Live Nation and AdBrite announced the launch of Live Nation eFan Finder, a new proprietary service that helps local Live Nation concert promoters, artist managers and agents track and view the performance of Live Nation’s online advertising campaigns for thousands of shows it produces and markets in North America each year.

With Live Nation eFan Finder, Live Nation’s local marketers are able to easily create and place tailored ad campaigns for the company’s concerts, utilizing geo-targeting and other advanced matching technologies to connect with music fans on AdBrite’s network of 50,000 web sites. Live Nation eFan Finder then allows artists, agents, and band managers to see websites on which their ads have appeared and provides reporting to show how many times an ad was shown and clicked on.

The agreement between the two companies is basically a deepening of relationships. Live Nation has been using AdBrite in serving ads since last year.

Footnote.com announced that it has added the 1860 US Census to their Civil War Collection, providing a snapshot of America before the bloodiest war in its history.

History becomes a living subject on Footnote.com as documents from archives come together for the first time on the Internet. Visitors to Footnote.com can add their own contributions and upload their own shoeboxes of information. Letters, documents, and photos from the past create a view of history that few have seen before.

Two million new documents are added to the site and over a million people visit the site every month. Websites like Footnote.org should be a must-visit for students as supplement to history and social studies classes.

Washingtonpost.com is now including TechCrunch in its technology section. TechCrunch is expected to provide Washingtonpost.com readers with daily news and insights on technology.

TechCrunch joins Rafat Ali’s Paidcontent.org among popular blogs in the technology section. This makes Washingtonpost.com th first news site to syndicate TechCrunch content.

This is an example of a good feature and a bad interview. The hosts could have taken advantage in drawing the best responses from Dooce, except they showed their moronic side.

Gaia Online is hosting Prom Crashers, the first virtual prom. As part of this event, Project Runway’s Christian Siriano has designed an exclusive line of avatar prom garb to ensure that all Gaians will carry their style during the event. Aside from having the first virtual prom, this event will also be different from the real world event because Prom Crashers will be from May 16 to May 19.

Siriano’s exclusive virtual prom designs will be available in-world for purchase with virtual Gaian currency, Gaia Gold, or with standard U.S. currency, known in-world as Gaia Cash.

Seriously, if you can’t score attendance to a real prom (unless there is an Earth-shaking reason why), I can’t help but feel sad. There are just events in one’s life that can’t be duplicated by doing it virtually.

Sprint handsets will now feature access to GoogleMobile Search, Google Maps for Mobile, YouTube, and more. In a partnership between Google and Sprint, it was announced that the search company will integrated its applications and services into Sprint customers’ mobile experiences. As part of the deal, Googlle will become Sprint’s preferred mobile search

Networking solutions provider Netgear announced that Virgin Media, the largest residential broadband provider in the UK with 3.7 million customers, is offering its routers and adapters to its broadband customers.

Packaged as Virgin Media Wireless Routers, Netgear’s Wireless-G Router (WGR614) is available for free to new subscribers of “L” and “XL” fiber-optic broadband packages, or for a one-off £40 fee for new subscribers of the “M” package. Netgear’s Wireless-G Router with Built-in ADSL2+ Modem (DG834G) is also available for free for new customers on Virgin Media’s non-cable broadband service through a telephone line. Customers will also be able to purchase respective wireless cards, the Netgear Wireless-G PC Card (WG511) and Wireless-G USB 2.0 Adapter (WG111), for £20.

The economy is undoubtedly down but it does not mean that everything has to ground to a halt. This is actually the best time to plan for the future and with massive online TV opportunity, blinkx is well into its game as it double its advertising sales team to support new business development. New hires will join blinkx in San Francisco, London, Los Angeles and New York.

The online TV and video advertising market is growing exponentially and is expected to reach $7.2 billion in the US by 2012.

Infidelity is hitting a milestone. AshleyMadison.com, an infidelity dating service, has doubled its membership base to 2 million in just one year since launching. The 2 millionth member is Hillary08.

The site’s membership, about 85%, is from the U.S.California tops the list of fastest growing states with an incredible 205% increase in membership since last year. New Jersey and New York follow suit with 172% and 155% respectively with Pennsylvania and Florida rounding out the top 5.

Infidelity is a fact of life. It is a breach of faith towards your partner. So, why stay?

Grandparents.com is holding open auditions for those who want to star in its upcoming “Grandest Adventures,” an online reality series chronicling extraordinary experiences shared by grandparents and their grandchildren.

The family chosen to appear in the series’ debut episode will spend eight all-expenses-paid days aboard a Regent Seven Seas cruise from Alaska to Vancouver, B.C., aboard Seven Seas Mariner. Grandparents.com’s cameras will roll and capture what promises to be an intergenerational vacation of a lifetime.

Those interested in entering may visit grandparents.com/regentapplication for full conditions of eligibility and entry instructions, including required family information, guidelines for a submitting a brief family story, and instructions for uploading a family photo and an optional short video.