Seattle PI covers the latest start-up by ex-Jobster’s Jason Goldberg. The company, which promises to serve-up news in an original way, has raised a sub-$1 million round of fundage.
Goldberg said it is the ‘first inning’ in online news and while many of those companies have offered some innovative concepts, he said, ‘I don’t think anyone […]

Hot off the press. Monster’s latest ad in their new “Your Calling Is Calling” campaign has just been released.
Job satisfaction that makes the world go ’round.
This spot follows the previous ones in terms of an eye catching, visually appealing setup with a nice pay off at the end. In my […]

Joel recently showcased the new ad concepts being rolled out by Monster.com. As an ad guy myself, I took great interest in seeing how they would be rebranding themselves.
I know this may be the first positive thing said about Monster on Joel’s blog but I have to say at first glance, the […]

It’ll be interesting to see how much now-defunct Edgeio, a vertical search engine for online classifieds, sells for. The starting bid is $250,000. Participate or be a spectator at Domain Tools.
You can also checkout some great insight into the business at wiki.edgeio.com. More on the site’s demise at Techcrunch.

“Acquisition strengthens Taleo’s leading position in the retail industry”
Well, I guess its been a long time coming. Consolidation in the space was predictable and it will no doubt continue. I had the pleasure of working with Gary Alpert and the WetFeet team from late 2000 through the end of 2005 during my […]

Simply Hired got a facelift, taking it a few steps away from its original simplicity (which Indeed has maintained). According to SH, the new look “technically went live about a week ago,” but it’s the first time I’ve seen it.

The Austin Statesman is reporting Jim McGovern is the new CEO of itzbig, replacing Jim Hammock, who will remain as chairman. McGovern most recently served as CEO of Marketwire. Prior to that, he worked at companies such as IBM, Business.com, and Ticketmaster Online - CitySearch.