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JULY 29, 2009

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is continuing to buy up small, vertically focused web sites to add to its various consumer focused content networks, saying Wednesday that it has acquired three websites.

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands disclosed Tuesday as part of its earnings report that the firm has purchased two web sites, BensBargains.net, and GrooveJob.com. Financial terms of those buys were not disclosed, however Internet Brands said it spend $10.7M on those web site buys. READ MORE>>

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MAY 1, 2009

Looking to figure out how much your niche web site is worth? Los Angeles-based Internet Brands reported earlier this week in its quarterly results that it spent $1.6 Tags: internet brands merger acquisition ecommerce. million for the 5 vertical websites it purchased during the quarter. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands announced its fourth quarter and fiscal 2008 results, reporting that--despite the recession--the firm saw an increase in its fourth quarter revenues of 8%, or $27.0M versus $24.9M a year ago. The firm also reported it had acquired GrooveJob.com, which it had previously announced back in October.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Online women's publishing site SheKnows has bumped into the 50 largest web properties in the U.S., SheKnows was ranked number 49 on the list; other local companies ranked among the top 50 include Internet Brands (50), Demand Media (16), BUZZMEDIA (38), Disney Online (30), Break Media (31), and MySpace (44).

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APRIL 29, 2009

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands is expanding its network of vertically focused web sites, saying Wednesday that the firm has acquired two new websites in the money and finance area, and has officially targeted "Money and Business" as one of the firm's key vertical markets. Financial terms of those buys were not disclosed.

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MARCH 3, 2011

In the latest makeover of one of the original, Web-based automotive sites, Los Angeles-based CarsDirect has updated its website. CarsDirect is owned by Internet Brands, which recently went private in an acquisition by Hellman & Friedman. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based GumGum , which helps web publishers license celebrity and other photos, has rolled out a new Image Toolbar feature for the firm's service, the firm said today. The toolbar is apparently running on sites such as AskMen.com and a number of Internet Brands properties. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 21, 2011

However, I saw that the people building traditional products were still not familiar with the social web. There was a real opportunity for me to arbitrage the last decade and a half of my experience in the Internet, and apply that to a products company, and to get some real competitive advantage. That's not how we think about it.

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JULY 1, 2010

Scott left the company, which eventually IPO’d and became Internet Brands. Analytics also extend to iPhone and web apps using Facebook Connect. They realized through the process that regulations would make this a very costly business and one that they couldn’t build as he had envisioned. a fbFund winner.

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DECEMBER 12, 2014

They started with e-commerce, but they built that into Amazon Web Services, taking their back end and building another business around it. john tomich onestop internet brand ecommerce marketing shipping strategy interview' At that firm, I really admired how Amazon had done as a business, which is not a surprise, as lots do.

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MARCH 11, 2011

Last night I had the great privilege to interview Bill Gross , one of the Internet’s true pioneers. To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? Cars Direct / Internet Brands. Shopping.com. The Wedding Channel.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We've been quite active, and have had a bunch of acquisitions lately -- including Internet Brands and MySpace -- a total of over 2 billion in acquisition in Southern California. I think we've done some of the really exciting companies in LA, including most recently Clicker, Machinima, BUZZmedia, and SVnetwork.

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