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Edmunds.com's Anwyl Retires

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Santa Monica-based online car shopping and auto information site Edmunds.com said Friday that Vice Chairman Jeremy Anwyl has retired from the company. Anwyl had been at Edmunds.com since January of 2000, and was CEO of the company starting in 2007 until a couple of years ago. READ MORE>>.

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Business.com Acquired By Purch

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Carlsbad-based Business.com , the online business directory and information site which was most recently in the hands of JMI Equity, has been sold to New York-based content publisher Purch , the two said Wednesday afternoon. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Local.com Gets Patent On Local Shopping Search

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The patent covers a system for providing consumers with information sold by local retailers, using location-based information. Krillion's site offers up a product search service which show prices and availability of products in local stores based on a user's location. Spreen, Michael S.

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Fandango Claims Record Sales In May

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Los Angeles-based Fandango , the movie ticketing and information service, said today that it has had the best ever number in May for traffic and ticket sales, for the company's entire 12-year history. Fandango is owned by Comcast, which acquired the movie site back in 2007. READ MORE>>.

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The Trade Desk Raises $2.5M

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According to Green, the firm is developing a system which determines, for a particular advertising impression and particular user, on a particular site and particular instance, how much that impression is worth--using a wealth of proprietary data sources drawing in information about the user, site, demographics, and other factors.

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Business.com To Shut Down

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Dex One said it will continue to manage the Business.com site and support existing customers through an extended transition period. Business.com had been the latest success for Southern California entrepreneur Jake Weinbaum, who built the firm from a domain name into a firm with over $50M in revenues in 2007.

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Geni Connects With Facebook

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style genealogy and social networking web sites for families, has connected the company's service with the popular Facebook social networking web site. The new Facebook connection also allows users to post their Geni activity to their Facebook newsfeed, the Facebook feature which posts status updates and information to other users.

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