Channel | Digital

Publicis Groupe has acquired Wcube, a French Internet marketing agency. Wcube will be renamed Publicis Modem France.

Yahoo Inc. will sell most of the display advertising for Bebo, a British online social network, according to wire service reports.

HourPower markets watches containing a secret chamber for inserting inspirational messages, photographs and the like.

MTV Networks has more than two dozen new Web sites on its drawing board, many of which will rely on consumer contributed content.

(Direct) Any company that's been in e-commerce nearly 10 years has a pretty decent claim on being thought of as a pioneer. But Buy.com, which started selling tech goods and consumer electronics through a Web-only store back in 1998, isn't content to sit around and tell stories about the old days.

24/7 Real Media Inc. has conducted direct marketing campaigns with online advertising distributed via Internet search engines across a network of more than 950 Web sites.

Seed Corn Media of Los Angeles plans to launch an advertising supported online social network in January 2008.

Web site analytics firm Omniture announced last week it has agreed to acquire multivariate testing company Offermatica for $65 million in cash and stock.

If you're in the middle of a homepage design review, you know there's a lot to consider. This week, MarketingSherpa's Anne Holland shares some things she's learned about the process. For a handy checklist of dos and don'ts, click here.

Click Tactics Inc., an online marketing services firm, has acquired Intrasight, a provider of relationship marketing services for the travel and hospitality industry.