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JULY 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based Hulu , the online video streaming site headed by Jason Kilar, released some detailed subscriber numbers Wednesday, as the firm continued to be. The firm reported 875,000 paid Hulu Plus subscribers as of June 2011, up from less than 250,000 six months ago, in December of 2010.

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AUGUST 8, 2010

in the first six months of 2010. Among warrant holders of the firm's stock are Lane Armstrong and his foundation--which has lent Armstrong's backing of LiveStrong.com, the firm's health and fitness portal--Bobbi Brown; Tyra Banks--who recently started fashion site with Demand--and InfoSearch Media. on revenues of $198.45M. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Los Angeles-based Hulu , the online television streaming site, said today that it has opened up access to its Hulu Plus services. Hulu also said that all PS3 owners with a PlayStation Network account will also be able to access the service, and that Hulu Plus will be available on Sony BRAVIA 2010 TVs. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The site had started in 2010 as a digital magazine focused on beauty, fashion, fitness, wellness, and other areas. Los Angeles-based subscription box startup FabFitFun said on Thursday that it has just exceeded $200M in revenues, and now has more than one million subscribers to its service.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Los Angele-based online video site Hulu.com said Wednesday evening that it has reached a content partnership with Viacom, which will return "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" to Hulu. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Those shows include Jersey Shore, Tosh.0, READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 18, 2011

The firm said its estimates, provided February 22nd, still stand, despite a third party report that search engine algorithms made at Google have impacted eHow, the company's question and answer site. Demand Media said that that report "significantly overstated" the negative impact of those Google changes. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Hollywood-based Cocodot , the online invitations site run by former MySpace exec Shawn Gold, said this week that it has partnered with DKNY , for a collection of fashion cards and invites. The new collection includes six galleries of invites, greetings, and thank you notes inspired by DKNY's Fall 2010 collection.

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APRIL 29, 2015

Carlsbad-based Business.com , which operates an online site offering up resources for businesses, said it has named a new VP of Sales--and completed an overhaul of its website. The company, which is now owned by JMI Equity, said it named Rick Szatkowski as its new VP of Sales. Business.com is led by Tony Uphoff. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

By early 2010, I found my stylistic voice and identified my audience of emerging entrepreneurs and thus dropped my penname. After a very kind introduction from Mark Suster , both Technorati and BusinessInsider agreed to syndicate my content. Generated > 500 Tweets, from Technorati, BusinessInsider and my site.

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APRIL 5, 2011

Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu is set to earn half a billion dollars in revenue this year, according to an update from CEO Jason Kilar posted last night on its company blog. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Fox Interactive Media and Break Media both ranked highly in comScore's August 2010 list of top U.S. In comparison, Google's sites reach 146.2M Tags: interactive media break video advertising content television youtube google. According to the latest numbers, Fox Interactive Media had 43.1M total unique viewers, and 153.9M

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JANUARY 12, 2012

JewelMint did not say how much it will be spending on the national campaign, which will push people to view the films on its site, YouTube, and its Facebook page. BeachMint launched JewelMint in October of 2010 with Bosworth and celebrity stylist Cher Coulter.

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JUNE 18, 2010

Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Preliminary details: Social e-commerce site, based around celebrity and influencer-curated recommendations. Network of vertical focused sites: BeachMint, BeachMint, WineMint, etc.; Real-time search engine.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

According to Eric Robison, the firm's CEO, the funding round will go towards increasing the firm's global reach and expanding content. Weinman started the site and associated business because--as she told us in a 2010--that there's wasn't much industry around Ojai where she could continue her work teaching computer skills.

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JULY 16, 2012

With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Los Angeles-based BUZZMEDIA , the publisher of entertainment related blogs and websites, said Friday that it has acquired The Frisky , an entertainment news, celebrity, and fashion site, from Turner Broadcasting Systems. BUZZMEDIA said The Frisky had more than 2 million average monthly readers in 2010, based on comScore numbers.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

As 2010 approaches, a whole new year of exciting start-ups, tech news, gadgets, and much more is ahead. We already have a jammed packed schedule for 2010. We already have a jammed packed schedule for 2010. WillYouTrend.com is a site set out on the mission to inspire us all to be great, influential people.

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MAY 5, 2011

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. Santa Monica-based Demand Media reported its results Thursday, saying that it had a net loss of $5.6 million on revenues of $79.5M. Revenues were up 48 percent compared to the $53.6M

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OCTOBER 10, 2013

We''ve now reached critical mass in content, and in Asia we''re number three in the amount of information on products and suppliers online. Michael Kleist: We started in 2010. In 2011, we built our site, and in 2012, last year, we started getting content. We focused almost entirely last year on content.

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JANUARY 28, 2012

Fred Wilson wrote two posts in 2010 that were very influential with the startup community. I have talked with people in the industry who tell me that mobile movie sites convert ticket sales much higher than desktop websites. The titles were: Mobile First, Web Second. Mobile First, Web Second (continued). They are limited in size.

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MAY 25, 2010

As I prepare for my role as emcee in June for Convergence 2010 , I began to look back at how I got involved in radio. For one, we built a following by using Facebook and Twitter and other social networking sites. We post content from our show on blogs including show notes and tips and tricks. Tell no one!

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Last week, San Diego-based Kidzui --the kid's website and kid-friendly browser developer, announced another round of funding, and also launched Zui Studios, a new effort to create original content for the portal. It looks like you now have a search engine, a browser, and now a content studio? Give us an overview on KidZui.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

The event was created in 2010 by Hank and John Green, when they hosted approximately 1,400 industry insiders and fans. To this end, he and his brother Hank recently launched Subbable , a platform by which content creators can directly marshal their fan''s financial support. Think "Consumer Electronics Show meets E! Entertainment."

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In his quest to better connect with new friends, Alex Capecelatro had a problem: none of the existing social networking sites were really designed to connect people with who you didn't know, and might share your hobbies and interests. Alex Capecelatro: I went to UCLA and graduated in 2010. In Hyphos, it's the complete opposite.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

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. ContentNext founder Rafat Ali left the firm in May of 2010. Names of potential buyers were not discussed. million pageviews. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

This year BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2010 is set to be their biggest yet. Because of your support, TechZulu is able to make this all happen and bring all this amazing content to those who may not be able to make it to BlogWorld and New Media Expo this year. Thanks to our sponsors!:

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JUNE 13, 2011

For example, you may have content management and community needs that closely align with Drupal. You may get 3x improved speed for roughly 10-20% of the effort of building your site. There are some cautions around these choices, but it is often the basis of a choice. The rest is just down and dirty algorithmic programming.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Last week, Los Angeles-based Stroome (www.stroome.com), a new startup originally spawned out of a project at the USC Annenberg School of Communications, won $200,000 in the 2010 Knight News Challenge. We've been in discussions with news organizations to use the platform, including with large organizations and journalism sites.

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APRIL 12, 2012

We were acquired in June of 2010, and it's been 21 months now, almost two years. There are more than 10,000 people in Japan, and they're the third largest site behind Amazon and eBay, doing over 15 billion, with a 14 billon market cap in Japan. Neel Grover: We've been transforming the site and experience quite a bit.

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MAY 19, 2010

Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Founded in November 2007 in New York City by Alexis Maybank and Kevin Ryan (co-founder of DoubleClick); CEO is Susan Lyne (ex-CEO Marta Stewart Living Omnimedia) Revenue estimates: $50mm in 2008; $170mm in 2009 (versus budget of $150mm); $450mm forecasted for 2010.

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JUNE 8, 2011

In the rush toward the daily deals space, it seems like there is at least one, new, daily deals site created every day. It's an incredibly crowded industry, which not only includes giants like Groupon and LivingSocial, but countless smaller sites, newspapers, and others all looking for a piece of the action. What is Deal Current?

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. but: Something is Still Missing.

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JULY 13, 2010

Some great content around the intersection of startups and being a Startup CTO in June this year. This continues my series of posts: Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March There was some really great content in June. It shows a lack of interest. I’ll have to relocate.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Comedic startup site Funny or Die has announced a new design that adds new content and features to the site. The updated design gives fans more comedy, and more kinds of content including themed photo galleries, top 10 lists, and special guest blogs. What do you think the new design and the content they are featuring?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Don’t start podcasting, blogging, tweeting, “friending” on Facebook, and posting YouTube videos until you know what your messages are, who will manage them, who your audience is, and how they and you are going to benefit from the content and relationship. Hone in on sites, tools, and applications your target audience is using.

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JANUARY 20, 2010

On CBS MoneyWatch: Why Debit Cards Are Dangerous BNET Business Network: BNET TechRepublic ZDNet ZDNet Members login Newsletters Site Assistance RSS Feeds Home News & Blogs Videos White Papers Downloads Reviews Popular Enterprise Web 2.0 The Social Web Challenges of 2010: A List What are the challenges with the social Web today?

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

In 2009/2010, I joined the team which had been building out the Titan platform, with the idea that the competitive gaming model was very attractive. But, the best thing is, we're able to take skilled gaming and host competitions for Xfire, and with other sites that partner with Xfire, and allow gaming publishers to monetize their games.

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