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Leaf Group Seeks To Raise $22M For Acquisition, Other Efforts

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Santa Monica-based Leaf Group , the publicly traded consumer Internet company best known for running such sites as Saatchi Art, Society6, EHow, and Livestrong, said it is looking to offer and sell approximately $22M in shares of its common stock. Leaf Group says it does not have any specific acquisitions in mind. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Media Sets IPO Offering Size, Boosts Traffic

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The firm also said it now has over 13,000 content creators working for the firm, creating articles for the company. Demand Media, which is headed by former MySpace chairman Richard Rosenblatt, operates such sites as eHow and LiveStrong.com. Tags: demand media merger acquisition content internet ehow. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Media Sees Steep Drop In Content Revenues, Cuts Staff

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The company said the drop came due to traffic declines to eHow and lower ad monetization yields. Things looked far better on the other side of the company's business, at Society6, where marketplace revenues grew 63% year-over-year, with a rise to $12.6M The company reported a total, Q3 revenue of $28.5M. in revenues.

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Demand Media To Change Name To Leaf Group

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The company--which runs eHow, LIVESTRONG.com, Society6, and Saatchi Art--said it will officially change its name on Wednesday, November 9th, and will also make a corresponding symbol change on the NYSE, from DMD to LFGR. Santa Monica-based Demand Media said on Friday that it will be changing its name, and will become Leaf Group Ltd.

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Demand Media Sets IPO Pricing Range

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Demand Media's IPO efforts have been one of the closest watched activities in the Southern California technology industry, as an indicator of the IPO prospects for other technology companies here. Demand Media runs such sites as LiveStrong and eHow, along with a network of other media and content focused sites.

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Demand Media Expected To Hit Market Next Week

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Demand Media's IPO is being underwritten by BS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, and Pacific Crest Securities. Demand Media runs content sites Livestrong.com, eHow, Trails.com, and many others. and Generation Partners, among others.

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Demand Media Prices IPO, Begins Trading Today

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Demand Media, which operates an online publishing business and sites such as LiveStrong and eHow, upped the pricing well above its initial offering range of $14.00 UBS Securities LLC, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Inc., UBS Securities LLC, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Inc.,

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