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Ad-backed e-mail company Juno Online Services LP and Network Associates, formerly McAfee Associates, signed a strategic marketing agreement whereby Juno’s members will receive instant access to and promotional discounts on Network Associates’ software. The offers will come through a custom Network Associates micro-site accessible only through the Juno service. Network Associates will in turn bundle […]

Razorfish in New York City said it has acquired London-based CHBi and San Francisco-based Plastic. Financial terms were not disclosed. The announcement comes on the heels of news that Razorfish has consolidated Avalanche Systems completely, housing all of its employees in its New York office, according to the Silicon Alley Reporter. The two new acquisitions […]

Seattle-based IVI Publishing said that Procter & Gamble and Glaxo Wellcome have signed on as advertisers and sponsors for its award-winning Web site, OnHealth.com. The new advertisers join OnHealth.com as the site gears up for a sweeping redesign and relaunch slated for early summer, the company said. Tim Walsh, vice president of sales at IVI […]

H/M Media, a division of Harpell/Martins & Company, said it will design and implement an interactive media program for one of Target Marketing & Promotions’ (TMP) clients. Maynard, MA-based H/M Media will develop a new interactive Web banner program, media buying, strategic planning, placement and negotiation. Billings were not disclosed. TMP, based in Boston, is […]

StarMedia Network Inc., which operates an Internet channel network in Latin America, selected Ogilvy & Mather, Miami, to create a pan-regional primetime television and print advertising campaigns slated for launch this month. Also, International Advisory Group will organize several large-scale, high- level conferences in key markets beginning with Mexico, Brazil and Argentina, while Edelman Public […]

Highly targeted advertising opportunities are expected as the result of Sunnyvale, CA-based Talkway Inc.’s launch of its “Supercommunity Service,” allowing mainstream consumers to participate easily in Usenet. The site uses Talkway 2.0 software to provide easy navigation and access to Usenet’s diverse collection of online communities, using plain English group names, topic directories, keyword searches, […]

America Online Inc. is counting on members to “Say Cheese!” online following a new alliance formed today with Eastman Kodak Company to deliver an Internet-based photography service. Based on digital imaging technology developed by Kodak PhotoNet online, AOL said the “You’ve Got Pictures!” service is designed to make online pictures as easy to obtain as […]

The Bargain News LLC in Stratford, CT, launched its “SoundAdvice” option for more than 300 auto dealers and advertiser Web pages currently found on its various ad sites. SoundAdvice allows the advertiser to embed a short audio or video program on any of their web pages for the visiting user to play on their computer. […]

InterAd, the European Internet ad sales house created by former SOFTBANK Interactive execs, opened a new Lisbon office as part of an expansion drive designed to position the company as the leading Internet ad sales house in Europe. InterAd, which already has regional offices in Barcelona, Hamburg, London, Paris and Madrid, said it is the […]

The Tritium Network said that it is bringing its new ,advertiser-supported, free Internet access program to customers in the Dallas/Ft. Worth markets. PC users with local dial-up access in area codes 972 and 817 will be able to join Tritium customers in New York, Chicago, Boston, Cincinnati, Washington, Houston and San Francisco. Tritium uses its […]

Lots of television and newspaper ads carry required disclosure information in fine print and now, the FTC is considering the issue for ads on the Web. Because the consumer protection guides written years ago did not include specific rules regarding communications on the Internet, the Federal Trade Commission is asking for comments from marketers to […]

Zip2 and CitySearch said they have mutually agreed not to pursue their planned merger. Citing differences in their technologies, product strategies and business models discovered in the course of planning the integration, both parties said they recognized that the merger would not be in the best interests of either company. The companies said they may […]