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Windows Live Spaces Goes after MySpace
“The new, ad-supported version of the erstwhile MSN Spaces has officially launched, with features intended to challenge the likes of MySpace and Facebook.”
MarketingVox, August 2, 2006 No Comments »
MSN Revenues Decline Slightly; Investments Continue
“Revenues at Microsoft’s MSN declined 3 percent year-over-year, coming in at $580 million, as compared to $598 million during the same period last year. The company revealed results and plans for MSN when it announced earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter of 2006 yesterday.”
ClickZ, July 21, 2006 No Comments »
Yahoo, MSN Make Messenger Systems Compatible
“IN A CHALLENGE TO AOL’S popular instant messenger service, the second and third most popular services, Microsoft’s Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo Messenger, today launched a closed beta test of a merger of their two networks.”
MediaPost, July 13, 2006 No Comments »
MSN Signs up Honda, Verizon; Includes Branded Entertainment
“MSN has again signed up Honda and Verizon Wireless as the exclusive advertisers for Rockstar.MSN.com, the companion site to CBS’s “Rock Star: Supernova” (last year, “Rock Star: INXS”) reality show from Mark Burnett, reports MediaWeek.”
MarketingVox, July 5, 2006 No Comments »
MSN Tests Engagement With Viral Giveaway Campaign
“MSN THIS WEEK ROLLED OUT a giveaway campaign as the second phase of a viral effort aimed at testing consumer engagement and loyalty.”
MediaPost, June 15, 2006 No Comments »
“NEWS CORP.’S MYSPACE.COM PLANS TO solicit bids from Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft to power search on the site, the company’s Chief Operating Officer Peter Chernin said at a Deutsche Bank Media & Telecom conference broadcast on the Internet.”
MediaPost, June 14, 2006 No Comments »
Hitwise: Google’s Share of U.S. Searches at 59 Percent
“Google accounted for 59.3 percent of the volume of searches in the U.S. for May 2006, followed by Yahoo and MSN with 22.0 and 12.1 percent, respectively, Hitwise announced yesterday.”
MarketingVox, June 9, 2006 No Comments »
Microsoft Adds Contextual Ads Alongside Desktop E-mail
“Microsoft has begun showing contextually targeted text ads alongside users’ e-mail messages in the beta test for its new Windows Live Mail Desktop application.”
ClickZ, June 5, 2006 No Comments »
MSN in Talks to Buy Third Screen Media
“Microsoft Corp.’s MSN unit is in talks to acquire wireless web ad provider Third Screen Media, the Wall Street Journal reported.”
iMedia Connection, May 26, 2006 No Comments »
MSN Messenger Gets Trippy With New Site
“In the age of ever deeper and more interactive Web experiences, it takes a backwards sort of thinking to conceive a one-page site consisting of a single looped .GIF animation.”
ClickZ, May 26, 2006 No Comments »
Commentary
Some pretty good commentary about Yahoo vs. Google vs. MSN by Kevin Lee of Did-it.com
ClickZ, May 12, 2006 No Comments »