Springer Science+Business Media (Springer) has acquired 29 journals from Transaction Publishers in an asset deal.
Posted Feb 20, 2007
Anystream, a provider of new media publishing solutions, has acquired Cauldron Solutions to expand its Anystream Media business beyond video production to reach operations and business management.
Posted Feb 20, 2007
A majority of Americans (55%) in an online survey said bloggers are important to the future of American journalism and 74% said citizen journalism will play a vital role, according to a new WE Media/Zogby Interactive poll.
Posted Feb 16, 2007
MySpace will experiment with a video-filtering system designed to block clips containing copyright materials.
Posted Feb 16, 2007
VeriSign, Inc., a provider of infrastructure for the networked world, has announced a major initiative to expand and diversify the capacity of its global internet infrastructure by ten times by the year 2010.
Posted Feb 13, 2007
Cambridge Information Group (CIG) has closed its previously announced transaction with ProQuest Company and acquired ProQuest Information and Learning.
Posted Feb 13, 2007
Sharewire, a mobile solutions provider headquartered in The Netherlands, has received EUR 1.2 million ($1.5 million) in venture capital investment from Main Capital II.
Posted Feb 13, 2007
Media conglomerate Viacom, Inc. has told YouTube, Inc. to discontinue to host Viacom videos without permission and demanded that over 100,000 of its clips be removed from the video-sharing site owned by Google, Inc.
Posted Feb 09, 2007
LibreDigital, a division of NewsStand, Inc., has opened a regional office in London. The Company also announced that it has named two new management team members, including the appointment of Todd Eckler to VP of North America Sales and Ernst Kallus to VP of European Sales.
Posted Feb 06, 2007
VISTA International, a provider of software systems and support services for the publishing industry, and Ingenta, a provider that connects the publishing and information industries, have announced they will merge to create Publishing Technology plc.
Posted Feb 06, 2007
Cadmus Communications Corporation has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire LexisNexis’ conventional printing operations in Charlottesville, Virginia and its digital printing operations in Conklin, New York, and simultaneously has entered into a five-year agreement with LexisNexis to produce substantially all of LexisNexis’ printing requirements.
Posted Feb 06, 2007
Skinkers, a provider of push technology, has raised £2 million ($3.9 million) from its current shareholders to fund the launch of the Skinkers Live Delivery Network, a peer-to-peer network to support live video streaming and real-time notifications.
Posted Feb 02, 2007
Exalead, a provider of search software for business and the web, has announced the infusion of $15.6 million by Qualis SCA.
Posted Feb 02, 2007
Lijit Networks, Inc. has secured over $900,000 in funding from an investment syndicate including Colorado Fund I, managed by High Country Venture; Brad Feld, managing director of Foundry Group; Seth Goldstein, co-founder of AttentionTrust.org, Majestic Research and ROOT Markets; and Paul Berberian, former CEO of Raindance Communications.
Posted Jan 30, 2007
Reed Business Information (RBI), a B2B publisher in the US and part of Reed Elsevier, a global publisher and information provider, has acquired BuyerZone.com, Inc., an online B2B marketplace that links prospective buyers to qualified suppliers of more than 125 business product and service categories.
Posted Jan 26, 2007
Clarabridge, a text-mining software company, has secured $7.2 million in funding.
Posted Jan 26, 2007
Ex Libris Group has formed the Primo Charter Members Program--providing a group of organizations with the opportunity to collaborate on the development of Primo.
Posted Jan 23, 2007
SirsiDynix, a provider of technology solutions for libraries, has announced the completion of its acquisition by Vista Equity Partners, a $1 billion private equity firm focused solely on investing in software and technology-enabled businesses.
Posted Jan 23, 2007
Joseph Alen, president and CEO since 1992 of Copyright Clearance Center, a copyright licensing solutions provider, announced his intention to retire at the end of the company’s fiscal year in June.
Posted Jan 23, 2007
Bitpass, an online micropayments firm backed by Disney’s venture arm and Guy Kawasaki, has announced it will close.
Posted Jan 23, 2007
The Zug-based (CH) FIRSTGATE Holding AG, owner of ClickandBuy, a European digital payments platform and epayments system, has received funding from Intel Capital.
Posted Jan 23, 2007
Brightcove has closed a $59.5 million funding round designed to allow the internet TV company to accelerate international expansion.
Posted Jan 23, 2007
Workshare, an information security company and a provider of secure content compliance, has closed $23 million in Series B funding from California and New York-based Steelpoint Capital Partners, Intel Capital, and London-based Quester.
Posted Jan 19, 2007
BuzzLogic, a social media software company, has closed a $9.6 million Series A equity financing round led by Adams Capital Management, Ackerley Partners, and Transcosmos Investments & Business Development.
Posted Jan 19, 2007
Dow Jones & Company has announced a restructuring of its Enterprise Media Group designed to improve its business in the financial, corporate and media, and government markets.
Posted Jan 12, 2007