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Bestcovery.com Rolls Out Web Widget

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Santa Monica-based Bestcovery.com , an online expert review and ranking site headed by former Pricegrabber.com co-founder and CEO, Kamran Pourzanjani, said today that it has rolled out a new widget which will allow web publishers to display its content. Bestcovery was started in 2008, and has 8 employees. READ MORE>>.

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Curating The Web Using PublishThis, with Matt Kumin

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If you're a web publisher, or even a brand developing your own outreach to customers through a newsletter or microsite, how do you efficiently gather and curate all of the news and information out there? Prior to starting PublishThis, I was the General Manager for Edmunds.com, the automotive site here in Santa Monica.

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ContentNext Up For Sale

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Guardian News & Media , the firm behind web publisher ContentNext , is in discussions with potential buyers about a possible sale, according to a report from the firm's own site, paidContent.

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ShopNation Raises $800K, Launches Fashion Discovery Site

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Santa Monica-based ShopNation has raised $800,000 in a seed funding, and launched a new fashion discovery site today. ShopNation's web site allows users to find fashion products, including clothing, shoes, handbags, accessories, and lingerie, sort-able by brand, features, price, and other options.

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DailyFill Takes On Celebrity News

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Santa Monica-based Slingshot Labs , the startup incubator headed by MySpace co-founders Josh Berman and Colin Digiaro, officially rolled out its first web site this morning, DailyFill. The firm said the site has been in beta since late November 2008. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Michael Schneider, Mobile Roadie

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Actually, no thanks to Santa Monica-based Mobile Roadie. Michael Schneider: I was running a design agency, Fluid Design, in Santa Monica, which I started in high school. Taylor actually came in through the front door, and just signed up on our web site. How did this all come about? I ran it for almost a decade.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Founded in November 2008 by Jack Moffitt and Patrick Mahoney; CEO is Gerry Campbell (ex-AOL, ex-Reuters/OpenCalais). Online service offering privacy certification for web sites. Total raised: $5.0mm.