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HotOrNot Gets Cold Cash Offer

A group of investors affiliated with Canadian company Avid Life Media has bought the website HotOrNot which was started just for fun and which also inspired a TV series with that name. Apparently it was more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Mergers and Acquisitions  |  

The Problem with Social Media Marketing

Joshua Porter has this post talking about Social Media Marketing which is the challenge for zillions right now - he says it’s better to think of social media tools as amplifying customer opinion rather more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Advertising  |  

You're Welcome to Conference 2.0

Dan Fost delves into the changing face of Conferences saying that the usual passive role that attendees play in such events is changing rapidly by the use of social media and participatory tools that allow more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Social Networking  |  

VoloMedia - Menlo Park startup raises $3.5 Million

Volomedia, an advertising and measurement company, based in Menlo Park has taken another round of funding. It has already taken in $18.5 Million previously from Sutter Hill Ventures, Mayfield and Worldview more...
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Canadian media company buys Y Combinator Startup

Communicate.com, a Canadian company that owns about 800 domain names including Perfume.com and Cricket.com, is expected to relaunch itself on Wednesday as Live Current Media, with plans to become a network more...
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Is Federated Media worth $200 Million?

Rumors are swirling around that Federated Media has raised $50 Million from Oak Hill Capital Partners which effectively has boosted the valuation of the company to $200 Million. Eric Eldon says that the more...
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BuddyMedia raises money for new social network

Led by Softbank Capital, with participation from European Founders Fund, GreyCroft Partners, and angel investors including Ron Conway, who have put in about $6.5 Million into BuddyMedia which is gearing more...
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Software Firm SixApart Buys Social Media Agency Apperceptive

The blogging startup company SixApart - yes, the same folks who offer MovableType, Typepad, Vox is buying the New York city based social media creative agency Apperceptive so that it can move in to the more...
Discuss  |  Topic: New Media  |  

Startup GodTube Gets $30 Million Funding

Startup GodTube was launched in summer last year in Dallas, and has since been among the fastest growing websites online...it now says it has about 2 million users a month. It got a whopping funding of more...
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Revision3 CEO Speaks DoS, Media Defender, And The FBI

Mashable is reporting that the Revision3 was attacked by Media Defender which brought down the Revision3's servers. The incident was reported to FBI which investigating the incident as per the Revison3 more...
Discuss  |  Topic: Startup Stories  |