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Kontera offers in-text advertizing
http://www.kontera.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-text_advertising

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Vibrant media claim to be “the in-text advertising leaders”
http://www.vibrantmedia.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-text_advertising

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According to the New York Times, MacRumors is the second most valuable blog in the world “behind Gawker Media and ahead of The Huffington Post, PerezHilton.com, and TechCrunch”
Monthly visitors (as of July 2008): 4.4 million
Monthly hits (as of July 2008): 40 million
Here’s a great post from his personal blog, NormalKid.com:
“The secret to success on the [...]

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http://www.digg.com/
Launched for $2,000 in  October  of 2004
Approximately 25,000,000 unique viewers monthly
http://www.crunchbase.com/company/digg
Or not?  Mixergy interview with Owen Byrne reveals that the above stats are a myth…
http://mixergy.com/pr-lies-destroy-your-understanding-of-how-business-really-works-owen-byrne-digg/
As of September 2008, Digg is valued at $175 millon.
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Truemors is a high-profile startup by Guy Kawasaki (former Apple fellow and prominent silicon valley tech personality)
http://truemors.com/
Launched for $12,107.09
Approximately 150,000 unique viewers monthly
http://www.crunchbase.com/company/truemors
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/06/by_the_numbers_.html
VentureBeat says Truemors was sold to NowPublic in July 2008 for an undisclosed sum.

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TechCrunch held a startup pitch competition in London last week.  They feel that entrepreneurs in Europe are not as familiar with the process of the ‘elevator pitch’ as their colleagues in the US and decided to sponsor this event to raise awareness.  They have plenty of good advice for entrepreneurs everywhere about the art of [...]

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