Kara Swisher in News on November 1, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Clearspring, the social sharing company — in an effort to increase its business as a marketing analytics player — has acquired XGraph, a data science firm.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 27, 2011 at 9:00 am PT
Google is expanding aggressively into the daily deals space by partnering with 14 daily deals providers. And — no surprise here — Groupon isn’t one of them.
Peter Kafka in News on August 31, 2011 at 2:54 pm PT
You used to know me so well! But now you’ve started sending me random emails for something called “AmazonLocal” and it’s like the last decade-plus never happened.
Peter Kafka in News on June 28, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
A new product line for Jeff Bezos and company: Ads on other people’s Web sites, targeted using data from Amazon’s customers and visitors.
Emily Steel, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on June 6, 2011 at 5:00 am PT
Seeking to milk the huge growth in online advertising, a rush of technology firms have emerged in recent years pitching an array of techniques for buying, targeting and measuring digital ads. But the raft of newcomers has created a complex landscape that has left marketers confused.
Nick Wingfield and Julia Angwin, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 15, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
A new version of Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer to be released Tuesday will be the first major Web browser to include a do-not-track tool that helps people keep their online habits from being monitored.
Microsoft’s decision to include the tool in Internet Explorer 9 means Google Inc. and Apple Inc. are the only big providers of browsers that haven’t yet declared their support for a do-no-track system in their products.
John Squires, J. Squires Consulting in News on February 10, 2011 at 8:39 am PT
In recent weeks, we’ve heard growing concern from magazine and newspaper publishers regarding the challenge of providing content for mobile media while preserving their print franchises. The concern is nothing new, but it’s apparent that content providers are at risk of losing track of their customers like toddlers in a shopping mall.
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Liz Gannes in Social on February 8, 2011 at 3:00 am PT
Mountain View, Calif.-based
Meebo, the Web toolbar maker, has acquired a New York City-based start-up called
Mindset Media, which specializes in psychographic targeting for brand advertising. The company said the acquisition will help with its expansion of advertising products. Twelve members of the Mindset team will be joining Meebo, while two who work in business development will not. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Kara Swisher in News on February 7, 2011 at 4:00 am PT
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is the gift that keeps on giving–at least to Greg Coleman.
He’s the Chief Revenue Officer at the Huffington Post–for which the Internet giant just forked over $315 million to acquire–who will get a multimillion dollar payout from the deal.
Except Coleman is the same guy whose three-year contract as AOL’s onetime sales head was paid out by Armstrong after he was replaced after only three months.
