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Plink nabs $3M for online-to-offline rewards
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Glam Media buys Ning for $150M
When I last spoke with Jason Rosenthal, CEO of social networking platform Ning, he talked glowingly of the Read More
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$1.6 billion in first half: Facebook revenues low?
Facebook’s revenue in the first half of 2011 reached $1.6 billion, according to an unnamed source with knowledge Read More
Mobile advertising marketplace Adfonic announced Wednesday that it has raised $7.5 million in funding from its existing investors, Read More
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On mobile: social users ignore ads, shoppers don’t
Well, this shouldn’t be all that surprising. Smartphone users are much more likely to recall and engage with Read More
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Social ad spend rising faster than video in 2011
Though it’s well-established that 2009 and 2010 were monumental years for the social media boom, this year seems Read More
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comScore buys AdXpose, posts $58 million Q2 revenue
Digital analytics company comScore announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire AdXpose, a provider of digital advertising Read More
SeeVolution, provider of website heat mapping and real-time analytics, announced Wednesday that it has secured $530,000 in angel Read More
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Twitter still trying to monetize: in-stream tweets?
Tweets from my friends, tweets from my favorite musicians, tweets from the New York Times, tweets from NASA Read More
Not Buzz, not +1, not any one new service will help Google pin down the social Web all Read More
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Buddy Media “closes the loop,” buys Spinback
Social media marketing company Buddy Media announced Thursday that it has acquired Spinback, creator of a social plugin Read More
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Facebook Studio to spark marketing creativity
All signs point to 2011 being a big year for marketing on Facebook. The company will finally determine Read More
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Adap.tv raises $20 million for ad network
Online video advertising company Adap.tv announced Tuesday that it has closed $20 million in Series C financing led Read More
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Stumble’s Paid Discovery will wow advertisers
Promoted Trends are so 2010. StumbleUpon, the Web’s top social discovery engine, on Monday launched Paid Discovery, a new Read More
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Twitter advertising revenue to triple in 2011
One of our more popular stories from 2010 outed Twitter’s new efforts in advertising as still highly experimental, Read More