socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

A report Friday afternoon from the WSJ's Kara Swisher says that Santa Monica-based Demand Media has snagged yet another Yahoo executive, this time, Yahoo VP of Brand Packaging Erika Nardini. The move comes shortly after Demand hired former Yahoo Head of U.S. Advertising Sales Joanne Bradford. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media reported its results Thursday, saying that it had a net loss of $5.6 Demand Media said the revenues numbers were driven by continued momentum from its owned and operated sites. Demand also mentioned strong direct brand advertising sales helped its results. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has hired a new executive to head up the firm's advertising sales, the firm disclosed Tuesday. Demand Media has appointed George Stewart as the company's Executive Vice President of Advertising Sales, heading up sales for all of the company's sales channels.

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socalTECH

JUNE 16, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online content publishing empire of Richard Rosenblatt, has tapped Joost --now owned by Adconian--for its pre-roll advertising inventory. Tags: demand media joost advertising video. Financial details of the partnership were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 24, 2011

Department of Justice Wednesday, over the use of Google's AdWords to advertise Canadian pharmacies, has shed some light on the types of issues that were facing Santa Monica-based eNom , the domain name registration and wholesaler owned by Demand Media , last year. According to the U.S. is against the law.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2020

Every entrepreneur knows that good demand generation marketing is the key to growth these days, but very few have the discipline or know-how to measure return in a world of a thousand tools and techniques. In fact, we now live in a buyer-led digital age, where the traditional media push-marketing efforts just don’t work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2018

Every entrepreneur knows that good demand generation marketing is the key to growth these days, but very few have the discipline or know-how to measure return in a world of a thousand tools and techniques. In fact, we now live in a buyer-led digital age, where the traditional media push-marketing efforts just don’t work.

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Metrics Demand Marketing Paramount 57

Southern California Edison Blog

MAY 15, 2020

Users trying to stream video originating from a low latency network are likely to become frustrated as the media becomes slow to load and its quality becomes choppy. Media and content creation businesses expanding their services to meet future content needs require a network that can support growing media content demands.

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socalTECH

MAY 16, 2017

Ku will head up Leaf Group's internal sales and advertising team, and Baerga will run Society6, Leaf Group's print-on-demand marketplace. Ku was most recently at Participant Media, and also served at GOOD, and also was a professional cyclist racing for the US National Team. Leaf Group was formerly known as Demand Media.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based LiveXLive Media said this morning that it has named two new executives at the company. According to LiveXLive, it has named Jason Miller as Global Head of Sales and Brand Partnerships and Kyle Hoedl as Vice President of Marketing. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2017

Leaf Group disclosed the sale in its first quarter 2017 results, where it reported a net loss of $10.0M Leaf Group was formerly known as Demand Media. Leaf Group said it paid $12.0M for Deny Designs, split between $6.7M in cash plus approximately 215,000 shares of its common stock. Deny Designs was based in Denver, Colorado.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The firm said it has opened up a London office, and hired on Robert Goldsmith as Director of Demand Partnerships as part of its efforts in Europe. Goldsmith was previously a Sales Director at KAYAK. MediaAlpha said the value of media transacted through its platforms in 2017 was worth $250M.

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Advertising Demand Los Angeles Platform 113

socalTECH

JULY 6, 2016

Blucora was advised by GCA Savvian Advisors in the sale. OpenMail is led by Chuck Ursini, former EVP, Platforms at Demand Media; Ursini also has served at Amazon, Morgan Stanley and UBS. Blucora said that OpenMail is paying the company $45M in cash for Infospace. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 2, 2020

In the past year, it’s seen one of the most profitable venture-backed exits of any tech ecosystem (with the $4 billion sale of Honey to PayPal) and investors are minting billion-dollar companies in the region at a torrid pace. When it comes to venture capital, Los Angeles is a city on the rise.

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

Wann was most recently CRO at SpinMedia, and also had been EVP of Business Development at Demand Media. fullscreen content network youtube executive sales' Wann has also served at Amazon and MSNBC.com. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

This form of thinking has been unusually true during the current rise of social media platforms, where market share became the primary goal of a company, with revenues and profitability to follow later. Experienced CEOs often make it a habit to scale because of demand, reducing risk and mating cost to growth in revenues.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2022

Craft a no-follow-up sales letter, after you have positioned yourself as the right expert, with powerful testimonials. Don’t dumb it down for social media. Many entrepreneurs fear giving away their very best insights, strategies, or tools via social media – it might diminish the demand and the profit.

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

As part of the rebranding, the company said it has named Stephanie Grossman as SVP, Business Development, Sales and Marketing. Grossman was previously at Demand Media and Scripps Networks Interactive, and was founder of mobile advertising firm Sidebar. READ MORE>>.

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GRP Partners Santa Monica Startup Advertising 168

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.COM , the online health and fitness site joint venture of Demand Media and Lance Armstrong, said this week that it has launched a new, iPhone application geared at helping users quick smoking. The proceeds of the application sales go to the Lance Armstrong Foundation. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Every entrepreneur knows that good demand generation marketing is the key to growth these days, but very few have the discipline or know-how to measure return in a world of a thousand tools and techniques. In fact, we now live in a buyer-led digital age, where the traditional media push-marketing efforts just don’t work.

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Metrics Marketing Demand Paramount 101

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

This time, Crowdfunder said it is focusing on companies in the scoial enterprise space, and has partnred with Demand Media, along with Toniic, TED Fellows, Thiel Foundation and others specifically aimed at the social enterprise. The event is similar to CROWDSTART LA, a pitching competition the company launched last year.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. Demand Media, the internet publishing firm which is in the midst of an IPO effort, is the brainchild of Richard Rosenblatt, who was at the reins of Intermix, the parent firm of MySpace, and brokered the sale of MySpace to News Corporation.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Qualcomm said it is suspending direct consumer sales of devices, and will continue maintaining the service until Spring 2011. Tags: qualcomm television content streaming media layoffs entertainment jobs employment. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Santa Monica-based eNom , the domain name registration and wholesaler owned by Demand Media , confirmed today that it has inked a deal with LegitScript , the Internet pharmacy verification and monitoring service endorsed by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy. state or federal law. state or federal law.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

For this morning's interview, we sat down and talked with Nick Desai , CEO of Global Fitness Media , which runs FitOrbit (www.fitorbit.com), an online site looking to help users put together a fitness and connect with fitness trainers. Nick Desai: Jack Steinfeld--which everyone knows as Body by Jake--is the founder of Global Fitness Media.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Its primary goal is to focus on identifying what is truly driving demand, analytically, so that our customers can optimize their activities. We have a very sophisticated, analytics and software platform that over half the Fortune 50 are now using, to help guide how they invest in marketing and sales activities and investments.

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Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The challenge is to transform and hardwire your entire team to think in these terms, rather than the default focus on distinct towers of product quality, closing the sale, or fixing a complaint. Your competition is global, so today’s customers are demanding world-class service. Set the expectation for continuous improvement.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 30, 2022

Genies charges a 5% fee on each sale, allowing creators to keep the majority of the revenue they earn on each transaction, Nigam said, contrasting that with the 50%+ fee Meta charges for NFTs within its Horizon Worlds metaverse. An image of the Genies platform showcasing a fashion collection designed by creator Ian Charms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2022

In addition, today’s customers judge a company by perceived people relationships through social media, phone conversations, and sales experiences. Customers demand more engagement and flexibility. In the end, engagement drives customer retention, sales, growth and profit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2020

But customers today are fickle, instantly aware of every new alternative, due to the Internet and social media, and not afraid to change. Today’s customers demand to be more than satisfied with your price to be loyal. Go beyond asking customers how they want you to improve. Highlight only larger customer-focused initiatives.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2013

One of those is Hollywood-based FilmBreak (www.filmbreak.com), which is applying the world of social networking, media, and the Internet to help film-makers gain access to the analytics and insights they need to better market their films. Lots of them were in online media and entertainment. That's really the core focus for us.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2022

Leaders with this “be bold” mindset are willing and able to take radically unique direction-setting actions in the face of today’s pace of change and customer demands. Today even small businesses need complex organizations that work together in alignment, remote and online, including marketing, sales, delivery, and support.

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Template Demand Social Media Summary 109

Frank Addante

APRIL 9, 2013

Not at all, a direct sales force is the most expensive channel to take a product to market. To sell enterprise software, sales employees are trained to sell through channels. Then, enterprise sales managers assemble pricing rules to ensure their pricing integrity is protected and all channels have a level playing field.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The challenge is to transform and hardwire your entire team to think in these terms, rather than the default focus on distinct towers of product quality, closing the sale, or fixing a complaint. Your competition is global, so today’s customers are demanding world-class service. Set the expectation for continuous improvement.

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socalTECH

MAY 20, 2009

reported today that it has agreed to sell the assets of its media substrate manufacturing facility in Sarawak, Malaysia to Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. According to WD, the sale is part of an effort by the firm to "realign its cost structure" to match softer demand for its products. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Its “content arm” Entity Mag has quite interestingly gone viral on social media and has more than 1.1 Covid-19 foisted a hefty set of expectations on the e-learning industry, with companies building tools to help teach people remotely suddenly finding themselves in unprecedented demand.

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