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OCTOBER 19, 2012

Private equity firm Providence Equity Partners has sold its 10 percent stake in Hulu , the firm said Friday morning, getting a nice return on its investment in the online video streaming site. Providence Equity Partners had invested $100M in Hulu in 2007, and reportedly sold back its stake for $200M to the company this week.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Internet Brands said the acquisition will help it bolster the lineup of travel sites its owns, including FlyerTalk, Wikitravel, and CruiseMates. The Frugal Travel Guy was foundedin 2007 by Rick Ingersoll, who Internet Brands said will continue to produce the site after the acquisition.

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AUGUST 25, 2010

Los Angeles-based LowFares.com , the online travel search and comparison site owned by Oversee.net, said Tuesday that it has reached more than one million subscribers. LowFares.com also said it is now getting more than 4 million unique visitors per month to the site. Oversee.net bought LowFares.com in January of 2007.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2013

In more Hulu news today, the online television streaming site said it has added a long list of well known titles to its Hulu Kids section, including Sesame Street, Thomas and Friends, Strawberry Shortcake, Bob The Builder, The Electric Company, Barney, and many others. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2014

According to the WSJ, Amazon.com has already started connecting its users with plumbers, electricians, stereo installers, and others in Los Angeles, after they purchase specific items from the e-commerce site. READ MORE>>. amazon local service referral citygrid serviz handybook pathjoy'

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AUGUST 12, 2013

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.

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JANUARY 4, 2011

Orange, California-based LogicBuy.com , an online technology deals and coupon site, has been acquired by Ziff Davis , Ziff said this morning. LogicBuy was founded in 2007 by Thai Than. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 3, 2010

Los Angeles-based Oversee.net , the operator of domain monetization and Internet marketing sites, said Friday that Moniker founder Monte Cahn will be leaving the firm. Cahn has been at Oversee since December of 2007, when Oversee.net acquired Moniker.

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MARCH 5, 2015

Los Angeles-based Total Beauty Media Group , the beauty products focused site founded by Emrah Kovacoglu, has been acquired by Evolve Media , and will become part of Evolve''s TotallyHer division. The company had been founded in 2007, and was venture backed by US Venture Partners and Wallington Investors. million monthly users.

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APRIL 26, 2012

Citing two people with "knowledge of the matter", Bloomberg said Providence had originally invested $100M in 2007, and will be paid $200M for its 10 percent share of the video streaming site. No details on the deal have been announced. Hulu's other owners are Walt Disney Co., Comcast Corp., and News Corp. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 26, 2011

billion in deals, the highest since the financial crisis started in late 2007. The report also found that technology deals had the most number of registrations in Q2, led by daily deals site Groupon. According to a report from Ernst & Young, the second quarter of 2011 saw 140 potential IPOs, representing $23.7

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Calabasas-based online travelbooking site CheapAir.com , in what looks to be the first by a travel company, wil let its customers pay on installment for an air flight, through a partnership with financial services technology provider Affirm. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 17, 2011

San Diego-based StockTwits , the online, real-time stock discussion site run by Howard Lindzon, said today that it has seen a spike in its usage on its site. The firm said it has seen an increase in message volume on the site grwo by 227 percent over the last 12 months. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2011

Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and genealogy site, said Thursday that it has launched a new program to allow institutions like public libraries and genealogical societies with full access to the site. Geni said that local libraries and organizations are eligible to apply for the accounts.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Krillion's site offers up a product search service which show prices and availability of products in local stores based on a user's location. Local.com's new patent was filed in April of 2007; inventors named on the patent are Roger B. Spreen, Michael S. Robertson, Michael J. Van Riper, and James J.

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OCTOBER 10, 2011

In a unique offer from Los Angeles-based FamilyFinds.com , the family focused daily deals site, Santa Monica-based Brighter.com , the online dental care and referrals site, is dangling the chance for free braces --valued at up to $5,000--to consumers who enter a giveaway from the firms. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace , which is a unit of News Corporation, said late Monday that it is integrating the Fox Audience Network (FAN) directly with MySpace. The Fox Audience Network was created in 2007 as a spinout of MySpace. Fox Audience Network is News Corp's ad serving unit.

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

BabyAndBump.com was founded in 2007 by expecting parents. Evolve Media said the site now has over 170,000 members, with over 20 million pageviews of content per month. Evolve Media said that BabyandBump.com will become part of its Momtastic , its online community for moms. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

El Segundo-based iChange , the online community site focused on nutrition counseling headed by Stuart MacFarlane, has raised another $500,000, as part of an ongoing $600,000 funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. MacFarlane is the former CEO of InsiderPages, which he sold to Citysearch in 2007.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

Electronics Arts is shutting down Los Angeles-based Pandemic Studios , according to an internal note leaked to gaming news site Kotaku. EA bought Pandemic in 2007, in a deal worth $775M. According to the note, Electronic Arts has laid off around 200 employees, and transitioned the rest to Electronic Arts' Los Angeles office.

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AUGUST 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based My Damn Channel , an online site which features professionally produced, humorous and other video content, announced a $4.4M The firm last raised funding way back in 2007. funding round today. The firm also has operations in New York. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 4, 2012

Fandango is owned by Comcast, which acquired the movie site back in 2007. Fandango also said it had about 28 percent of its total tickets sold via mobile in May, which appears to be one of the growth areas for the company. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

from Demand, over Demand Media' acquisition of his site in 2007. Santa Monica-based Demand Media has been sued by Chip Meyers, the founder of Mania.com, according to a report today from paidContent.org. paidContent said that Meyers is looking for at least $6.2M

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APRIL 26, 2010

San Diego-based SciVee , which operates an online Internet video site focused on advancing scientific knowledge, has inked a deal with Thomson Reuters, the firms said Monday. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

MMC runs OnCars.com, Deadline.com, HollywoodLife.com, Movieline.com, BGR.com, YHAwards.com, HollyBaby.com, Fan.com, India.com, and other online content sites. Mail.com was re-launched by Penske back in May of 2007, but since late 2008 has been buying up Internet publishing and content sites. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 30, 2010

Carpinteria-based lynda.com , which operates an online training and education site for computer skills, announced Thurday that it has added Michael Ninness as the firm's Vice President of Content. Ninness was formerly Lynda.com's Director of COntent from 2005 to 2007, and has also served at Microsoft and Extensis.

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MARCH 23, 2010

According to Green, the firm is developing a system which determines, for a particular advertising impression and particular user, on a particular site and particular instance, how much that impression is worth--using a wealth of proprietary data sources drawing in information about the user, site, demographics, and other factors.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

FinanceWorks, which provides users with tools for tracking cash flow and spending, credit card sites and other bank accounts, had previously only been available to credit unions and banks using Digital Insight's banking technology. Digital Insight became part of Intuit in 2007.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Dex One said it will continue to manage the Business.com site and support existing customers through an extended transition period. 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.

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JULY 22, 2009

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the Internet publishing and content effort run by Richard Rosenblatt, reported today that the firm has seen more than one billion video streams across its network of sites and branded YouTube channels.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

style genealogy and social networking web sites for families, has connected the company's service with the popular Facebook social networking web site. According to Geni's Facebook page, the firm has been working on connecting the two services since November of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 13, 2009

Travel search site LowFares.com , which is owned by Oversee.net, is reporting that it has seen a jump in visitors to the site of 73 percent since the beginning of the year. LowFares.com is managed by Greg Samson; Oversee acquired LowFares.com in January of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Los Angeles- and San Diego-based video sharing site Veoh is claiming a major win today over Universal Music group, saying that a federal judge has thrown out a copyright infringement lawsuit against the firm. Veoh had been sued over user videos using music from the label in September of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Los Angeles-based online social question and answer site Sodahead.com said today that the firm has reached more than 1 million registered users at the site. in venture funding since its launch in September of 2007. in venture funding since its launch in September of 2007. READ MORE>>

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FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Flektor, the online web slideshow and photo and video sharing site owned by Fox Interactive Media, appears to have completely disappeared as of this morning. The service's web site now goes directly to the MySpace home page. Flektor had been acquired by Fox Interactive Media in May of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 16, 2012

Others shun translucent run-of-site Google ads, because they are distracting and monetize at extremely low rates. I know Coull intimately, as it recently purchased RevUpNet , an online media agency which I Co-Founded with Ben Kiblinger in 2007. In 2007, Microsoft loudly proclaimed the creation of clickable video ads.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Ford said that Xtreme Power and Clairvoyant are investing $725M to redevelop the 320-acre site, where Clairvoyant Energy will manufacture solar power systems and Xtreme Power will manufacture energy storage systems. The move is expected to create over 4,000 jobs at the site and surrounding area.

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