Gerard Knapp

DataMark Holding Inc. of Salt Lake City reported it acquired Books Now Inc., one of the larger booksellers on the Internet, for an undisclosed amount of common stock. Books Now will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of DataMark and Books Now founder and Chief Executive Officer David Chazin agreed to stay on as president. […]

A day after closing co-marketing deals with go2net and AudioNet, Boca Raton, FL-based Audio Book Club entered into a strategic alliance with CitySearch.com to become the exclusive retailer of audio books there. The one-year deal with a one-year renewal option includes the exclusive sponsorship of the Book Area within the Arts & Entertainment area of […]

Network Solutions Inc. and Dun & Bradstreet announced an agreement that will make it possible for businesses to register an Internet domain name and apply for a D&B D-U-N-S Number from either company’s Web site. A D&B D-U-N-S Number is a distinctive nine-digit identification sequence that D&B assigns to the more than 47 million businesses […]

Excite, Inc. announced today it will acquire online advertising services firm MatchLogic, Inc. for 3.2 million shares of Excite stock valued at $89 million. Excite said the stock swap deal is aimed at diversifying its advertising revenue streams by adding advanced advertising campaign management services to its offerings. The Internet media company expects the acquisition […]

Domain name registration leader Network Solutions, Inc. officially unveiled RegistrationPlus today, a service designed to enable small businesses and individuals to register or reserve a domain name in real-time. The first offering of Network Solutions’ WorldNIC Services, RegistrationPlus’ five-step registration process aims to remove the technical barriers involved in securing a domain name. Network Solutions […]

Reebok, a relative veteran of Web marketing, has found that while the company sees great potential online, the Web has a long way to go before it can attract a younger demographic the way television can. Reebok launched its Web site in September 1994 in order to educate consumers about its products. The site is […]

The Internet showed notable increases in overall performance for 1997, according to Internet research firm Keynote Systems. Collected throughout the year, Keynote took over 5.2 million measurements of the time it takes to download and access Web pages from 40 popular business Web sites during business hours. The researcher reports that the overall performance average […]

Most businesses feel that going online has failed to contribute to the bottom line, according to the results of a Deloitte Consulting survey of nearly 500 North American Chief Information Officers (CIOs). “Internet reality hit in 1996,” says Don Thompson, a Partner at Deloitte Consulting and Canadian leader of the firm’s Electronic Commerce/Internet practice. “Businesses […]

BarnesandNoble.com named Jill Yablon, formerly Jill Siegel, as vice president of marketing for the book sales site. Yablon will be responsible for the direction of BarnesandNoble.com’s strategic marketing efforts and the presence of the Barnes & Noble brand in online environments. Prior to joining BarnesandNoble.com, Yablon was vice president of content and new business development […]

America Online launched the latest salvo in its anti-spam war this week with a new lawsuit that targets three junk e-mail firms. Filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the suit seeks an injunction aimed at preventing the companies from sending large amounts of unsolicited e-mail to AOL members. In a […]

Productive Resource Inc. in Indianapolis is rolling out a new sales and marketing Web page, specifically designed to increase business by utilizing shared sales leads. The site, entitled Lead Zone, is focused on capturing the synergy of sales people and business owners who want to increase sales by working leads provided by Lead Zone members. […]

A group calling itself the National Organization of Internet Commerce is threatening to release the e-mail addresses of 5 million America Online members next week if AOL continues to ban advertising to subscribers. The Chino, CA-based group, which claims to represent a variety of Internet businesses, apparently mostly mass marketers, plans to post the addresses […]