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David Centner, the former chairman, CEO and co-founder of K2 Design Inc. recently entered the kids clothing business, accepting a position as the CEO and president of the new Internet venture FrenchToast.com. “Basically, I’d been at K2 for four and a half years, and the company reached a level of stability,” Centner told the Silicon […]

SharpVision said it will back its new Digital Television (DTV) product line and its dealers with a million-dollar integrated marketing plan this fall. The marketing strategy will be supported with a national advertising campaign, handled by Griffin Bacal. Shandwick International, Sharp’s public relations agency of record, will also play a role in the communications mix. […]

Qwest Communications International Inc. announced a series of strategic initiatives today in conjunction with the acquisition of tier-one Internet solutions provider Icon CMT Corp. Icon will be acquired by Qwest in an all-stock deal valued at roughly $185 million. Qwest said the purchase will serve to help the firm further penetrate the business Web hosting […]

America Online, Inc. and Sony Electronics Inc. said today AOL will be featured on the desktops of all Sony PCs in the U.S. and Canada under an extension of the companies’ marketing agreement. Financial terms were not disclosed. Sony VAIO MicroTowers and Notebooks in the U.S. and Canada will display the AOL icon on the […]

Mecklermedia Corp. today announced it will add two new Web development resources to its growing Internet.com network of Web sites targeted at Internet professionals. Mecklermedia, publisher of InternetNews.com, announced the acquisition of Intranet Design Magazine and Scriptsearch. Financial terms were not disclosed. The purchases mark the company’s nineteenth and twentieth Web site acquisitions since 1995. […]

MSFDC, the joint venture between Microsoft Corp. and First Data Corp., today announced that Citibank will join the venture with an equity investment. The combined entity, which serves as a payment and billing service, also changed its name to TransPoint, “to better reflect the service it provides for consumers, billers and financial institutions,” the company […]

As expected, E*TRADE Group Inc. announced a $100 million integrated ad campaign to launch its new destination Web site–‘the new E*TRADE.’ The aim is to distinguish E*TRADE as the brand of choice for individual investors in an increasingly populated industry. “This is our most ambitious marketing campaign ever and comes at a time when our […]

Greenfield Online Inc. launched MindStorm, an online brainstorming service designed to allow marketers, advertisers and product developers to conduct real-time idea generation sessions with target audiences via the Internet. MindStorm can be used to create new product slogans, concepts and strategies, the company said, adding that it can spark ideas for advertising headlines, taglines, catch […]

Infoseek said its $26 million deal with Microsoft Corp.’s WebTV Networks Inc. will allow it to assume management of advertising sales for online search and content advertising, including banner inventory. Infoseek said it will be the exclusive provider of search and directory services on WebTV. The two-year agreement enhances Infoseek’s exposure to home Internet users, […]

Enhanced Services Company Inc. said that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Zulu-tek Inc., in a transaction valued at approximately $30 million in convertible and redeemable preferred shares of Enhanced. The convertible preferred shares of Enhanced Services issued to Zulu-tek will be converted to common shares and distributed to Zulu’s shareholders promptly […]

U S WEST Dex’s Internet Yellow Pages said it was named the Internet yellow pages for the online versions of three market-leading newspapers. The alliances are with the Albuquerque Journal, The Arizona Republic, and The Denver Post, and are aimed at creating a revenue opportunity for the newspapers, bolstering their competitive edge with city guides, […]

HotelView Corp., a subsidiary of Visual Data Corp., and Pegasus Systems Inc. agreed to incorporate HotelView video hotel ads into Pegasus’s TravelWeb, an Internet reservation service. TravelWeb users will now have the option to see full-motion videos with narrated descriptions of select hotels, the firms said. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. HotelView Corp. produces and […]