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I would also encourage all corporate flacks to seriously consider purging their company's press releases of all cliches and jargon. I wish I had a dollar for every time I have seen "end-to-end," "24x7,"or "back-office" sprinkled into a sentence along with undefined acronyms s...

Internet imaging company IPIX (Nasdaq: IPIX) issued a press release today, saying that the sale was generated by the use of its 360 degree imaging photography. Mordoff said that Gulfstream generally uses the IPIX tool in the sale of pre-owned jets rather than new ones, but a Gulfstream Vice President of Marketing said that the IPIX technology allowed Cuban to tour the aircraft over the Internet.

All of the press releases and most of the news stories describe these affiliations as opportunities for the online and offline giants to expand their reach through partnerships. The Web companies gain exposure in major retail stores, and the retail monsters get credible entry to the Internet world. Everyone wins.

Will they pay for reports or press release writing services? Inc.com believes they will pay for proprietary reports containing information that is superior to the free information online. Digital Work believes they will pay for help with writing and sending press releases.

Because in a second press release also put out over the wire yesterday, Circuit City touted the convenience of buying merchandise from its own Web site. The confused retailer offered free shipping to customers who order any of its 1,500 online items for the holidays. Sounds t...

The companies say that new writers can use iUniverse.com to have their book published within 30 days and earn higher royalties than they would receive from other publishers. In addition to publishing services, iUniverse.com offers authors information about marketing their books, creating press releases, setting up public appearances and getting their book reviewed.

The companies say that new writers can use iUniverse.com to have their book published within 30 days and earn higher royalties than they would receive from other publishers. In addition to publishing services, iUniverse.com offers authors information about marketing their books, creating press releases, setting up public appearances and getting their book reviewed.

I don't know about you, but if I read one more press release that equates tremendous losses with success, I think I'll use it to start my fireplace. What do you think? Let's talk about it....

The Stamford, Connecticut-based priceline lashed out at Microsoft in a press release, saying that Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told priceline.com founder and vice-chairman Jay Walker this past summer that Microsoft "had no intention of allowing patent rights to stand in its way." ...

So far, the response among small e-tailers could be described as escalating exuberance. Since Amazon.com's announcement, many press releases have come across my desk from small online merchants with the announcement that they have been selected as an Amazon.com zShops merchant.

Calling it the first online travel news service, the company said it would deliver interactive press releases, photographs, and streamed audio and video clips to more than 5,000 travel reporters and 1,100 travel agencies every week. EMC said it has signed up 20 clients to dat...

Back in early 1998 when Laurie McCartney was pregnant with son Jack and shopping for maternity and infant clothes, she surely could not have envisioned herself 18 months later issuing press releases about receiving $14 million in equity funding for her start-up company That in...

San-Francisco-based Providian Financial Corp. responded Friday to NextCard's Thursday press release announcing they filed a lawsuit against Providian by saying the suit "is totally without merit." Both Providian and NextCard market credit cards for Internet purchases. NextCar...

Few issues raise the ire and the political will of Americans like taxes. A group called the Internet Tax Fairness Coalition has rallied around the issue and sent out a press release Monday calling for the commission "to recommend a fair, nondiscriminatory taxation." The group...

The technology -- developed by MIT professors -- clearly impressed the new clients. Adding testimonials to Akamai's press release, a number of them said that the company's ability to deliver content faster and more reliably than others convinced them to sign on. ...

The Company Sleuth service will be integrated into Lycos existing investing section, www.investing.lycos.com. It will allow Lycos users to probe the Internet for nuggets of useful information on companies. Users will be able check with the U.S. Patent Office for issued patents, track SEC filings, find job postings, get business headlines and company press releases and get analysts and broker reports and recommendations.

Like any successful miner, Scott Kurnit, the company's chairman and CEO, was able to sift through the dirt to find the nuggets. He pointed out a number of Q1 milestones in a press release issued Tuesday. Among them, he said, was the upgrade of the entire user interface network from 13 to 18 channels, the launch of the MiningCo.com Finance Center, expansion of its sales staff from nine to 24, the launch of a company-owned electronic card store and an agreement with broadcast.com to host the company's live and on-demand radio programming, which is scheduled to start sometime in the second quarter.

That hasn't changed, but suddenly there are a host of companies offering to let you create a quick storefront, and offering help in hosting and drawing customers. Such solutions were all over the show floor at the Spring Internet World show in Los Angeles, and these announcements filled the press release gallery.

The truth is, we see these types of announcements every day now, especially from companies realizing they're behind the curve and missing out on the potential bonanza of e-commerce sales. Day after day, companies put out press releases announcing their plans to build new e-commerce sites and model them after Amazon.com, Dell Computers, or eBay.

eMarketer, the authority on business online, and the E-Commerce Times, an online publication offering breaking news and analysis, jointly announced a news syndication and advertising alliance that brings together the highest quality business information resources for the Internet industry ...