Execs flee AdBrite

AdBrite, the online-ad network best known for its quirky founder, FuckedCompany creator Philip "Pud" Kaplan, is hiring an in-house lawyer. This is odd only in that last we heard, the online ad network already had one. Current general counsel Rebecca Eisenberg is just one of several vice presidents leaving the company, according to a tipster. Engineering VP Mike Reaves left in February, a month after HR chief Melissa Vernon. We'd also heard that cofounder Gidon Wise is out the door. More »

Is AdBrite coming apart?

A classic move by a startup hoping to recruit an executive is to offer him a board seat. So what to make of Zvents naming AdBrite executive Paul Levine to its board? Levine joined AdBrite, a San Francisco-based ad network, less than a year ago from Yahoo, where he ran that company's Yahoo Local properties. Since then, I've heard talk of high-level fights at AdBrite — the CEO and the head of sales yelling at each other behind closed doors, and constant turnover in the sales department. More »

Upcoming.org creator leaves Yahoo

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Yahoo's Paul Levine goes to AdBrite

I've confirmed yesterday's rumor: Paul Levine is, in fact, leaving Yahoo to join AdBrite. Expect the former general manager of Yahoo Local to boost the online-ad network's efforts in geotargeted advertising, the hot market for placing ads based on a user's physical location. (Photo by James Duncan Davidson/O'Reilly Media)

AdBrite to snag a Yahoo exec?

Paul Levine, we hear, is leaving as general manager of Yahoo Local. His destination? Possibly joining AdBrite, the San Francisco-based online ad network founded by Philip "Pud" Kaplan, who's still better known for starting FuckedCompany. Levine's well-known in the industry as an expert on geotargeting, or locally targeted advertising. If Levine is, in fact, going to AdBrite, does that mean the startup plans to make a move on the market for targeting consumers by locale? Or is Levine just looking for directions out of Yahoo? (Photo by James Duncan Davidson/O'Reilly Media)