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New York City-based ProNetLink, an import/export Web site, said it hired the international marketing firm of Zagoren-Zozzora Inc. to handle all marketing, advertising and promotion for the company. Glenn Zagoren, president of Zagoren-Zozzora, will personally be in chaarge of the account. ZZI develops and produces corporate development projects from concept through final production and acts […]

Web users are spending as much time online as they are watching TV, according to WebCensus, a quarterly study released by San Francisco-based ad network LinkExchange and investment bank Hambrecht & Quist. More than 100,000 Web users completed the survey, making WebCensus “the most comprehensive report of its kind and paving the way for future […]

InterAd, the new European ad rep company founded by the former European staff of SOFTBANK Interactive Marketing, signed KABEL NEW MEDIA, the partner ATP Tennis Tour which is responsible for www.atptour.com. KABEL NEW MEDIA in Hamburg, Germany, is a strategic partner of ATP Tour, the governing body of men’s professional tennis. The agreement calls for […]

Spyglass Inc. today announced the release of a re-designed version of the Spyglass Device Mosaic 3.0 browser. Spyglass said the small memory footprint Web browser is designed to provide digital cable, satellite, and consumer electronics companies with customizable Web-based solutions. The company added that the re-design led to a significantly reduced browser size; while Mosaic […]

World Wide Web authoring and design revenues will reach more than $290 million by 2002, according to a report released today by International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC predicts that the Windows market for Web authoring products will increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 32.6% for worldwide unit shipments between 1997 and 2002. […]

Sony Corp. of America and Sony Pictures Entertainment today announced they have joined to form Sony Online Entertainment Inc. Sony said the new company will combine the online distribution network of Sony Online Ventures Inc. and the entertainment brands of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Sony Online Entertainment will reportedly expand The Station@sony.com, a branded entertainment Internet […]

Many CEOs from the largest U.S. companies expect that by 2005 they will be turning to the Internet rather than newspapers for news, according to a survey released by Deloitte & Touche. The survey, conduced by Yankelovich Partners, asked more than 400 senior execs to predict how their work environments would change over the next […]

Sierra subsidiary Berkeley Systems Inc., and SportsLine USA, publisher of CBS SportsLine, plan a co-marketing initiative to bring Berkeley’s “You Don’t Know Jack Sports, the Netshow” to the CBS SportsLine Arcade area, a collection of interactive sports games. Coinciding with March madness, “You Don’t Know Jack…” which was created and directed by Jellyvision Inc., will […]

Marketing and media news site Media Central launched “Designs for a Drug-Free America,” a Web banner design competition to benefit the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. The competition, which is open to professional designers, will be accepting entries through April 20. Judging will be conducted by an independent committee chaired by Frank Dudley, executive director […]

WorldGate Communications Inc. formed a strategic partnership with Nielsen Media Research to develop audience measurement systems for the WorldGate cable Internet TV service. WorldGate CEO Hal Krisbergh made the announcement during his keynote address at the eTV World Conference in New York City. Nielsen Media will identify and measure the audience as they surf from […]

ScoreCard Inc., of Rockville, MD-based launched ScoreCheck, an automated agent that analyzes Web site rankings on 15 major Internet search engines. This service “will be an important tool for companies and advertisers on the Web that need information on search engine rankings to develop marking strategies,” the company said. “ScoreCheck is a revolutionary way of […]

JetForm Corp. introduced JetForm Filler Web and JetForm Filler Lite this week, two new products that provide e-form functionality to a broad set of users at a very low cost. Both JetForm Filler Web and JetForm Filler Lite enable users to open, display, fill, and print electronic forms. Clients can also initiate and participate in […]