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Nickelodeon and Shutterfly partner for new line of character-customized digital photo products

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shutterfly.pngNickelodeon and Shutterfly, Inc. announced a licensing agreement to create and distribute a new line of personalized Shutterfly products. The new offerings will feature three of the world’s most popular animated children’s characters: SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer and Diego from Go, Diego, Go!. Available only at Shutterfly beginning November 2007, Nickelodeon’s iconic characters will appear on the largest selection ever offered of Shutterfly licensed products including: Photo Books, Adventure Books, Greeting Cards, and Photo Cards. This partnership significantly expands
Shutterfly’s licensed product portfolio, and enables parents to create personally customized, one-of-a-kind digital photo products and gifts that combine favorite home images with their kid’s favorite Nick characters.

Originally posted on November 8, 2007 @ 10:49 am

Hearst Magazines Digital Media launches full-scale version of TheDailyGreen.com

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viewmedia.jpgHearst Magazines Digital Media, a unit of Hearst Magazines, today launched the full-scale format launch of TheDailyGreen.com, a one-stop eco-resource for environmental news, tips and information.

With TheDailyGreen.com, Hearst is the first major magazine company to launch a consumer-oriented news and service web site devoted to assisting consumers interested in a more earth-friendly lifestyle. Originally unveiled in a beta-version on Earth Day 2007, the full-format version of TheDailyGreen.com is a mash-up between a mainstream media site and a grassroots, blog-based, community-centric site. Starting today, the site will feature a more robust community interface as well as tools for localized content, video, flipbooks, promo players, blogs and more. TheDailyGreen.com has worked with leaders in their fields, including Earth911, EarthLab and WeatherBug, to power many of its user-friendly applications. TheDailyGreen.com has also teamed up with MSN to provide content to its recently launched MSN Green channel.

TheDailyGreen.com launched as Hearst Magazines’ first pure-play, non-magazine brand web site and is part of a growing stable of newly launched or acquired web sites at Hearst, including 14 magazine sites, as well as eSPIN.com, MisQuinceMag.com, RealAge.com and Kaboodle.com.

Originally posted on November 7, 2007 @ 10:46 am

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ClipBlast! unveils live streaming video indexing

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clipblast.pngClipBlast! announced the launch of Live Video Indexing, an extension of its patent-pending Video Web Intelligent Index technology. This marks ClipBlast!’s first formal move beyond indexing video clips to encompass live and streaming video content.

ClipBlast!’s “smart search” functionality makes use of proprietary technology to more effectively categorize live streaming content and deliver relevant search results, from more than 100 content providers as diverse as CNN, Sky News, Bloomberg, ShopAtHome TV, Telemadrid and many more.

The ClipBlast! video search platform searches the entire web for available content, continuously providing viewers with up-to-date, personalized video content, no matter what the source. ClipBlast! indexes more content providers than anyone on the web.

Originally posted on November 7, 2007 @ 11:32 am

CHOW.com mixes up new recipe hack feature for the holidays

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chow.pngCHOW, an interactive media property for food and drink enthusiasts online and property of CNET Networks, is rolling out an innovative recipe feature that allows food fanatics to publish and share their recipes with the CHOW community. With the holiday season already top-of-mind and plans underway, CHOW.com’s new feature and content is perfect for gastronomes looking to spice up their traditions.

CHOW.com’s first-of-its-kind Recipe Hack feature lets members change CHOW recipes to fit their own taste. The modifications are saved as new recipes, called “hacks,” alongside the originals. The groundbreaking Recipe Hack feature is ideal for cooks who find themselves tweaking ingredient portions or who want to share their creative interpretations of familiar recipe standards. Unlike other online food sites, CHOW.com’s relational database allows users to view all hacks made by other members, as well as track new submissions from favorite users and upload photos to present their handiwork in a visually appealing format.

Originally posted on November 7, 2007 @ 11:26 am

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Amazon.com diamond sales up more than 75% in third quarter

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amazon.pngAmazon.com announced that third-quarter 2007 diamond sales increased more than 75 percent year-over-year. Each quarter, an increasing number of Amazon.com’s millions of customers are shopping the Amazon.com Jewelry & Watches store.

Selection for Amazon.com’s diamond jewelry collection expanded with 2,269 new styles launching in the third quarter, including an extensive number of styles of the black diamond collection. Every piece of jewelry sold by Amazon.com is inspected by jewelry professionals to verify quality attributes and ensure an excellent product. Customers can read detailed product specifications about each of the piece’s components, including gemstones, settings and metal stamps. The store provides all of the tools and helpful information that Amazon.com customers know and love, such as Customer Reviews, Top Sellers lists, So You’d Like To guides and Listmania lists.

Originally posted on November 6, 2007 @ 3:59 pm