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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Santa Monica-based Demand Media --in what looks to be a tumultuous day to for the stock market--said this morning that it will begin trading its common stock today on the New York Stock Exchange under the new ticker symbol, LFGR. The company is changing its name to Leaf Group Ltd.

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JULY 25, 2014

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said late Thursday that it expects the separation of its domain name services business, Rightside Group , on August 1st. demand media rightside group domain domainer spinoff name' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2014

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said today that it is expanding its offerings in the content area, with an expansion of its Content Solution offerings. According to Demand Media, the expansion includes new content formats and enhanced "publishing and distribution strategies." READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, is expected to hit the public markets late next week, according to a report today from AllThingsD. Demand Media priced its IPO on January 12th, saying it hopes to debut on the NYSE at between $14.00 and $16.00 and $16.00

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JUNE 27, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has made an interesting move this morning, launching a brand new, subscription fitness and nutrition program. Demand Media said it new Stronger program is part of a "key initiative" to expand its paid content porfolio. Stronger is an offshoot of Demand Media''s LIVESTRONG.COM site.

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JANUARY 27, 2011

The IPO this week of Santa Monica-based Demand Media has drawn widespread attention, with a number of articles yesterday talking about how the firm's market cap exceeded the New York Times Company after the IPO. In intraday trading Thursday, Green Dot (GDOT) had a market cap of approximately $2.68

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JUNE 7, 2018

On-demand, scooter rental service Lime --which is locked in a battle for a number of cities with Santa Monica-based competitor Bird --has launched its own service in Bird's home market, saying on Thursday that it has entered the LA market. minute to ride.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

In a surprise move, Santa Monica-based Demand Media said Tuesday afternoon that it plans to explore separating its domain name and content businesses into two, independent, publicly traded companies.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning it has expanded into the online learning market, and has acquired Creativebug , an online site which provides educational videos around art and carft instruction. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. The firm was based in San Francisco.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Rightside , the domain name service company which is in the process of being spun out of Santa Monica-based Demand Media , said today that it has inked a deal to bring to new domains to the market: DANCE and.DEMOCRAT. READ MORE>>. rightside dance democrat domain domainer domains gtld toplevel registrar registration'

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MAY 24, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media saw a big switchup in its executive staff Thursday, as the company said that Joanne Bradford, the firm''s Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer, has stepped down to pursue another opportunity. bradford executive revenue dossett jeff media demand' Dossett also has experience at Yahoo!

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Santa Monica-based Heal , the on-demand doctor's house call startup, said this morningg that it has raised $26.9M Heal lets users request in-home, on demand visits from doctors, who the startup says can do anything a patient might require in a traditional doctor's visit. in a Series A funding.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said today that it has enhanced the firm's Pluck Reviews product, which power online ratings and reviews for brand websites. Demand said the new feature also pulls information noted reviewers and "product experts" above the "clutter" of generic online reviews. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2010

eNom , the domain name registration arm of Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the Internet publishing empire run by Richard Rosenblatt, is hoping to cash in on a new, top level domain,CO, which is slated to come onto the market this year, the firm said today. eNom said it will be helping to relaunch the.co Internet S.A.S,

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Los Angeles-based Squeegy has recently launched into the market, with an on-demand, car wash service--currently serving the west side.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it received approximately $77.2M Demand's IPO offering was for 10,235,000 shares of common stock at $17.00 per share, with 5,175,000 shares of the offering coming directly from Demand Media itself, and the rest from other shareholders. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, said today in an S-1 filing that it expects its IPO to be between $14.00 Demand Media runs such sites as LiveStrong and eHow, along with a network of other media and content focused sites. and $16.00

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APRIL 15, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online content publishing empire of Richard Rosenblatt, has handed out some big bonuses to executives, three months after the firm's successful IPO. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing network run by Richard Rosenblatt, had a huge reception in the public markets Wednesday, closing up 32 percent in its initial public offering. Demand, which debuted on the NYSE as DMD this morning, priced at $17.00, but soon shot up to as high as $25.00

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AUGUST 8, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, has finally filed for its long awaited IPO. Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, Pacific Crest Securities, Raine Securities, and JMP Securities.

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JULY 11, 2019

Santa Monica-based on-demand scooter company Bird is in an expansion in Europe, and has opened up an office in Paris, with plans to hire up to 1,000 people in the city, according to the company. Bird said it hopes to hire those thousand employees in the next two years. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said late Tuesday evening that it has priced its IPO, as well as increased its IPO offering size, and will sell 8,900,000 shares of its common stock at $17.00 Demand Media had initially filed for its IPO in August. per share, and above the initial 7,500,000 shares. Morgan Stnaley & Co.,

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JUNE 13, 2019

The acquisition by Santa Monica-based Bird of fellow on-demand, scooter service operator Scoot Networks , was worth a mere $25M , according to the WSJ. Bird's acquisition of Scoot gives Bird access to San Francisco, where it had been shut out of the on-demand, scooter rental market since last year. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Santa Monica-based on-demand, last mile transportation company Bird is considering going public via a Special Purpose Acquisiton Company (SPAC), according to a report from Bloomberg. It's unclear how far along the SPAC might be, however, Bloomberg said the discussions "are in an early stage".

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Scoot , the on-demand scooter service which is owned by Santa Monica-based Bird , announced this morning that it has rolled out the Bird Two , Bird's next generation scooter, in San Francisco. Bird said that San Francisco will be the first city to have a fleet of up to 1,000 of the new e-scooters.

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MAY 14, 2020

Prodoscore's software is used to measure employee productivity, both in the office and remotely; the company says it is seeing heightened demand for its product as a result of the move to remote workforces brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Prodoscore, the funding goes towards sales and product development. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone On Demand , which recently filed for an IPO on the NASDAQ Global Market as CSOD, has updated its IPO filings documents with the SEC. due to the change in the fair value of its preferred stock warrant liabilities.

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JANUARY 31, 2019

Santa Monica-based Sweep , a startup which is focused on cleanup and maintenance of the many scooters from Bird, Lime, Spin, and others, said this week it's looking to create a nationwide network of e-scooter logistics hubs. Sweep says it already has operations in Long Beach, Denver, Detroit, Washinton, D.C.,

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AUGUST 18, 2009

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the social media firm headed by former MySpace Chairman Richard Rosenblatt, said this morning that it has made a minority investment in Toronto-based CoveritLive. Tags: demand media coveritlive venture capital social blogging. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

Santa Monica-based scooter startup Bird has gone back to the well once more, and has raised a big, $275M Series D funding round, the company said on Thursday. Bird--which offers a smartphone-driven, on-demand scooter service which is now ubiquitous among U.S. billion pre-money valuation.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Apparently with a physical storefront where it can convince customers of the wonders of on-demand mobility. “Lime would have an opportunity to control the narrative, engage with the local community, and invest in Santa Monica. They can make it clear that they care about the constituency there.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

spin off of Santa Monica-based Demand Media , said this week that it will sponsor KCRW''s Left, Right, & Center podcast. KCRW is based in Santa Monica, and is the public station associated with Santa Monica College. Rightside and Demand Media split back in August. READ MORE>>.

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LATechDigest

MAY 16, 2016

SNAPCHAT Expands into New Offices at Santa Monica Airport ( link ). CORNERSTONE ON DEMAND Launches New Products ( link ). THRIVE MARKET Featured on CBS This Morning ( link ). Here’s what’s new in LA’s tech space: Behind the Scenes at SMASHD LABS , Open for Accelerator Submissions ( link ).

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 26, 2022

As mentioned, the global donut industry is a $40 billion market, and Dreiling estimates the market is approaching $50 billion by 2025, with 30% of that growth attributed to North America’s love of the donut. It is also scouting out new markets for additional retail and food truck locations. It’s quite novel. It works.”.

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MARCH 27, 2020

Santa Monica-based online healthcare marketplace operator GoodRx , which operates online marketplaces for prescriptions, doctors, and other healthcare services, is expanding its marketplace to include online doctor's visits (telehealth). READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 17, 2010

The long list of Southern California high tech companies lined up for the public markets just got a little longer this morning, with the addition of Inphi Corp. So far, two companies-- Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which completed its IPO in May, and Carlsbad-based Maxlinear , which hit the markets in March, have had successful IPOs.

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