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WebMD’s Acquisition By Parent May Not Occur; Outlook Lower on Yahoo Fears - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 11 Feb 2008 09:50 AM PST

WebMD (NSDQ: WBMD), the online health information service, may not be sold back to its parent firm HLTH Corp, due to a “negotiation stalemate”, according to the companies. HLTH owns…

Lance Armstrong Takes “Significant” Stake In Demand Media; Launching Wellness Site Together - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 27 Jan 2008 09:50 PM PST

Demand Media, the heavily capitalized Santa Monica-based online domain monetization and media company, has made an interesting turn: it has tied up with cycling legend and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong…

IAC Buying Major Chunk In HealthCentral; Carlyle, Sequoia & Polaris Also Investing; Total $50M - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 24 Jan 2008 06:32 PM PST

IAC (NSDQ: IACI), in the process of splitting up into five companies, is making a major bet in the online health information sector, a new-ish area for the company: it…

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Vertical Search Firm Kosmix Raises $10 Million Third Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 11 Dec 2007 06:12 AM PST

Kosmix, a vertical search company that has primarily focused on health, has raised a $10 million third round led by DAG Ventures, with participation from previous backers LightSpeed and Accel.…

iMedix Gets $2 Million For Medical Social Search - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 10 Dec 2007 05:36 PM PST

New York-based iMedix, a search engine for health information, has raised $2 million from unidentified angel investors. The site, which is launching today after a year in development, offers a…

@ UBS Media Week: Speculating, Meredith Interested In Time Inc. Health Titles, Southern Progress - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 05 Dec 2007 12:23 PM PST

If the rumors are true that Time Inc. may sell several of its health titles and its Southern Progress unit, rival magazine publisher Meredith (NYSE: MDP) would be very interested…

Revolution Health Acquires HealthTalk; Takes Stake in SparkPeople - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 05 Dec 2007 05:10 AM PST

Steve Case’s Revolution Health has acquired HealthTalk, a health site with an emphasis on in-depth information on certain conditions. The company also said it has taken a stake in SparkPeople.com,…

Wellocities Raises C$1 Million Seed Round for Health Management Social Net - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 13 Nov 2007 09:23 AM PST

Toronto-based Wellocities, a social network for for Canadians managing chronic health conditions, has raised a C$1 million (US$ $1.03 million) seed round from XDL Capital Group. The site was incubated…

Earnings: WebMD Q3 Revs Grow 31 Percent; HLTH Corp Clarifies Intent to Merge Into WebMD - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 Nov 2007 03:38 PM PST

Health portal WebMD (NSDQ: WBMD) reported Q3 revenue of $87.2 million, up 31 percent from last year’s $66.6 million. Net income increased to $11.5 million ($.19 per share) from $490,000…

Online Marketing Firm W2 Receives $30 Million Investment For Social Media Initiatives - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 05 Nov 2007 10:02 AM PST

W2 Group, a Waltham, MA-based marketing firm, has received a $30 million investment from PE firm Monitor Clipper Partners to expand the three-year-old company’s social media marketing efforts. The funding…

Microsoft Launches HealthVault For Personal Health Info Management; Leapfrogs Over Google - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 04 Oct 2007 09:32 AM PST

Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) bid for a major role in the crowed consumer health care info area went live today. Microsoft HealthVault (beta, of course) is a software and services platform…

About.com Moves To Attract Packaged Goods And Health Ads; Begins Mobile Experiment - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 03 Oct 2007 03:49 PM PST

Until recently, consumer packaged goods marketers and health care companies were among the few advertisers not to move substantial portions of their budgets online. Scott Meyer, CEO and president of…

Online Health Firm Waterfront Media Raises $25 Million In Fourth Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 26 Sep 2007 05:34 AM PST

NY-based online health company Waterfront Media has raised $25 million in a fourth round of funding led by Scale Venture Partners. Other participants were Foundation Capital and existing investors Rho…

Eldercare Info Site Caring.com Raises $6 Million First Round. - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 20 Sep 2007 10:24 AM PST

Caring.com, a Palo Alto-based startup focusing on eldercare-related content, has raised $6 million in its first round of funding The round was led by DCM and Split Rock Partners. The…

Pharma Online Ad Spend To Rise 19 Percent; Money Not Being Spent Wisely: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 19 Sep 2007 04:28 PM PST

Pharmaceutical marketers are spending money heavily on the web, but they don’t seem to be spending it the best spots, a report from eMarketer concludes. The problem is in how…

Hearst Buys Health Info Site RealAge; Possibly Around $100 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 16 Sep 2007 07:39 PM PST

Hearst is on a mini-acquisition tear: it is buying health and wellness info site RealAge, for what NYT estimates to be around $100 million. Founded in 1999, RealAge refers to…

Reed Elsevier Launches Cancer-News Portal Aimed At Doctors - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 10 Sep 2007 07:09 AM PST

Medical journals, like most periodicals offering specialized coverage of technical issues aimed at a single professional audience, have long been able to rely on hefty subscription prices for most or…

Health Lifestyle Social Net PeopleJam Gets Funding From Pittman, Tom Rogers - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 15 Aug 2007 09:14 PM PST

Two previously mobile content execs Robert Tercek and Matt Edelman (both ex-HandsOn, then called Mforma) are launching PeopleJam, a website set on helping people improve their lives. The company, based…

Google, Microsoft Try To Mesh Health Info, Records, Search—And Ads - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 13 Aug 2007 09:35 PM PST

Once again, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) (Nasdaq: GOOG) and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) (Nasdaq: MSFT) seek the same trophy: to establish leadership in the growing online health info industry by providing consumers…

Weight Loss Community DietTV.com Gains $2 Million In First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 13 Aug 2007 09:20 PM PST

DietTV.com, a social net aimed at those trying to lose weight, has raised $2 million from MentorTech Ventures. The funding also includes angel funding secured last summer, as well as…

More on Gaiam’s Health Lifestyle Sites Rollup: Total Price Paid: $10 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 07 Aug 2007 03:02 PM PST

Some more details on Gaiam (Nasdaq: GAIA) , the lifestyle health and personal development media company, buying Zaadz, Lime Media, and majority ownership of Conscious Enlightenment (we reported on it…

Health Lifestyle Rollup: Gaiam Buys Lime.com, Social Net Zaadz and Stake in Conscious Enlightenment - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 06 Aug 2007 03:55 PM PST

Gaiam (Nasdaq: GAIA) , the lifestyle health and personal development media company, has made two acquisitions and bought a stake in another one, to form a unified online community focusing…

Earnings: WebMD In Q2 Profits - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 31 Jul 2007 05:50 PM PST

WebMD (Nasdaq: WBMD), which provides health information through its online portal, has reported Q2 profits as revenue increased in several segments of its online services business. It earned $5.4 million…

Senior Citizen Health Portal CareParent Secures $6 Million In First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 31 Jul 2007 07:27 AM PST

CareParent, a placeholder name for what will eventually be a portal/social net for health information for the elderly, has raised $6 million in a first round financing, PEHub reports. Investors…

Medical Search Engine HealthLine Secures $21 Million In Second Round Led By Peacock Equity - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 16 Jul 2007 06:09 AM PST

Medical information search engine HealthLine has raised $21 million in second round financing led by GE/NBC Universal’s (NYSE: GE) Peacock Equity Fund. The round also includes strategic financing from Aetna…