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InteliHealth, a joint venture between Aetna U.S. Healthcare and Johns Hopkins University and Health System, signed with DoubleClick for the sale of banner advertising and selected content area sponsorships on InteliHealth’s two Web sites. InteliHealth, a media company based in Blue Bell, PA, provides information covering health and well-being from well-regarded sources in the health […]

New York-based THINK New Ideas Inc. named four new high-level members of management to support an expansion of new and existing business that more than doubled its revenues for the first six months, ending Dec. 31. Adding to THINK’s growing U.S. Client Services Division, Jonathan P. Anastas was named vice president, account director in THINK’s […]

AdSpider Inc. in Orem, UT launched its AdSpider Network, calling it “the world’s first software embedded online advertising network.” The network, quietly beta testing for the past several months, said it offer both large and small Internet advertisers “unprecedented exposure, precise audience targeting and detailed tracking information never before possible with conventional Web- based advertising.” […]

Lavelle Engineering Technologies is developing On+Site Dispatch, software designed to improve the efficiency of mobile dispatching by bringing together Internet and digital cellular telephone technologies. Aimed at dispatch-based businesses, such as delivery services, towing contractors, auto clubs, repair, and maintenance personnel, it makes all the relevant information available on a Web site. To access the […]

The list of 25 most-visited Web sites continues to be dominated by search engines and Web indices. Whether connecting from work or from home, Media Metrix’s monthly “Top 25 Web Sites” revealed that ten of the top 25 were search engines such as Excite and Infoseek, or Web indices including Yahoo!, GeoCities, and Four11.com. Another […]

Lycos and Preview Travel today announced a two-year, $4.25 million agreement that gives Lycos users access to Preview’s content and reservations system. As part of the arrangement, Lycos will feature Preview Travel resources that enable online users to book reservations for airlines, hotels, and cars through Farefinder for both vacation and business purposes. Other Preview […]

Infoseek Corp. said it entered a joint venture that will result in the launch of an Infoseek branded search, navigation and content service localized to serve the largest population of Internet users in Europe. The company said it signed a memorandum of understanding to form the joint venture with Deutsche Telekom Online Service, Europe’s largest […]

Banyan Systems Inc., a provider of networking software and services, said that Douglas A. McIntyre, president of its Switchboard Inc. subsidiary, has resigned for personal reasons. Dean Polnerow, vice president, product and business development, and a founder of Switchboard, will assume McIntyre’s responsibilities and work closely with William P. Ferry, Banyan’s chairman and chief executive […]

Internet service eyegive of Evanston, IL, said that after just four months of operations, it is delivering more than one million ads per month to members and is distributing its first quarterly payments to nonprofit organizations throughout the U.S. and Canada. In its Quarterly Givings Report, the new service reported that checks totaling more than […]

GTA Interactive, a Web development company based in Los Angeles, delivered an anti-fraud update to its clickthrough banner advertising program called PennyWeb. PennyWeb 2.0 now incorporates an anti-fraud code to prevent abuse of its banner auditing and advertising solution. “With PennyWeb version 2.0, advertisers can be assured that they are getting the highest quality banner […]

ChannelOne.com, an online network for teens and the Web site of the Channel One Network, signed with 24/7 Network in New York City for online ad sales representation. The site was designed to give teens a place on the Internet to “Speak Your Mind.” “It provides teens a place to discuss their views and it […]

Microsoft was recently treated to the spectacle of a banner for its FrontPage98 product appearing on a sex site called Chrissy’s Hideout, an X-rated site that encouraged visitors to call an overseas hotline for phone sex. The Microsoft banner was in a rotation, along with at least 10 other advertisers including Sony, Sprint, and Ziff-Davis, […]