Bertelsmann invests in ImageSpan’s technology for automating royalty payments
ImageSpan hopes to make a mint by counting up the pennies that artists and media companies are owed every time someone downloads a song or plays a video over the internet.
One of the nightmares of the digital age is how to track what an artist is owed by all of the people who use that artist’s work online. Currently, that problem of tracking usage and royalties is solved using an army of attorneys. It often… Continue Reading
Buzzlogic helps place ads on influential blogs, raises cash
Buzzlogic, the San Francisco company that tries to help marketers and others gauge which blogs are the most influential for specific topics, has raised an extra $2.5 million in financing to help it promote its new advertising product.
The company launched its blog analysis product in May (our coverage), but earlier this month additionally launched a way to target advertising against those influential blogs. You type in a topic into Buzzlogic’s dashboard, and it provides you… Continue Reading
Jott raises $5.4M for voice-to-text
Jott, the convenient voice-to-text service we reviewed favorably in March, has raised $5.4 million in its latest round of financing.
Jott, of Seattle, allows you to call a number, record a message, and then have that message translated into text and e-mailed to you or one of your contacts.
Bain Capital of Boston led the round with money from its new early-stage fund. The round included previous investors Draper Richards, Ackerley Partners and Atomico.
Founder and chief executive… Continue Reading
Jott, a convenient voice-to-text service
Jott rocks.
Jott, a company based in Seattle, offers a convenient new service that lets you speak messages and send them to yourself or others — as a transcribed text message.
Or as a voice message, if you prefer.
Sign up at Jott.com takes a minute, with no hassle. Then all you do is call Jott’s number, 1-877-568-8486. Jott asks who you are sending the message to. You tell Jott (the name of your friend will be… Continue Reading
BuzzLogic raises $9.6M to help you sort through blog clutter
BuzzLogic, the San Francisco company that helps you find out which blogs are influential, has raised $9.6 million in a first round of venture capital.
It was led by Adams Capital Management, Ackerley Partners and Transcosmos Investments & Business Development.
We wrote about BuzzLogic when it launched in September after raising a seed round of $1.5 million.
The company seeks to define which blogs are shaping conversations online. It uses four criteria to measure a blog:
•overall traffic and… Continue Reading
Jott raises $1 million to covert voice from mobile phone into text
Jott Networks is a new Seattle startup that allows anyone with a cell phone to convert their voice into text and have it delivered via e-mail. See John Cook’s story here.
It has raised $1 million in seed funding from Ackerley Partners, Draper Richards and a group led by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrom.
BuzzLogic wants to identify influential blogs, raises $1.5M
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San Francisco start-up BuzzLogic is trying to help you sort through the blog clutter. If you’re a marketer or PR person, how do you really know who is an influential blogger and who is not?
BuzzLogic just launched at the DEMO conference, and is homing in on this “influencer” question.
The company seeks to define who is shaping specific conversations in blogs with “algorithms” that analyze relationships, based on four criteria:
–overall traffic and number of inbound… Continue Reading