed to the public and the press. But at least I can tell you whom you won’t be hearing from.
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Game Site OMGPOP Asks Teens to Pay Up

in Media on June 15, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Earlier this year, casual game site OMGPOP raised $5 million from venture capitalists. Now it’s trying to extract some cash from its users.
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Investors Bet $5 Million on Casual Game Site OMGPOP, Hope Users Start Paying Up

in Media on March 10, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

Web start-ups that plan to make money from advertising are having a rough time raising money. But Web start-ups that say they’ll do it by charging customers something? Still possible. Today’s example: OMGPOP, the casual gaming site formerly known as iminlikewithyou, which has raised a $5 million in a round led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
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