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Demand Media Names Head of Registrar Services

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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. Demand Media is in the midst of spinning off its domain name registrar business.

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Demand Media Expands Into Online Learning, Buys Creativebug

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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. and up per course).

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Demand Media Links With Electus Digital For Comedy Ad Sales

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Santa Monica-based Demand Media said today that it has linked with Electus Digital , to offload premium ad sales for its Cracked.com website. The move looks to be part of a shift by Demand Media in its ad strategy, where it has begun to rely on third party, vertical publishers to help sell ads for its properties.

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Demand Media Launches New Social Ad Units

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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.

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Demand Media Revenues, Pageviews Grow

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Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online content publishing firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, reported its second quarter 2012 financial results on Tuesday afternoon, saying that both its revenues and pageviews grew from year to year. Demand Media said it had total revenues of $93.1M

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Demand Media Highlights Entertainment Personalities

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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. Tags: demand media celebrity brand talent content. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Media Sweetens Executive Pot

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Ahead of its IPO, Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online domain name and media publishing business run by Richard Rosenblatt, updated its IPO filings Thursday, saying that it has granted $30.8M Tags: demand media domain domainer content merger acquisition legitscript. READ MORE>>.

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