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Gilt Groupe Says F-Commerce Stands for Flash Sales and Facebook

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 19, 2011 at 1:50 pm PT

Gilt Groupe, an e-commerce and flash sales site, is experimenting with selling items from a range of categories, on Facebook.

SpongeBob Caters to Its Core Audience With Twitter Promotion (Huh?)

Liz Gannes in Social on July 7, 2011 at 3:26 pm PT

Nickelodeon is creating a made-for-Twitter story to promote a new episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants” next week.

Spil Games, GSN Dominate As Most-Popular Online Game Sites, But Guess Who Ranks No. 6?

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 20, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT

What are the largest online game properties in the world? The list may surprise you.

Here's Nickelodeon's New Massive Online Game (Plus Video of Cute Monkeys!)

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 2, 2011 at 4:00 pm PT

Nickelodeon will use the annual Kids’ Choice Awards tonight to promote the launch of its brand new virtual world, where cute chimps swing from the branches of trees in the fictional World of Ook. And, just in case cute isn’t cool, the monkeys burp, too.

Nickelodeon Launching A Virtual World Next Month For Kids To Monkey Around In

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 7, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

Nickelodeon, the TV network targeting kids, is launching a virtual world called Monkey Quest that will be unveiled next month at the Kids’ Choice Awards.

Zynga's FrontierVille Gets Product Placement From Paramount Picture's "Rango"

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 28, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

Zynga’s latest product placement launches today as the company tries to build up additional sources of revenue beyond relying on the few users who elect to pay for virtual goods.

Viral Video: "SpongeBob SquarePants" Gets to Keep Living in a Pineapple Under the Sea

Kara Swisher in News on January 4, 2011 at 1:42 am PT

Nickelodeon has ordered up another season of its popular animated television series “SpongeBob SquarePants” for a ninth season. Yay! No, really–it is the only kids’ show I have been able to endure so far.

Microsoft's Billion Dollar Media Bailout Plan

Peter Kafka in Media on October 18, 2010 at 5:13 am PT

The advertising recovery is already in the works, but this could help move it along quite nicely: Close to a billion dollars to help promote big product launches from Redmond.

Google and Viacom Team Up Again–Brace Yourself For "Fred: The Movie"

Peter Kafka in Media on August 6, 2010 at 4:00 am PT

How do you promote a movie starring a YouTube phenomenon without promoting it on YouTube? Tricky problem for Nickelodeon, whose parent company is still in a legal battle with Google and its video site.

Viacom's AddictingGames.com Named "Worst Toy of the Year"

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on May 12, 2010 at 9:30 am PT

AddictingGames.com, a web site run by Viacom’s Nickelodeon unit, claims that it is “the largest source of the best free online games.” And now it has another distinction: the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood has awarded the site its coveted TOADY (Toys Oppressive and Destructive To Young Children) Award – for the worst toy of the year.