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Internet Profiles Corp. (I/PRO) reported it signed 30 new client sites during the first quarter of 1998 for its Web measurement and auditing services, including Netscape Communications Corp. and Pathfinder. Other first-quarter new customers include: 3COM, Healthfront, 7UP, HouseNet, Activision, InfoWorld Electric, All Apartments, Internet Travel Network, MacAddict, Autoweb.com, ChickClick, and ParentTime. I/PRO provides Web […]

SOFTBANK Interactive Marketing changed its name to ZuluMedia Inc. in conjunction with the introduction of a full-service Internet advertising solutions initiative. The new name follows the takeover by ZULU-tek, and “reflects the company’s redefined approach to providing its clients with the most comprehensive Internet advertising tools and solutions in the areas of technology, electronic commerce […]

Euroserve Media, the European licensee of IMGIS Inc. that is establishing an AdForce Internet ad-serving system in Europe, signed an exclusive network agreement with InterAd, Europe’s new Internet ad sales organization. Euroserve’s system, incorporating Cupertino, CA-based IMGIS’s AdForce technology, will be fully operational by May, the company said. It provides centralized, Euro-specific ad serving done […]

Seth Goldstein, the founder of SiteSpecific, is actively planning a new startup code-named “ROOT,” according to electronic newsletter “The Silicon Alley Reporter.” His earlier creation, online ad agency/network SiteSpecific, was purchased by CKS Group last year in a deal estimated to be worth $6.5 million. Goldstein confirmed that he is working on a new project, […]

Discovery Channel Online signed a multiyear partnership agreement with the Mercury division of Ford Motor Co. The deal provides Mercury with exclusive brand sponsorship of a series of high-profile, quarterly scientific expeditions on Discovery Channel Online (DCOL). The series, entitled “Mercury’s Planet Of Wonders,” is a series of scientific expeditions to the far corners of […]

Thomson Financial Services (TFC) announced today that its Financial Publishing unit acquired EDI World Inc., publisher of Electronic Commerce World magazine and organizer of Electronic Commerce World conferences, for an undisclosed amount. Thomson Financial Publishing, a provider of communications, reference, payments, and compliance information on global financial institutions, said the acquisition will supplement its new […]

Excite Inc. today announced it acquired Classifieds2000, a Web classified advertising company, in a stock swap transaction valued at $48 million. The deal involves the exchange of 890,000 shares of Excite common stock for all outstanding shares of Classifieds2000. Excite said the acquisition is further evidence of its expansion into the online classifieds and person-to-person […]

RSA Communications is demonstrating the 56Kbps capabilities of its Native Modem Technology (NMT) at the Windows CE Developers Conference this week. Employing advanced RISC processors, NMT eliminates the need for modem hardware in small environments. “Once the V.90 standard is officially ratified–currently expected this fall–we will release an upgrade for NMT with full V.90 support,” […]

More people than ever are online but the growth rate is slowing, according to International Data Corp.’s (IDC) “1997 World Wide Web Survey of Home and Business Users.” The report found that 13% of all U.S. households were online at the end of 1996, and about 20% at the end of 1997, a growth rate […]

New York City-based interactive agency K2 Design Inc. said fourth quarter revenues rose 68.4% to a record $3.77 million, from $2.24 million in the same period in 1996. The net loss for the quarter ending Dec. 31 was $307,067, which includes more than $400,000 in various charges related to its ongoing restructuring and cost-cutting measures […]

BabyCenter Inc. in San Francisco said it signed four new sponsors for its Web site BabyCenter.com. New sponsors General Motors, Unilever HPC, Pfizer and Gymboree join charter sponsors including Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, SmithKline Beecham, Charles Schwab and Clorox. The site was launched last year, and is aimed at an audience of new […]

Offline Media in New York City said it is expanding its Webmark co-op mail program to promote Web sites to include sites that specifically target college students. Webmark, which was launched a year ago as an alternative promotional service for investor related Web sites, said it will provide advertisers targeting college students with an opportunity […]