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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Australia was ReachLocal's first international market, which it entered in December of 2006. Tags: reachlocal merger acquisition australia netus advertising online. ReachLocal said it now owns all of its international operations, which include Canada, the UK, and Australia. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based GoodSearch.com , the online search engine which shares its advertising revenues with charities, said Tuesday that it has received a patent on its technology. The patent was granted on August 3rd, and was first file in August of 2006. According to the firm, it has received patent number 7,769,738 from the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The new feature is a full circle from the technology behind Google Googles, which Google acquired by Santa Monica-based Neven Vision back in 2006. Tags: marketing brands advertising recognition vision neven goggles google.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

The new feature is a full circle from the technology behind Google Googles, which Google acquired by Santa Monica-based Neven Vision back in 2006. Tags: google goggles neven vision recognition advertising brands marketing.

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AUGUST 5, 2009

The sale ends Google's ill-fated foray into radio ads, which it began in January of 2006 with the acquisition of Newport Beach-based dMarc Broadcasting. Tags: google dmarc radio advertising braodcasting wideorbit merger acquisition. At that time, Google paid $102M in cash--with up to an astounding $1.1

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Stuart Wolff , the former CEO and Chairman of the board of Homestore.com , plead guilty Tuesday to participating in a scheme to artificially inflate the firm's online advertising revenue.

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MARCH 23, 2009

Irvine-based SmartReply , a provider of mobile marketing and SMS messaging services, said today that it has acquired mSnap , a SMS mobile advertising network. mSnap was founded in 2006, and is based in San Francisco. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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JULY 11, 2011

Weddingbee is an online blog focused on the wedding industry, brides, and wedding planning, and was launched in 2006. 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.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

That will primarily be focused on ad sponsorships, and selling advertising via lead generation, CPC, white papers, and so on, to generate revenue. At that time, monetizing by advertising didn't exist, and web developers were having to hand roll those experiences. Is it difficult to find advertisers to match to sites? plus range.

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MARCH 15, 2013

PhotoPoll is our first app to push live, and now we're working on our second app, AdTile, which is a mobile advertising solution for applications and mobile software. I then went back to Europe to create a company called Fruugo, which was a big startup back in the day, in 2006 in Europe. We started dating, and actually got married.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Vince Bianco: The company has been around since 2006, and we started by launching an SEO tool for press releases for professionals. They have lost lots of advertising and subscription revenue, because you can get news online, and it's free. How has the economy affected advertising placements on your network? Vince Bianco: No.

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AUGUST 3, 2012

We started with a small, high school, Rancho Santa Margarita Catholic High School, and broadcast their football games, the whole season, in 2006. It's a combination of sponsorship, advertising, and for some of our partners, fee for that content. It's a combination of revenue models.

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JULY 23, 2010

We started that in 2006, and sold it to Chicken Soup For The Soul in 2009. Finally, how has the mix of your business changed--are you now more focused on the advertising end, or are you still doing the affiliate revenue ThisNext started out with? So let's talk about ThisNext. What's the focus of the firm nowadays?

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MAY 7, 2012

building Fine Art America in 2006 as a part time project, and launched the web site in 2007. website allowed engineers and engineering firms in the industry to advertise their products online, posts events, and. In 2006, the whole concept was new and novel, and I converted by engineering site to an art site.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2008

It was the third week of December 2006, and I was involved with a biodiesel company. Matthew Graczyk: I started the company in December of 2006, but I knew I wanted a strong finance and operations person, and a strong etch person. So, the core revenue model is online advertising. B2B advertising is really an interesting story.

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OCTOBER 29, 2008

The first market is in brand advertising, where we're working with ad companies and clients to create solutions for shows and exhibitions where guests can interact with a brand. We have some clients like Six Flags in the US, Infiniti for brand advertising, plus Air France, Boeing, and Airbus. How is the company funded and backed?

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APRIL 23, 2013

I started Young Turks back in 2002, and then, in 2006 and really towards the end of 2005, started daily web streaming for the show. Cenk Uygur: A lot of our revenue comes from advertising on YouTube, but a lot also comes from our subscriptions. We also have a television show, which is not connected to the network.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2009

I backburnered the concept until 2006, and in May of 2006 put the business together. Their idea was to catch enough consumers to scale, but they didn't understand the cost of acquisition, of finding customers, marketing, and advertising. They all failed, because what they decided to do was be a single, standalone website.

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JUNE 1, 2011

I sold that company, eCRUSH, which operated espin.com, to Hearst at the end of 2006. We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. What's the story behind Ranker? Clark Benson: I'm a serial entrepreneur, and have had one prior Internet exit.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

It was so much more advanced than back in 1960's, and we started selling posters in 3D for advertising. By late 2005 and 2006, we saw the return of 3D movies, made possible by the digital projectors. After I left, I started working on a lot of different areas, and one of those was 3D, lenticular printing.

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Babette Pepaj: In 2006, I directed and produced reality programming. We're making money from our advertising, and doing really well. So, if you're at home, a party of one, you can interact with people online in that same, similar situation, also cooking in their own home. How did you get into this?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was the senior guy there, and I ran the registry/gift services, national sales and advertising, and travel services. That company sold in September of 2006, and I had gotten married in August of 2006. Lee Essner: I was involved in the early days with a company called WeddingChannel.

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MAY 15, 2010

Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. 11.65mm in Series C – Investors: not announced – likely an inside round; previous investors: Redpoint and JAFCO – Read more: : SEC Registration Form D , peHUB , SoCalTech. Advertising clients include: Sony, Microsoft, NBC, and Clicker.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. Matt Coffin, President and founder of LowerMyBills.com and SoCal “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2006, has an absolutely ubiquitous presence in LA. Thanks to our advertisers. Got A News Tip?

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Our goal, from the outset, since 2006 when we put the company together, was to bring together the extraordinary content on the Internet, whether that is a website, games, or videos for kids. Cliff Boro: At KidZui, our job is to give kids access to the best content on the Internet.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

In 2005/2006, I really saw that the trend was shifting from television to the Internet. As I watched my kids' eyeballs move over, as well as looked at the research data and advertising data which saw TV's share shrinking, I started looking into new media.

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JULY 13, 2009

We're also looking at technology in the retail sector, or which touch the retail supply chain--things like out of home advertising, software to optimize the retail supply chain, and other related areas because we know the retail sector so well. An A-round investment in the late 90's, or even in 2005/2006, or 2007, was a $5-8M check.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2009

We saw a continuation of 2006 and 2007, where there were too many "me-too" players. Mark Suster: I would say we were hesitant in 2008. We were hesitant in 2008, because we saw a lack of realism in valuations.

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