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Packard Bell NEC announced it will ship its latest personal computers with a gateway to AT&T’s WorldNet Internet service, further evidence that PC makers are starting to call the shots when it comes to desktop real estate. The new PCs–which will include NEC’s Ready PC line–will feature an AT&T icon on the desktop offering Internet […]

Celebrating its second anniversary, the Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) will hold its annual membership meeting June 16-17 in San Francisco and present Intel Corp. with its 1998 “Marketer of the Year” award. The two-day meeting will kick off on the evening of June 16, with a reception prior to the IAB Leadership Dinner, to be […]

In its third merger/acquisition in three weeks, AGENCY.COM in New York City said it has taken a 100% ownership stake in and merged with Spiral Media, a New York-based Internet and digital media communications company. AGENCY.COM said the move will strengthen its position in the interactive marketing industry by adding leadership, Fortune 500 clients and […]

Interactive8, an online marketing agency in New York City, acquired Tuckett/Parshall Interactive, a specialist in interactive advertising aimed at black consumers. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tuckett/Parshall, which will be renamed as the TPI division of Interactive8, has estimated billings of $500,000 from clients like Essence magazine, Motown Records and Morgan Stanley, […]

More changes following the Modem Media/Poppe Tyson merger: R/GA Interactive has brought Poppe’s David J. Peebler on board as director of business development of the western region. Peebler assumes the role fresh from two-and-a-half years in a similar directorial position at Poppe Tyson, prior to last week’s merger with Modem Media. “I knew about the […]

Interactive agency Nicholson NY will create a new, customer-focused Web site to support Sony Computer Components & Peripherals Group’s (CCPG) distribution and product-integration customers. Nicholson said it is a move that shakes the belief that the Web will squeeze out distribution middlemen–a theory known as disintermediation CCPG wants to build an online experience that will […]

IntellectualCapital.com (IC) Publisher Diane Atwood said that First USA, one of the nation’s largest credit-card issuers, will sponsor the Internet-only, weekly magazine’s business section, “Money, Markets and Management.” The six-month agreement allows First USA to receive a custom-designed sponsor information page within the “Money, Markets and Management” section of IC. In addition, First USA is […]

K2 Design Inc. in New York said the sale of its CLIQNOW! ad network to 24/7 Media Inc. for gross proceeds of $4 million if part of its refocusing in the interactive advertising and media business. K2 said the deal also calls for the cross-referral of business between the two companies. K2’s decision to sell […]

Concentric Network Corp. announced today it acquired Delta Internet Services, Inc., an Anaheim, CA-based Internet services and hosting provider. Delta Internet Services, which also goes by the name DeltaNet, provides dial-up and dedicated access, Web application development and design services, and a suite of Web hosting solutions. Concentric said the company has several thousand business […]

Netscape Thursday elaborated on a new three-pronged business strategy, arguing that its electronic commerce applications, infrastructure software and NetCenter Internet portal give corporate America the tools it needs to create an Internet-based economy. CEO Jim Barksdale and executive vice presidents Marc Andreessen and Mike Homer explained to analysts and reporters how in Netscape’s view the […]

In its eagerly awaited final plan aimed at ending the government’s involvement in the Internet’s naming system, the Clinton administration today decided to leave most of the major decisions up to a private, nonprofit organization to be comprised of a cross-section of individuals representing the Internet community. The new plan shies away from a series […]

24/7 Media Inc. in New York City acquired the CLIQNOW! Sales Group, the Internet advertising representation division of K2 Design Inc., for about $4 million in cash and stock. CLIQNOW! currently reps for more than 75 Web sites serving approximately 75 million impressions per month through its eight branded sub-networks, including CLIQFINANCIAL!, CLIQCOLLEGE! and CLIQTRAVEL! […]