Social Media

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…

Microsoft Tries For Residual Buzz With Online Video Contest - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 08 May 2008 09:21 AM PST

With Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) getting its most positive presentation from the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) ads starring comedian John Hodgman as the hapless “PC,” the company is going the user-gen route…

SlideShare Gets $3 Million For Presentation Docs Hosting - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 08 May 2008 06:20 AM PST

Powerpoint presentation sharer SlideShare has raised a $3 million first-round investment. David Siminoff, a partner with lead investor Venrock, is joining a board that includes Guy Kawasaki, Marc Cuban, Ross…

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Updated: Chernin On FIM: ‘Yes, We Will Fall Short’ On $1B Revenue; ‘Too Soon To Milk For Margins’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 07 May 2008 01:59 PM PST

First chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch got defensive about Dow Jones (NYSE: NWS), then News Corp COO Peter Chernin hit the stories about Fox Interactive Media not making its $1…

Fora.TV Gets $4 Million First Round For Intelligent Video Programming - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 01:42 PM PST

Fora.TV, a distributor of online video for a discerning audience, has raised a $4 million first round from Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE), William Randolph Hearst III (affiliated with Kleiner Perkins) and…

NBC Pulls The Curtain Up On Virtual Women’s Network; Plans Hyper-local Content Center In NYC - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 07 May 2008 11:33 AM PST

NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) has finally launched Women@NBCU, its long-anticipated virtual female-targeted content and ad network. Also as expected (by us, at least), Lauren Zalaznick has been promoted to president,…

Goodrec Gets $900k For Social Reviews - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 04:02 PM PST

Goodrec, a recommendation sharing service, has raised $900,000 of a planned $1.05 million first round, reports peHUB. Investors include SoftTech VC and Chance Technologies Seed. Other than the basic idea…

Earnings: United Online Q1 Revs Slip 6 Percent; Classmates Revs Up 22 Percent - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 01:22 PM PST

United Online (NSDQ: UNTD), the owner of a dial-up business, Classmates.com and eventually flower company FTD, announced Q1 revenue of $121.8 million, a 6 percent slide from $129.9 million in…

Social Bookmarker Mister Wong Acquires Lifestream.fm - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 05 May 2008 11:00 AM PST

Mister Wong, a social bookmarking start-up based in Germany, has acquired Lifestream.fm, a service that lets users aggregate their web activity from various social networking services. The news was confirmed…

CraveOnline Buys Two Hockey Fan Sites; Keeps Craving For More - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 05 May 2008 12:01 AM PST

Male-focused online entertainment network CraveOnline and its parent AtomicOnline have been on an acquisition tear lately. The company tells paidContent that it has completed its fifth and sixth site purchases…

Hoping For Ungodly Returns: Christian Video Sharing Site GodTube Gets $30 Million Funding - 10 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 04 May 2008 08:28 PM PST

GodTube, one of the fast growing Christian online video sharing and social networking sites, has received a big $30 million funding round from hedge fund GLG Partners, paidContent.org has learned.…

Social Shopper Wishpot Raises $1 Million First Round - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 01 May 2008 11:41 AM PST

Wishpot, a social shopping start-up, has raised a $1 million first round from Monster Venture Partners, along with Italian internet firm H-Farm and angel backer Adrian Hanauer, who had previously…

Time Warner and Others Invest $25 Million in Meebo; Korea, Japan Expansion Plans - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Apr 2008 09:00 PM PST

As we reported first earlier today, social IM firm Meebo has closed its third round of funding, and it came in at a big amount: $25 million. The lead investor…

Social IM Firm Meebo Closes Funding; Announcement Tomorrow - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Apr 2008 01:22 PM PST

Mountain View, CA-based Meebo, the popular web-based IM service, has closed its big round of funding, we have learned, and the announcement is coming as soon as tonight or tomorrow.…

@ EconSM: Deals And Dealmakers: The Outlook For 2008 - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 05:17 PM PST

The final panel at EconSM was the deals panel, which ContentNext Editor and Publisher Rafat Ali described as the “flagship” panel. Economy and outlook for 2008: Geoff Yang, Redpoint…

@ EconSM: Advertisers’ Love/Hate Relationship With Social Media - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 03:45 PM PST

Advertisers and media companies have a strange disconnect when it comes to social media. On one hand, they’re heartily embrace the ability to directly engage with consumers. And on the…

@ EconSM: Traditional Media Companies Fight The ‘Lumbering Giant’ Tag - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 02:00 PM PST

Lumbering giants of the past or the prime innovators of the moment? That was the question moderator and EconSM conference editorial director Elizabeth Osder put to a panel of old…

@ EconSM: Q&A: Jeff Weiner, EVP Network Division, Yahoo; Lighting Up Yahoo’s Social Connections - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 01:56 PM PST

Last week at the Web 2.0 Expo, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) took the wraps off its new social initiative dubbed Yahoo! Open Strategy—but it’s not a social network! “The world doesn’t…

@ EconSM: Video Interview: Loic Le Meur, CEO, Seesmic: US Beats EU For Innovation - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 29 Apr 2008 01:33 PM PST

At our EconSM social media conference in Los Angeles, I caught up with Loic Le Meur, CEO, founder of webcam video commenting startup Seesmic, between sessions to ask him about…

Music Community Site Mog Gets $2.8 Strategic Investment From UMG, Sony BMG, And Angels - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 12:00 PM PST

Mog, the Berkeley, CA-based music community site, has taken a $2.8 million strategic investment from Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, as well as various angels. The site, which competes with…

Social Gamer Akoha Raises C$1.9 Million From Angels - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 11:16 AM PST

Akoha, a developer of online and offline social games has raised C$1.9 (US$1.86) million from a long list of Canadian angel investors. The full list of investors, which includes the…

Broadband Content Bits: Nat Geo; Comcast, Verizon; MySpace-Entertainment Studios; MSN-Mediaset - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Tue 29 Apr 2008 11:03 AM PST

-- National Geographic Channel to unveil redesigned site: National Geographic Channel will officially launch its revamped web site today, featuring over 800 hours of video, 2,000 photos from its shows…

@ 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…

Serious Business Raises $4 Million For Facebook Apps - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 09:47 AM PST

Serious Business, the developer of the “Sell Your Friends” app on Facebook, has raised a $4 million first round from Lightspeed Ventures. The popular app claims over 600,000 daily active…

Document Sharer DocStoc Raises $3.25 Million Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 09:01 AM PST

DocStoc, a service for sharing and embedding professional documents, has raised a $3.25 million second round from Rustic Canyon Partners. The Beverly Hills-based company previously raised $750,000, bringing its total…