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Facebook Issues Improved Privacy, Obscenity Protections; Joins MySpace On Internet Safety Task Force - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 08 May 2008 10:31 AM PST

Facebook makes a PR push on the privacy and safety front today, instituting an array of enhanced privacy safeguards and obscenity blockers as part of an agreement with 49 state…

@ EconSM: MTVN’s Social Media Challenge: Growing Digital Revenues - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 10:26 AM PST

Alluding to Viacom’s (NYSE: VIA) decision to pass on buying MySpace, Staci D. Kramer, co-editor/EVP for paidContent parent ContentNext Media, asked a panel of MTV Network executives about missed opportunities…

@ EconSM: Election ‘08 And The Rise Of Voter-Generated Content - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 28 Apr 2008 07:00 PM PST

After discussing their new jobs, Dennis Haarsager, interim CEO of National Public Radio, asked members of the opening panel at ContentNext’s EconSM conference the way social media has influenced the…

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Game Community Site GamerDNA Acquires It Can Talk, Parent Of XBox Site - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 28 Apr 2008 10:45 AM PST

GamerDNA, the community site for online gamers, has acquired It Can Talk, parent of 360Voice, which targets XBox users. GamerDNA (fka GuildCafe) recently raised $3 million. A notable feature of…

AOL Buys Fantasy Football Site Fleaflicker - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 25 Apr 2008 05:18 AM PST

AOL has acquired Fantasy Football site Fleaflicker for an undisclosed amount, Mediapost reported. The site will be added to AOL Sports, whose existing fantasy football offerings were described as “modest”…

Broadband Content Bits: Discovery’s Planet Green; TommyTV; Alicia in Africa; myLifetime - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 17 Apr 2008 09:55 AM PST

-- Discovery’s Planet Green Launches Shows with TreeHugger.com to Blog in Tandem: In a bid to generate new media buzz before turning Discovery Home into Planet Green, Discovery’s Planet Green…

Broadband Content Bits: MySpace Latino; MSNBC Streams; Nielsen’s VideoCensus; CelebTV-thePlatform - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 08 Apr 2008 05:14 PM PST

-- MySpace builds out new Hispanic sites: The Fox Interactive social network says it is building on the bilingual MySpace Latino site it launched last year with eight new communities…

Men’s Entertainment Aggregator CraveOnline Acquires HoopsVibe - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 26 Mar 2008 12:30 PM PST

Male lifestyle portal CraveOnline has bought basketball “culture” site HoopsVibe. Terms were not disclosed. The purchase is the latest in a series of acquisitions by CraveOnline and its parent, AtomicOnline.…

Prediction Site Predictify Raises $4.3 Million First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 26 Mar 2008 10:57 AM PST

Menlo Park, CA-based Predictify, a community site for predicting future events, has raised a $4.3 million first round from Sierra Ventures and Sherpalo Ventures says Mashable. The site lets users…

Site For Chinese Moms Yaolan.com Raises $17.1 Million Third Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 25 Mar 2008 09:56 AM PST

The mother demographic is hot in China, too… Yaolan.com, a community site for pregnant and nursing mothers, has raised a $17.1 million third round from Foundation Capital and NSA Investments,…

Meebo: Raising $25-$30 Million By One Report; Shifting Into Revenue Mode - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 18 Mar 2008 08:12 PM PST

Mountain View, CA-based Meebo, the popular web-based IM service, is out raising a $25-$30 million round at a $200-$250 million valuation, reports VentureBeat. That’s up from a previous valuation of…

RiverWired Raises $1.5 Million Seed Round For Eco-Entertainment Video, Blogs - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 10 Mar 2008 12:04 PM PST

Eco-centric community site RiverWired has raised $1.5 million in seed funding to support the creation of an online video series and related blogs. The content on the videos and blogs…

Women’s Site Wowowow Launches; Sparse For Now - 7 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 08 Mar 2008 07:09 PM PST

Woman-focused site Wowowow launched earlier today..the site has been founded by by five media live-wires Liz Smith, Lesley Stahl, Peggy Noonan, Mary Wells and Joni Evans, with Evans as the…

Virtual Tours Provider EveryScape Gets $7 Million Funding - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 05 Mar 2008 11:00 AM PST

Waltham, MA.-based EveryScape has secured $7 million in its second round funding, led by new investor Dace Ventures and participation from existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Fisher New England,…

Sparkplay Media Raises Raises $4.25 Million First Round For Browser-Based MMO - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 14 Feb 2008 11:12 AM PST

Mill Valley, CA-based Sparkplay Media, a developer of 3D browser-based MMOs, has raised a $4.25 million first round from Redpoint Ventures and Prism Ventures. The company, which has been bootstrapped…

Industry Standard Relaunches As A Community Site; Interview: Bob Carrigan, CEO, IDG - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Sun 03 Feb 2008 10:01 PM PST

IDG’s The Industry Standard gets its second life on Monday, this time as a Web-only community site with a prediction market at the center. The magazine seemed to mirror the…

Internet Brands Acquires Community Sites HuntingNet.com, OffShoreOnly.com and Horsetopia.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 23 Jan 2008 10:08 AM PST

Internet holding company Internet Brands has acquired three niche community sites: HuntingNet.com (hunting), OffShoreOnly.com (boating) and Horsetopia.com (equestrian). The sites will help beef up the company’s Travel & Leisure categories,…

Discussion Organizer Grouply Raises $1.3 Million First Round - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 14 Jan 2008 01:54 PM PST

Grouply, a service that helps people manage online discussions, has raised a $1.3 million first round, according to TechCrunch. The round included Reid Hoffman, SoftTech VC, Harvard Angels, and Western…

Lights, Camera, Action: MySpace Debuts Celeb Channel - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 10 Jan 2008 09:10 AM PST

MySpace has often touted its promotional value to celebrities. It now has a specific channel that collects much of its star power in one place: MySpace Celebrity, billed as an…

Social Net For Service Industry BiteClub Raises $500k Seed Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 09 Jan 2008 11:10 AM PST

SF-based BiteClub.com, a social net for people who work in bars and restaurants, has raised a $500,000 seed round from restaurateur Larry Mindel, Darius Anderson, of Kenwood Investments and other…

Online Sports Network Active Athlete Buys GolfBuzz - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 03 Jan 2008 12:02 PM PST

Online sports ad network and portal Active Athlete has acquired GolfBuzz, developers of publishing tools and technology for the golf community. Financial terms were not disclosed. Active Athlete was attracted…

Cooking.com Gets $7 Million Venture Loan To Build Community, Expand - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 02 Jan 2008 09:54 AM PST

Cooking.com, a food-focused e-commerce and content site, has taken $7 million in venture debt from ORIX Venture Finance. The Santa Monica-based company is primarily centered around selling cookware, but it…

Broadband Content Bits: Joost/NBA/PBS; Chicago Tribune; MySpace; Freemantle - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 18 Dec 2007 03:41 PM PST

-- Joost: Two new agreements with two very different programmers: the NBA and PBS. With the NBA, Joost will run “Instant Classic” basketball games and video highlights for the remainder…

Stock Market Social Net SocialPicks Gets $500k First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 14 Dec 2007 11:39 AM PST

SocialPicks, a site for retail investors to exchange investing strategies, has raised a $500,000 first round from Bay Partners, reports PE Hub. The Mountain View, CA-based site lets users create…

Penthouse Buys Adult-themed Social Net Various Inc. For $500 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 12 Dec 2007 12:46 AM PST

Update: it has been announced officially. Penthouse Media Group has acquired adult-oriented social network operator Various Inc. for $500 million, NYT (FRB: 066570) reports. Various runs more than 25 social…