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LivingSocial Lands $5 Million for Social Media Apps

Washington - LivingSocial, a developer of social networking applications, has raised $5 million in new funding, PaidContent reported. Investors included Grotech Ventures, AOL founder Steve Case and...

Scvngr Nabs $4 Million for Location-based Mobile Games

Boston - Scvngr, a Boston-based developer of mobile software technology, has raised $4 million in its second round of venture capital, according to a new filing...

Audio Ad Technology Firm Jingle Networks Raises $6.8 Million

Billerica, Mass. - Jingle Networks, a provider of voice advertisement serving technology for telephone directory assistance providers, has raised about $6.8 million in a round of venture...

Report: eMusic Mulls Sale; Best Buy, Rhapsody Among Suitors

New York - The investment firm that owns digital music service eMusic is exploring a possible sale of the company, and has spoken with potential suitors...

News Corp.'s IGN Sells Rotten Tomatoes to Flixster

San Francisco - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) IGN Entertainment unit announced on Monday that it has sold its movie review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes to rival Flixster. Financial terms...

Graphic.ly Gets $1 Million for Digital Comics Delivery Platform

Boulder, Colo. - Graphic.ly, a digital comic book publisher and community platform, announced on Monday that it has raised more than $1 million in first round funding,...

WebMediaBrands Acquires Digital Media Trade Shows

New York - WebMediaBrands, a business publisher and events producer whose titles include MediaBistro.com, announced on Monday that it has acquired the social media tradeshows Social Gaming...

Seesmic Buys Social Network Update Aggregator Ping.fm

San Francisco - Seesmic, the provider of a social networking application that integrates Twitter and Facebook feeds, announced on Monday in a blog post that it...

RealNetworks Acquires Varia Mobile

Seattle - RealNetworks (NASD: RNWK), a provider of media delivery technology, has acquired mobile content distribution firm Varia Mobile, TechFlash reported. Financial terms of the transaction were not provided,...

Quantcast Secures $27.5 Million for Web Audience Measurement

San Francisco - Quantcast, a provider of Internet audience measurement services, announced on Monday that it has closed a $27.5 million third round of financing, co-led...