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Demand Media Reports Profit

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Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the internet publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, reported its fourth quarter and fiscal 2010 results today, the first as a public company. Demand Media said it had revenues of $73.6M for Q4 of 2010, up 33 percent from the $55.5M for all of 2010. in a loss in Q4 of 2009.

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Demand Media Revenues Up In Q1

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Santa Monica-based Demand Media reported its results Thursday, saying that it had a net loss of $5.6 in revenues the firm reported in Q1 of 2010. Demand Media said the revenues numbers were driven by continued momentum from its owned and operated sites. million on revenues of $79.5M. READ MORE>>.

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Google's $500M Pharmacy Forfeit Sheds Light On Issues At Demand Media's eNom

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Department of Justice Wednesday, over the use of Google's AdWords to advertise Canadian pharmacies, has shed some light on the types of issues that were facing Santa Monica-based eNom , the domain name registration and wholesaler owned by Demand Media , last year. According to the U.S. is against the law.

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Interview with Jimmy Hendricks, Deal Current

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We actually built that about a year and a half ago, and are bringing that back due to overwhelming demand. In the meantime, Groupon came along, and our media customers started to lose advertising. We learned that Groupon was taking their advertisers. We also mail checks to the advertisers every day, to make sure people get paid.

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This Week in VC with Mo Koyfman of Spark Capital

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-Competition: Chegg (has raised $144 in debt and equity)—estimated by Steven Carpenter ( TechCrunch ) to be 10x more unique visitors than BookRenter (during peak book renting seasons) with nearly $140mm in revenues for 2010. Users: More than 280mm monthly users worldwide use its apps or see its advertising. Total raised: $16.0mm.

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Thinking Beyond the Everyday Ad

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Overall, in today’s economy, businesses demand marketers think beyond the everyday ad and try to think outside the box for ad campaigns. This emphasis on engagement is helping many businesses stand out from the onslaught of advertisements that can plague consumers daily. What Consumers and Businesses Want.

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Why Hulu is the OPEC of Online Video

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Once this new service became popular then the media companies could control the rules of distribution & advertising. The philosophy of OPEC has been that if they can limit the amount of oil supplied to the world they can maintain high prices in a world where demand and competition should naturally have downward pressure on oil prices.

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