Swift Boat ads backer funds new group
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The Republican donor who helped bankroll the Swift Boat attacks on Democratic Sen. John Kerry's war record has given $5 million to a new group targeting Democratic candidates.
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Before the controversy about John Kerry&#39;s service in Vietnam, launched by a group called Swift Boat Veterans for the Truth, fully runs its course, a swift boat commander with
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The "1,000,000 Strong for Stephen Colbert" group on Facebook, founded to support the gag presidential campaign, actually hits a million members--in just over a week.
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Newsgator, the RSS feed aggregator, has raised $12 million in a fifth round funding, PEHub reports. The round was led by Vista Ventures, with previous investors Mobius Venture Capital and Masthead Venture Partners participating as well. Newgator raised $7 million in a fourth round in the spring of 2006. Including this new financing, the Denver, CO-based company has raised a total of $29 million. The company will use the money to expand marketing and sales efforts in the United States, Europe and Japan, with the goal to become break-even as a company, it said. More in release.
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A group of local veterans is standing behind John Kerry&#39;s bid for the White House. The group blasted TV ads by the &quot;Swift Boat Veterans For Truth&quot; which question Kerry&#39;s service record in Vietnam.
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A video game company hopes to cash in on the publicity surrounding Sen. John Kerry's Vietnam service by sending players on a simulation of the Swift Boat mission that won the Democratic presidential candidate the Silver Star.
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John O&#39;Neill, a member of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, said in an opinion article in the Wall Street Journal that his group will continue to criticize Democratic presidential candidate
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After watching an election influenced by independently financed attacks like the Swift Boat Veterans and Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11," backers of the new campaign finance law already are plotting further assaults on big political money.
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Two of the most prominent examples are the anti-Bush movie &quot;Fahrenheit 9/11&quot; by Michael Moore, and the anti-Kerry TV ads put out by the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (SBVT), funded in large part by Texan Bob Perry.
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AeroScout lands new backers for its work with active radio frequency identification tags that make use of Wi-Fi networks.
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The Swift Boat Veterans for Truth advert has been grabbing the headlines lately, but then, that&#39;s the whole purpose of the ad.
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The "1,000,000 Strong for Stephen Colbert" group on Facebook, founded to support the gag presidential campaign, actually hits a million members--within a week.
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Blog: The social network for spewing random thoughts is on the road to raising its first round of venture funding.
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BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Recognizing that tomorrow's engineers and scientists must come from today's high school students, Washington Group International  announced today a $25,000 contribution to the Mike Crapo Math and Science Scholarship Fund.
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A group running ads accusing John Kerry of exaggerating his decorated Vietnam War service record is nearing &#36;7 million in contributions, thanks in part to several Republican donors.
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The liberal group, which has 3.2 million members, could help with foot soldiers in Tuesdayâs primary.
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Swift Boat Veterans for Truth said it had raised $6.7 million in a windfall brought about by its high profile in recent weeks.