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MAY 10, 2011

BUZZMEDIA operates a network of celebrity and pop culture focused sites, including Buzznet, Stereogum, Celebuzz, The Superficial, JustJared, SocialiteLife, and Idolator READ MORE>>. The firm also said it was ranked the third highest site of used by users between 18-24 and 18-49.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Los Angeles-based Buzzmedia , which operates Buzznet, Celebuzz, and other pop culture web sites, said today that it has hired Chris George, former Vice President of Integrated Marketing at MySpace, as its Senior Vice President of Integrated Marketing and Operations. Tags: buzzmedia buzznet myspace executive marketing. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 25, 2013

BuzzMedia started its life as BuzzNet. The publisher, which owns such brands as Celebuzz, Sterogeom, Idolator, JustJared, and many other music-related sites, acquired longtime music magazine Spin back in July of last year. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 5, 2010

Hollywood-based BUZZMEDIA , the parent company of Buzznet, Celebuzz, Stereogum, and a network of other sites, is in the midst of expansion, saying this week that it has hired on four new additions to the firm's advertising team. Tags: buzznet buzzmedia executive sales. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 31, 2012

Los Angeles-based BUZZMEDIA , the venture backed entertainment and digital media publishing firm behind such sites as Celebuzz, Sterogum, and Buzznet, has acquired electronic music blog site XLR8R , the firm said today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

BUZZMEDIA operates such music sites as SPIN, Celebuzz, Stereogum, Videogum, Buzznet, and many others. Punknews.org was founded in 1998, providing online music news and a fan community; PropertyOfZack is a Tumblr blog focused on punk; Under The Gun Review focuses on entertainment, music, film, and comedy; and Alert The Press! READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

BUZZMEDIA's online site include Buzznet, Celebuzz, Stereogum, TheSuperficial, Absolute Punk, JustJared, WWTDD, GoFugYourself, SocialiteLife, Idolator; the company also runs the official celebrity web sites of Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian, Nicole Richie, and others.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Woolard's LinkedIn profile shows him serving in a string of consulting CFO positions with DLC Projects, including for MGA Entertainment, Altra Biofuels, Buzznet, OleOle, Dreamworks, and others. The company said Woolard has served for 20 years in CFO, VP of Finance and Controllership positions.

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APRIL 28, 2009

Buzznet bought music blog Idolator in April of last year. Tags: buzz media buzznet employment jobs layoff blog blogging idolator music content. According to a post by one of its editors earlier this month, the site has cut "pretty much all" of Idolator's contributing writers, including columnists and daily bloggers. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

BUZZMEDIA operates a large stable of entertainment-related brands, including SPIN, Celebuzz, Stereogum, Videogum, Buzznet, TheSuperficial, and many others. The hires at SPIN included Nicole Sia (News Editor, was BUZZMEDIA's Executive Producer of Music Programming); and Chris Martins (Senior Writer, previously at Filter). READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based BUZZMEDIA , the pop culture and music blog publisher which runs such sites as Celebuzz, Sterogum, Buzznet, and Idolator, announced today that it has hired Bill Jensen as Vice President/General Manager of Music. The company said the new position is part of an push in the digital music area for the company.

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JUNE 29, 2010

BUZZMEDIA operates Buzznet, Celebuzz, Stereogum, TheSuperficial, Absolute Punk, JustJared, WWTDD, GoFugYourself, SocialiteLife, Idolator, in addition to running the official sites for celebrities Britney Spears, Kim Kardashian, Nicole Richie, and others.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

BUZZMEDIA now has a stable of entertainment related blog, news, and community sites, including Buzznet, Celebuzz, Stereogum, TheSuperficial, Absolute Punk, JustJared, WWTDD, GoFugYourself, SocialiteLife, Idolator, GorillaVS.Bear, and Concrete Loop, in addition to running the official sites of a number of celebrities.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Buzz Media, which until recently was known as Buzznet, runs a network of celebrity and music sites including Celebuzz, Stereogum, Idolator, and others. Tags: buzz media buzznet alan citron executive. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 10, 2012

BUZZMEDIA said the buy will complement its existing suite of music sites, which include Stereogum, Idolator, Hype Machine, Pure Volume, Brooklyn Vegan, AbsolutePunk, Buzznet, Concrete Loop, Gorilla vs. Bear, Pop Matters, Punk News, RCRD LBL, and XLR8R. The company said it is now the fourth largest, digital publisher of information on music.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

BUZZMEDIA has quietly been amassing a large network of music blog sites, including running Buzznet, Celebuzz, Absolute Punk, GoFugYourself, JustJared, Stereogum, TheSuperficial, WWTDD, SocialiteLife, Idolator, and a number of celebrity web sites. BUZZMEDIA has a reach of around 50 million monthly visitors, according to the firm's web site.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Jetpack's founders were previously at Spin Media/Buzznet. Jetpack develops advertising technology which is used to help publishers deliver advertising using HTML5, responsive and other tools. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 27, 2010

Kieve has previously been GM and VP of Sony BMG's Global Digital Business Group, and VP of Media Content at InfoSpace, and his partner, Scott Boyd, who was most recently GM at Buzznet and also was Managing Director of AOL Music. He was most recently General Manager at Buzznet, and before that was a Managing Director at AOL Music.

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APRIL 20, 2009

Buzz Media--which was formerly known as BuzzNet--is a venture backed operator of a network of pop culture, celebrity, and music-focused web content properties and blogs. Los Angeles-based Buzz Media , the online network of celebrity-focused web sites, announced today that it has inked a deal with OK!

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FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Similar sites include Wonderwall, a site launched by Microsoft earlier this month, and Celebuzz.com, a celebrity news site run by Buzznet. The new site is the latest in what seems to be a surge of celebrity-focused content sites. The firm said the site has been in beta since late November 2008.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

BUZZMEDIA has a network of music and entertainment news related blogs, including Buzznet, Celebuzz, Absolute Punk, GoFugYourself, JustJared, Stereogum, TheSuperficial, WWTDD, SocialiteLife, and Idolator. Here are three, Southern California blog networks which have quietly growing their network of properties: BUZZMEDIA. www.buzzmedia.com).

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Tragos is a veteran of technology industry here, having come from Spin Media (formerly, Buzznet) with his two other co-founders. Talk a bit about your team, and the story on how you got from Buzznet to Jetpack? We recently ran into Chris Tragos , one of the co-founders of Jetpack (www.jetpack.net), provider of an online ad platform.

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That same team founded the popular site Buzznet, which became BuzzMedia and is now known as SpinMedia. “They are easy to work with, and, perhaps most importantly for the business we’re in, they are exceedingly nimble.”. Jetpack was founded in 2009 by digital media veterans Marc Brown, Chris Tragos and Kevin Woolery.

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