Beth Cox

MSN sales and marketing, Microsoft Corp.’s online advertising sales and support group for the MSN network, launched a new initiative to strengthen customer service for Web advertisers. Customer care is a component of a larger MSN sales and marketing effort to provide quality service to online advertisers. Last week, Microsoft said it plans to quadruple […]

Fujitsu’s WorldsAway Products and Services Group, a developer of virtual communities on the Internet, said that 10 major FM radio stations have joined its virtual community, NewRadioWorld. As the first virtual world developed specifically for radio broadcasting, NewRadioWorld is helping radio stations to leverage the Internet to reach out to audiences, promote interactivity between stations […]

Santa Clara, CA-based USWeb/CKS has signed a lease to occupy a four-story building near San Francisco’s Multimedia Gulch. The company currently employs more than 300 people in three downtown San Francisco offices and plans to combine these offices into a single building at 410 Townsend St., between Fifth and Sixth Streets. In addition to consolidating […]

Emeryville, CA-based Novadigm Inc. is bringing Internet advertising to the ATM and already has signed Wells Fargo Bank, People’s Bank in Connecticut and Electronic Payment Services Inc. “The new wave of networked ATMs supported by Novadigm’s automated software management technology is effectively multiplying the salesforces of banks and other businesses, as well as extending their […]

Classified Ventures’ automobile shopping site Cars.com has added InsWeb to the advice section of its automotive Web site to allow car shoppers to obtain free auto insurance quotes. Consumers visiting cars.com can use InsWeb, the Internet’s leading insurance marketplace, to compare auto quotes from various carriers, including State Farm, Nationwide, Liberty Mutual, RelianceDirect and AIG. […]

Reston, VA-based CyberCash Inc. said it has been selected by Internet service provider EarthLink to provide payments services for its new electronic commerce offering, TotalCommerce. TotalCommerce is a Web-based store package providing everything a merchant needs to begin managing and profiting from e-commerce on the Internet. The solution is offered in six packages that are […]

24/7 Media Inc. and NBC-Interactive Neighborhood Wednesday signed a three-year agreement to create a nationwide advertising sales force focused exclusively on the convergence of television and the Internet at the local level. The companies said the venture will combine NBC’s on-air promotion strength with 24/7 Media’s expertise in online advertising sales to build fully integrated […]

Santa Clara, CA-based Yahoo! Inc. launched Yahoo! Coupons after teaming with Val-Pak, a provider of local merchant money-saving coupons and a subsidiary of COX Target Media Inc. Coupons will be offered for services ranging from dry cleaning and haircuts to oil changes and Internet access, Yahoo! said. Promotional savings will feature several leading national brands, […]

Herndon, VA-based independent ISP PSINet Inc. beefed up its electronic commerce hosting services, adding the Intershop3 e-commerce hosting platform from San Francisco-based Intershop Communications Inc. PSINet’s integrated services combine Web hosting, transaction payment systems and merchant storefront capabilities. Businesses that do not require the complete solution, may purchase each component part individually. “As electronic commerce […]

PC Quote Inc. signed to become a member of the DoubleClick Network and will grant DoubleClick non-exclusive rights to market a percentage of the growing advertising impression inventory on PCQuote.com. “The alliance is mutually beneficial.” commented Jim R. Porter, PC Quote chairman and CEO. “The www.pcquote.com audience is extremely appealing to many advertisers and an […]

Spending on Internet advertising in Japan last year rose 88 percent from the previous year to about 11.39 billion yen (about $96 million), according to Dentsu Inc. Advertising through the Internet accounted for only 0.2% of all advertising expenditures in Japan, but the increase in Internet advertising is conspicuous because total advertising expenditures in 1998 […]

San Francisco-based Andromedia Inc., a supplier of Web marketing software, said it has secured $15 million in strategic equity financing. The new round of financing was led by XL Ventures LLC, a subsidiary of Big Flower Holdings Inc. Big Flower, with revenues of $1.8 billion, is an advertising and marketing services company based in New […]