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BUZZMEDIA Trims Spin Magazine

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Los Angeles-based digital media publisher BUZZMEDIA is wasting no time reshaping SPIN Magazine , the venerable music and culture publication it acquired earlier this month, and is reportedly already cleaning house. BUZZMEDIA runs Stereogum, Idolator, XLR8R, and many other popular music and entertainment properties. READ MORE>>.

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Yapert Raises $1.2M For Mobile Magazine

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in a seed funding round, for its interactive mobile magazine. Yapert''s moblie magazine focuses on musicians, celebrities, athletes, fitness stars, and others, with a particular focus on stars and brands. music entertainment brand celebrity publishing content capital venture magazine mobile yapert' READ MORE>>.

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World of Warcraft Launches Magazine

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Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment has inked a deal with games media publisher Future , where Future will publish a magazine focused on Blizzard's World of Warcraft. The firm ssaid the magazine will be a quarterly publication, covering "all aspects" of the massively multiplayer, online role playing game.

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SpinMedia Buys Death and Taxes

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Los Angeles-based SpinMedia said today that it has acquired Death and Taxes , an online magazine focused on indie music news, pop culture, politics, and entertainment. deathandtaxes spinmedia content blog magazine merger acquisition music news entertainment' Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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UK-based women’s networking and private club, AllBright, raises $18.8 million as it expands into the US

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Coupled with the launch of a new networking application called AllBright Connect and the company’s AllBright Magazine, the women’s networking organization is on a full-on media blitz. The company said that the new facilities would be opening in the coming months.

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Mail.com Buys Entertainment Blog

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Los Angeles-based Mail.com Media Corporation , which operates the email service Mail.com, said today that it has acquired an entertainment focused blog, DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com. DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com was founded by Nikki Finke, a former Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, and New York Magazine writer and reporter.

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Robb Report's Bill Curtis On Why Podcasting Is The Next Media Frontier

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We have published 74 different magazine titles over the last 30 years. We get to take what we love best, which is create uniquely entertaining and authoritative, informative content, and put that in a medium people are actually enjoying and receptive to. On the fun side, we have different show in the entertainment world.

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