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Los Angeles Firm Sells Sex.com For $13M

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a stealthy, offshore firm--one of twelve bidders on the domain. Sex.com has a long history, having been purchased by Escom in 2006 for a reported $14M. Citing documents filed in a California court, the report said that the domain was sold to Clover Holdings Ltd.--a

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Interview with Clark Benson, Ranker

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I sold that company, eCRUSH, which operated espin.com, to Hearst at the end of 2006. We had some great offshore coders as part of the engineering team. What's the story behind Ranker? Clark Benson: I'm a serial entrepreneur, and have had one prior Internet exit. It actually closed on New Year's Day, 2007.

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