Socialmedian acquired by business network Xing
European business networking site Xing has acquired socialmedian, a service created by former Jobster chief executive Jason Goldberg to share and discuss news stories. Goldberg’s blog post announcing the deal doesn’t name a price, although a couple of sites say it was for $4 million… Continue Reading
Socialmedian leaves beta testing as traffic climbs
Socialmedian, a site where users can share and discuss news stories with their friends, has quietly taken the “beta testing” tag off its site. It’s an important milestone that the company announced without much fanfare, either in terms of press coverage or new features.
Still, it’s… Continue Reading
Roundup: Obama’s big Bay Area night, Xbox 360 sells out in Japan, Hulu going international and more
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Obama Bay Area event sets fund-raising record — Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama visited the Bay Area and racked up $7.8 million in fund-raising, a record for a single event, according to Draper Fisher Jurvestson’s Steve Jurvetson, who, with his wife Karla Jurvetson,… Continue Reading
Socialmedian unveils improved social news site
Socialmedian, the social news site created by Jobster co-founder Jason Goldberg, is opening the doors on its public test tonight.
The site has a compelling concept — that the best way to sort through the tremendous flood of news is with a little help from your… Continue Reading
Roundup: Microsoft/Icahn offered Yahoo $2.3B in annual revenue, the Gphone continues to be imaginary and more
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Microsoft and Icahn offered Yahoo $2.3 billion in annual revenue — That money would have been guaranteed from search advertising for five years. Yahoo rejected the deal yesterday. Its current search ad deal with Google guarantees them $800 million a year but is… Continue Reading
Socialmedian offers a collaborative way to sort through the news
As more and more news floods the Internet, more and more companies are releasing products to help you sift through that flood. One of the latest is socialmedian, a site that uses social networking tools to help users find the articles that are most interesting… Continue Reading