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Stardoll, Piczo to Merge Operations

Virtual worlds Piczo and Stardoll have announced plans to merge their international operations, in hopes of better appealing to advertisers. Stardoll operates as a virtual paper doll site for tween girls. Piczo positions itself as a friendly environment for young pop culture fans. Combined, the social networks serve about 20 million unique users; both focus heavily on forming strategic partnership  [...]

BrightKit Rebrands, Monetizes Microblogging

BrightKit, a Twitter marketing account management system that went live in November, has changed its name to HootSuite. In addition to services that enable marketers to both manage and track multiple Twitter accounts, it now enables them to monetize that activity on a small scale. ow.ly, a properietary ser  [...]

Teen Tracking firm Alloy Snaps Up Sports Source TAKKLE

Teen media/tracking firm Alloy Media+Marketing has acquired TAKKLE.com, a high school sports/college recruitment site. TAKKLE launched in 2006 and immediately drew the interest of Sports Illustrated, which used the site to expand its high school outreach efforts. It enables high school athletes to build personal and team-based profiles, share photos and videos  [...]

Typical SocNetters Address 110 People/Week; Spend $101 Online/Month

With 40 million active users in the US, social networking has grown 93% since 2006 -- and is poised to play a vital role in the current economic downturn, according to a trend report from Netpop Research LLC. Crucially, Netpop also predicts a related increase in social media advertising opportunities, MarketingCharts   [...]

Guitar Hero, James Bond, Battle.net Serve In-Game Adverts

In-game ad network Massive inked a multi-year liaison with video game publisher Activision and subsidiary Blizzard Entertainment. Massive will serve dynamic in-game ads across 18 of Activision's Xbox 360 and PC offerings, including Guitar Hero: World Tour and James Bond: Quantum of Solace. A similar agreement was formed between Massive and game publisher THQ   [...]

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Massive Inks In-Game Ad Deal with THQ

Massive, an in-game ad network owned by Microsoft, has signed a multi-year deal with THQ. The contract covers dynamic in-game advertising for a number of the latter publisher's titles, including the Saints Row franchise (a series sometimes compared to Grand Theft Auto). Other games have not been disclosed. Other popular games in THQ's catalog include Ultimate Fighting Championship, the World Wrestling Entertainment series and the Juiced suit  [...]

Kia Peddles Soul Across imeem for Android

Social music service imeem launched imeem for Android, a mobile music app for phones built on Google's Android platform. imeem for Android has been available in Google's App Market for the past month. It is currently a  [...]

In 2009, Hulu Ad Spend to Nip YouTube's Heels

In terms of ad revenue in '09, one-year-old Hulu might give YouTube a run for its money, MediaBuyerPlanner reports. Unlike the older video site, Hulu streams primarily professional content, including network TV shows, clips and films. If its ad revenue manages to surpass that of YouTube's, it could  [...]

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Facebook Leverages Engagement to Drive Organic Ad Impressions

Facebook has released "engagement ads," an ad format that uses social networking to squeeze word-of-mouth-style impressions out of marketing messages. The service has been in private beta since August. Ads typically appear on the right-hand side of the user's Facebook dashboard, prompting them to take some sort of action: comment on a movie trailer, for example, or RSVP for the season finale of a TV show, reports The Wall S  [...]

MySpace, MTV Turn Pirated Content into E-Commerce Opp

Moving forward, MTV-owned videos uploaded by users to MySpace.com will likely be infused with ads, part of a deal between the giants. Palo Alto-based Auditude provided the technological platform, which uses digital fingerprinting to identify professional video content, then serves targeted ads within them, reports MediaPost. Video content under MTV's jurisdict  [...]

Gamer News Site Avoids Game-Shilling Advertisers

A video game website purports to change the face of gaming journalism by refusing to display flashy advertisements from game publishers. Having raised $8.25 million from JP Morgan’s Constellation Ventures, Crispy Gamer formally went live yesterday. The site -- which supports over one million unique visitors per month -- enters a crowded arena. Corporate rivals  [...]

'Brash' Men Get Glam Shout-Out

In time for its fourth-year anniversary, womens network Glam Media launched Brash.com, a site targeted exclusively to men. Axe, H&M and HP served as launch advertisers. Content/video partners include Time.com, CNET, SB Nation, TheCarConnection.com, Rolling Stone, VidCat and HowCast. DigitalTrends.com, InGameNow and SeriousWheels.com joined the publisher network. Brash targets men between the ages of 18 and 49. Its primary purpose is to provide lifestyle, entertainment and technology-orient  [...]

Technorati Buys AdEngage, Conceives DIY Blog Ad Platform

Blog search and tracking company Technorati has purchased AdEngage, an online ad network that reportedly serves over 12 billion ads across 4,000 websites per month. AdEngage's platform to lay groundwork for self-service ad network, Technorati Engage, which targets blogs and social media sites. Engage went live in private alpha yesterday. The goal of Engage is to "help bloggers at all levels make money, while at the same time creating an effective and safe vehicle for brand advertisers,"   [...]

MySpace Music: Live with All-Star Sponsorship Roster!

Last night MySpace unveiled its ad-supported streaming music and video service, MySpace Music. The service includes shareable playlists and the ability to buy tracks from iTunes rival Amazon. Over time, users will also be able to purchase ringtones, merchandise and concert tickets, reports MediaPost. The   [...]

Gorilla Nation Hitches Ride on Thomas the Tank Engine

HiT Entertainment has selected GNKids, the kiddie-brand arm of Gorilla Nation, to sell ad inventory for its websites in North America and Australia. Sites in the deal include ThomasandFriends.com, BobtheBuilder.com, RainbowMagicOnline.com, and Barney.com, the online destination of long-ru  [...]

Interpublic, SocialVibe Go Fishing for Brand Evangelists

Interpublic is preparing a marketing platform that may "enable Madison Avenue to unleash the power of social networks on behalf of their clients' brands," MediaPost claims. The service is the fruit of a partnership between Interpublic's Emerging Media Lab and SocialVibe, which incentivizes members to promote brands on social networks. It will likely be announced today. SocialVibe enables market  [...]

Glam Media to Publish 'Daily Candy'-Style Email Newsletters

Glam Media, the top women's online network, launched Glam Today, a topic-based daily email list for women. Each day focuses on a different vertical: Monday: "Great Style In No Time Flat," a five-second style guide Tuesday: "Tips and Tricks for the Beauty Obsessed" Wednesday: "Because Food Should Always be Fabulous," a roundup of modish recipes Thursday: "The Must-Know for Pop-Culture Gurus," a gossip and trivi  [...]

Bauer Publishing Pursues Teen, Tween Niche Online

Bauer Publishing is launching a site intended to attract the same teens and preteens it currently reaches in print, reports Mediaweek. Bauer execs acknowledged they are entering a crowded market, but are confident they will succeed, given their existing print audience. 4TNZ.com is stocked with videos, quizzes and other "sticky" interacti  [...]

Industry Buzz & Snippets: 5/6/08

Ad Networks and Analytics: Rise in revenue from its ad network were just enough to offset drops elsewhere at AOL. Analytics platform Media6Degrees raised $2 million in financing from Coriolis Ventures. Blinkx is licensing a toolset called Advanced Media  [...]

Zune Beefs Up with TV Shows; Films on the Way

Microsoft added hundreds of television programs to its Zune marketplace in a quest to contend with the versatile iTunes, reports Variety. Over 800 TV episodes were added to the Zune storefront from a variety of networks, including NBC and Turner. More deals will be announced over the long-te  [...]