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Citing 1997 as a dismal year for online game companies, a recent Jupiter Communications report says the $8 million advertising market for those sites will increase to $465 million by 2002, and will do so by appealing to a much more youthful demographic. With the overall market pegged at $1.1 billion in five years, the […]

San Francisco-based WorldPages/WebYP Inc., an Internet white and yellow pages directory entered a strategic alliance with Microsoft’s Internet Start Group that integrates the WorldPages Directory into the Microsoft Internet Search Page. The directory will enable users of Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3 and 4 to access a WorldPages’ search for business, people, and government listings […]

Procter & Gamble executive Denis Beausejour encouraged attendees at the @d:tech conference in Chicago to “step out of the box” and realize the full potential of interactive advertising. He also called for an advertising “stakeholders” summit to understand and accelerate the transition to the digital advertising future. In a keynote address entitled “Branding and Bonding […]

Asian Sources On-Line, VerticalNet, IntraLinks, NASA, Millward Brown Interactive, Aptex Software, ClickZ, ICONOCAST and Jill H. Ellsworth, Ph.D., were honored with Tenagra awards at the @d:Tech conference in Chicago. The Tenagra Awards recognize organizations and individuals whose achievements fundamentally impact the way marketing, public relations and advertising are done on the Internet. Said Cliff Kurtzman, […]

The Best of Show Honors in the @d:tech Awards for Excellence in Internet Marketing went to The Garden.com Web site by Garden Escape. The presentation ceremony in Chicago, sponsored by Mercury Seven and AdKnowledge, was hosted by ChannelSeven.com’s Mara Lipacis and ICONOCAST’s Michael Tchong. Best Consumer Campaign was awarded to the Infoseek UltraShop Campaign; Agency: […]

In an effort to further expand its Netcenter portal, Netscape Communications Corp. launched the Small Business Source (SBS) service today, and announced several agreements with Internet companies to provide related content and services. Small Business Source falls under the company’s “Project 60” operation which is focused on growing the Netscape Netcenter area into a major […]

Ericsson’s CyberLab, a new Internet R&D facility located in New York’s Silicon Alley, was inaugurated last week at a grand opening at the facility located in the New York Technology Center at 55 Broad Street. CyberLab is a collaborative effort between Ericsson, a telecommunications firm committed to research and development, and the New York City […]

Sunnyvale, CA-based Infoseek Corp. and iVillage launched an information and navigation channel for women on the Infoseek service. Under the exclusive two-year agreement, Infoseek will provide its female audience with content from iVillage.com: The Women’s Network (and AOL keyword: iVillage), already the industry’s No. 1 women’s network according to Media Metrix. Financial terms were not […]

ChannelSeven.com in New York City, an online resource for Internet advertising and marketing, launched TurboAds.com, a new site devoted to highlighting the latest Internet advertising technologies. “With the explosion of advertising on the Internet, the time has come for this kind of comprehensive resource,” said Mara Lipacis, editor-in-chief of Channel Seven. “Brand marketers are demanding […]

Classified Ventures in Chicago said that Knight Ridder has joined the newspaper industry online effort for the delivery of real estate sales and rental ads as well as automotive classified. Knight Ridder New Media will contribute to Classified Ventures’ online services classified advertising listings from Knight Ridder’s 31 daily newspapers, plus a series of Web […]

THINK New Ideas Inc. said that Coinstar Inc. has selected THINK to develop its integrated branding and consumer messaging initiatives nationwide. THINK Seattle, the company’s newest acquisition, will provide the lead management in the execution of the program. Billings were not disclosed. Coinstar machines are installed in 30 states and 40 regional markets throughout the […]

Enhanced Services Co. Inc. in Houston, which recently made a strategic investment in ZULU-Tek, named Roger Mincheff as president. Enhanced said the two companies are pursuing a joint business combination and as president Mincheff will play an instrumental role in combining Enhanced and Zulu into a single enterprise to provide solutions for conducting business on […]