To: Bob Frey who wrote (43 ) 3/2/1998 6:16:00 AM From: Joe Copia Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 717
wow wow. Have you seen this:biz.yahoo.com look at the last couple of words. we know those folks right? About Yoyodyne Since its launch in 1995, Yoyodyne has established itself as the premier interactive direct marketing company. The company has implemented more than 100 promotions, including custom games and multi-sponsor sweepstakes, for a variety of corporate clients such as America Online, AT&T, CBS Sportsline, CompuServe, Infoseek, KPMG, Major League Baseball, MCI, Microsoft, NBC, Netscape, Prodigy, Sony Music Entertainment, Sprint, and ZDNet among others. Recently, Yoyodyne unveiled EZspree, the largest online shopping promotion in cyberspace and launched additional new products including EZwheels, an internet promotion for automobile manufacturers and EZventure, for small office/home office businesses. Yoyodyne is privately owned with major investors including Flatiron Partners, Chase Manhattan Corporation, and Softbank Venture Partners. Are Softbank Venture Partners the same folks as Softbank Holdings, Inc. mentioned in the following article?biz.yahoo.com Marks mentioned above are trademarks or tradenames of Expert Software, Inc., except Bicycle(R), which is a trademark of The United States Playing Card Company, McDonaldland(R) which is a trademark of McDonald's Corporation, and Sega(R) and Sega PC Collection(TM) which are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sega. Sega Entertainment, Inc. was formed through a joint venture between Sega of America and SOFTBANK Holdings, Inc. Softbank is also mentioned in this article:biz.yahoo.com About Ziff-Davis Ziff-Davis, a Softbank company, is high tech's leading integrated media and marketing company. ZD content is the trusted source of information for the global audience of business buyers and savvy consumers who believe in the benefits of adopting new technology. Ziff-Davis enables marketers to identify, reach, and retain this audience through an integrated system of media products and marketing services including: research, events, print, Internet, television, and education. Joe PTG&LI !!!yahoo.com Sony is one of four major shareholders in JSkyB, along with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, Fuji Television Network and Softbank. PerfecTV is owned by trading houses, including Itochu, as well as by Sony.