InternetNews Staff

Time Inc. New Media and its digital marketing agency, Darwin Digital, part of Saatchi & Saatchi, are expected to announce a new technology to instantly change banner ad content across a variety of Web sites. “The Web is by nature instantaneous,” Hala Makowska, vice president for brand development at Time Inc. New Media, told the […]

Marketing issues with a specific focus on the needs and interests of advertisers will be among the topics at an upcoming conference on the merging worlds of TV and the Internet. Hal Krisbergh, CEO of WorldGate, and Bob Bejan, executive producer/worldwide at Microsoft, will be among the speakers at the eTV World Conference and Expo […]

Imagine Radio debuted its network of original radio stations delivering free, ad-backed content designed specifically for the Internet. Imagine Radio combines the best of radio programming with the interactivity of the Internet for an entirely new listening experience, the company said. The network offers a choice of more than 20 original radio stations, featuring 24-hour […]

Ad management solutions company NetGravity in San Mateo, CA, said it secured 27 blue chip customers across Europe since opening its UK office. Clients include British Telecom, Reuters, Express Newspapers, Associated Electronic Publishing and Hachette/ELLE. British Telecom recently deployed NetGravity AdServer to operate across British Telecom Internet, which is an ISP that provides a range […]

Neopost, a maker of mailing and shipping equipment, announced PostagePlus, an Internet-based system for downloading and printing postage from the Internet. PostagePlus is geared toward individuals and small businesses with low-volume mailing needs. Users log onto the dedicated site, select addressing and postage options, and print out postage bar codes or “indicia.” J.P. Leon, Neopost […]

Internet Profiles Corp. (I/PRO) in Redwood City, CA said it has closed a $7 million round of private financing to support the next stage of growth for the company, including the roll-out of its online advertising management service, Dispatch. In addition to a new investment from Foundation Capital, existing investors participating in the financing round […]

The Silver Company in Seattle, WA was hired to provide interactive advertising sales representation for Gay.com, an internet chat network operated exclusively for the gay and lesbian community. Gay.com features a network of chat houses that attract 1.3 million visitors each month and offers solid branding opportunities for advertisers, as each user spends nearly 40 […]

The Net Tech Best of Show and Outstanding Achievement awards will be presented at Mecklermedia’s Spring Internet World Conference LA at the Adweek Forum at noon on Tuesday, March 10. Six months ago, ChannelSeven.com and its sponsor, Mecklermedia’s Internet.com, announced the launch of the “Internet Technology Ad Campaign Awards” (“The Net/Tech Ad Awards”), focused on […]

CDnow Inc. in Jenkintown, PA launched a new March promotion following its successful Grammy promotion, which generated record traffic and orders. Consumers may purchase music with savings of up to 30% through March. CDnow said it will support the storewide promotion with increased marketing expenditures, including a significant radio advertising campaign. Spending was not disclosed. […]

New Paradigm in New York City said its New Paradigm Inter-Link subsidiary entered into a joint venture with three New York advertising agencies. They are Biederman, Kelly & Shaffer Inc., Advertising; Emmerling Post Advertising Inc.; and Warren Kremer/CMP Advertising Inc. The venture will take the form of a new corporation known as Future Paradigm, and […]

Reacting to customer demand for instant-messaging capability, Yahoo! is introducing Yahoo! Pager, which will alert users when friends and colleagues come online and allow them to chat with each other in real time. The pager feature will be integrated throughout Yahoo!’s online properties and also available at http://pager.yahoo.com. The new feature will utilize the same […]

The Dayton Tire division of Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., using InterVU’s V-Banner video advertising banner, is speeding onto the Internet for its March 15 debut in Indy Lights auto racing. The V-Banners are being used to drive traffic from the combined Bridgestone/Firestone/Dayton Consumer Tires Web site to the Dayton Racing section. Once viewers click through to the […]