Weekly Money Trail- July 18, 2008
Seattle Comcast’s The Platform goes social with Chirp Social media start-up Chirp Interactive Inc. has sold some of its assets to Comcast Corp.’s thePlatform just six months after a seed funding. Financial terms were not disclosed, but we can only assume with Comcast deep pockets, and social media on fire, the investors should be singing [...]
Read MoreIs Urban a Euphemism for Black?
…I don’t believe it is, but it’s obvious that a lot black/urban niche sites disagree with me. Over time the terms black and urban have become dangerously close to being intermingled in respects to web applications, content, and marketing, making it very difficult to identify an audience. As most of us know, one of the [...]
Read MoreKarrine Steffans Joins Twitter?
Just when you thought Twitter was falling off due to its technical difficulties, Twitter gets a new kid on the block: Karrine Steffans. Karrine Steffans recently joined Twitter, and instead of quietly setting up an account, it appears as though she executed a pub stint by announcing her Twitter membership on her website. I suspect she [...]
Read MoreWhere do you fit in the Black America Study?
Last week Radio One and Yankelovick (a consumer market research agency) released the “largest national survey of African-Americans” and website that hosts the findings on BlackAmericaStudy.com. It is definitely interesting and gives great insight into Blacks and our relationship with New Media. The study surveyed about 3,400 Blacks and also states what many of you [...]
Read MoreTHE WEEKLY MONEY TRAIL-6/20/2008
San Francisco, Mochi Media Makes $10M To Monetize Games With plans to build out its infrastructure to meet demand from game developers for its ad platform, Mochi Media Inc. has raised a $10 million Series B round of funding. http://www.mochimedia.com New York Hanger Network Racks Up $10M More Hanger Network In-Home Media Inc., which distributes [...]
Read MoreeVIPlist.com: Social Ranking as a promotional tool
At first glance eVIPlist.com may look like another Digg clone. While the site does use Digg’s open API its business and web strategy is far from the typical “rank news/info” model that we typically see from other sites using the same API. While similarities can certainly be found between eVIPlist.com and other sites such as [...]
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