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The Carmel (CA) Group’s “Convergence Investor” newsletter projects that consumer market Web advertising will be a $17.3 billion business in 2007. According to the newsletter, the projection reflects an 18-fold increase from the Internet Advertising Bureau’s $906.5 million valuation for 1997 online advertising activity. In addition to delivering detailed 10-year Internet advertising growth and revenue […]

Approximately 44 million U.S. adults–23% of the adult population–currently use the Internet, according to the Spring 1998 Cyber Stats report from Mediamark Research Inc. in New York. This represents a 260% increase in the six years that MRI has been tracking America’s use of cyberspace. “Whether at home or at the workplace, the Web audience […]

InterVU Inc. in San Diego named Jill M. Galvez as vice president of sales for its InterVU Network. Galvez had been at AT&T’s Business Network Sales division, where she served as western region manager for alternate channel sales. She was responsible for sales results, recruiting and engagement of 250 Value Added Resellers (VARs) selling AT&T […]

Cable Internet service provider @Home Network Corp. entered into a distribution partnership today with British telco-cable operator ComTel Ltd. Terms of the agreement call for @Home Network to launch its high-speed Internet service in the UK to about 1 million residences that are outfitted with two-way hybrid fiber coaxial cable. ComTel will be responsible for […]

Inverse Network Technology today released the results of its first-quarter 1998 Internet Measurement Service (IMS) BenchMark and E-mail studies which rated the performance of 23 regional and national Internet service providers. Top reliability marks went to Erol’s Internet and IBM Global Networks for providing the best chance of connecting at the first try. Once an […]

BellSouth said today that it will offer a free global e-mail service, Web Mail, created in conjunction with e-mail provider Bigfoot Partners, L.P. BellSouth said Web Mail incorporates IMAP technology to provide e-mail to users without the need for a specific ISP. Customers will be able to access their mailboxes via the Web using a […]

Pivot Rules Inc. in New York City has retained Kaufman Patricof Enterprises Inc. (KPE) to produce and develop the Web site for its planned Internet store that will sell off-price designer apparel and accessories. The six-figure development deal, which includes an equity component, will result in a fully integrated e-commerce site enabling online shoppers to […]

Wall Street Sports LLC, which operates an online sports stock market simulation, signed an agreement to be a partner with SportsLine USA Inc., the Internet- based sports media company and publisher of the CBS SportsLine Web site. The deal encompasses a variety of cross-promotional activity, most notably a permanent Wall Street Sports branded area within […]

The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) praised the passage in the House of Representatives of legislation providing federal protection for newspapers against the unauthorized copying and commercial use of databases, such as print and online classified advertisements. NAA also commended Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) for his leadership in crafting the Collections of Information Antipiracy Act […]

CNET Inc. signed a three-year strategic partnership with iName, a provider of e-mail technology and solutions. The companies will jointly develop a new, free, ad-backed Snap!-branded HTML e-mail service as part of Snap!’s selection of portal features. Set to launch in mid-June, the Snap! e-mail service, powered by New York City- based iName, is being […]

Online advertising network 24/7 Media could move to file for an initial public offering as early as next month, the Silicon Alley Reporter quoted sources as saying. 24/7’s CEO David Moore said he could neither confirm nor deny the rumor, but he did say he was impressed with and was monitoring DoubleClick’s recent success in […]

LinkShare Corp. in New York City, which hosts a network of e-commerce sites, has developed a hybrid pricing option for its affiliates program. Through LinkShare’s proprietary affiliate network, online merchants can now offer to pay sites for ads using a mixture of different pricing structures including Cost per Impression, Cost per Click, Cost per Lead […]