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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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Anthony Batt Heads To Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst

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Batt co-founded BUZZmedia, originally known as Buzznet, out of his efforts photo blogging, scoring his first funding round back around 2006. Katalyst was founded in 2000 by Goldberg and Kutcher, and includes clients such as Gatorage, Levi's Nikon, and Intel. The firm creates programming for television, film, and the web.

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Jetpack Gives a Boost to Mobile and Rich Media Advertising

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That same team founded the popular site Buzznet, which became BuzzMedia and is now known as SpinMedia. The company is privately held and has received no venture funding to date. “They are easy to work with, and, perhaps most importantly for the business we’re in, they are exceedingly nimble.”.

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Interview with Kieve Huffman, Dather

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Kieve has previously been GM and VP of Sony BMG's Global Digital Business Group, and VP of Media Content at InfoSpace, and his partner, Scott Boyd, who was most recently GM at Buzznet and also was Managing Director of AOL Music. He was most recently General Manager at Buzznet, and before that was a Managing Director at AOL Music.

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