Beth Cox

New Yorkers and visitors to the city can now purchase MetroCards online thanks to a partnership between Pasadena, CA-based Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch and MTA New York City Transit (NYCT). The one-year exclusive deal allows consumers to purchase a wide range of NYCT MetroCards online at the metrocard.citysearch.com Web site. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. CitySearch will […]

IPVoice.com Inc. plans to launch a TV campaign April 27 to tout its “Voice over the Internet” service to consumers and businesses in both the United States and Canada. “The television campaign (on Bloomberg TV) is the first phase of our multi-phase advertising campaign,” said Barbara Will, president. “We know that television is the most […]

Philadelphia-based USABancShares’ new Internet banking operation, USABanc.com signed with Doubleclick Inc. to begin a national online advertising campaign. Using the new DoubleClick Select program, banner advertising for USABanc.com will focus on premium site exposure and sponsorship opportunities. Spending was not disclosed. “Engaging Doubleclick is an important step toward our goal of creating a unique identity. […]

Dallas-based Wyndham Hotels & Resorts has signed with iVillage.com as the network’s business travel channel sponsor, making it the first hotel company to partner with the Internet-based destination for women. Members of iVillage.com will now have access to a variety of travel tips collected since 1995 from Wyndham’s program for women business travelers, Women on […]

USADATA.com will unveil InterWatch Electronic 2.0 (IWE2), a Web portal offering access to an extensive online advertising database, at the Web Advertising ’99 Conference April 26-28 at the Marriot World Trade Center in New York. IWE2, a joint product of USADATA.com and InterMedia Advertising Solutions (IAS), can, the companies said, help advertisers and publishers answer […]

Cleveland, OH-based online computer products retailer CompSource Inc. said it has signed with Internet Marketing Group Inc. of Florida “for virtually all of its Internet marketing activities.” “We feel that Internet Marketing Group will increase and diversify our user base through PR and search engine optimization, in lieu of our extensive banner and magazine advertising […]

Andover, MA-based Engage Technologies said 30 new customers have signed contracts to use its Accipiter AdManager profile-driven online advertising solutions. New clients include NBC Multimedia, LookSmart, LTD, Snap, Planet Direct, Beyond.com, ImproveNet, The DEN (Digital Entertainment Network), Cybereps, Image Networks, Westwind Media.com, Findlaw and Last Minute Travel. In addition, long-time customers CNET, Imagine Media, Microsoft, […]

Kodak, Honda and Konami have signed on as primary sponsors of “Baseball’s 100 Greatest Players,” a joint production of The Sporting News and NBC. Some variation of the 100 Greatest content will appear on television, on the Web and in print, all supporting one another editorially and pointing traffic to the other two media. Kodak […]

Johnston, RI-based Micro Laboratories Inc. said its planned online nutritional supplement store, VitaminKingdom.com, has signed an exclusive sponsorship deal with the MiningCo.com. The contract provides VitaminKingdom.com an exclusive sponsorship spot at MiningCo.com’s Health and Fitness Center. Spending details were not disclosed. MiningCo.com is a network of Web sites for over 600 topics, run by expert […]

Domain name registration service register.com and search site HotBot, a Lycos-Network member, said that register.com will become the exclusive partner of HotBot’s domain name search page. On Wednesday, register.com was named as one of the five initial participants in the test phase of the new competitive shared registry system for .com, .net and .org domains. […]

Marketing automation company Annuncio Software said it is now shipping its flagship product Annuncio Live, enabling marketers to automate Internet and integrated marketing campaigns. Following an extensive limited release program, all marketers can now create and deliver targeted, closed-loop Internet marketing campaigns by using Annuncio Live to manage and automate the entire process–from planning and […]

International financial services firm Citigroup filed a lawsuit alleging that a pornographic Web site business was wrongfully using its Citibank subsidiary’s trademarked name to direct users to X-rated advertisements. The suit was filed against Seattle-based Internet Entertainment Group, which designs and sells advertising on pornographic sites, according to a Reuters report. Those sites include clubanytime.com, […]