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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., the site said this week. Citing numbers from th ecomScore July 2012 report, the Los Angeles-based site--which is part of AtomicOnline--said it now has nearly 25 million readers.

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MARCH 24, 2010

Greg Martin , the partner heading up Redpoint Ventures ' Los Angeles office, has reportedly left the firm, according to a report from the Private Equity Insider. Martin is no longer listed on Redpoint's web site, was not listed in its latest fundraising documents, and declined to comment on the story.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based cloud hosting service DreamHost is one of the popular web hosting companies, caught up in the latest report of a widespread cybersecurity hole, which researcher say allowed hackers to easily access and take over accounts. READ MORE>>.

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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. The firm also said it has acquired another unnamed site, which was completed subsequent to Q3. on those web site buys.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

A report issued this week by Experian Marketing Services has identified two, San Diego niche social networking sites as being among the fastest growing sites between July of 2011 and July of 2012.

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JULY 29, 2011

A report, published Friday by Wired, says that Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu has cut its use of web analytics service Kissmetrics -- a startup founded by former Orange County entrepreneur Neil Patel -- after U.C. Berkeley security researchers detected the use of undetectable cookie code by Kissmetrics.

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MAY 25, 2012

Los Angeles-based SheKnows , the online women's publishing community and site which is part of Evolve Media Corp.'s s AtomicOnline unit, reports today that it is powering a new web site for Patti Stanger, best known for hosting Bravo's The Millionaire Matchmaker. Business details of the deal were not announced.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

San Diego- and Los Angeles-based video sharing site veoh Networks has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to web site Mashable.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Los Angeles-based JibJab , the online humor and comedy site run by Gregg Spiridellis, reports today that its recent web video campaign for the Justin Bieber: Never Say Never movie has broken records for the most engaged audience ever on the site. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2013

According to a report this morning, multiple lawsuits are now in motion from Fisker''s vendors, over unpaid bills, including one by its web site and mobile designer. Irvine-based Fisker Automotive has yet to file for bankruptcy, but its vendors appear to be getting in line for any liquidation of the firm.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? What about reporting and moderation? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Reporting - What needs to be reported? Important note here: reporting can be endless, keep it small.

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AUGUST 4, 2011

What are some good examples of similar sites? Examples of other brands/sites that are similar from a brand perspective? What about reporting and moderation? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Reporting - What needs to be reported? Important note here: reporting can be endless, keep it small.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Rubicon reports that the the July 2012 comScore ranking found that Rubicon Project now reaches 96.2% Rubicon's advertising network and tools are used by web publishers to optimize the return on their online advertising, by automatically steering ad space to the best ad network for their site. of the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 23, 2010

A report today says that the latest updates to Demand Media's S-1 are a result of government scrutiny over how the firm is accounting for content developed for its sites. Currently, Demand amortizes those expenses over five years, and apparently other publishing firms typically amortize those expenses over much less time.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

Marina Del Rey-based Cooking.com , the online e-commerce provider for cooking products, reported today that it has been chosen to rebuild and manage the web site for Marley Coffee. Marley Coffee is a coffee company run by Bob Marley's son. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

Huntington Beach-based AnyMeeting , which develops free web conferencing and online meeting software, reported this morning that it has released a new feature which lets users share any YouTube video into their meeting, and has also hit a milestone of 200,000 registered users.

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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. The firm said it is looking to engage feature writers to write long articles--"north of 850 words"--for its sites.

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MARCH 7, 2011

Marina Del Rey-based Cooking.com , which operates its own and other online stores for cooking-focused brands and companies, reported today that it will be managing and building a new, online kitchenware store for recipe video web site Good Bite. Good Bite is a site owned by Los Angeles-based online video firm DECA.

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MAY 14, 2013

We caught up with founder Evan Britton about how his company has created the top site in the Internet niche of celebrity birthdays, and how that intense focus on a single niche--and user experience- has paid off for the company in terms of user engagement and growth. That was the genesis of the site. It was discouraging.

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JUNE 22, 2009

Carlsbad-based Breach Security reports this morning that it has released a new version of the firm's flagship WebDefend web application security appliance. According to Breach, the latest version of the firm's product is primarily focused on Web 2.0 programming techniques. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The personal account details of nearly 28 million users of HauteLook , the private sales site founded in Los Angeles and now owned by Nordstrom , have been hacked and have just shown up for sale on the "dark web" , according to security researchers.

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JUNE 18, 2010

We also talked about how brands are increasing driving much of their traffic to Facebook and away from their own web pages. Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so. Self-reported 60mm daily unique as of Dec 2009, games played by 250mm people a month (AppData).

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

La Mirada-based Crazy Egg , which develops a web analytics and visualization tool for tracking web site visitors clicks, has released version 2.0 of the web site. reports will stop tracking data on November 15th.

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JULY 8, 2009

Irvine-based Local.com , which operates a network of local business search sites, reported the firm's traffic numbers today, saying that during Q2, it had 63 million monthly unique visitors on its site and network. Local.com's web sites allow users to search for local businesses and services. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2010

Los Angeles-based Gorilla Nation , which provides advertising sales for web site operators, reported today that it has renewed an agreement with eBaumsWorld.com , where it will continue to represent all of the site's ad inventory. Gorilla Nation specializes in finding brand advertisers for mid-range web sites.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

Santa Monica-based ExpenseBay , the online, expense report automation startup founded by Eric Sicola, is announcing today that it has integrated with web site TripIt. Tags: saas software reports expense site travel tripit expensebay. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based Geni , the online family tree and genealogy web site started by David Sacks, was hit by unexpected downtime Tuesday and today, the firm told its users Wednesday afternoon. The company said it managed to get the service back online at 4:30am Wednesday. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

San Diego-based Genomatica , a firm developing sustainable chemical products using renewable feedstocks, has raised $21.25M in additional funding, according to numbers released in the recent PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA MoneyTree report. No details on the new funding have been disclosed by the firm.

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Draper San Diego Web Report 164

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JUNE 30, 2010

Los Angeles-based Catchpoint , a new web monitoring service headed by former DoubleClick executive Mehdi Daoudi, reports that yesterday's downtime of e-commerce site Amazon.com lasted for three hours. to monitor web sites for customers.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

Burbank-based Be Jane , the angel funded, online home improvement site focused on women, told its users that it has sold the web site to an undisclosed buyer, according to reports. The site had seen some turmoil after the founders of the firm departed, and investors installed their own management last year.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

reported this morning that it has added a new suite of "Urban" and "Latina lifestyle" sites to its network of web sites. The firm said it has added new sites in the multicultural community, giving it access to over 34 million unique visitors.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

San Diego-based Slacker , the personalized Internet radio service backed by Mission Ventures, Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds, reported Thursday that it has expanded its service into Canada.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Los Angeles-based Prodege , the company which runs the Swagbucks rewards site, reported today that the firm passed $50M in revenue in 2013, is profitable, and has expanded its executive team to include a new Executive Chairman, Chuck Davis, the former CEO of Shopzilla and Fandango; a new CFO, Brad Kates; and a new CTO, Shane O''Neill.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , which provides online advertising optimization for web publishers, reports this morning that its latest advertising market survey finds that CPMs are up "significantly" in Q2. Overall, the firm reported CPMs are up about 38% in Q2.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

Santa Monica-based TrueCar , the online car pricing site headed by Scott Painter, reports this morning that it has now sold more than 200,000 cars through its online car buying and pricing platform. TrueCar said the sales came via its more than 40 partner-branded Web Siets, which use the car pricing and sales engine powered by Zag.

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JULY 30, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands reported its results Thursday, saying that the firm saw record revenues in Q2. Internet Brands--which has been an aggressive acquirer of web sites--also revealed that it acquired six websites in Q2, for a total of $8.6M. According to Internet Brands, it had net income of $4.6M in Q2 of 2009.

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JULY 13, 2011

According to Escrow.com, it has seen 413 reports of escrow scams since March of 2010 which have used the company's name, with at least 35 of those victims losing money. Escrow services are online services which hold money until a transaction successfully occurs, and are heavily used for online automotive purchases.

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