Berlin – SponsorPay, a European ad-funded online payments
platform, has raised $5 million in new funding, from Nokia Growth Partners and
existing investors.

Berlin-based SponsorPay provides virtual currency
monetization services for social networks and gaming companies, including
Ubisoft, Playdom, PlaySpan and King.com.

The company will use the new funds to
expand its platform to mobile devices.

SponsorPay said its new toolkit for smartphone
application developers offers a range of distribution and monetization
products, including application installs, surveys, trials, lead generation and
videos.

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New York – Collective, a provider of video ad services, said
on Thursday that it has acquired Oggifinogi, the developer of an online video
advertising platform.

Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Bellevue,
Wash.-based Oggifinogi counts more than 100 clients, including Bing, Best Buy,
Sony and Paramount.

The company said its video ad network reaches over 150
million unique users across 2,500 publisher sites.

"This acquisition
enables us to bring the right mix of art and science to brand advertisers,
especially as they rethink their television advertising budget and look to
online to complement their broadcast and cable ad spend," said Collective
CEO Joe Apprendi.

Oggifinogi raised $2 million in financing last fall, from
Greycroft Partners, iNovia Capital and Contour Venture Partners.

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http://www.collective.com

http://www.oggifinogi.com

New York – Operative Media, a provider of online advertising
management services, said on Thursday that it has raised $10 million in new
funding, from ORIX Venture Finance and an undisclosed private investment firm.

Founded in 2000, New York-based Operative serves clients including The Wall
Street Journal, NBC Universal, National Public Media and MSN.

The company plans
to use the funds to expand in North America, the U.K., Australia and Brazil,
chiefly through sales talent acquisitions.

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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/2/prweb8160556.htm

http://www.operative.com

Chicago – Media Chaperone, the developer of a Facebook
application that monitors kids’ Internet gaming, said on Thursday that it has
received $1 million in venture capital, led by Leo Capital Holdings.

Chicago-based Media Chaperone was founded in
2009.

The company’s "Piggyback" Facebook
application offers parents the ability to monitor their children’s interactions
with online gaming environments, social networks and virtual worlds, and manage
expenditures, add credits and monitor behavior.

Media Chaperone will use the funds
to expand its infrastructure and for additional product development.

Related Links:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110224005425/en

http://www.mediachaperone.com

Libertyville, Ill. – Catch Media, the developer of a digital
rights locker platform, announced on Thursday that it has received an
investment from Motorola Mobility Ventures.

Founded in 2003, Beverly Hills,
Calif.-based Catch operates Play Anywhere, a service that lets consumers store
their music, TV and video collections and services in the cloud, and access
them from disparate devices.

The company launched its service with Best Buy Europe
and Carphone Warehouse in the U.K. in the fourth quarter of 2010, and is
expected to launch in the U.S. in early 2011, "in cooperation with the
music industry."

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http://tinyurl.com/6a5ujxu

http://www.catchmedia.com

Los Angeles – Disney has acquired Togetherville, a social
network for children ages 10 or younger, TechCrunch reports.

Financial terms of
the deal were not disclosed.

Founded in 2007, Menlo Park, Calif.-based
Togetherville offers parents the ability to monitor their kids’ social
networking, and moderate their contacts, and connections with friends on other
sites, such as Facebook.

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(TechCrunch)

http://togetherville.com

New York – Bookseller Barnes & Noble now claims to hold
25% of the nascent e-book market in the U.S. "We now represent 25 percent
of the e-book market in the U.S., larger than our share in physical books. We
sell twice as many e-books as all formats of physical books combined on
BN.com," said Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch.

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20035277-1.html

New York – Fast Company has released its 2011 list of the
Most Influential Women in Technology, highlighting 30 women in six categories,
as selected by the publication’s editors. Categories include The Entrepreneurs,
The Gamers, The Brainiacs, The Advocates, The Media and The Executives. Fast
Company published its first list two years ago, "in part to recognize the
challenges that women in technology face — proper recognition being just one
of them." The complete list is available at the link below.

Related Links:
http://www.fastcompany.com/women-in-tech/2011/full-list

Toronto – Canadian broadcaster and publisher Rogers Media
announced on Wednesday that it has named Jason Tafler to the newly created
position of chief digital officer. Tafler was previously CEO of digital
marketing firm PointRoll.

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http://tinyurl.com/47zk5th

http://www.rogers.com

Somerville, Mass. – The Echo Nest, a developer of digital music
applications, said on Wednesday it partnered with Australia-based music
discovery service We Are Hunted on a series of music apps. The first, "Pocket
Hipster" for iPhone and iPad, is an "animated virtual hipster"
who "listens to your personal music collection, promptly insults your
taste, then plays the hottest, most buzzed-about new tracks that match your
musical preferences."

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http://wearehunted.com

http://the.echonest.com