socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has extended its Pluck social media platform to mobile devices, the company said today.

Demand 182

Demand Mobile Media Java 182

socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2013

In a surprise move, Santa Monica-based Demand Media said late Monday that founder, Chairman, and CEO Richard Rosenblatt has resigned from the company. Demand Media said that it has appointed Shawn Colo as interim President and interim CEO, effective immediately, with James Quandt taking the Chairman position.

Demand 170

Demand Media Santa Monica Capital 170

socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media announced this morning that it has inked a deal with Buddy Media , developer of a Facebook management system for advertisers, on a new version of Pluck. Pluck is Demand Media's social media application.

Demand 165

Demand Media Santa Monica Social Media 165

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Santa Monica-based online publisher Demand Media said Tuesday afternoon that it has entered into a new, $225M credit facility, split between a $125M revolving credit facility and a $100M term loan. According to Demand Media, the new facility replaces an existing, $105M revolving credit facility. READ MORE>>.

Demand 180

Demand Media Santa Monica Venture Capital 180

socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, has finally filed for its long awaited IPO. According to Demand's IPO filing, the firm had a net loss of $6.00M on revenues of $114.0M of its revenues came from its Content & Media division, and $47.7M READ MORE>>.

Demand 184

Demand Media .Net Santa Monica 184

socalTECH

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. READ MORE>>.

Demand 187

Demand Media Training Santa Monica 187

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based online digital media publisher Demand Media keeps on getting bigger and bigger. The company said the growth in revenues came from "strong growth" on its owned & operated content and media properties, plus its acquisition of Creativebug, the arts and crafts instruction site.

Demand 183

Demand Media Santa Monica .Net 183

socalTECH

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.

Demand 185

Demand Content Media Santa Monica 185

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online content publishing empire of Richard Rosenblatt, announced this morning that it has launched a new, specialized offering for food advertisers. Tags: demand media advertising food eating advertiser targeting livestrong ehow. READ MORE>>.

Advertising 169

Advertising Demand eHow Media 169

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has announced a new head of the company''s domain name registration business this morning, saying it has named Steve Banfield as Senior Vice President and General Manager of the company''s Registrar Services business. Banfield will head up Demand Media''s Name.com and eNom businesses.

Demand 174

Demand Media Services Paramount 174

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online content network headed by Richard Rosenblatt, said today that it has launched a new "Talent and Expert Network," which will highlight entertainment personalities through its site. Demand said it is working on two additional projects with Potts for its various media properties.

Demand 165

Demand Entertainment Media Tips 165

socalTECH

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.

Demand 185

Demand Media eHow Santa Monica 185

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, announced its third quarter 2011 financial results on Monday, saying that it had a loss from operations of $3.3M, with a rise in revenues to $81.5M. READ MORE>>.

Demand 168

Demand Media Santa Monica Content 168

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media announced Thursday that it has launched a new product, called Content Channels. According to Demand, the new product is aimed at online publishers, and will provide them with original content focused on attracting readers. READ MORE>>.

Demand 171

Demand Content Media Journal 171

socalTECH

MAY 12, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has appointed a new head of its eNom domain name registration services group, the firm said today. Demand Media said it has promoted Taryn Naidu to EVP and General Manager, eNom. Naidu has been at Demand Media since 2006, and previously served as CEO of Pool.com.

Demand 154

Demand Media Santa Monica Report 154

socalTECH

AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. What is Demand Media doing nowadays?

Demand 240

Demand Media eHow Content 240

socalTECH

OCTOBER 25, 2012

High tech startups--and the service providers who serve the industry--are continuing to cluster along Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade, as Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , one of the Los Angeles legal firms focused on the high tech market, announced a grand opening date for a new office on the 3rd Street Promenade.

Santa Monica 193

Santa Monica Sherman Oaks High Tech SoCalTech 193

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it has come up with a name for its domain name services group, which it is in the midst of spinning off into an independent company. Demand Media said the new company will be named Rightside Group, Ltd. , READ MORE>>.

Demand 164

Demand Media Santa Monica Services 164

socalTECH

APRIL 9, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing and content firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, has scored a win with USA Today, the firm said Thursday. According to Demand Media, it has teamed up with USA Today to launch a new section of USA Today's site called "Travel Tips". READ MORE>>.

Demand 162

Demand Sites Media Tips 162

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has named Lisa Kraynak as head of the firm's new fashion web site, typeF.com , which it is launching with Tyra Banks. Kraynak was most recently SVP of Digital Media for NBC Unviersal, and also has served at Viacom, City of New York, Intuit and iVillage.com. READ MORE>>.

Demand 159

Demand Media Santa Monica Sites 159

socalTECH

MARCH 24, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the Internet content publishing company run by Richard Rosenblatt, is applying its crowdsourced content model to eNom , the domain name registrar it owns. The portal features articles about the.ORG domain, which were created by Demand Media's creative professionals.

Demand 165

Demand Content Media Santa Monica 165

socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it has acquired CoveritLive , a developer of a live blogging platform used to provide real time commentary, reader polling, and questions and answers on live events. Demand Media was already a strategic investor in CoveritLive.

Demand 150

Demand Media Santa Monica Blogging 150

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Santa Monica-based Demand Media is building out its executive team today, saying that it has named Scott Lehr as its new Senior Vice President and General Manager of Content Solutions. Demand Media said Lehr wlil focus on growing its content marketing practice. READ MORE>>.

Demand 164

Demand Content Media Marketing 164

socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media announced this morning that it has acquired domain registrar Name.com. Demand Media said that Name.com will help the firm as it prepares for the released of new top level domains (TLDs) this year. Demand Media said that Name.com is known for its strog retail footprint.

Demand 147

Demand Media Santa Monica Help 147

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publisher which runs such sites as eHow.com, typeF.com, and LIVESTRONG.COM, said Thursday afternoon that it is launching a new effort focused on long-form web content. READ MORE>>.

Demand 168

Demand Media Writing Santa Monica 168

socalTECH

JUNE 24, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has acquired Society6 , an online e-commerce marketplace centered around artists, the company announced Monday afternoon, as part of an effort to expand its content and media platform. artist acquisition merger marketplace ecommerce society6 media demand' READ MORE>>.

Demand 171

Demand Commerce Media Santa Monica 171

socalTECH

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>>.

Demand 153

Demand Media Santa Monica Commerce 153

socalTECH

JANUARY 30, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online content publisher headed by Richard Rosenblatt, has seen the exodus of three of the firm's EVPs and founders. Larry Fitzgibbon, Joe Perez, and Steven Kydd apparently are all leaving Demand Media for "other opportunities." READ MORE>>.

Demand 150

Demand Media Santa Monica Content 150

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing effort headed by Richard Rosenblatt, said late last night that it has created a new Editorial Advisory Board. Demand said that Teri Schwartz, Dean of UCLA's School of Theater Film and Television; Kevin Z. READ MORE>>.

Demand 160

Demand Media UCLA Journal 160

socalTECH

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

Demand 157

Demand Media Pricing eHow 157

socalTECH

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

Demand 164

Demand Media Southern California Santa Monica 164

socalTECH

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Santa MOnica-based Demand Media is one of the new partners for YouTube , in the big original content programming push by Google's video site, the firm said today. Financial details of the deal with YouTube have not been announced. READ MORE>>.

Demand 164

Demand eHow Media Santa Monica 164

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2014

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has completed its spinoff of Rightside Group , its domain name registration business, as a tax-free distribution this morning. Demand Media has been in the midst of spinning off Rightside Group for over a year. READ MORE>>.

Demand 147

Demand Media Santa Monica Marketing 147

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Looking to enhance the advertising units on its network of sites, Santa Monica-based Demand Media said today that it has launched a new set of "social feed ads" to its advertisers. Demand Media said the new tools integrate custom, real-time social feeds into rich media ads featuring video, audio, Flash, and HTML5.

Demand 157

Demand Media eHow Santa Monica 157

socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2011

minutes per viewer; Santa Monica-based Demand Media had 15.2 According to a new report from comScore, measuring the popularity of YouTube Channels, Los Angeles-based Machinima saw around 16.9 million total unique viewers in July, with about 265.4 million videos viewed, at an average of 72.7 minutes per viewer.

Demand 185

Demand Media Santa Monica Los Angeles 185

socalTECH

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.

Demand 170

Demand Media Santa Monica Content 170

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2014

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said Monday that it has sold both its Creativebug. According to Demand Media, the move will "streamline" its approach to its business, and will help it refocus attention on its overall growth strategies. demand media creativebug coveritlive othermedia scribblelive'

Demand 147

Demand Media Santa Monica Sales 147