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• NetProspex Raises $2 Million In Round Led By American City Business Journals

  PaidContent - 2009-10-27

  American City Business Journals has led a $2 million investment in NetProspex, a startup which boasts a crowdsourced online database of more than eight million sales contacts. NetProspex lets sales people exchange sales contacts they don’t use for others in its online database; users can also buy contacts directly....

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• Industry Moves: Business.com, MMC Sales; Hasbro Studios; ACBJ; LATMG

  PaidContent - 2009-08-04

  —MMC: Nic Paul, Variety's online sales head, is leaving & joining Jay Penske's MMC, reporting to Sasha Wolfe, ex-MSN who is head of sales. MMC recently acquired Nikki FInke's blog and brought on Bonnie Fuller to run HollywoodLife.com.—RHDi: Brian Barnum, president of RHDi and former COO of Business.com, has...

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• ThePort Network Raises $4.1 Million Second Round Led By American City Business Journals

  Content Next - 2008-12-02

  Social media company ThePort Network has raised $4.1 million in a second round led by American City Business Journals. Existing investors Lee Enterprises (NYSE: LEE), Atlanta-based start-up investor Imlay Investments, and angel investor Robert Jetmundsen also participated. Co-founder and CEO Bob Cramer, who is also an angel investor, told...

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• Washington Business Journal Presents Its First Annual Minority Business Leaders Awards Program

  - 2008-04-03

  To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Lauren Perusse of the Washington Business Journal, +1- 703-258-0889 Last Chance to Register ARLINGTON, Va., April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/--Dont miss out on the Washington Business Journalsfirst annual Minority Business Leaders event, Friday, April 11 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor,...

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• Third Party Is Crucial In Relocating An Employee

  BNET - 2008-02-29

  Relocating an employee and his or her family with the aid of a knowledgeable third party will yield a focused employee who's ready to work. Experts advise utilizing the services of a third-party relocation specialist to manage the details of the move and any applicable incentive money. Such services are...

  Tags: Incentive, Employee, American City Business Journals Inc., Sales Force Management, Sales

• Companies Beefing Up Programs To Aid Relocated Employees

  BNET - 2007-07-13

  Navigating the housing market can be challenging, but buyers and sellers relocating into or out of the Twin Cities sometimes have a not-so-secret weapon: their employers. Employee relocation services have been a long-standing benefit at many companies, particularly for the upper ranks of executives, but in nowadays' housing market, it's...

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• American City Business Journals.(CHARLOTTE)

  - 2006-11-01

  CHARLOTTE -- American City Business Journals bought the Sporting News print, online and radio businesses from Seattle-based Vulcan, the holding company of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. Terms were not disclosed. American City, which is ... CHARLOTTE -- American City Business Journals bought the Sporting News...

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• Demand for Valuation Services Rising as Profession Matures

  BNET - 2006-04-07

  In a survey conducted last year by Accounting Today magazine, almost 90 percent of the Top 100 accounting firms in the country reported an increase in revenue derived from valuation services in 2005 over 2004. This survey provides evidence that the growing demand for valuation services continues and this trend...

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• Prudential Beat Zillow to the Net

  BNET - 2006-03-03

  The Internet has been a paradise for home hunters. Countless sites help buyers sort through listings. Financial calculators and mortgage brokerages abound. But it has not, until recently, offered much information for the non-seller who just wants to know what a house is worth. The new push to put home...

  Tags: Zillow Inc., American City Business Journals Inc., Prudential Insurance Company Of America, Internet

• Thomas Named Publisher of Puget Sound Business Journal

  - 2006-01-27

  SEATTLE -- Puget Sound Business Journal Editor Emory Thomas Jr. has been named to succeed Mike Flynn as publisher of the Business Journal. The announcement was made by Ray Shaw, chairman of American City Business Journals, PSBJ's parent company. Thomas, 42, joined the Business Journal in June 2004....

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