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Demand Media Expands Into Online Learning, Buys Creativebug

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Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to Demand Media, Creativebug's library of educational videos and network of designers will help bolster the crafts-related content on eHow. The firm was based in San Francisco. The firm was based in San Francisco. a month) or a la carte ($9.99 and up per course).

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Leaf Group Seeks To Raise $22M For Acquisition, Other Efforts

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Santa Monica-based Leaf Group , the publicly traded consumer Internet company best known for running such sites as Saatchi Art, Society6, EHow, and Livestrong, said it is looking to offer and sell approximately $22M in shares of its common stock. Leaf Group says it does not have any specific acquisitions in mind. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Media Sets IPO Offering Size, Boosts Traffic

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Demand Media, which is headed by former MySpace chairman Richard Rosenblatt, operates such sites as eHow and LiveStrong.com. Tags: demand media merger acquisition content internet ehow. The firm also said it now has over 13,000 content creators working for the firm, creating articles for the company. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Media Surges In IPO Debut

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Demand Media, which is headed by Richard Rosenblatt, operates a network of content focused sites, including LiveStrong.com and eHow. The firm was hovering around $23.00 just before 9am, after opening up at $17.00 in its IPO debut earlier in the morning.

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Demand Media Sets IPO Pricing Range

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Demand Media runs such sites as LiveStrong and eHow, along with a network of other media and content focused sites. Demand Media's IPO is being underwritten by UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, and Pacific Crest Securities. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Media Expected To Hit Market Next Week

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Demand Media runs content sites Livestrong.com, eHow, Trails.com, and many others. The firm is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Spectrum Equity, W Capital Partners, Goldman Sachs & Co., and Generation Partners, among others. READ MORE>>.

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Demand Media Prices IPO, Begins Trading Today

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Demand Media, which operates an online publishing business and sites such as LiveStrong and eHow, upped the pricing well above its initial offering range of $14.00 per share, and above the initial 7,500,000 shares. The firm will begin trading today on the New York Stock Exchange as "DMD".

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