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 in cash, with a possible earn out between $700,000 and $3.5 million
Hamburg, Germany-based Xing plans to integrate socialmedian into its product sometime next year, stating that socialmedian’s approach is ideal… 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 friends — and it has been in private testing mode for four months. Socialmedian is built around news networks with topics like “tech news” and “venture capital,” which pull stories… 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 and relevant to them. The idea, says chief executive Jason Goldberg, is that people with common interests are better at filtering the news for each other than traditional media.
With so… Continue Reading
Roundup: More Yahoos head to startups, VCs feeling low, and more
Here’s the latest action:
1. Yahoo ad and IM leaders head to successful startups
2. VC’s confidence at a four-year low
3. Intel launches chip intended for larger-than-a-cell-phone portable devices
4. Ex-Jobster chief executive Jason Goldberg gets angel funding for new startup
5. Report: MySpace, Facebook image uploading software vulnerable to hacks
6. PR folks, Marketwire has a new way to make your press releases “Web 2.0″
7. Mobile-only social networking site MocoSpace raises $4 million round
8. Is Obama a Mac and… Continue Reading
Roundup: Jobster CEO out, Al Gore dominates Bali, Lennon invests, Scoble out, more
Here’s the latest action:
1) Jobster CEO Jason Goldberg out
2) US delegation to Bali pisses off Al Gore
3) Opera sues Microsoft over Explorer
4) VC Heidi Roizen sheds weight while crafting songs
5) The guidelines for online video success
6) Five hundred ways to customize stuff
7) John Lennon’s son invests in MyStore
Most popular search term: iPhone beats Facebook
9) DecentralTV (Kyte) and PermissionTV raise more cash, Podtech on rocks?
Jobster CEO Jason Goldberg out — Jason Goldberg, co-founder and CEO of… Continue Reading