InternetNews Staff

America Online Inc., which has been in the forefront of the fight against spammers, sued two Michigan companies that it claims are responsible for sending thousands of unsolicited ads to AOL members touting porn Web sites. The suit, filed Jan. 22 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, seeks an injunction to […]

Internet usage is up one-third since the second quarter 1997, to 21% of U.S. adults, or 41.5 million people, according to a CyberDialogue/FindSVP survey. Eighty-five percent of adults online use the Web, and 75% use e-mail. However, 15.9 million U.S. adults tried the Internet in the past 12 months and for whatever reason are no […]

New York City-based Kokopelli New Media, a Web site development agency and multimedia design house was named to develop a new business-to- business Web site for direct-mail marketing company ADVO Inc. ADVO the nation’s largest targeted, direct-mail marketing services company, is the U.S. Postal Service’s largest commercial client. It is best known among consumers for […]

Menlo Park, CA-based Interactive auction site ONSALE Inc. signed an exclusive, multi-level sponsorship agreement with ZDNet. As part of the agreement, ONSALE will appear as the exclusive auction sponsor of a newly created advertising ticker on all the product pages of ZDNet as well as on the Computer Shopper NetBuyer Web site. In addition, ONSALE […]

Starwave Corp. said it plans to explore the commercialization of its suite of Web site production tools, including one for ad management. Patrick Naughton, president and CTO of Starwave, announced the company’s intentions at the Internet Showcase event in San Diego. Starwave’s suite of tools is used to create larger Internet sites such as ESPN […]

Narrative Communications Corp. signed a strategic reseller agreement with streaming media solution company InterVU Inc., which will resell Enliven hosting services on its Multimedia Advertising Network. Under the agreement, InterVU can immediately begin offering its customers, starting with Volvo, one-stop access to measurable interactive advertising campaigns on the Web through Enliven. More information on the […]

Check Point Software Technologies unveiled FloodGate-1, its policy-based bandwidth management solution for the Windows NT platform. Demonstrated to visitors at a conference in San Diego this week, FloodGate-1 allows organizations to set and manage enterprise-wide policies for controlling bandwidth resources. Deborah Triant, president and CEO of Check Point Software Technologies, said: “As an increasing number […]

Irvine, CA-based Auto-By-Tel, which invested $1.3 million in a TV ad during the Superbowl, said it saw a traffic increase of 1,700% immediately following the broadcast. “The numbers are incredible,” said Pete Ellis, president and chief executive officer of Auto-By-Tel and the marketing mind behind the spending on the 30-second Super Bowl spot. “Within minutes […]

New York City based new media agency THINK New Ideas Inc. reported increased revenues and profitability in its second quarter, doubling revenue for the six months ended Dec. 31, 1997. “We are delighted by our growth companywide, as we have expanded assignments from many existing clients and attracted important new business from such market leaders […]

ABC News Internet Ventures and InfoSpace said that the directory service’s classifieds are now available on ABC Local Net, a network of ABC affiliates on the Internet. Using InfoSpace’s services, users of ABC Local Net in the ABC television affiliate markets will be able to find classifieds for autos, jobs and real estate. Financial arrangements […]

Waltham, MA-based Narrative Communications Corp., a Web ad solutions company, said it has completed a third round of external financing, totaling $5 million. Led by Carlyle Venture Partners, $210 million venture capital fund affiliated with the Washington D.C.-based Carlyle Group, and joined by previous investors Accel Partners and Greylock Management, this round of financing will […]

San Francisco-based Imagine Media has acquired ICONOCAST, an e-mail list and Web site for Internet advertisers and marketers. Imagine said the acquisition is an important step in executing its new media strategy. One of the key content areas being targeted by the company is “Internet market intelligence,” for which ICONOCAST will be a cornerstone. Financial […]