Demand Media Sale Rumors: Not Really, But Talking on Partnerships With Yahoo
Demand Media, the Santa Monica-based social media firm, is not in sale talks with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), contrary to rumors.
Yahoo execs Hila…
Armstrong’s Health Site LiveStrong Enters Crowded Field
Lance Armstrong’s commercial health and wellness effort is seeing the light of the day, today: LiveStrong.com is being launched today in con…
Demand Media Raises Another $35 Million; Total Comes To $355 Million
Demand Media, the Santa Monica-based social and domain name media firm, has raised another $35 million in its fourth round of funding, accor…
Party Update: Pluck Purchase Price
Earlier this month, when Demand Media purchased Pluck, the price wasn’t disclosed. But judging from a comment made last night at a post-merger shindig held in Austin, Texas, the social news software startup was worth $70 million. “I should have gotten a t-shirt for $70 million, and all I got was this,” Demand CEO Richard Rosenblatt said after Pluck CEO Dave Panos passed him a stack of presents. Inside was a Texas-sized lode of stereotypes from a cowboy hat to a bullwhip — which, if the economy continues to falter, Rosenblatt may need to crack.
Demand Media Buying Pluck, For About $67 Million
As we had reported first in January, online publishing tools company Pluck was close to being bought out and now the company is making it of…
Lance Armstrong Takes “Significant” Stake In Demand Media; Launching Wellness Site Together
Demand Media, the heavily capitalized Santa Monica-based online domain monetization and media company, has made an interesting turn: it has…