Hans Lombardo

Biztravel.com, a site for frequent business travelers, named Robert Cullen as director of advertising sales. “He brings a wealth of online advertising and sales experience to Biztravel.com, as well as proven leadership capabilities, which are essential as we expand and grow our business,” said John I. Williams Jr., president of New York-based Biztravel.com. Cullen will […]

ValueClick said that its cost-per-click network of Web publishers has grown to 10,000 Web sites. The company said it is serving seven million banners per day and has a growth rate, both in terms of network expansion and revenue growth, which has averaged 30 percent per month. “The growth of the ValueClick network is tied […]

SF Interactive named Rob Middleton to principal, director of media services. Middleton will be responsible for strategic media planning, buying, tracking and evaluating online advertising for the agency’s clients. He joins SF Interactive from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, the San Francisco advertising agency where he served as Internet manager, senior media manager and media research […]

EarthWeb said it has secured 45 new advertisers since Sept. 1, including Fujitsu, Sybase, Philips Electronics, Symantec, Lucent Technologies, Progress Software, Dow Jones Sharp Electronics and 3Com’s Palm Computing. All the accounts had not previously advertised on EarthWeb’s online services, and they bring its advertiser roster to 139 for the year to date. “EarthWeb’s online […]

Marketing Services Group Inc. in New York City said that its subsidiary, Pegasus Internet Inc., is completing development of the Pegasus Ad Network. Scheduled to launch early next quarter, the network will offer advertisers a means of leveraging the high-level demographics of Pegasus’ clientele through a single ad buy. The network is expected initially to […]

NetRatings released its top 10 ad banners viewed for the week of Nov. 22-28. The results were: CatalogLink: CatalogLink transforms your den into holiday shopping headquarters. CatalogLink: Holiday Alert: hundreds of FREE catalogs! CBS.com: win a trip to Dave’s New York! Get tickets to the late show, enter now to win! Bonzi Software: Speed Boost […]

San Francisco-based AllApartments.com signed an exclusive partnership deal with CORT Business Services Corp. to use its 500 person salesforce to market AllApartments to apartment property managers nationwide. CORT will also be featured as the exclusive furniture rental provider on the AllApartments’ site. In addition, CORT has made an unspecified investment in AllApartments and Steve Jobes, […]

National online apartment guide Apartments.com and Snap, the Internet portal from NBC and CNET, said that Apartments.com will become the exclusive apartment provider in the Classifieds sections of all Snap Local Centers. Additionally, Apartments.com will receive weekly ‘Web Spotlight’ promotions on CNET Television’s nationally syndicated TV program, “Snap Presents TV.com.” Now in its third season […]

Time Inc. New Media selected THINK New Ideas Inc. as its interactive agency of record to develop the value of its digital brands, including Time.com, Fortune.com, Money.com and People Online. THINK will also be working with Time Inc. New Media to extend and integrate its e-commerce and other online initiatives. THINK has already begun to […]

To better reflect its business emphasis on Thing-based technologies, tools and services and its Web site, Parable in Newton, MA officially adopted the name ThingWorld.com. The company said the new name will align its official name with its increasingly popular domain address. Things are dynamic multimedia experiences that can be used for branding and use […]

PC Quote Inc., a provider of real-time and delayed stock and market quotes, has selected DoubleClick’s DART technology as its new ad serving solution. DART (Dynamic Advertising Reporting and Targeting) will provide PC Quote with increased efficiency in ad inventory management and the ability to target advertisements to a monthly flow of over 987,000 visitors, […]

Rare Medium in New York signed letters of intent to acquire Big Hand Inc. and FS3 Interactive, both based in Dallas. In addition, Big Hand’s subsidiary, CircumStance Design, will be acquired, giving Rare Medium an entry point into the San Francisco area. Financial details were not disclosed. Big Hand and FS3 both provide Internet-based business […]