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The Box Music Network and America Online signed a marketing pact that offers AOL’s 14 million subscribers access to www.thebox.com, where they can preview music videos and order them for full-length play on television. The agreement was forged by The Box Music Network’s sister company, SonicNet, which signed on last week as an anchor tenant […]

i33 communications in New York City said that ad agency BBDO Interactive has entered into a private-label agreement for its online advertising ROI tracking service. The agreement between BBDO and i33 allows selected BBDO clients, including Visa U.S.A., the Navy, General Electric and M&M Mars, to use i33’s AdMaximize service to track banner ads and […]

Comedy Central’s South Park is returning as an advertiser on Seattle-based Milestone Media’s EverythingChristmas.com. Everything Christmas is a one-stop source for Christmas links, news and e- commerce, with hundreds of sites categorized and described. The site features Christmas ornaments and holiday merchandise showcasing characters from the hit animated TV show South Park. Seattle-based Milestone Media […]

Norfolk, VA-based Auto Trader Online formed a strategic relationship to provide BigYellow users access to its used car database. The agreement creates a classified area on Bell Atlantic’s BigYellow, within the BigTopics Automotive category, where visitors can search cars from among the more than 600,000 used cars and trucks currently for sale in the Auto […]

Audio Book Club Inc. in Boca Raton, FL launched a new rich media advertising campaign using Narrative’s Enliven that allows Internet viewers to order four audiobooks directly from the banner ads — for a penny. Of course, those who accept the offer agree to buy four more audiobooks in the next two years at regular […]

US Interactive and net.Genesis Corp. formed a strategic alliance to co-market and sell products and services to Web-focused organizations with online sales and marketing initiatives. Under the agreement, US Interactive becomes a net.Genesis-certified Design for Analysis (DFA) consultant to implement the structured methodology. Further, the companies will co-develop net.Audit, an analysis solution designed to provide […]

Internet and intranet security specialist NetVision said Thursday it plans to integrate biometric voice verification from Belgium’s Keyware Technologies in forthcoming versions of its MultiSecure network security product. MultiSecure is a security frame for Web sites that integrates firewalls and a variety of security and authentication systems. NetVision said the inclusion of biometric verification will […]

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Thursday named a number of new members to its membership advisory committee. ICANN is the non-profit group begun by the late Jon Postel and the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority. It is scheduled to take over the domain naming system from Network Solutions, which currently operates it […]

Netscape Communications Corp. Thursday said Network Solutions Inc. will be the sole provider of Web address registration services on its Netcenter portal and throughout the site’s international and national channels. Terms of the agreement also call for Network Solutions to market additional products and services on Netscape, such as the dot com mail service, a […]

Online video retailer DVD EXPRESS has signed a two-year, $5.3 million partnership with Infoseek, and has entered into an agreement with the

BuyItOnline, a soon to-be-launched virtual shopping center and Super Coups, a subsidiary of ADVO, announced a joint sales and marketing strategy to enable local businesses to establish and market an online presence. Through the partnership, Super Coups’ national network of 310 franchise units in nearly 30 states will begin offering an Internet solution for small, […]

CustomDisc.com is joining the MSN Shopping channel as a merchant in the “Music and Videos” category. Consumers who visit the MSN shopping site will have one-click access to the CustomDisc Web site, where they can purchase pre-made custom compilations or choose individual tracks to create their own personalized CustomDiscs. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. The […]