Photo Sharing

Online Slideshow Editor Animoto Takes Funding From Amazon - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 16 May 2008 10:17 AM PST

Animoto, a site that lets users edit musical slideshows, has taken an unspecified investment from Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN). The NYC-based company lets users upload their photos and choose a song—the…

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…

Flickr Finally Adds Video—With Limits; Sharing ‘Long Photos’ That Move - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 08 Apr 2008 08:21 PM PST

With length limits of 90 seconds, Flickr for video isn’t likely to replace YouTube or other sites for serious video sharing but it may take casual video uploads to the…

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Adobe Launching Free Version of Photoshop Online - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 26 Mar 2008 09:46 PM PST

Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) is taking a note from startups nipping at the edges of its core products, and has now launched a free version of its Photoshop picture editing software.…

Imeem Joins The Platform Party—With A Twist: Full Access To Music, Video, Photos - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 24 Mar 2008 09:01 PM PST

Social net imeem joins the oh-so-crowded platform party with tonight’s launch of the imeem Media Platform. The platform includes a familiar list of goodies to encourage third-party developers to create…

10-Q Watch: News Corp: Photobucket Acquisition Price: $300 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 11 Feb 2008 06:18 PM PST

News Corp filed its 10-Q quarterly report last week, and a hard number on Photobucket acquisition price, which wasn’t disclosed before but we reported on a ballpark price after speaking…

Broadband Content Bits: MTVN; YouNewsTV; Reuters-Newscom; YouTube - 2 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Fri 25 Jan 2008 02:23 PM PST

-- MTVN’s LogoOnline unveils vlogs: MTVN’s (NYSE: VIA) LogoOnline has created 15 video blogs that the MTVN unit plans to run on its federated sites and distribution network, which includes…

Slipping And Sliding Into The Valley - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 20 Jan 2008 03:08 PM PST

Why not to let doting, in-awe reporters-posing-as-insiders near a valuation story: case in point, this story from the BW columnist/reporter we have skewered before, writing on Slide’s $50 million funding…

Widget Maker Slide Raises $50 Million Fourth Round From Wall St. - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 18 Jan 2008 04:03 PM PST

Slide, the maker of social networking widgets, has raised a big $50 million fourth round from Fidelity and T-Rowe Price. The round, sans-dollar amount, was first reported by Kara at…

Why CNET Dumped It: Webshots ‘07 Revs Down 36 Percent - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 17 Jan 2008 04:02 PM PST

CNET (NSDQ: CNET) has filed financial data with the SEC showing what its numbers for the first three quarters of 2007 would have looked like without Webshots, which it sold…

CES Wire: Panasonic And Google; AOL; TiVo; Sony - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 08 Jan 2008 11:04 AM PST

-- Panasonic And Google Developing Internet TVs: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd’s Panasonic unit and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will team up to develop televisions enabling users to watch online content,…

Shutterfly Buys Group Sharing Site Nexo For Less Than $15 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 04 Jan 2008 03:17 PM PST

Shutterfly, the online photo printing and sharing service, has bought online groups and personal publishing service Nexo Systems, for less than $15 million in cash and stock. Nexo, based in…

YouTube Democratizes Its Ad Revenue-Sharing Program, With Limits - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 11 Dec 2007 01:50 PM PST

Last May, YouTube invited a select group of users to begin sharing in revenue from ads that run along with their content. Now, the user-gen site is opening up its…

Scrapbook Maker Scrapblog Adds Steamboat to First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 10 Dec 2007 12:57 PM PST

Busy times for Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) VC arm… Miami-based Scrapblog, the maker of an online scrapbook service, says that Steamboat Ventures has joined in its first round of funding. The…

FIM’s Photobucket, Google’s Picasa Will Deliver Photos Over TiVo; Some In Full HD - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Mon 03 Dec 2007 06:30 AM PST

Another step toward meshing video and photos on TV ... TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) subscribers with broadband-connected DVRs will be able to access and share photos from Photobucket, owned by FIM,…

American Greetings Acquiring PhotoWorks For $26.5 Million; Second Online Photo Buy In Recent Weeks - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 28 Nov 2007 02:58 PM PST

A month after acquiring Webshots from CNET, (NSDQ: CNET) American Greetings (NYSE: AM) is making a second buy in the online photo space: OTCBB-traded PhotoWorks for $26.5 million. The $0.595…

Phanfare Raises $2.5 Million Third Round For Photo Storing - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 26 Nov 2007 08:52 AM PST

Metuchen, New Jersey-based Phanfare, which offers a service for storing and sharing photos, has raised a $2.5 million third round led by Azure Capital Partners and other investors, according to…

CNET Sells Off Photo Sharing Site Webshots To American Greetings, For $45 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 25 Oct 2007 01:24 PM PST

CNET (NSDQ: CNET) Networks has done its first online divestment for a while: it has sold its once-high-flying online photo sharing site Webshots, to American Greetings (NYSE: AM) for $45…

ProfileBuilder Acquires Social Networking Photo Site ZingFu.com - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 19 Sep 2007 09:36 AM PST

Online identity management service ProfileBuilder has announced the acquisition of ZingFu.com, a site for manipulating photographs (see site for examples) for use on social networking sites. For its part, ProfileBuilder…

Interview: Jamie Kantrowitz, SVP Marketing & Content, Europe, MySpace: ‘Facebook Won’t Kill Us’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 10 Sep 2007 10:05 PM PST

From our new paidContent:UK site: For months, News Corp.’s (NYSE: NWS) social networking jewel MySpace has played down the phenomenal growth of rival Facebook. The former university network this summer…

College Student Social Net RIPL Secures $4.25 Million Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 28 Aug 2007 03:41 PM PST

RIPL, a social net aimed at college-age demos, has raised $4.25 million in a second rounding funding from individual angel backers, PEHub reports, citing a regulatory filing. The Seattle-based community…

Photo Sharing Site Fotolog Acquired By French Company Hi Media For $90 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 27 Aug 2007 09:03 AM PST

After rumored reports last week on NYC-based online photo sharing site Fotolog being acquired, the company has officially announced it: it has been bought by Hi Media (Paris:FR0000075988), a Paris-based…

Zivity, Adult Social Net Where Members Get Paid, Raises $1 Million First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 20 Aug 2007 11:42 AM PST

Zivity, a social network that aims to occupy the intersection of Playboy, MySpace and American Idol, has raised a $1 million first round financing from private investors. The San Francisco-based…

Scripps Buys Photo/Video Sharing Service Pickle For $4.7 Million; Keyword Competition Hurting - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 08 Aug 2007 12:20 PM PST

Scripps Networks (NYSE: SSP) is serious about its online buys...last month it announced buying of Recipezaar for around $25 million. Now it announced that it is buying audio and video…

Broadband Content Bits: Discovery; ESPN360-FIFA; I-Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 02 Aug 2007 12:32 PM PST

Discovery Streaming: Starting Friday, Discovery is moving ahead with a mixed approach to broadband streaming will stream some ad-supported, full-length episodes of series and specials as sneak peeks and next…