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IAC Extends Google Search Ad Deal
Barry Diller isn't ready to say goodbye to Google, unlike the four IAC properties that will be spun off by the organization.
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Kleiner: Web 2.0 is So Over, Dude
So a partner at Kleiner Perkins, one of the premier Silicon Valley investment firms, has apparently told Tom Foremski of Silicon Valley Watcher that they have “no interest in funding Web 2.0 companies any more.” For Web 2.0 devotees, this is a little like King Arthur telling you he’s really not that hot on the whole Grail thing any more, and you can stop looking…
Jay Rosen’s New Project: Beat Blogging
I’ve been meaning to mention this before, but Jay Rosen, the brains behind NewAssignment.net and its various spinoffs — including OffTheBus, the citizen-journalism political reporting venture with Huffington Post — has a new project that he told me about when we met for a drink while he was in Toronto for the Online News Association conference (he told the conference about it too).
Product Sellers Should Focus On Online Reviews
More people are looking to online reviews, which are having a significant impact on their purchasing decision.
Socialtext Gets $9.5 Million And New CEO
When a company gets a new CEO, it can be a good thing or a bad thing, but when the new CEO was educated at Harvard and MIT, and worked at Adobe and Cisco, it’s probably a great thing. Even better since the new CEO - Eugene Lee - is getting a fresh $9.5 million to play with at Socialtext.
ESPN Programming Now In Microsoft Xbox
Microsoft has partnered with ESPN to bring college basketball and other programming available for download to its Xbox 360 video game console.
