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• Huffington Post Closes $25 Million Third Round; Plans Include 'Focused Acquisitions'

  Content Next - 2008-12-01

  After weeks of denials and "no comments," political blog The Huffington Post has closed a $25 million third round funding from Oak Investment Partners, the company said in an emailed press release this morning. The company said it planned to use the proceeds to support general growth efforts and...

  Tags: Acquisition, Round, Advertisement, Softbank Corp., HuffPo, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Communications, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Marketing, Business Operations, Social Media, VC+M&A, Venture Capital, David Kaplan

• INTENT MediaWorks Closes $10 Million in Series B Funding

  - 2007-04-16

  Capital to accelerate growth as INTENT experiences sharp increase in demand for its digital distribution platform among content owners and advertisers ATLANTA -- Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The corrected release reads: INTENT MEDIAWORKS CLOSES $10 MILLION IN SERIES...

  Tags: advertisement, advertiser, Allen & Co., entertainment, INTERNET, MARKETING, music, network, P2P, Softbank Corp., video

• Softbank reports $256 million losses

  - 2005-06-01

  Japan-based Softbank has reported a substantial loss of $256 million for the quarter ending March 31, 2005. According to the company, advertising costs, along with the expenditure on various promotional schemes, contributed to the increase in loss. In theJapan-based Softbank has reported a substantial loss of $256 million for the...

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• CONNECT

  - 2000-03-12

  Closing on Gates RICHEST-MAN TITLE IN DOUBT With SoftBank soaring and Microsoft losing steam, Forbes Magazine reports that Bill Gates' stranglehold on The Richest Man in the World title is less secure than it has been in years. If current trends continue, SoftBank founder Masayoshi...

  Tags: advertisement, Benefits, Forbes, iBlast, INTERNET, network, Softbank Corp., TVs, Web

• Softbank lawsuit is latest problem for ad network; founding execs seek $200 million from former parent and Ziff-Davis.(Softbank Interactive Marketing, Softbank Holdings)

  - 1998-04-27

  Founding execs seek $200 million from former parent and Ziff-Davis Founding execs seek $200 million from former parent and Ziff-Davis

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• On-line networks confront survival of the clickest.

  - 1998-01-12

  Firms are merging, expanding, cutting rates in quest for capital In a bid to upstage bigger rivals, three of New York's on-line advertising networks are merging. The companies - Petry Interactive Inc., Katz Millennium Marketing and Interactive ImaginaFirms are merging, expanding, cutting rates in quest for...

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