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CLIQNOW! Sales Group, a unit of 24/7 Media Inc.in New York City said it will negotiate all banner ad and sponsorship opportunities for the debut of OneTax.com, a new online tax preparation and filing service. OneTax.com was developed by Thomson Financial Services’ Consumer Products Group and Computer Language Research (CLR). It enables consumers to e-file […]

Beth Cox Online advertising rep firm BURST! launched a new program to bring ad-sponsored branded content and additional revenue streams to its 2000-plus member’s Web sites. By placing the content of the Los Angeles Times Book Review and GOMEZWIRE’s “Reluctant Investor” on their sites, selected BURST! members are benefiting from additional sponsorship dollars, while complementing […]

Miller Brewing Co. launched a virtual “Miller Time” on Tuesday evening using thousands of Web advertising banners to carve out a five-hour block of cyberspace. The promotion was designed to attract visitors to Miller’s newly revamped Web site and drive awareness of its new Super Bowl retail promotion, according to Scott Bussen, spokesman for the […]

Seattle-based Go2Net Inc., a network of technology and community Web sites, selected Seattle-based Hadley Green Advertising for a series of national advertising campaigns to build industry and consumer awareness of the network. Go2Net plans to unveil its new destination page and related offerings in November. The campaign marks the first concerted off-line advertising push by […]

Beth Cox Want to know what designer, developer or interactive agency created a particular Web site? A newly launched, free directory called WhoBuiltIt can tell you. WhoBuiltIt, with an initial base of 4,500 URLs, is part of Constructors.com (launching simultaneously), a business-to-business market-maker or “cybermediary” service that connects customers with developers to build or upgrade […]

The Japanese automobile market seems set for some turbulence, now that U.S. online auto-sales operation Autobytel.com is seeking a partner for business in Japan. Founded in 1995, Autobytel.com has contracts with 2,800 U.S. auto dealers and sold 250,000 new cars in 1997. Pete Ellis, the company’s founder and primary shareholder, is confident that the company […]

American Digital Telecommunications, Inc. (ADT) Friday debuted InterTALK, a free service that transmits voice messages over the Internet. Aimed at telecommuters, mobile workers and others who may not be able to type e-mail messages, InterTALK will also feature international calling capabilities. Initially the product will be released to Internet service providers and beta testers, with […]

Online grocer NetGrocer is apparently cutting more than coupons, with Thursday’s announcement that it has fired its chief executive officer and president and will reportedly cut up to 80 percent of its staff. Those developments come after Wednesday’s cancellation of a $38 million initial public offering. The New York company released a statement Thursday saying […]

Australian retail empire Coles Myer has enlisted Microsoft Corp., telecommunications giant Telstra and Internet development company Zivo to design and build its online e-commerce business. The consortium said the site will deliver a total package, including customer research, software development, branding, marketing, payment systems and systems maintenance. “We were looking for the most appropriate way […]

The Internet Advertising Bureau said its figures show that second quarter spending on Internet ads rose 97% to $423 million compared to $214.4 million in the same period a year ago. Figures from the IAB’s “Advertising Revenue Reporting Program” showed that Internet ad spending was up for the ninth consecutive quarter. According to the report, […]

9th Square, a provider of e-commerce Web banner solutions, delivered its E*Banner suite of products, offering banners that are designed to expand when users click on them. The company said E*Banners work at the same speed as traditional banner advertisements and expand when users click on them, transforming them into mini-sites that eliminate the loading […]

Narrative Communications Corp. said it will integrate IBM HotMedia Java-based authoring tools with its Enliven 3.0 Web advertising campaign measurement, reporting, and transactional capabilities. The combination of Enliven and IBM HotMedia was made to allow advertisers to take consumers on vehicle test drives, new product demos, and home tours, offer additional information and commerce capabilities […]