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Edmunds.com's Anwyl Retires

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Santa Monica-based online car shopping and auto information site Edmunds.com said Friday that Vice Chairman Jeremy Anwyl has retired from the company. Anwyl had been at Edmunds.com since January of 2000, and was CEO of the company starting in 2007 until a couple of years ago. Anwyl will also provide strategic consulting to Edmunds.com.

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Local.com Gets Patent On Local Shopping Search

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The patent covers a system for providing consumers with information sold by local retailers, using location-based information. Local.com's new patent was filed in April of 2007; inventors named on the patent are Roger B. Spreen, Michael S.

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Business.com Acquired By Purch

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Carlsbad-based Business.com , the online business directory and information site which was most recently in the hands of JMI Equity, has been sold to New York-based content publisher Purch , the two said Wednesday afternoon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Purch said the deal would help it expand into the SMB market.

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Fandango Claims Record Sales In May

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Los Angeles-based Fandango , the movie ticketing and information service, said today that it has had the best ever number in May for traffic and ticket sales, for the company's entire 12-year history. Fandango is owned by Comcast, which acquired the movie site back in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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15desks Launches Academic Software

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The firm said its product will allow educators, students, parents, administrators as well as others share resources, get information about grades, and other educational information. The firm said it is privately funded, and first launched in 2007 at the University of Santa Barbara.

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Peter Coffee's Annual Technology Forecast

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One of the best-informed, and entertaining, technologists is Peter Coffee. He joined the company in January of 2007 after spending 18 years as a technology analyst and columnist at the industry magazines eWEEK and PC Week. Wednesday, September 21, 2011 -- Peter Coffee's Annual Technology Forecast. Don't miss the pre-meeting roundtable.

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Business.com To Shut Down

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Business.com had been the latest success for Southern California entrepreneur Jake Weinbaum, who built the firm from a domain name into a firm with over $50M in revenues in 2007. Weinbaum eventually became president of R.H.