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Twitter Raises $100 Million, Now Worth $1 Billion

With a new round of funding set at $100 million, microblogging sensation Twitter looks to be valued at $1 billion. Currently, the 60-person company has no discernable plan to do anything significant with the funding beyond general operating costs or slight improvements to exsiting features. It also has no discernable plan monetize via advertising or sponsorships either, a sticking point w  [...]
Posted: Friday, September 25th 2009

Yahoo Drops $150M Worth of Alibaba Shares

Yahoo is preparing to sell 57.48 million shares of Alibaba.com, China's largest B2B marketplace. The sale will raise about $150 million -- the full 1.14% stake it purchased four years ago. When Yahoo made the purchase, Alibaba took charge of Yahoo China. The department recently restructured, during which much-used classifieds service Koubei was transitioned to Taobao.com. In part because of this, tension has begun to rise between Yahoo and Alibaba,   [...]
Posted: Monday, September 14th 2009

Digital/Direct Marketing Now 25% of WPP Group

In a first half earnings statement released this morning, WPP Group announced that digital and direct marketing-related services now comprise 25% of its body. WPP Group owns labels like 24/7 Real Media, Mediaedge:cia, MediaCom, Mindshare, GroupM and Outrider. Digital and direct garnered $1.7 billion in revenues in the first half of '09, with a projected annual run rate of nearly $3.  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, August 26th 2009

Need to Deposit a Check? Try Your iPhone

Private bank and insurance company USAA plans to allow their customers to their iPhones to deposit checks. Using the camera on their iPhones, the person simply takes an picture of both sides, then emails it to the bank. The user then destroys or voids the check since no hard copy is required at the bank. The sent electronic file is verification. Members who have proof of insurance through the bank are eligible to use   [...]
Posted: Monday, August 10th 2009

VSS Forecast: Comms Spending to Top $1 Trillion

Total communications spending will decline 1% in 2009 to $882.6 billion, but will grow 3.6% per year over the next five years to more than $1 trillion,  according to a report from private-equity firm Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS). This growth will make communications the third fastest-growing sector (behind mining and construction) of the US economy through 2013,   [...]
Posted: Wednesday, August 5th 2009

Slumps in Media Sales Strike Blow to Amazon's Q2

Hit hard by a decline in sales for books, music and DVDs, Amazon's net profits fell 10% in Q2, to $142 million (32 cents a share). The figure is down from $158 million, 37 cents a share, in Q1. Revenue rose 14% to $4.65 billion, however, slightly below Wall Street forecasts, The New York Times observes. Analysts expected $4.67 billion in revenue and earnings of 32 cents per share. Pr  [...]
Posted: Friday, July 24th 2009

60% of Online Banking Users Want Free ID Theft Services

Consumers wishing to keep closer tabs on personal finances, and aggressive moves by banks to acquire new business, caused continued growth in the number of US online banking customers throughout 2008, according to comScore's annual review of the online banking industry. The April 2009 comScore State of Online Banking report, based on pass  [...]
Posted: Thursday, April 23rd 2009

Yahoo Profits Plunge 78%

Yahoo's first quarter in 2009 reflected hardship, with profit plummeting 78% to $118 million from $539 million this time last year. Cutbacks on display advertising eroded margins significantly. Display ad revenue for Yahoo fell 13% worldwide compared to 1Q08. Meanwhile, net revenue fell $1.2 billion, while marketing services revenue slumped to 12%. Pageviews, however, rose 8%. Unique visits to Yahoo's Oscar site tripled as well. "We still aren't easy enough to do business with when it  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, April 22nd 2009

Americans Blame Ad Agencies, Media for Economic Crisis

Two-thirds of Americans (66%) believe ad agencies have at least some responsibility for the current economic crisis because they caused people to buy things they couldn't afford, according to (pdf) findings from a Harris Interactive poll completed earlier this month (  [...]
Posted: Monday, April 20th 2009

Ads Raise Confidence in Ailing Financial Brands

Consumers are more likely to have confidence in ailing financial brands if they see ads for them during the economic downturn, according to research from Nielsen IAG, which supports the theory that companies that do not advertise are risking widespread public perception that they have failed or are otherwise on their way out.   [...]
Posted: Monday, March 23rd 2009

Stock Website Visits Increase 19% in February

As anxious Americans fret about their financial portfolios, the number of US visits to the Stocks and Shares category of websites rose 19% in February 2009 compared with the same period last year, according to data from Hitwise, which said the category accounted for 1.11% of all US internet visits during the month. The February rankings represent the third-highest month for the category in  [...]
Posted: Friday, March 20th 2009

Cocooning Millennials Plan Drastic Spending Cuts

Two-thirds of US Millennials say they are somewhat or very concerned about their personal finances and plan to make drastic cuts across spending categories, according to a recent study by youth-research firm TRU, which gauged the near-term buying intentions of 12- to 29-year-olds in the current recession,   [...]
Posted: Tuesday, March 10th 2009

Twitter Raises Over $35M in Series C

Last week, a Series C funding round for Twitter drew $35 million from Institute Venture Partners and Benchmark alone; other participants, like Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital, did not divulge the amount they contributed to the social network. In a blog post about the round, co-founder Biz Stone admitted the socnet hadn't been seeking financing, but ultimately felt it was "an offer we couldn't refuse." Prior to th  [...]
Posted: Monday, February 16th 2009

drugstore.com Reports Profitable Q4

drugstore.com, inc. reported fourth quarter (ended Dec. 28) net sales of $93.9 million and net income of $289,000, achieving gross margins of 28.5% and the highest adjusted EBITDA in the history of the company of $5.2 million, up 243% over the fourth quarter of 2007,   [...]
Posted: Tuesday, February 10th 2009

IAC Suffers Dismal Q4, Repositions Ask (Again)

This week InterActive Corp. reported a 19% drop in Q4 media and advertising revenue -- a plummet more significant than any experienced by other publicly-traded internet search providers. (Time Warner's AOL ad unit came close, however. Its Q4 ad revenue clocked an 18% drop.) Search ad prices for IAC fell 8-12% compared to the same period last year. The company projects media and ad revenue to decline by over 20% in 1Q  [...]
Posted: Friday, February 6th 2009

Time Warner Takes $16B Loss

Time Warner posted a loss of $16.03 billion, or $4.47/share, in 2008's Q4. The results were due mainly to a $24.2 billion write-down for its cable, publishing and AOL assets, reports MediaBuyerPlanner. Prior to this, Time Warner predicted it would report an operating loss for the fourth quar  [...]
Posted: Thursday, February 5th 2009

OpenTable Files for IPO, Reveals Financial Data

Online restaurant reservation site OpenTable has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) in hopes of raising as much as $40 million on the market. The company, which works with restaurants to peddle reservations to users over the 'net, was founded in 1998. It employs 292 people. Restaurants pay a subscription fee, a reservation fee for each reservation made via OpenTable, and in same cases an installation fee -- which enables them to integr  [...]
Posted: Monday, February 2nd 2009

NYTimes Profits Plummet; 'Net Ad Revenues Sink 12.3%

New York Times Co. profit plummeted 48% in the fourth quarter; however, results were above analyst expectations, sending stock prices higher in mid-day trading, reports MediaBuyerPlanner. The company reported Q4 net income of $27.6 million, or 19 cents a share, compared with $53 million, or 37 cents a share, in the fourth quarter 2007,   [...]
Posted: Thursday, January 29th 2009

YHOO Takes Q4 Loss of $303M; Bartz Keeps Eye on Silver Lining

In her first earning call for Yahoo, just-inaugurated CEO Carol Bartz touted the company's "wonderful energy" and vowed to directly address any viability issues Yahoo faces. She also denied any intention to sell Yahoo or any of its services, and did not indicate plans to reopen acquisition talks with Microsoft. "I would just make a plea that this is a fantastic Internet property and really doesn't deserve everybody trying to pick it and pull it apart," she is   [...]
Posted: Wednesday, January 28th 2009

SocNet Raises Funding for Would-Be Filmmakers

Making films isn't easy. From gathering funding and talent, to building an audience and finding methods of distribution, moviemakers -- regardless of past successes -- face myriad obstacles. Serial company founder Ed Vincent saw opportunity in this hardship and launched myProducer.tv, a social media site that gives filmmakers the essential tools for crowdsourcing and collaboration: personal profiles equipped for blogging, forums, event m  [...]
Posted: Tuesday, January 27th 2009

Americans Gravitate To 'Plain English' Pitches

Three-quarters of Americans believe complexity and confusion played a major role in the current financial crisis. And 63% feel financial institutions intentionally make things complicated to hide risks or keep people in the dark, adds research by Siegel+Gale. A survey of 1,214 American homeow  [...]
Posted: Monday, January 26th 2009

Google Takes Blow in Profit Margins, Still Beats Wall St.

Yesterday Google reported deflated net income for 4Q08: a fall of 68% from the year prior. Revenue grew 28% to $5.7 billion, however, beating Wall Street expectations. Net income for the quarter ending December 31 was $382 million, or $1.21 per share, compared with $1.2 billion -- $3.79 per share -- last year. These included one-time charges of $1.1 billion, accounting for the plummeting value of Google's investments in Clearwire, a wireless broadband provider, and AOL. Barring that, and i  [...]
Posted: Friday, January 23rd 2009

MSFT Sags After Poor PC Sales, Frigid Ad Market

Poor PR surrounding Windows, depressed PC sales and a chill in the online ad market hurt Microsoft profits in the period ending December 31. In toto, sales rose 1.6% year-over-year (YOY), to $16.63   [...]
Posted: Friday, January 23rd 2009

Silicon Valley Execs Craft Plan to Buy YHOO - With MSFT Money

A group of well-known -- but unnamed -- Silicon Valley executives and investment bankers are brokering a deal to take over Yahoo, TechCrunch claims. The investors are expected to offer $20 billion for the struggling internet company, a 20% premium on its $13-per-share value -- less than half the original price Microsoft   [...]
Posted: Friday, January 9th 2009

Apple Staggers iTunes Price Points

Bowing to pressure from the record industry -- as well as cheaper, DRM-free rivals like Amazon.com and Napster -- Apple introduced elasticity to the price of iTunes music. Prior to its announcement at MacWorld yesterday, all iTunes tracks were available for $0.99, with CDs typically running between $9.99 and $12.99. Based on unspecified criteria (probably having to do with the song's popularity  [...]
Posted: Wednesday, January 7th 2009