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MediaCorp, one of Singapore’s two largest media companies, has poured $40 million into Reebonz in a deal that values the designer brand flash-sales site at about $200 million. This is the first time that MediaCorp has invested in an online retailer, according to a story on Channel News Asia (a site that is also owned by MediaCorp). The media conglomerate hopes that Reebonz will help it tap into the Asia-Pacific region’s booming e-commerce market, which eMarketer says will make $1.3 trillion in 2013, leading the world in B2C online sales. “We see great alignment between what Reebonz does and what MediaCorp has–audiences, content targeted at the luxury market and our star power. We are confident that by collaborating closely with Reebonz, we’ll see even more breakthroughs from the retailer,” MediaCorp CEO Shaun Seow said. Reebonz was founded in 2009 and has raised a total of about $79.7 million from investors including Vertex Asia Investments, Granite Global Ventures, Intel Capital, Matrix Partners China and Infocomm Investments. MediaCorp’s investment in Reebonz is notable because it follows its main rival Singapore Press Holding’s decision to take a $1.4 million, or 27.8% stake, in restaurant booking site Chope. Both companies are much better known for operating newspapers, magazines and other traditional media outlets than investing in startups.

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Pinterest has announced an interesting piece of news that sees its popular social sharing site begin to categorize pins based on different types of content, while a share button for third-party mobile apps has also been launched. “From your feed, you can tell when a pin has more information by the icon that appears below the picture,” the company explains on its blog. Pinterest is starting out with three categories which will each get their own dedicated pins to help make it easier for users to identify the kind of content included. They will be used by an ten initial partners – including Etsy, Fotopedia and Snapguide — and the pins will also include further pertinent details for users, as follows: Product pins for things like clothes and furniture with pricing, availability, and where to buy (updated every day!) Recipe pins from your favorite bloggers and websites that include cook time, ingredients, and servings Movie pins with content ratings, cast members, and more As well as effecting new pins going forward, existing pins will also be categorized to make things more organized. The move is one that will be of particular interest to brands and companies that are looking to tap into the strong community of users that frequent the site. Companies that use the new pins are not being charged to do so, a Pinterest representative told GigaOm, but the move is being made to make links more “actionable”. That, essentially, is designed to increase engagement and traffic that brands see from the site, and its a crucial element for Pinterest as it continues to explore strategies to draw revenue from its estimated 48 million monthly users worldwide. Pinterest says that “this is just the beginning” of their efforts to make pins “more useful” and that we can expect to see more changes over the next few months. One of those additional changes is the introduction of ‘Pin it’ buttons for other companies’ mobile apps, to make sharing content to the site all the more seamless. For now, that’s limited the aforementioned ten partners, but other companies can get the ball rolling by visiting the dedicated developer site here. Pinterest users that want to enjoy the new categorized pins need to install the ‘Get it now’ button at the top of their home feed. What do you think of the new buttons – do they improve your user experience on Pinterest? Headline image via hydropeek / Flickr

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Pinterest announced two new features today that will help make the Web site more attractive to potential advertisers. The first is pins embedded with additional information about products, recipes and movies. The second is a Pin It button that is now available on nine mobile apps. The company says that its new features are a “first step toward making pins more useful.” The move, however, won’t just benefit users. It will also make the site potentially more attractive to advertising partners as Pinterest, which currently does not make revenue, hashes out its monetization model. Sites Pinterest has partnered with on its “more useful” pin initiative include retailers and publications popular among Pinterest’s users, such as e-commerce sites eBay, Etsy, Modcloth and Overstock; magazines like Martha Stewart Living and Real Simple; and entertainment sites Flixster, Netflix and Rotten Tomatoes. The first crop of mobile apps to get Pinterest’s new Pin It button are Behance, Brit+Co, Etsy, Fotopedia, Jetsetter, Modcloth, Snapguide, TED, The North Face and Zulily. The new pins are only available in Pinterest’s new look, which began rolling out in the middle of March. The new version of Pinterest was designed to increase user engagement, which in turn will help the company decide how much to charge for services like analytics and marketing opportunities.

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