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JUNE 15, 2010

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal said today that it has launched a new, beta of a local business site called Bizzy. Bizzy allows local businesses to create their own social networking "feed", and also connect with their customers via email, Twitter, and Facebook. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 1, 2016

Woodland Hills-based United Online has sold its StayFriends social networking site, to German company Stroer Content Group GmbH , the company said Thursday afternoon. United Online said it will receive 16.0 million euros ($18.3M US) for StayFriends.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Woodland Hills-based United Online said Tuesday that it has hired an investment banker to sell its European social networking website, StayFriends.

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MAY 4, 2016

Woodland Hills-based United Online said Wednesday afternoon that it has agreed to be acquired by B. The sale of United Online came after a long and tortuous path, where United Online spun off flower delivery firm FTD , sold its Classmates unit, and its StayFriends social networking site, and battled both with B.

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MARCH 24, 2011

Woodland Hills-based CrowdGatehr , which operates a network of special interest message boards and forums, announced Thursday that it has named Taher Scherzay as Vice President of Technology. CrowdGather said Scherzay joins from Elexity Systems, where he was co-founder and CTO.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Woodland Hills-based United Online appears to be making a major shift in strategy for its Classmates.com subsidiary. According to United Online this morning, it is looking to transform Classmates from what is now a social networking company to a "premier nostalgia content center" on the Internet. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 25, 2011

Woodland Hills-based United Online is launching a big push of its newly renamed Memory Lane business. The shift came as Classmates--originally focused on connecting users to old high school classmates--essentially became obsolete in a world of social networking sites. MemoryLane was, until recently, Classmates.com.

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