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The Associated Press/New York, NY

The Associated Press is seeking a Marketing Communications Director - US and Latin America for its New York City office.

The Marketing Communications Director will be responsible for translating the needs of the sales and product groups in the US and Latin America into highly effective marketing and sales support activity and programs. This role is the focal point for all customer and member focused product marketing activity in the US. It will require a clear understanding of the different needs of APs customers and how best to support revenue growth from APs portfolio of products and services. As leader of the marketing communication group it will be essential to work closely with the sales team in the US to understand and anticipate their marketing communications needs

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops marketing communication plans with sales and product groups and ensures the delivery of differentiated marketing materials and initiatives
• Provides dedicated support to US sales teams across all areas of the business
• Works closely with new product development team to define and deliver materials and activity to support new product launches
• Manages a client marketing team that is responsible for events, PR support, development of printed media and overall promotional support.
• Works closely with the creative, design and online marketing resources within marketing group to agree deliverables from them
• Creates templates for marketing activity that can be adapted for international use
• Sets budgets and oversees timetable for all projects
• Monitors and reports on progress and effectiveness of all marketing activity
• Sets priorities and manages internal communication
• Ensures alignment and consistency of all product marketing with overall corporate brand strategy
• Supports product analysis and product research activity

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 7 years marketing experience
• Minimum of 3 years experience of managing a team of staff
• Demonstrable success in managing and delivering effective marketing communications programs
• Familiarity with best practice online marketing techniques
• Good understanding of the sales process
• Strong command of branding fundamentals
• A proactive, engaging manager, well-versed in marketing techniques
• Strong influencing and interpersonal skills
• Clear and effective communicator
• Ability to command the respect of senior managers
• Passionate and innovative in approach to their work


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The Associated Press/New York, NY

The Associated Press is seeking a Marketing Communications Director - US and Latin America for its New York City office.

The Marketing Communications Director will be responsible for translating the needs of the sales and product groups in the US and Latin America into highly effective marketing and sales support activity and programs. This role is the focal point for all customer and member focused product marketing activity in the US. It will require a clear understanding of the different needs of APs customers and how best to support revenue growth from APs portfolio of products and services. As leader of the marketing communication group it will be essential to work closely with the sales team in the US to understand and anticipate their marketing communications needs

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops marketing communication plans with sales and product groups and ensures the delivery of differentiated marketing materials and initiatives
• Provides dedicated support to US sales teams across all areas of the business
• Works closely with new product development team to define and deliver materials and activity to support new product launches
• Manages a client marketing team that is responsible for events, PR support, development of printed media and overall promotional support.
• Works closely with the creative, design and online marketing resources within marketing group to agree deliverables from them
• Creates templates for marketing activity that can be adapted for international use
• Sets budgets and oversees timetable for all projects
• Monitors and reports on progress and effectiveness of all marketing activity
• Sets priorities and manages internal communication
• Ensures alignment and consistency of all product marketing with overall corporate brand strategy
• Supports product analysis and product research activity

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 7 years marketing experience
• Minimum of 3 years experience of managing a team of staff
• Demonstrable success in managing and delivering effective marketing communications programs
• Familiarity with best practice online marketing techniques
• Good understanding of the sales process
• Strong command of branding fundamentals
• A proactive, engaging manager, well-versed in marketing techniques
• Strong influencing and interpersonal skills
• Clear and effective communicator
• Ability to command the respect of senior managers
• Passionate and innovative in approach to their work


Apply To Job

Updated: Research in Motion’s second quarter results fell short of estimates and the third quarter outlook was weaker than expected too. RIM said Thursday (statement) that it reported net income of $495.5 million, or 86 cents a share, compared to $287.7 million, 50 cents a share, a year ago. Revenue was $2.58 billion, up 15 percent [...]

Sling Media/New York, NY

Sling Media is a digital lifestyle products company, focused on creating empowering entertainment experiences for consumers. Sling Medias award winning Slingbox turns any Internet-connected PC, Mac, or mobile device into your home television allowing you to watch your TV virtually anywhere in the world. The Sling Entertainment Group is a division of Sling Media and will deliver new applications and services enabled by the Slingboxs marriage of familiar TV programming and richly interactive web-connected devices.

This key role will provide a unique opportunity to work closely with Sling.com's content partners as well as becoming the internal point person with Product, Marketing, Advertising, Sales and Finance. The ideal candidate should be a self-starter with experience in working with clients and dealing with day-to-day account management responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

-Track the evolving business landscape; identify and understand market and consumer trends; evaluate competitive products.
-Provide support for Senior Management by identifying and prioritizing opportunities to license content, promote partners, and build new business models.
-Support deal team in generating new leads and assist in deal negotiations.
-Support transition to Partner Managers and collaborate on communications with partners and implementing and maintaining each partnership.
-Track and maintain existing agreements, manage renewals process for all licensing partners.
-Reporting for internal management needs and client requests on a regular basis.

Requirements:

-At least two years of business development or account management experience.
-Excellent communication and presentation skills required.
-Ability to manage multiple clients under potentially tight deadlines and complex requirements.
-Passion for online media and comprehensive knowledge of internet video content and business models.
-Attention to detail and ability to work effectively with multiple departments.
-Proficiency with all Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
-Bachelors Degree required.


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Sling Media/New York, NY

Sling Media is a digital lifestyle products company, focused on creating empowering entertainment experiences for consumers. Sling Medias award winning Slingbox turns any Internet-connected PC, Mac, or mobile device into your home television allowing you to watch your TV virtually anywhere in the world. The Sling Entertainment Group is a division of Sling Media and will deliver new applications and services enabled by the Slingboxs marriage of familiar TV programming and richly interactive web-connected devices.

This key role will provide a unique opportunity to work closely with Sling.com's content partners as well as becoming the internal point person with Product, Marketing, Advertising, Sales and Finance. The ideal candidate should be a self-starter with experience in working with clients and dealing with day-to-day account management responsibilities.

Responsibilities:

-Track the evolving business landscape; identify and understand market and consumer trends; evaluate competitive products.
-Provide support for Senior Management by identifying and prioritizing opportunities to license content, promote partners, and build new business models.
-Support deal team in generating new leads and assist in deal negotiations.
-Support transition to Partner Managers and collaborate on communications with partners and implementing and maintaining each partnership.
-Track and maintain existing agreements, manage renewals process for all licensing partners.
-Reporting for internal management needs and client requests on a regular basis.

Requirements:

-At least two years of business development or account management experience.
-Excellent communication and presentation skills required.
-Ability to manage multiple clients under potentially tight deadlines and complex requirements.
-Passion for online media and comprehensive knowledge of internet video content and business models.
-Attention to detail and ability to work effectively with multiple departments.
-Proficiency with all Microsoft Office software including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
-Bachelors Degree required.


Apply To Job

Visa said Thursday that it will develop applications for Android and Nokia phones with mobile payment systems planned for the latter. First up, the company said Chase Visa cardholders could get notifications about transaction activity on Android phones (statement). Visa added that location-based services, maps and merchant offers will also be delivered to Android phones. Visa [...]

Lawmakers in Washington took a break from dealing with the economy this morning to examine one piece of controversial technology that big companies are quickly distancing themselves from - Deep Packet Inspection. The technology, which allows deep granular analysis of network traffic, grabbed the attention of privacy advocates when it was revealed that Internet Service [...]

Microsoft’s research chief Craig Mundie outlined his view of where computing is headed over the next decade or so and here is a big takeaway: The cloud and multiprocessor computing could use a few good killer applications. Mundie was speaking at the Technology Review Emerging Technology conference. Mary Jo Foley reports on Mundie’s theme: Many consider Software [...]

Info Edge (BOM: 532777) will pick up 49% stake in Etechaces Marketing and Consulting, which runs Policybazaar.com

Info Edge India Ltd, the owners of Naukri.com, will invest Rs 20 crore for a 49% stake in eTechAces Marketing and Consulting Pvt Ltd, an online aggregator of insurance products, the company informed the stock exchange. eTechAces runs policybazaar.com, an online aggregator of life and non-life insurance products. The website essentially collects insurance leads and let the insurance companies compete for it.

In a press note issued from the company, Info Edge, Ambarish Raghuvanshi, CFO and Director, Info Edge (India) ltd. said, "eTechAces has a great management team and a differentiated approach to distributing financial products online, by empowering the customer to enable comparison of available options and make an informed data-driven decision.

The companys bouquet of products include insurance products to be sold online, which is so far an untapped area in India. In other countries, especially in Europe, it is a high growth category."

Etechaces is founded by Yashish Dahiya who is also the CEO of the company, Alok Bansal and Avaneesh Nirjar who act as the CFO and COO of the firm respectively.

It was only in July that Info Edge invested Rs 6.5 crore ($1.54 million) for a 40 per cent equity stake in Applect Learning Systems, a Delhi-based education content developer. It had already disbursed Rs 1 crore as part of the first tranche of the investment.

Earlier this year, Info Edge invested $1 million in StudyPlaces Inc, as part of the latters $3-million series A round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

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Info Edge (BOM: 532777) will pick up 49% stake in Etechaces Marketing and Consulting, which runs Policybazaar.com

Info Edge India Ltd, the owners of Naukri.com, will invest Rs 20 crore for a 49% stake in eTechAces Marketing and Consulting Pvt Ltd, an online aggregator of insurance products, the company informed the stock exchange. eTechAces runs policybazaar.com, an online aggregator of life and non-life insurance products. The website essentially collects insurance leads and let the insurance companies compete for it.

In a press note issued from the company, Info Edge, Ambarish Raghuvanshi, CFO and Director, Info Edge (India) ltd. said, "eTechAces has a great management team and a differentiated approach to distributing financial products online, by empowering the customer to enable comparison of available options and make an informed data-driven decision.

The companys bouquet of products include insurance products to be sold online, which is so far an untapped area in India. In other countries, especially in Europe, it is a high growth category."

Etechaces is founded by Yashish Dahiya who is also the CEO of the company, Alok Bansal and Avaneesh Nirjar who act as the CFO and COO of the firm respectively.

It was only in July that Info Edge invested Rs 6.5 crore ($1.54 million) for a 40 per cent equity stake in Applect Learning Systems, a Delhi-based education content developer. It had already disbursed Rs 1 crore as part of the first tranche of the investment.

Earlier this year, Info Edge invested $1 million in StudyPlaces Inc, as part of the latters $3-million series A round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

This story was provided by our content partner VCCircle

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Voice over IP can provide substantial savings on your telephone service by allowing you to use an IP network to make phone calls. You can also run VoIP over Wi-Fi, but you need to be aware of certain limitations. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives highlights the key issues to help you prepare [...]

Asus on Thursday said it is adding 3.75G wireless broadband support to it popular Eee PC in a move to lure carriers as partners. In a statement, Asus said its Eee PC will no longer depend solely on hotspots for connections and that all 901 models made from October on will have wireless broadband support. Given [...]

As we gear up for Tuesdays EconMusic conference in London, weve assembled a list of the top five recent music deals by size. Given the tremors in the music industry, it should come as no surprise that the deals—both in size and kind—are quite varied by sector, as players look for exits and felicitous combinations.

-- Sony-Sony BMG, $1.2 Billion, 8/5/08: The biggest deal of the lot, a doubling down on the traditional record label business. That Sony (NYSE: SNE) would eventually buy back Bertelsmanns 50 percent stake in Sony BMG was a matter of "when" and "at what price," but not "if." The ticket price came as a bit of a surprise following weak results at the unit just a week earlier.

-- CBS-Last.fm, $280 Million, 5/30/07: The next biggest deal is the biggest "Web2.0"-ish acquisition. The sale represented a large exit for the UK music site, whose popular social discovery service lacked anything resembling a real business model. It also marked a key moment in CBS (NYSE: CBS) M&A-based digital strategy, culminating this past summer with the purchase of CNET.

The rest of the top five deals and a chart of the top 10 music mergers and acquisitions, in the full post…

-- Bennett Coleman & Co.-Virgin Radio; $106 million; 6/1/2008: The parent company of the Times of India newspaper reached outside its borders and its traditional industry with this deal. Virgin Radio was an early online adopter, broadcasting over the internet in 1996. The powerful Virgin brand name was not part of the deal, so Bennett said it would spend $30 million on a rebranding campaign.

-- Nokia-Twango; $100 million; 7/23/07: Twango who? Nokia (NYSE: NOK) spent $100 million for social media sharing platform Twango (think: a basic YouTube/Flickr combo), in an effort to build out its online services business. Not surprisingly, given the lack of significant Twango brand value and Nokias drive to create its own umbrella brand, the service joined Nokias music download service and N-Gage gaming platform as part of Ovi.

-- Nokia-Loudeye; $60 Million; 8/9/06: Following hot on the heels of Twango, Nokias next acquisition helped it hone in more directly on mobile music. Loudeye rode the hype waves but couldnt thrive on its own, restructuring multiple times before ultimately selling out. Although Loudeye was involved in online music, this deal was really about mobile. The two companies had worked together for a few years before they decided to officially mesh.

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As we gear up for Tuesdays EconMusic conference in London, weve assembled a list of the top five recent music deals by size. Given the tremors in the music industry, it should come as no surprise that the deals—both in size and kind—are quite varied by sector, as players look for exits and felicitous combinations.

-- Sony-Sony BMG, $1.2 Billion, 8/5/08: The biggest deal of the lot, a doubling down on the traditional record label business. That Sony (NYSE: SNE) would eventually buy back Bertelsmanns 50 percent stake in Sony BMG was a matter of "when" and "at what price," but not "if." The ticket price came as a bit of a surprise following weak results at the unit just a week earlier.

-- CBS-Last.fm, $280 Million, 5/30/07: The next biggest deal is the biggest "Web2.0"-ish acquisition. The sale represented a large exit for the UK music site, whose popular social discovery service lacked anything resembling a real business model. It also marked a key moment in CBS (NYSE: CBS) M&A-based digital strategy, culminating this past summer with the purchase of CNET.

The rest of the top five deals and a chart of the top 10 music mergers and acquisitions, in the full post…

-- Bennett Coleman & Co.-Virgin Radio; $106 million; 6/1/2008: The parent company of the Times of India newspaper reached outside its borders and its traditional industry with this deal. Virgin Radio was an early online adopter, broadcasting over the internet in 1996. The powerful Virgin brand name was not part of the deal, so Bennett said it would spend $30 million on a rebranding campaign.

-- Nokia-Twango; $100 million; 7/23/07: Twango who? Nokia (NYSE: NOK) spent $100 million for social media sharing platform Twango (think: a basic YouTube/Flickr combo), in an effort to build out its online services business. Not surprisingly, given the lack of significant Twango brand value and Nokias drive to create its own umbrella brand, the service joined Nokias music download service and N-Gage gaming platform as part of Ovi.

-- Nokia-Loudeye; $60 Million; 8/9/06: Following hot on the heels of Twango, Nokias next acquisition helped it hone in more directly on mobile music. Loudeye rode the hype waves but couldnt thrive on its own, restructuring multiple times before ultimately selling out. Although Loudeye was involved in online music, this deal was really about mobile. The two companies had worked together for a few years before they decided to officially mesh.

Our mobile application for Blackberry and other Smartphones brings you the latest headlines when youre on the go. Go here to download.

Reliance Technology Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners India have invested an undisclosed amount in Mumbai-based Suvidhaa Infoserve Pvt Ltd, which has a technology that helps people make daily transactions such as railway ticketing, mobile recharge, air ticketing, insurance payment, bill payment, bus ticketing, movie ticketing and so on.

The company has already installed its devices in some 4,000 kirana stores. Suvidhaas proprietary technology platform integrates these kirana stores to the various services providers systems.

The company is backed by the Shapoorji Pallonji group and calls itself a services commerce (S-Commerce) firm. Suvidhaas services intends to allow customers to avail themselves of any service across any sector at single-window access points in a unique click-and-mortar set-up.

Suvidhaa plans to use the funds raised to expand its portfolio of service offerings into vertical markets throughout India and enhance business development and marketing efforts.

Suvidhaa plans to expand its presence in 100 cities and launch 20,000 franchisee outlets by March 2009. It currently has a presence in 4,000 local kirana stores. The storekeepers benefit from increasing footfalls in their stores and it also gives them an additional source of income.

Suvidhaa has been promoted by Paresh Rajde and initially funded by Shapoor Pallonji Mistry. Suvidhaa has tied up with IRCTC for railway ticketing and all the major airlines to provide its services. It also has tie ups with telecom services such as Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), Airtel, BSNL, Reliance, Idea, Tata and MTNL and multiplexes such as AdLabs and Fun Cinema.

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Reliance Technology Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners India have invested an undisclosed amount in Mumbai-based Suvidhaa Infoserve Pvt Ltd, which has a technology that helps people make daily transactions such as railway ticketing, mobile recharge, air ticketing, insurance payment, bill payment, bus ticketing, movie ticketing and so on.

The company has already installed its devices in some 4,000 kirana stores. Suvidhaas proprietary technology platform integrates these kirana stores to the various services providers systems.

The company is backed by the Shapoorji Pallonji group and calls itself a services commerce (S-Commerce) firm. Suvidhaas services intends to allow customers to avail themselves of any service across any sector at single-window access points in a unique click-and-mortar set-up.

Suvidhaa plans to use the funds raised to expand its portfolio of service offerings into vertical markets throughout India and enhance business development and marketing efforts.

Suvidhaa plans to expand its presence in 100 cities and launch 20,000 franchisee outlets by March 2009. It currently has a presence in 4,000 local kirana stores. The storekeepers benefit from increasing footfalls in their stores and it also gives them an additional source of income.

Suvidhaa has been promoted by Paresh Rajde and initially funded by Shapoor Pallonji Mistry. Suvidhaa has tied up with IRCTC for railway ticketing and all the major airlines to provide its services. It also has tie ups with telecom services such as Vodafone (NYSE: VOD), Airtel, BSNL, Reliance, Idea, Tata and MTNL and multiplexes such as AdLabs and Fun Cinema.

This story was provided by our content partner VCCircle

Message by Alastair Hamilton
Race Report : Sometimes things don’t pan out as we expect and well, I had money on Levi Leipheimer to win the World TT today! German rider Bert Grabsch took the honors on an exciting day that saw the lead change many times till we had a “Surprise” winner and a great performance from Svein Tuft from British Columbia. - [Read more]

Message by Alastair Hamilton
Race Report : Sometimes things don’t pan out as we expect and well, I had money on Levi Leipheimer to win the World TT today! German rider Bert Grabsch took the honors on an exciting day that saw the lead change many times till we had a “Surprise” winner and a great performance from Svein Tuft from British Columbia. - [Read more]

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Oracle enters hardware market; Launches storage server to ride shotgun with database Dana Gardner: HP and Oracle team up on ‘data warehouse appliances’ that re-architect database-storage landscape Hey, you, get onto my cloud! From OpenWorld, Oracle and HP align forces [...]