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Demand Media Shuffles CFO

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Santa Monica-based online publisher Demand Media reported Thursday that it is shuffling its CFO, and is promoting its Senior Vice President, Finance and Treasurer Mel Tang to the CFO position. Current CFO Charles Hilliard becomes a Special Advisor to Demand Media's board of directors. Hilliard has at Demand Media for five years.

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Demand Media Names eNom Head

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Santa Monica-based Demand Media has appointed a new head of its eNom domain name registration services group, the firm said today. Demand Media said it has promoted Taryn Naidu to EVP and General Manager, eNom. Naidu has been at Demand Media since 2006, and previously served as CEO of Pool.com. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Media Alum Gets $100M For Domain Registrar

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A brand new, domain registration startup headed by a set of ex- Demand Media executives, has just raised an astounding $100M for its efforts. He continued to serve at Demand Media until 2009. Donuts Inc. Donuts Inc. Donuts Inc. says it is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, and also has operations in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

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Demand Adds Mandalay's Guber, Omniture's James To Board

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Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the publishing and social media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, announced today that it has appointed Peter Guber , chairman of Mandalay Entertainment Group, and Josh James , SVP and GM of Omniture, to its board of directors. Tags: demand media executive rosenblatt peter guber mandalay. READ MORE>>.

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eNom Adds VeriSign Trust Seal

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Santa Monica-based eNom , the domain name registration business of Demand Media, said today that it has added a new VeriSign Trust Seal offering. eNom is a wholly owned subsidiary of Demand Media, and was acquired by Demand Media back in 2006. Tags: enom demand media verisign security malware.

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Vator Splash LA

SoCal Tech Calendar

This upcoming Splash will showcase 10 up-and-coming startups, prominent VCs and founders of the leading LA-based companies - Demand Media and ReachLocal. Hear Shawn Colo, co-founder and EVP of MandA at Demand Media, share his lessons and advice on building Demand from scratch in 2006 to one of this year's hottest IPOs.

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5 Keys to Ensuring Credibility, Trust, and Customers

Startup Professionals Musings

This distrust for the scripted message has led to a new demand for unfiltered marketing, and the emergence of business credibility heroes, like Elon Musk, with his bold statements about space travel, and sometime villains, such as Mark Zuckerberg defending Facebook privacy practices. They want the raw data versus a polished message.

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