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Week of 9.8.08

Big Fish Games
$83 mil.

Week of 8.25.08

Daptiv
$9 mil.
RadioFrame Networks
$28 mil.

Week of 8.11.08

1Cast
undisclosed


More Financings


Oct 2008

Redin
20% of workforce

Zillow
25% of workforce

Aug 2008

GalleryPlayer
(closed)

Jul 2008

Activision Guitar Hero/World of Warcraft
(53 people)

CarDomain
(8 people)

Dipiti
(closed)

Jun 2008

SecondSpace
(8 people)

Mar 2008

Lockdown Networks
(closed)

Feb 2008

Talyst
(17 people)


Dec 2007

Insightful Corp
(18 people)


More Firings


Classmates (Canceled)

Clearwire (Priced March 7 2007)

Symetra (Up to $750 million) (Delayed)

Tully's Coffee (Up to $50 million)(Delayed)

Venture Financial (Up to $46 million) (Delayed)

Varolii (Up to $86 million)




Traffic Rank
Website
1.
MSN Microsoft Network, MSN.com
2.
Amazon.com
3.
Microsoft.com
4.
Live.com
5.
The Internet Movie Database
6.
Passport.net
7.
Go.com
8.
Expedia.com
9.
DomainTools.com
10.
Real.com
11.
WindowsMedia.com
12.
WhitePages.com
13.
Classmates.com
14.
Costco.com
15.
NWSource.com
16.
WaMu.com
17.
GettyImages.com
18.
Nordstrom.com
19.
T-Mobile.com
20.
Dogpile.com
21.
Zillow.com
22.
Zango.com
23.
InfoSpace.com
24.
XBOX.com
25.
SpamArrest.com
26.
Drugstore.com
27.
AllRecipes.com
28.
BitTorrent.com
29.
BigFishGames.com
30.
Nintendo.com
31.
REI.com
32.
WizardsoftheCoast.com
33.
PopCapGames.com
34.
43things.com
35.
CarDomain.com
36.
Corbis.com
37.
AlaskaAir.com
38.
HouseValues.com
39.
Perfectmatch.com
40.
EddieBauer.com
SOURCE: Alexa Data Services

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Week of 11.17.08

Sezmi Competes Seattle TV/Net Convergence Trial
Sezmi, a start-up seeking to be at the heart of the convergence of the internet and broadcast television, has announced the completion of the first successful technical trials of its TV 2.0 service.

The Silicon Valley company has been using Seattle as a testbed for its hybrid system, which combines digital terrestrial TV signals with broadband connections to offer both regular TV channels and programming on demand.

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Sezmi will be showing off its service, which allows members of a household to create separate personalised TV experiences, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. [24x7]

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Washington CEO magazine has been owned and operated by Tukwila-based development and investment firm Sabey Corp.

"We look forward to the continued growth of Seattle Business through this acquisition," said Associate Publisher John Kueber. "Washington CEO is a title we have long respected as a competitor, and we look forward to continuing their tradition of compelling events and insightful coverage for the business leaders of Washington State."

The combination of the two titles should be a natural fit. Jeff Bond, editor of Seattle Business, is the former managing editor of Washington CEO. [24x7]

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