Social Media

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.…

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@ 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…

@ EconSM: Social Video Explosion: We Don’t Need Hits; Longform Can Work - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 29 Apr 2008 08:54 AM PST

Panel moderator Robert Scoble opened by asking our guests for an overview of the emerging social video space. Loic Le Meur, CEO of webcam video commenting startup Seesmic, said “about…

@ 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…

Warner Bros. TV Unveils Online Programming Slate; WB Gets Second Chance As Female-targeted Video Net - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 28 Apr 2008 11:00 AM PST

Although details slipped out about its broadband plans a few weeks ago, Warner Bros. TV Group is now prepared to say it’s resurrecting its WB Network TV brand as an…

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…

AV Launches Another Rollup Fund: $50 Million For Corp. Social Networking, With Dachis - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 28 Apr 2008 12:56 AM PST

Austin Ventures, the VC and private equity firm, has launched its eighth mini-rollup fund in the last five years, and this is an intriguing one: it is putting $50 million…

Chinese Video Site Tudou Receives Another Big Round of $57 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 28 Apr 2008 12:44 AM PST

The Chinese online video site Tudou, which has a huge repository of illegal versions of Hollywood and TV content (check Sidereel.com: half of the TV show links lead to Tudou…

Social Networking Jobs Site Jobster Raises Another $7 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 25 Apr 2008 10:41 AM PST

Jobster, the money-burning recruitment-meets-social networking service, has raised another $7 million, on top of the $48 million its previously raised, reports Seattle PI. News that the Seattle-based company was out…

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”…

Yahoo Pitches Developers On New Social Networking Initiative; Not Building A ‘Social Network’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 25 Apr 2008 05:09 AM PST

Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) is making another social networking move, but at least this time, it isn’t trying to re-create the wheel by launching a distinct social net. At the Web2.0…

Ex-Googler’s Mechanical Zoo To Launch With $750K Convertible Debt - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 24 Apr 2008 11:40 AM PST

Mechanical Zoo, a social start-up started by some ex-Googlers, has raised $750k in convertible debt, as it preps for a beta launch, reported News.com. The unidentified angels (including former colleagues)…

SaysMe.TV Raises First Round For User-Gen Political Ads; Intel, Ashton Kutcher Invest - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 24 Apr 2008 11:39 AM PST

Supporters of the various candidates for president are already producing and uploading their own ads, so why not turn that into a business. Drawing inspiration from SpotRunner, SaysMe.TV has created…