InternetNews Staff

Interactive agency Proteus Inc. in Washington, DC, said that it has developed its 500th banner advertising campaign for the year. “For Proteus, building banner advertisements and Web sites begins and ends with a commitment to helping our clients meet their online goals,” said Patrick McQuown, Proteus’ president. “Our 500th campaign is evidence of our continuous […]

Millionaire.com in Hilton Head, SC said it has signed a three-year, $8 million advertising agreement with SGD International Corp. Under the agreement SGD International bought space from Millionaire magazine and the Millionaire.com Web site, which will be subsequently utilized by SGD’s U.S. and international clients. “I feel ‘Millionaire’ will create significant business for our client […]

Kraft Foods, the nation’s largest packaged food company, signed a deal with cable Internet access company @Home Network to bring Kraft holiday food ideas to life through broadband advertising. The content of the broadband campaign parallels that of the current “Holiday Flavors of Kraft” television and print campaigns. Spending was not disclosed. “This program with […]

Incentive marketer Cybergold Inc. in Berkeley, CA signed its millionth member, giving the company what it called “one of the largest membership bases in the online incentives space.” “Reaching this milestone proves the power and broad appeal of cash,” said Nat Goldhaber, Cybergold CEO. “As the payback on banner advertising continues to plummet, our cash-based […]

Micron Electronics Inc., the No. 3 direct seller of personal computers, hired “Star Trek Voyager’s” Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine) to appear in a $1 million commercial. In the series, Ryan plays a woman struggling to become human again after being assimilated by the “Borg,” an evil collective. Voyager is one of the most popular […]

Quote.com in Mountain View, CA, a provider of financial information and services, signed with DoubleClick Inc. to implement that company’s DART application as Quote.com’s primary ad serving technology. DART (Dynamic Advertising Reporting and Targeting) matches advertiser-selected target profiles with individual user profiles to deliver appropriate, targeted ads. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. The partnership has […]

Westport, CT-based internet.com LLC acquired two additional Web sites, 15seconds.com and AdResource.com, making them part of its internet.com network of Web sites. Financial terms were not disclosed. AdResource.com features Web marketing and promotion resources for site owners, advertisers and marketers. 15seconds.com is an independent provider of information to Active Server Pages (ASP) developers, providing tutorials […]

Furniture retailer IKEA plans to use an intranet-based, interactive program from Sweden’s M2S Sverige AB to train its employees. Based in

PSINet Inc. Tuesday reached an agreement with Metromedia Fiber Network, Inc. to purchase dark fiber in California for additional bandwidth and also acquired three Hong Kong Internet companies. Today’s fiber announcement marks PSINet’s sixth acquisition of fiber optic capacity. The dark fiber optic strands are to extend around the San Francisco Bay region and south […]

IDT subsidiary Net2Phone will slash rates on its PC-to-phone service, the company announced Tuesday. As of Jan. 1, 1999, new U.S. customers will be charged 4.9 cents per minute on domestic calls made from PCs to any telephone in the United States. The new rates are up to 75 percent lower than the 10-15 cents […]

ISP Channel, a division of SoftNet Systems Inc., announced Monday it entered into an agreement with Teleponce’s TPC Connect to provide high-speed cable Internet access to Teleponce’s customers in Ponce, Puerto Rico. The deal represents the first high-speed cable Internet access to Puerto Rico, the companies said. The ISP Channel offers an end-to-end high speed […]

Internet business services firmVerio Inc. this week opened a new data center in the Washington, D.C. area in an attempt to extend its services to customers. Located in Vienna, Va., the center will be used to offer a variety of services, primarily Web hosting. It is connected to Verio’s high-speed Internet backbone and will be […]