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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. Internet Brands said the buy would bolster its list of women-focused websites. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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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

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands revealed it spent $24.2M In addition to those details, Internet Brands said it is now seeing a monthly average of 50 million total monthly unique visitors to its collection of web sites, with a total of 56.5 Internet Brands said it had net income of $4.3M 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' Bob Brisco said the acquired companies all have strong organic traffic, and revenues from a mix of small, medium, and large advertisers.

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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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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. Looking to figure out how much your niche web site is worth? million for the 5 vertical websites it purchased during the quarter. READ MORE>>.

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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. Tags: internet brands traffic revenues content. for the similar period last year.

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APRIL 23, 2009

Irvine-based Autobytel , Los Angeles-based LeadPoint , and El Segundo-based Internet Brands have settled a multi-party, patent lawsuit that was filed by Autobytel against the other firms. Tags: autobytel leadpoint internet brands patent lawsuit. Financial terms of the settlement 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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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.

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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 versus $24.9M a year ago.

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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.

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JUNE 30, 2014

Los Angeles-based Ranker , which operates an online website for users to share their opinions and lists on countless topics, has hired on a number of new executives. According to the company, it has appointed Glenn Walker as Chief Strategy Officer at Ranker, and Stan Holt as Chief Revenue Officer. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Citing numbers from th ecomScore July 2012 report, the Los Angeles-based site--which is part of AtomicOnline--said it now has nearly 25 million readers. Online women's publishing site SheKnows has bumped into the 50 largest web properties in the U.S., the site said this week.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

Los Angeles-based native advertising technology developer Nativo , which is headed by Justin Choi, has landed a new set of premium publishers as customers, the company said today.

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MARCH 2, 2012

Los Angeles-based Oversee.net said Friday that it has named Debra Domeyer as its CEO. Domeyer was previously CTO at Internet Brands, and also has served at firms such as Pacific Gas & Electric Energy Services and the Times Mirror Company. According to Oversee.net, Morrow is leaving to "pursue other interests".

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JANUARY 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based Oversee.net , the online domain name and Internet marketing firm, has set Debra Domeyer and Scott Morrow as Co-CEOs of the company, the firm said Monday. Domeyer had been CTO at Internet Brands, and also served at PG&E and the Times Mirror Company. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clean Green Guy , which operates an online marketplace for green and clean business and technology deals, announced today that it has hired Stanley Holt as the firm's new President and COO. Holt was most recently at eHarmony, and also has served at such firms as Internet Brands, The Los Angeles Times, and Lot 11 Studios.

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MARCH 3, 2011

In the latest makeover of one of the original, Web-based automotive sites, Los Angeles-based CarsDirect has updated its website. CarsDirect is owned by Internet Brands, which recently went private in an acquisition by Hellman & Friedman. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based GumGum , which helps web publishers license celebrity and other photos, has rolled out a new Image Toolbar feature for the firm's service, the firm said today. The toolbar is apparently running on sites such as AskMen.com and a number of Internet Brands properties. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

San Francisco-based investment firm Saints Capital , and Los Angeles-based venture capital firm Rustic Canyon Partners said Tuesday that they have formed a new fund, Saints Rustic Canyon, L.P., the parent firm of the Los Angeles Times before its acquisition by the Tribune Company. Financial details of the sale were not disclosed.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

If you''re a brand or retailer, needing to get online, there are a lot of things to deal with to run your e-commerce business smoothly--everything from your e-commerce site itself, to taking photos of your products, packing and shipping, to digital marketing. But, the real investment focus for us in the technology and service capabilities.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

To hear about the firm's interest in Los Angeles, and Southern California investments in general, we spoke with Fouad ElNaggar , Principal at the firm, to hear about where the firm is nowadays and what kind of investments it is making locally. We've created over a billion dollars in public market capital created by our investments here.

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AUGUST 8, 2018

Los Angeles-based Postie (postie.com), backed by Bonfire Ventures and Crosscut Ventures, is applying machine learning and other techniques to direct mail. We've both build marketing technology platforms in emerging digital channels, and also built direct-to-consumer brands who rely heavily on performance marketing and data-driven marketing.

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MARCH 21, 2011

We're able to build out a brand story, which is not possible when you're just dealing with store shelves at Whole Foods. We feel we've build, from the ground up, an internet brand. She was the COO of CLEAR, the airport passenger security firm, and is super great at brand building and also the actual operations side.

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