InternetNews Staff

K2 Design Inc. said Matthew de Ganon, agency co-founder, president and vice chairman, was named chief executive and chairman. David Centner, also a co-founder and former chief executive, will voluntarily leave the agency to pursue other Internet entrepreneurial opportunities, said the agency, which has been undergoing a variety of executive changes. Last week, in a […]

oCost-per-click ad network ValueClick announced the availability of VisiTrack, a new campaign testing service using a real-time statistics module. Using VisiTrack, advertisers on the ValueClick Network can monitor the effectiveness of their banner ad campaigns. VisiTrack is a free service offered to advertisers on the ValueClick Network of more than 6,000 Web sites. “Advertisers are […]

NetRatings released its BannerTrack services, showing the top 10 ad banners for the week of August 9-15. They were: Hotmail: Bookmark to save typing CatalogLink: Attention catalog addicts: beware Hotmail: Make Hotmail your homepage Hotmail: Click Hotmail; easy return to Hotmail Catalog Link: Click here for free catalogs Yahoo: Free email @yahoo.com Hotmail: Use nicknames […]

THINK New Ideas Inc. launched a $25 million “Now You Know” worldwide advertising campaign for Oracle Corp. to support the company’s effort to overtake SAP as the leader in the enterprise applications market. As a first step in an integrated campaign, print ads broke last week in the Wall Street Journal, with integrated television, radio […]

When a giant consumer products company such as Procter & Gamble speaks, everybody in the advertising biz listens. After all, the company is expected to spend about $3 billion this year on advertising (but only $12 million online). And for the past few weeks, it seems, Procter & Gamble’s affable Denis Beausejour has been beckoning […]

The newly formed 15 member FAST Forward Steering Committee includes ANA’s Senior Vice President Robin Webster, AAAA’s Executive Vice President Mike Donahue, and ARF’s President and CEO Jim Spaeth. The group also includes publisher representatives Susan Bratton of the @Home Network, Rick Boyce of Wired Digital, Molly Ford from America Online and Richy Glassberg of […]

Independent ISP Surfree.com, today announced the launch of the Premier Affiliate Program. The program is designed so that Surfree.com acts as an outsourcer for portals who want to offer branded Internet access. Internet-based companies offer their users Surfree.com’s unlimited nationwide Internet access for $14.95 per month through branded Web pages accessed directly from Premier Affiliate […]

Infoseek Corp. and AT&T today officially launched the “Infoseek Online Powered by AT&T WorldNet Service.” The online service can be found on the co-branded Communications Center channel on Infoseek’s homepage. Infoseek Online is designed to offer customers Internet access through AT&T WorldNet Service. Features include extensive content, free chat, and instant messaging. Additionally, users can […]

In what may be seen as part of Microsoft Corp.’s portal page efforts, the company today said it renamed its Internet access service, and will offer an improved version of the service within weeks. MSN Internet Access, formerly known as MSN Premier, will provide customers with ISP services, including Outlook Express e-mail, Microsoft Chat 2.5 […]

Mecklermedia, publisher of InternetNews.com, today announced its 18th Web Site acquisition with the purchase of CyberAtlas.com CyberAtlas.com was bought from Internet Profiles Corp. (I/Pro) last week. Financial terms were not disclosed. The new site will be added to Mecklermedia’s Internet.com network of sites. CyberAtlas compiles and analyzes research about the Internet and information technologies. It […]

UPA, the company that brought telephone traffic measuring to Italian advertisers with its Auditel service, announced recently that it would launch a similar service for Internet advertisers under the title Audiweb. In collaboration with Milan’s Bocconi University, Audiweb, according to reports, will provide Web advertisers with an official method of measuring the number of visitors […]

Tekelec, the North Carolina-based supplier of network switching solutions and advanced diagnostic systems, opened its European headquarters in Staines, Middlesex. The move comes, said the vendor, in response to increased European demand for its Eagle Signaling System 7 (SS7) and Internet Protocol (IP) solutions. Tekelec appointed David Colbeck, formerly managing director of Ericsson’s Cellular Systems […]