Examiner.com snaps up citizen-journalism hub NowPublic
Examiner.com, the media company known best for its right-leaning owner, Philip Anschutz, announced that it has purchased citizen journalism-driven web site NowPublic. The price was undisclosed, but PaidContent pegged the sale price $25 million.
The site collects and disseminates news articles from hundreds of writers in 160 countries around the globe, most without any journalistic training. Its connection to location is particularly interesting, allowing viewers to easily find news relevant to their local areas.
This is the… Continue Reading
Siperian, master data management co, gets $25M more
Siperian , a Silicon Valley company that helps businesses unify their data about customers, products and organizations fragmented across different systems (with so-called “master data management” software), has raised $25 million more in financing.
The San Mateo, Calif. company attracted the round, its fifth, from a number of investor. They include Investor Growth Capital, which led the round, and previous investors Anthem Capital, ArrowPath Venture Capital, Blumberg Capital, Brightspark, Constellation Ventures, Red Rock Ventures, Reed Elsevier… Continue Reading
Mobivox raises $11M for yet another VoIP service
IDG Ventures Boston has led an $11 million first round of investment into Montreal, Canada company Mobivox, just the latest Internet telephone company that lets members make cheap or free phone calls around the world.
It lets members make calls to a number of countries free and other countries at around 2 cents, similar to services like Skype and Jajah.
You go to the company’s Web site, and it gives you a local access number. A voice… Continue Reading
Radian6 raises $4M to monitor viral behavior in social media
Radian6 Technologies, a New Brunswick, Canada provider of software that monitors viral behavior in blogs, online video and other social networking sites, said it has raised a $4 million round of financing.
BCE Capital led the investment round, which included Brightspark Ventures and BDC Venture Capital.
According to its statement:
Radian6 provides social media monitoring and viral behavior measurement solutions
specifically designed for the needs of marketing, public relations and advertising professionals. Social media, whether in the form… Continue Reading