Archive for June, 2006
Everyone assumes that if Facebook ever sells, it would be to a company like Viacom, News Corp. or the like. Of course, this does not mean that only old media would be interested, since it’s conceivable that most new media firms would love to have their hands on a site like Facebook.
I just posted something […]
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Facebook, which is especially popular with college students, attracted 14 million unique visitors last month. Founded in February 2004 by Harvard University undergraduate Mark Zuckerberg, the site now reaches 85 percent of U.S. college students.
According to Mediapost.
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Sometimes, the Web surprises me.
There I was logging in to Gmail when I see a link to Ask Yahoo in the Gmail RSS feeds.
That’s odd, and interesting. Why would Gmail do that? I do not see why they would not, good content is always in demand, but why a) promote your competition and b) promote […]
Tags: Internet & Web, Search Wars|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Jun 29th
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Well, if everything we are seeing now since mid-2003 is reminiscent of the Web’s first show of force (1994-2000), then today’s announcement that Doubleclick bought video ad company Klipmart is both surprising and not so surprising.
First off, let’s consider the fact that Klipmart is a video ad specialist known for their premium, high-end campaigns, creative and […]
Tags: Internet & Web, M&A, Video|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Jun 29th
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Interesting read from Om Malik and Business 2.0, called Sly Fox, on Ross Levinsohn’s efforts over at News Corporation’s Fox Interactive Media. Indeed, in 2 short years, the man’s gone from a criticized lieutenant in Rupert Murdoch’s fiefdom to a visionary, who now, as he puts it, has a lot of friends in Silicon Valley […]
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When NBC asked YouTube to yank off the SNL/Lazy Sunday video, many writers and analysts criticized NBC, arguing that such viral marketing was priceless. Of course, upon getting a letter from NBC’s lawyers, YouTube pulled an un-Napsteresque and obliged. In fact, according to Julie Supan, senior director of marketing at YouTube, the company tried to head […]
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I was recently forwarded something regarding There.com and it billed itself as a “a virtual community giving users an online getaway where they can hang out with friends and meet new ones - all in a lush 3D environment“. I figured that I would check it out, and that is pretty much an accurate description. […]
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Last week, former Silicon Alley and Inside.com writer Rafat Ali’s “blompire,” ContentNext Media - which operates paidContent.org and MocoNews.com - turned 4 years old.
This week, the company, which has been profitable since Day 1, secured financing from venture capitalist Alan Patricof. I must admit, and I apologize for this, but this is the first time I heard of […]
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Allow me to preface this exercise in insanity by saying this will probably never happen, but after reading Merrill Lynch’s analyst suggest that MSFT acquires Yahoo!, I thought it might be interesting to at least examine the more realistic likelihood of Google merging with Yahoo!
Note that I use the term merging and not buying because […]
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Someone give me Merrill Lynch analyst Justin Post’s address, I’d like to send him a gift basket. Today, the analyst came out and encouraged MSFT to buy Yahoo!, or depending on how you look at it, told Yahoo! to sell to MSFT. It’s not the first time someone has brought such a deal up, last […]
Tags: Internet & Web, M&A, Rumors|
Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Jun 23rd
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