socalTECH

MARCH 19, 2009

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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socalTECH

MAY 27, 2010

For this morning's interview, we have an interview with Kieve Huffman , the co-founder of Dather (www.dather.com), a new Los Angeles startup which has created a tool which helps to aggregate social networking web sites and media. He was most recently General Manager at Buzznet, and before that was a Managing Director at AOL Music.

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JUNE 25, 2015

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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