Social Media

Social Gaming Network Raises $15 Million; More Money For Social Net Apps - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 13 May 2008 06:11 AM PST

Another big round in the social apps space, as Social Gaming Network has raised a $15 million first round from Greylock Partners, the Founders Fund, Columbia Partners, and Novak Biddle…

Broadband Content Bits: Microsoft; Oprah-XM; Complex Media; Few Get Their TV Online: Poll - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 12 May 2008 09:04 PM PST

-- Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) launches video on Messenger Users will now be able to watch video clips with their network of friends while chatting via Windows Live Messenger, reports Reuters.…

After MySpace And Facebook, Google Completes Open Trifecta - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 12 May 2008 11:46 AM PST

If you must have your news accompanied by a gripping narrative, then you could say that on back-to-back-to-back business days, MySpace, Facebook and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) all announced new social…

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Social Networks And Profitability: Facebook, MySpace Look Beyond Ads - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 12 May 2008 11:40 AM PST

Much has been made about Facebook’s $15 billion valuation, but when will it start making some actual profits? Mike Murphy, the social net’s VP of media sales, tells USAT that’s…

Harvard-Oriented Mag 02138 Sold To Manhattan Media; Plans More Ivy-Focused Titles And Social Nets - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 12 May 2008 06:48 AM PST

02138, the Harvard-oriented lifestyle magazine launched by Atlantic Media, has been sold to NY-based luxury publisher Manhattan Media for an undisclosed sum. That 02138 was on the block was known,…

Broadband Content Bits: SNL Political; Entertainment Rights; MTVN;; CSG-National Lampoon - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Sun 11 May 2008 05:41 PM PST

-- NBCU launches Saturday Night Live politics minisite: SNL still doesn’t have a real contender for Obama impressions but it does have ”SNL Politics”, newly launched with all the usual…

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…

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…