Elizabeth Clampet

Mail-order music and video retailer The Columbia House Co. Monday announced a restructuring of its organization, in conjunction with its pending merger with CDNOW Inc. The reorganization is designed to create a more streamlined company with an emphasis on e-commerce. When the merger is completed, there will be three divisions of the new company — […]

The Department of Justice Friday began an investigation of eBay Inc. to determine if the online auctioneer is breaking federal antitrust laws. According to the Wall Street Journal, the investigation revolves around eBay’s (EBAY) decision to block certain shopping bots and crawlers from accessing eBay information. The company has prevented comparison shopping sites AuctionWatch.com, Inc. […]

Application service provider Interliant, Inc. Thursday received a $10 million investment from Network Solutions, Inc. and also entered a multi-year cross-promotion alliance with the domain name registrar. The funds add to a $17.5 million investment from Dell Computer Corp. (DELL) and BMC Software Inc. (BMCS) announced earlier this week. The alliance between Interliant (INIT) and […]

Petopia.com was handed a bone Wednesday as tech financier Greyrock Capital injected the company with $10 million in funding. Petopia.com said the additional capital will be used to continue to build its business and expand its infrastructure, as well as to support marketing efforts and hiring of industry talent. “This additional funding from Greyrock Capital […]

Thanks to its acquisition of a small venue ticketing agency Wednesday, Ticketmaster Online CitySearch Inc. announced plans to integrate Ticketmaster’s services to more venues listed in CitySearch’s city guides. The company released a suite of new online products focused on local and community-level tickets for a wide variety of music, sports and cultural events at […]

While critics dissect the reasons why the pending America Online Inc./Time Warner Inc. merger should not go through, AOL subscribers are eager to see improvements to connectivity and content, according to a new study. The study, released this week by Greenfield Online and The Myers Group, found that AOL subscribers overall hope that the merger […]

After investigating Network Solutions, Inc. for possible antitrust violations, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division Tuesday formally closed its inquiry of the domain name registrar. The DOJ began its investigation in June 1997, looking into the management of the Internet’s primary domain name system, and specifically relating to Network Solution’s (NSOL) Internet registration business. […]

Kmart Corp. Tuesday added its own stock to its merchandise list by offering it through its newly-launched e-commerce site, BlueLight.com. Kmart (KM) partnered with StockPower Inc. to offer shares of Kmart common stock to customers of the site through a program called Kmart Stock Direct. The program is administered by EquiServe L.P., the transfer agent […]

The online travel space became a little smaller as Expedia Inc. purchased competitors Travelscape.com Inc. and VacationSpot.com Inc. for approximately $177 million in stock. The deal was announced late Monday after U.S. markets had closed. Expedia (EXPE), a division of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), will issue approximately 2.6 million shares and options, valued at approximately $82 […]

Sony Music Entertainment was slapped with a lawsuit Monday by a group of merchants alleging that the company unfairly forces retailers to direct customers to Sony’s online properties. The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) filed suit in district court in Washington D.C., charging Sony (SNE) with unfair competition. The suit claims that Sony illegally […]

E-mail hosting company Critical Path Inc. Monday purchased message board provider RemarQ Communities Inc. in a move to bulk up its services to its corporate customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. With the acquisition, Critical Path (CPTH) will add RemarQ’s estimated 850 Internet service providers and corporations to its client list, including high-profile […]

With the most recent count of Web sites reported to be a whopping 9 million and growing, the demand for domain names is exploding as well. To supply more choices to those looking to label their Web sites, a number of domain name registrars have enabled users to register names as long as 67 characters. […]