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Narrowline said it signed an agreement with Cybereps, a full-service advertising sales and marketing agency, to conduct intensive, site-specific research across individual Web properties in the Cybereps portfolio. The research will begin with Free Real Time, the ClickZ Network and the Internet Movie Database. Financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed. Narrowline said it […]

Biztravel.com, an Internet company for frequent business travelers, named Sraboni “Renee” Flemish as senior vice president of sales and marketing and Jonathan Meigs as vice president of sales. “Renee Flemish is an outstanding addition to our executive team. Her new media expertise combined with an extensive background in strategic marketing and new business development will […]

Just when you think you’ve seen every possible combination to entice an advertiser, along comes somebody with an idea that leaves your head spinning–stock quotes and erotic pictures. Or, as the company ever so tastefully headlined its press release, “Stocks ‘n’ Broads.” Internet Entertainment Group (IEG) in Seattle, which describes itself as “a leading adult […]

Marchands en alimentation Agora unveiled the second-generation version of its IGA Cybermarket site. According to Agora, more than half a million dollars went into the project, significantly upgrading the bilingual commercial Web site that now boasts 14,000 members and 10,000 visits every week. The new site features clear photographs of each food product. Items can […]

High-performance network caching company CacheFlow entered a distribution partnership agreement with UK systems integrator BTN Internetworking Ltd. The partnership is intended to enable CacheFlow to increase the sale of its products in Europe and satisfy the growing demand for appliances that enhance the speed of the World Wide Web by caching Web pages. “In today’s […]

In what marks another effort to speed up the availability of Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) service in bandwidth-hungry California, Pacific Bell today announced it has begun an ADSL Partner Program for Internet service providers. ISPs participating in the program are able to act on behalf of Pacific Bell as authorized ADSL sales representatives to […]

China’s Internet market has picked up momentum in the first half of 1998 with registered Internet users reaching 1.175 million by the end of June, according to statistics released by the China National Network Information Center (CNNIC). This is almost twice the number of Internet users at the end of 1997, which stood at 620,000 […]

Internet commerce firm Open Market, Inc. introduced the Japanese version of its Transact 4 software last week at a seminar in Tokyo. Transact is designed for online transaction processing, order management, and customer service. Version 4.1 is localized for the Japanese market, the company said. All buyer and merchant screens are presented in Japanese, the […]

Yahoo! and Amazon.com today said they are expanding their electronic commerce alliance to further their worldwide merchant program. Under terms of the agreement, Amazon.com becomes the premier book merchant on several international Yahoo! sites, including Yahoo! in Asia, UK & Ireland, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Australia & New Zealand, Japan and Korea. Amazon.com […]

The summer doldrums didn’t appear to affect Netscape Communications Corp. this year as it announced today that its Netcenter registration surpassed seven million members. In the last month alone, the company reported more than 750,000 new members, representing a 93% increase in registration since the new site launched this past July. Netscape also reported a […]

China has launched two new Web sites to boost exports over the Internet: the Online Technology Export Fair of China and the China Market export site. “This is a new opportunity for China’s research institutes to sell technology they have developed on the international market,” Shi Guangsheng, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Trade […]

U S WEST Dex, a provider of Internet yellow pages services in a 14-state region, said it is partnering with DoubleClick Inc. to provide greater targeting capability for its small and medium-sized business customers. U S WEST Dex said it has relationships with more than 500,000 advertisers. It will be the first sales partner for […]