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Technology Funding in San Mateo, CA, an online venture capital firm, signed up with Excite Inc. for a Web-based marketing campaign. Under the terms of the agreement, The Excite Network’s visitors will have access to Technology Funding’s site through a sustained and targeted banner campaign. Spending was not disclosed. The campaign will direct traffic to […]

Media Passage in Seattle, a newspaper advertising planning, placement and payment service, has added digi-TearSheets (digital tear sheets) to its range of services. digi-TearSheets will now enable advertisers and agencies to complete the tear sheet verification process electronically, rather than by the current time-consuming hand verification process, the company said. “Customers have asked the newspaper […]

Netivation in Coeur d’Alene, ID, a provider of Internet-based software and services for the political community, signed a promotion/ad agreement with Beyond Interactive, an online advertising agency based in Ann Arbor, MI. Netivation and Beyond Interactive said they will work in partnership to promote Netivation’s signature product, Votenet. Financial arrangements were not disclosed. Netivation’s Votenet, […]

Netscape Communications Corp. retains its hold as the leader in U.S. World Wide Web browser market for 1997, although arch-rival Microsoft Corp. gained some ground, according to a new study of web browser software usage published by International Data Corp. (IDC). However the report found that the browser market is still in its infancy. The […]

Disney Online is wasting little time in leveraging its investment in InfoSeek. The two companies are launching their first co-marketed venture, Disney’s Internet Guide or “DIG”, an Internet search and directory aimed at kids and families. Internet software developer Inktomi Corp. has been named as the search engine technology provider. The DIG directory has its […]

AT&T announced today it signed a merger agreement with the country’s number two cable operator, Tele-Communications, Inc. (TCI) worth about $48 billion in an all-stock transaction. AT&T plans to combine its consumer long distance, wireless and Internet services divisions with TCI’s cable, telecommunications, and high-speed Internet businesses, and create a new entity, AT&T Consumer Services. […]

San Francisco-based banner network LinkExchange said it acquired online commerce provider Merchant Planet. Merchant Planet provides end-to-end commerce functionality that enables Web sites to incorporate shopping cart technology, real-time credit card authorization and sales processing and transaction capabilities into their sites in about 15 minutes. Financial terms were not disclosed. “The LinkExchange brand is already […]

DoubleClick Inc. in New York City said it has added six more Web sites to the DoubleClick Network, bringing its roster to more than 70 sites reaching 35 million users. New sites include: The Food Network, Animal House (college-student oriented), Web MD, Multex (online financial research), Northern Light (a subscription-based search engine ) and Livelink […]

Compare.Net, a buying guide resource for shoppers, signed agreements with Classifieds2000 and Deja News, the discussion network. The alliances enhance Compare.Net’s services by allowing consumers to research and compare thousands of products and to seek opinions from other consumers via online discussions and shop within a network of classifieds ads, the company said. Financial details […]

WebRep LLC in San Francisco said it will provide national advertising sales representation for Standard & Poor’s online personal investment service, Personal Wealth. S&P Personal Wealth offers a variety of Standard & Poor’s financial information, research and analysis as well as personalized investment recommendations; buy, sell, and hold alerts and live market commentary. John Fitzgerald, […]

San Francisco-based Web ad network Flycast Communications Corp. said it named Larry Levine to lead the company’s expanding media sales force as vice president of sales. Since 1994, Levine has operated his own consulting practice, The LML Consulting Group, specializing in sales training, sales force planning and deployment, sales force compensation, marketing strategy, business valuation, […]

New media agency THINK New Ideas Inc. in New York City said it has been commissioned by Turner Broadcasting System Inc. (TBS) to work with the company in the development of a new corporate Intranet. The assignment was awarded to THINK’s new Atlanta office, and will incorporate skills from across THINK. Billings were not disclosed. […]