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Disney Shutters Parenting Blog Site, Babble

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Burbank-based Disney has shut down parent blog site Babble , according to the site, which did not say why it was shutting down. The site had originally been founded in 2006 by Rufus Griscom and Alisa Volkman, covering topics around parenting and raising children. Disney had owned Babble since 2011. READ MORE>>.

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Internet Brands 2009 Acquisition Total: $24.2M

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in acquisitions, earnout, and holdbacks during 2009, as part of its 2009 fiscal results release. In addition to those details, Internet Brands said it is now seeing a monthly average of 50 million total monthly unique visitors to its collection of web sites, with a total of 56.5 million in January. million in January.

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Web Hackers Targeting Social Networking Sites

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Carlsbad-based Breach Security , a developer of Internet security software, has released the results of a security report, saying that nineteen percent of all online attacks in 2009 so far have been based on social networking sites. web sites to launch their hacking attempts.

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Break Media Launches New Game Front

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Continuing its push into original content, Los Angeles-based Break Media said today that it has launched a comprehensive redesign of Game Front , its online video game site, to add new, original editorial content, videos, and commentary to the site. READ MORE>>.

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Fastpoint Games Seeks Buyer, Winds Down Site

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Los Angeles-baaed Fastpoint Games , the online fantasy game development shop headed by Kelly Perdew, is winding down its website, according to a notice on the firm's site, and is now looking for a buyer. and SCP Worldwide, and last raised funding in 2009, raising a total of $10M in funding. The company was originally known as Rotohog.

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Hulu Names New CFO

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Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu announced late Friday that it has named Elaine Paul as its new CFO. Hulu said that Paul had been involved in Disney''s original investment in Hulu back in 2009. hulu executive video streaming content hollywood' Paul replaces Tom Fuelling, who had been at Hulu since 2007.

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Total Beauty Relaunches BeautyRiot.com

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Los Angeles-based Total Beauty Media , the online beauty site run by Emrah Kovacoglu, said today that it has relaunched BeautyRiot.com , the celebrity hairstyle and beauty site it acquired in 2009. The firm said it has given the site a "complete makeover" and is relaunching the site with a number of promotions and giveaways.

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