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JANUARY 18, 2016

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands said Friday that it has acquired Demandforce , a developer of marketing software and services. Internet Brands acquired Demandforce from Intuit, which had acquired Demandforce back in 2012. Internet Brands says that Demandforce will become part of its Health portfolio.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

El Segundo-based Internet Brands , the Internet media firm headed by Bob Brisco, has been acquired by private equity firm Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners, in a deal worth approximately $640M. According to Internet Brands, Hellman & Friedman will pay $13.35 The price is a premium of approximately 46.5

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OCTOBER 25, 2011

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is continuing its domain acquisition streak, saying Tuesday that it has acquired five, new enthusiast websites. Internet Brands said it has acquired 5series.net , CobaltSS.net , gtr.co.uk , DieselTruckResource.com and DieselBombers.com. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is building out its travel vertical today, saying that it has acquired The Frugal Travel Guy , an online travel blog. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Ingersoll apparently founded the site after retiring as a mortgage banker and starting to travel the world with his wife.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands said Wednesday it has acquired Tjoos.com , an online coupon web site. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Internet Brands said that Tjoos.com would join the firm's shopping vertical. Tags: internet brand tjoos coupon merger acquisition.

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JULY 30, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands reported its results Thursday, saying that the firm saw record revenues in Q2. According to Internet Brands, it had net income of $4.6M Revenues were up by 21 percent from the prior year, driven by increases in internet advertising revenues. in revenues, up from $2.5M READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is continuing its strategy of buying up vertical web properties, saying today that it has acquired ExpertHub , which operates a network of websites which connect consumers with attorneys. According to Internet Brands, ExpertHub will become part of the firm's Money and Business vertical.

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MAY 13, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands has been sued by the former owners of one of the firm's properties, Model Mayhem , according to legal documents recently leaked to the press. Waitt, founders of Model Mayhem, Internet Brands failed to make deferred payments which were a part of the deal to acquire Model Mayhem.

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JULY 11, 2011

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. Internet Brands said the buy would bolster its list of women-focused websites. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands said Thursday that it has acquired seven consumer websites, as part of an expansion of its health and home vertical markets. Internet Brands said it has acquired DentalFind.com , InfertilitySpecialist.com , SkinCareGuide.com , DavesGarden.com , Gardens.com , Craftster.org , and Splitcoaststampers.com.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands disclosed Tuesday as part of its earnings report that the firm has purchased two web sites, BensBargains.net, and GrooveJob.com. Financial terms of those buys were not disclosed, however Internet Brands said it spend $10.7M on the buy of four companies during Q3. on those web site buys.

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MAY 1, 2009

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands reported earlier this week in its quarterly results that it spent $1.6 Tags: internet brands merger acquisition ecommerce. million for the 5 vertical websites it purchased during the quarter. The five sites were up from three reported by the firm last quarter, when it spent $2.7m

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JULY 29, 2009

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands reported its quarterly results Wednesday afternoon, reporting that it saw 50 million monthly unique visitors to the firm's websites in June, up 35 percent from 37 million uniques in June of last year. for the quarter, mainly due to acquisitions and organic growth on its websites. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands announced its fourth quarter and fiscal 2008 results, reporting that--despite the recession--the firm saw an increase in its fourth quarter revenues of 8%, or $27.0M for 29 website related acquisitions during 2008. Tags: brands merger acquisition internet. versus $24.9M

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JULY 29, 2009

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is continuing to buy up small, vertically focused web sites to add to its various consumer focused content networks, saying Wednesday that it has acquired three websites. Financial terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is expanding its network of vertically focused web sites, saying Wednesday that the firm has acquired two new websites in the money and finance area, and has officially targeted "Money and Business" as one of the firm's key vertical markets. Financial terms of those buys were not disclosed.

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JUNE 10, 2014

The company was actually acquired in October , however, no financials on that acquisition were announced at the time. Southern California has had a string of large, multi-million dollar exits in recent months, including Beats Electronics ($3 billion), TrueCar (IPO), Rubicon Project (IPO), Internet Brands ($1.1 READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

We spoke to CEO Brian Nickerson --an Internet veteran with time at Yahoo and Internet Brands--about the company and its goals. I then went to another local company, Internet Brands, which was originally an Idealab company, and had the opportunity to build their shopping division. What is Chippmunk?

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MARCH 3, 2011

CarsDirect is owned by Internet Brands, which recently went private in an acquisition by Hellman & Friedman. The site follows competitor Edmunds.com, which also recently went through a major overhaul of its site design in September. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2010

Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. Rumored to have turned down acquisition offers from Yahoo and Facebook. They realized through the process that regulations would make this a very costly business and one that they couldn’t build as he had envisioned. Foursquare. -A

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

Frankly, that''s the biggest challenge, when you have a wealth of data, and analytics on how to operate your business, information on merchandising, product selling, marketing, customer acquisition activities. john tomich onestop internet brand ecommerce marketing shipping strategy interview' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We've been quite active, and have had a bunch of acquisitions lately -- including Internet Brands and MySpace -- a total of over 2 billion in acquisition in Southern California. I think we've done some of the really exciting companies in LA, including most recently Clicker, Machinima, BUZZmedia, and SVnetwork.

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

the parent firm of the Los Angeles Times before its acquisition by the Tribune Company. Among the firms sold by Rustic Canyon were Southern California portfolio firms Cooking.com, Internet Brands, and US Renewables Group. Financial details of the sale were not disclosed.

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MARCH 11, 2011

IdeaLab has created 75 companies, leading to 8 IPOs, 35 or so acquisitions and more than 5 companies worth in excess of $1 billion. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? Cars Direct / Internet Brands. Shopping.com. The Wedding Channel. Commission Junction. Insider Pages.

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