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JUNE 8, 2010

Westlake Village-based PurePhoto.com , a new startup headed by former NextMedium COO John Ellis, and whose exec team includes prior executives from ReachLocal, ValueClick, and YellowPages.com, said Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of Los Angeles-based PhotographyMentor , an online photography education and social networking site.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is continuing its strategy of buying up vertical web properties, saying today that it has acquired ExpertHub , which operates a network of websites which connect consumers with attorneys. as well as two shopping web sites. Financial terms of the buys were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Los Angeles-based Centerfield, a marketing and customer acquisition company backed by private equity investor Platinum Equity, says it has acquired both Business.com and Savings.com. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. Savings.com is an online coupon site. for the domain name.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

Los Angeles-based FamilyFinds.com , the daily coupon and deals site run by Matt Coffin, said today that it has acquired Mamaloot , an online daily deal site located in Chicago. FamilyFinds said the acquisition gives it a head start in Chicago.

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JULY 11, 2011

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands said Monday that it has acquired two web sites aimed at women, Weddingbee.com , and JustMommies.com from Pasadena-based eHarmony. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Internet Brands said the buy would bolster its list of women-focused websites. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands disclosed Tuesday as part of its earnings report that the firm has purchased two web sites, BensBargains.net, and GrooveJob.com. The firm also said it has acquired another unnamed site, which was completed subsequent to Q3. on those web site buys. on those web site buys.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands revealed it spent $24.2M in acquisitions, earnout, and holdbacks during 2009, as part of its 2009 fiscal results release. Tags: internet brands merger acquisition consumer content publishing earnings. million in January. million in January. in the fourth quarter on revenues of $27.7M.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Los Angeles-based Internet information and services giant J2 Global --the relatively unknown owner of such sites as Mashable, IGN, PCMag, and Everyday Health--has acquired four more companies, the company announced this morning. Financial terms of those acquisition were not announced.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands said Thursday that it has acquired seven consumer websites, as part of an expansion of its health and home vertical markets. Financial details of the acquisitions were not disclosed. Financial details of the acquisitions were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2018

Los Angeles-based managed hosting service provider Zerolag Communications has been acquired by Atlanta-based Total Server Solutions , Total Server Solutions announced on Friday. ZeroLag's main data center was in Los Angeles, and also had a backup facility in Austin, Texas, and a disaster recovery site in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Los Angeles-based production and content firm Will Packer Media said on Thursday that it has acquired women's lifestyle site xoNecole , a lifestyle site aimed at "urban millenial women". Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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JULY 12, 2013

Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu will receive $750M in a funding round, and continue to be owned by 21st Century Fox, NBCUniversal and The Walt Disney Company, those firms announced Friday morning, as the companies have decided not to sell their stake in the onlie television site. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? Technology Advisor Technology Roles in Startups Pricing Customer Acquisition Sunk Costs and More -. User Interface Beyond the Web Site ► November (7) Negative Customer Acquisition Costs - Creative Sta.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Spark Networks , the online dating company which was started in West Los Angeles, and now has operations globally, said on Thursday that it has agreed to acquire dating site Zoosk. Spark said it will more than double in size as a result of the acquisition. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 29, 2009

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is continuing to buy up small, vertically focused web sites to add to its various consumer focused content networks, saying Wednesday that it has acquired three websites. Financial terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Online job and career sites still seem to be in another decade, when it comes to both design--and user friendliness. Can a startup gain a foothold in the competitive market by designing the right UX and user experience to make a job and career site for everyone? Los Angeles-based Workpop (www.workpop.com) thinks so.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Los Angeles-based online matchmaking site eHarmony has been acquired by German company ProSiebenSat.1 1 , ia an acquisition by ProSiebenSat.1 1, the acquisition of eHarmony will help it expand its Commerce segment internationally. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced by the companies.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based Shopzilla , the online comparison shopping site owned by Symphony Technology Group (STG), announced today that it has acquired Ventura-based Connexity , the programmatic media buying company led by Dave Gross. connexity shopzilla merger acquisition online advertising fastclick' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Los Angeles-based OpenX has acquired Mezzobit and PubNation , two companies in the programmatic advertising space, the company said on Monday. Financial details of those acquisition were not announced by the company. According to OpenX, it plans to integrate Mezzobit and PubNation's tools into its platform. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

Los Angeles-based GameFly.com , an online video game rental service, said Wednesday that it has acquired Shacknews.com , a news site focused on video game information. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to GameFly, the deal also included a videogames related download site, FileShack.com.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based Internet services and publishing giant j2 Global has acquired two companies, saying this morning that it acquired Ekahau , a company in the digital media space, and Castle Connolly , a company in the digital media and healthcare industry.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

Los Angeles-based Cameo, which lets people pay for personalized celebrity videos and endorsements, has acquired another, Los Angeles company, Represent. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

AT&T , which has been seriously ramping up operations in Los Angeles pending its acquisition of Time Warner, says it has launched a new website to try to help people locate family members and friends in Puerto Rico. have been trying to contact them.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Los Angeles-based j2 Global , which owns a vast range of cloud-based businesses, including eFax, OneVoice, FuseMail, and many other services, along with digital media properties such as PCMagazine, IGN, AskMen, Everyday Health, and many other sites, has just passed up $1 billion in revenues. from 2016, when it had $874.3M

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AUGUST 19, 2011

Los Angeles-based Student of Fortune , the online tutorial marketplace and homework help site headed by Sean McCleese, has been acquired by textbook marketplace site Chegg , Chegg said Friday. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Student of Fortune was founded in 2005. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based YouTube network Maker Studios has agreed to buy Blip , according to reports today. Blip operates an online, video site focused on webseries. Financial details of the acquisition have not been announced. bliptv blip acquisition merger content network youtube studios maker' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based market research provider MarketCast said on Monday that it has acquired Fizziology , a software developer focused on social insights and analytics for the media and entertainment industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Los Angeles-based commerce and content platform StackCommerce has been acquired by the Integrated Media Company, a holding company set up by the massive private equity fund, TPG, to acquire new media businesses. Through its platform publishers can make between 15% to 20% of gross compared with 5% on an affiliate marketing site.

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JUNE 25, 2014

Moviepilot , the online film review and publishing site led by Tobias Bauckhage, has sold off its German website, moviepilot.de , to French publisher Webedia. The move puts the company''s focused squarely on its Los Angeles operations. moviepilot angeles merger acquisition webedia' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Ziff Davis , the publishing arm of Los Angeles-based Internet services firm j2 Global , said Tuesday that it has acquired deal aggregation site TechBargains.com , from Exponential Interactive. Financial terms of the acquisition were not anounced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based crowd funding site FlashFunders , which had focused on Reg A+, Reg D, and Reg CF equity crowdfunding, has been acquired by financial services company Boustead & Company Limited , the two said this morning. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Wittlebee (www.wittlebee.com) announced the acquisition of its own, clothing company--Cottonseed Clothing Company--as it continues to build out its subscription, children's clothing service. Tell us about the acquisition of Cottonseed, the clothing company. How did it come about?

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MAY 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based online sports site WePlay has been acquired by online amateur sports team management provider TeamSnap , TeamSnap announced this morning. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. weplay teamsnap merger acquisition sports team management saas community' million customers. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Adconion Media Group , the European advertising network firm which as significant operations in Los Angeles, said today that it has acquired smartclip , a European digital video advertising firm. Adconion said that the acquisition will "significantly strengthen" its position in online video. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based Oversee.net said it plans to integrate Crash City Guides , the online travel discovery app for the iPhone, into its WanderWe travel site this morning. WanderWe is the new online travel and getaway site that Oversee.net launched in September. Oversee.net''s online travel group is headed by Raj Beri.

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JANUARY 29, 2016

Los Angeles-based movie ticketing site Fandango said Friday that it has acquired M-GO , the on-demand, movie release service which is a joint venture between Technicolor and DreamWorks Animation. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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