Maura Ginty

After firmly establishing its network in Europe and Asia, 24/7 Media Monday launched the 24/7 Latino advertising network to promote its services throughout the continent. The company has already signed its first campaign deals and launched subsidiaries in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Peru. The subsidiaries will be managed by 24/7 Europe, which also played a […]

With visions of holiday marketing and broadband promotion, Excite@Home Monday inked a deal to buy e-greeting card maker Blue Mountain Arts for $780 million in cash and stock. Excite@Home will issue approximately 11 million shares worth $430 million and pay the remaining $350 million in cash. The deal is expected to close by year’s end. […]

StarMedia Network and Brazilian carrier Telemig this week rolled out the region’s first wireless Net access service. Celular On line is the first launch to come from the newly created StarMedia Mobile division. The new service is based on Short Message Service (SMS) technology, and allows wireless users to send and receive e-mail, and access […]

The competition between Amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com is moving into the courtroom. Amazon.com late Thursday sued barnesandnoble.com, accusing the company of illegally duplicating its patented online shopping feature. In the suit, filed late Thursday in a Seattle U.S. district court, Amazon (AMZN) claims that barnesandnoble.com (BNBN) has copied its 1-Click technology. 1-Click allows users to browse […]

Bolstering its position as a corporate e-mail provider, Critical Path Inc., Thursday acquired fellow Internet messaging and directory service ISOCOR for $287 million in stock. Critical Path (CPTH) intends to build the first comprehensive messaging solution company for the enterprise, ISP and portal markets with the purchase of ISOCOR (ICOR). The acquisition will also accelerate […]

In continued pursuit of the European market, Web hosting company Verio Inc. Wednesday inked an e-commerce agreement with leading Italian telecommunications firm Infostrada. Infostrada and Verio (VRIO) will offer co-branded Web hosting and e-commerce services to Italian businesses, as part of an effort to bolster Verio’s overseas market expansion and to broaden Infostrada’s portfolio of […]

The interim board for the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers has appointed Louis Touton as the its first vice president, general counsel and secretary. Touton will direct legal affairs for the consensus-building organization as of Nov. 1, conciding with ICANN’s annual meeting in Los Angeles. In recognition of ICANN’s “severely troubled resources,” Touton […]

Lycos Inc. Tuesday hopped on the the train south, entering the Latin American market with the launch of 12 sites throughout the region. Country-specific versions of Lycos Network properties Lycos.com and Tripod.com were rolled out in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela. Lycos en Espanol and Tripod Americas were also launched to target the […]

Making its second major move in Latin America, Microsoft Corp. and Telefonos de Mexico Tuesday inked a joint venture deal to create a Spanish-language portal. The Mexican ISP and telco has joined with the Seattle-based industry heavyweight to offer content and Internet services in Spanish to users throughout the Americas. The portal will include the […]

Nine months after the first joint venture announcement, Australian Internet play ecorp and online auction giant eBay Monday officially launched its much-anticipated eBay Australia & New Zealand site. The regional version offers local Australian categories and listings and trades in Australian dollars, as well as access to the general eBay site. eBay A&NZ will promote […]

Internet ad company Flycast Communications Corp. Monday packed its bags and went to Europe, eyeing what it expects to become a booming Web advertising market. The company plans to set up shop in the U.K., Scandinavia and Germany as key markets within Europe. “Whereas Europeans have been slower to embrace the Internet than their North […]

Excite@Home Monday took another step in expanding its global empire, signing a series of deals to bring its footprint to five more countries. The company says its has been negotiating with cable and network operators for six months and the result will be the addition of 11 million homes to its high-speed Internet subsciber base […]