Honda Motor Corp.'s campaign for its new CR-Z car features the hybrid vehicle in some colorful roadside billboards that can't be seen from a freeway.
The ads are on display in Facebook Inc.'s virtual game "Car Town," as Honda advertises on the site for the first time this week. The game, which allows users to collect and customize cars, has 3.1 million users.
Chinese online classifieds site 58.com announced today that its second-round funding, mainly from Doll Capital Management (DCM) and SAIF Partners, totaled USD 15 mln. CEO Yao Jinbo did not reveal the company’s new equity structure following the investment, but said that 58.com has retained control over the company, and that the funds raised will be mainly used towards expansion in second- and third-tier cities nationwide.
The average U.S. consumer loves to read news online, but only one in five is willing to pay for it. And if your favorite news site suddenly erects a pay wall that requires subscription or pay-per-article fees, more than four of five of you would simply get your news elsewhere.
Leading real estate agents, the Ray White Group, has sold its entire $80 million-plus holding in online property classifieds leader REA Group to a range of existing and new shareholders.
TowPartners announced today that it has fully deployed a new free classifieds website for the towing industry. The classifieds can be accessed through the www.towPartners.com website and are also located at www.towAds.com. Ads for trucks include many features and the system allows photo posting and more at no cost to the buyer or the seller. Tow trucks and other towing and wrecker equipment can be sold on the site using the free ad service.
OLX, an online classifieds site based outside the US, has raised $5 million in funding from Nexus Capital India. This round brings the total amount of funding to $28.5 million.
USA4SALE Networks has been nominated for a top honor in online publishing by Editor & Publisher and Mediaweek.
Last week, eBay held a meeting to announce its roadmap of growth plans through to 2011. The company said that its eBay Marketplaces business is expected to achieve revenues of $5 billion to $7 billion in 2011 with a continued shift toward more fixed price sales and a smaller online auction business. Following that announcement is a round-up of marketplace promotions aimed at international, fixed-priced listings and individual (non-business) sellers.
Amid the struggles of the U.S. newspaper industry and a real estate meltdown that has hit California particularly hard, David Black still believes an ailing San Diego daily has value.
Naukri.com, India’s no.1 job site introduces NaukriOnChat that allows job search through chat messenger on Gmail/GTalk. It not only enables search for jobs, but also allows viewing job details and applying via chat.
As the presses roll for the last time on the town's 146-year-old paper, American print journalists are looking out for the first city to be left with no print news at all.
What are already hard times for New Mexico newspapers could get worse under a bill sponsored by House Speaker Ben Lujan, D-Nambé. House Bill 895 would allow the publication of legal notices via television or radio in addition to newspapers. Currently, such notices must be published in newspapers, and that’s a major source of revenue [...]
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer publishes its last dead-tree edition Tuesday, the latest newspaper to succumb to the harsh realities of an internet economy where delivering bits is an increasingly inefficient way of delivering the news.
Norwegian media group Schibsted (Oslo: SCH.OL) may sell some assets or look for a partner for its Classified Media unit as it seeks to raise fresh capital, its chief said.
“SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CLASSIFIEDS” will take place in Tallinn, Estonia on 13-16 MAY 2009. Altex and Trinidad Consulting have been commissioned to deliver two workshops at this international conference organised by the International Classified Media Association.
Monday, August 30, 2010
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