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Buzznet Raises $12.5M More

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Los Angeles-based Buzznet , which operates a network of web sites focused on celebrities and pop culture, announced this morning that it has raised $12.5M According to the company, the funding round was led by Focus Ventures, and also included Anthem Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures.

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Jetpack Grows In New York

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Jetpack said it has named Jeremy Carlin as Vice President, Business Development, to head up the company's East Coast operations. Jetpack's founders were previously at Spin Media/Buzznet. Carlin was most recently Director of Sales at Sizmek, and also has served at Innovid and VIdeology. READ MORE>>.

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BUZZMEDIA Further Boosts Sales Team

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Hollywood-based BUZZMEDIA , the parent company of Buzznet, Celebuzz, Stereogum, and a network of other sites, is in the midst of expansion, saying this week that it has hired on four new additions to the firm's advertising team. Tags: buzznet buzzmedia executive sales. READ MORE>>.

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BUZZMEDIA Buys Spin

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Financial terms of the buy were not announced by the companies. BUZZMEDIA said the buy will complement its existing suite of music sites, which include Stereogum, Idolator, Hype Machine, Pure Volume, Brooklyn Vegan, AbsolutePunk, Buzznet, Concrete Loop, Gorilla vs. Bear, Pop Matters, Punk News, RCRD LBL, and XLR8R. READ MORE>>.

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A Chat with Chris Tragos of Jetpack

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Tragos is a veteran of technology industry here, having come from Spin Media (formerly, Buzznet) with his two other co-founders. Talk a bit about your team, and the story on how you got from Buzznet to Jetpack? We tried to use third parties, but rich media companies are great ad serving agencies, but not so good at serving publishers.

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BUZZMEDIA Hires Music VP

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Los Angeles-based BUZZMEDIA , the pop culture and music blog publisher which runs such sites as Celebuzz, Sterogum, Buzznet, and Idolator, announced today that it has hired Bill Jensen as Vice President/General Manager of Music. The company said the new position is part of an push in the digital music area for the company.

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uSamp Names CFO, Promotes VPs

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The company said Woolard has served for 20 years in CFO, VP of Finance and Controllership positions. Woolard's LinkedIn profile shows him serving in a string of consulting CFO positions with DLC Projects, including for MGA Entertainment, Altra Biofuels, Buzznet, OleOle, Dreamworks, and others. READ MORE>>.

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