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NOVEMBER 30, 2011

West Hollywood-based Citysearch , the online city guide which is part of IAC, said that it has named Kimberly Salzer as its new Vice President and General Manager. Citysearch said that Salzer will be responsible for products and marketing strategy. Salzer was previously HEad of Marketing and Product for Linden Labs' Second Life.

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MARCH 25, 2010

West Hollywood-based Citysearch announced today that it has hired on Christophe Louvion--the former CTO of Gorilla Nation Media--as its Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Core Products. Tags: citysearch christophe louvion gorilla nation executive internet advertising. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 12, 2010

West Hollywood-based Citysearch , the online local business guide site owned by IAC, said Tuesday afternoon that it has updated all of its mobile applications. Tags: blackberry android iphone guide business application mobile citysearch. All of the mobile applications are free. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 23, 2009

West Hollywood-based Citysearch said this morning that it has launched a new, online blog site called 3BuckBites , focused on "cheap eats" costing less than $3.99. The new blog site is part of an expansion of the firm into stand-alone, vertical sites, all of which push users to Citysearch information and search pages. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2008

West Hollywood-based Citysearch, which operates online guides to local areas, said Thursday afternoon that it has launched an application for the iPhone and iPod touch. The new app, available in the Apple App Store, allows users to write reviews and access content from Citysearch. Citysearch is owned by IAC.

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APRIL 16, 2009

West Hollywood-based Citysearch , the local online business guide owned by IAC, said Thursday that the firm has expanded its relationship with yellow pages publisher Idearc Media. Citysearch said it will integrate performance-based advertising from Idearc's Superpages.com site into its publishing network. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2009

West Hollywood-based Citysearch , the local reviews and directory service of IAC, has taken an unusual approach to finding its next business idea: it's running a contest which asks its users to submit a "brilliant" idea for web and mobile applications. Tags: citysearch business contest idea venture capital equity. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 8, 2010

West Hollywood-based Citysearch , the online local business guide owned by IAC, announced today that it has launched a new online advertising service for local businesses called CityGrid Complete. According to Citysearch, it made an investment in OrangeSoda to build the new service. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2009

West Hollywood-based Citysearch has launched another dedicated vertical web site Thursday, saying it has created a new site, SugarBomber.com , which will provide photos and reviews of local providers of sweets and desserts. Tags: citysearch food sugarbomber review.

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MARCH 31, 2009

Los Angeles-based MySpace and West Hollywood-based CitySearch announced this morning that the two have launched a beta of a new local search site, MySpace Local, which will allow users to review, rate, and share information about small businesses. Tags: myspace citysearch local business ratings.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2008

West Hollywood-based Citysearch, which is a unit of IAC, has rolled out a mobile version of the firm's site. Citysearch said today that its new Mobile by Citysearch site is in beta, and will allow users to add reviews and pull information about business listings from cell phones.

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MAY 5, 2011

West Hollywood-based CityGrid Media , the unit of IAC formerly known as CitySearch, said today that it has acquired BuzzLabs , a social media monitoring and sentiment analysis software developer. CityGrid Media operates the Citysearch, Insider Pages and Urbanspoon web sites. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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A report this morning says that West Hollywood-based CityGrid , the parent firm of CitySearch, Urbanspoon, and InsiderPages, has laid off two thirds of its staff. citygrid urbanspoon citysearch insiderpages jobs employment layoff angeles guide online publishing' The layoffs--reported by TechCrunch-- reportedly affected 130 people.

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Coaches and mentors from companies like Topspin Media, Citysearch, Beachbody, Lootsie, Datapop, and Carbon also are involved. hack4la hackathon civic data government topspin citysearch datapop community collaboration prize google scopely esri factual makerspace' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

In the latest cuts among Silicon Beach's high tech community, CityGrid , which runs Citysearch, Insider Pages, and Urbanspoon--has laid off a chunk of its staff, including a significant number of Los Angeles employees.

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AUGUST 20, 2012

West Hollywood-based CityGrid , the unit of IAC which operates CitySearch, Insider Pages, and Urbanspoon, said this morning that it has acquired Felix , a performance-based, local advertising service for small and medium-sized businesses. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Among executives at the firm are Kenn Stearns (eRealty), who joins as Chief Product Officer; Saro Vasudevan (Capital One), Chief Customer and Credit Officer; David Subar (BreakMedia, Interthinx), as Interim Chief Technology Officer; and Michael Barton (Startup Exchange, TicketMaster-CitySearch), who joins the firm as Chief Operating Officer.

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He also has served at IAC/Citysearch, prior to headin gup Ticketmaster. According to Demand Media, it paid $17M for Saatchi Art, in a mix of cash and stock, in a deal which will add revenues of $0.5M to $1M per quarter to the company. READ MORE>>. demand media saatchi sean moriarty executive merger acquisition'

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

McPherson had been General Counsel and VP of Corporate Development at Idealab for more than ten years; he also has served at Chief Legal Officer at Ticketmaster Online-CitySearch and CitySearch, and also had served at Heller Ehrman LLP, among other positions. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 24, 2012

USA Today cited the activity of such companies as Demand Media, Break.com, Buzzmedia, Citysearch, Google, JibJab, ShoeDazzle, and Viddy in Los Angeles, and Qualcomm, Slacker, Sorenson Media, and MOGL in San Diego as examples of those cities' active startup base. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2010

The startup, whose founders have served at such firms as CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com, and ThisNext, said it provides a service which allows users to post to multiple, free job boards with one submission. The site had been running in a closed beta for the last three months.

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APRIL 25, 2013

According to Suster, Moonfrye ''s CEO is Kary Nortman, who formerly ran Citysearch and UrbanSpoon for IAC. The new startup revealed today that it has raised $2.5M in a funding round, led by GRP Partners and Mark Suster, and which also included Greycroft Partners , Daher Capital and Google Ventures.

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JULY 25, 2013

Wilson was previously at Sidebar, and also had served at GoTV Networks, JAMDAT Mobile, and Citysearch, where he was founding engineer. Marcus was previously SVP, Worldwide Artist Services at Warner Music Group, and also served at Ticketmaster.

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JUNE 24, 2011

West Hollywood-based CityGrid Media , the unit of IAC which operates CitySearch, Insider Pages, and Urbanspoon, said Thursday that it has rolled out three new advertising APIs for developers.

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AUGUST 9, 2011

The new API makes it easier for software developers to correlate data from those multiple, different sites, creating in essence a "universal translator" for data between those services.

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JANUARY 13, 2011

Morrow was most recently CEO and President of ThisNext, and had previously served as EVp of Citysearch. Los Angeles-based Oversee.net , the provider of Internet domain monetization and marketing services, said this morning that it has named Scott Morrow as Senior Vice President / GM of its Vertical Markets division.

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MARCH 9, 2010

McGovern has also served at Business.com, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, and IBM. McGovern was most recently CEO of itzbig, an online interactive job board site, and has also served as CEO of Marketwire. IVT recently landed $5.5M in a Series B funding round from Syncom Ventures, Monitor Venture Partners, Tudor Ventures, and Barshop Ventures.

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Operating experience (Helped run parts of CitySearch & UrbanSpoon, tons of product management experience, Board of Hatch Labs which helped spawn Tinder). Investment experience (5 years a VC at Battery Ventures). M&A experience (Morgan Stanley and later co-headed M&A for Barry Diller at IAC).

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JULY 23, 2014

He also has served at such companies at Stamps.com, Citysearch/Ticketmaster, and TCI/AND Interactive and Packard Bell. READ MORE>>. blackline systems executive rentcom accounting software close financial alain avakian'

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APRIL 5, 2011

Moriarty has also served at Citysearch, and has been on the boards of Points.com and iLike. The firm said Moriarty will provide strategic guidance to the firm, as it enters its next phase of growth. Triton Media Group said Moriarty will serve as non-executive Chairman of its board.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2014

Local handyman referral services have been a perennial favorite for startups in Los Angeles, with services as Done Right (acquired by Tree.com in 2009), and Insider Pages (acquired by Citysearch in 2007, now part of Citygrid). READ MORE>>. amazon local service referral citygrid serviz handybook pathjoy'

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

MacFarlane is the former CEO of InsiderPages, which he sold to Citysearch in 2007. Source of the new funding was not disclosed. iChange offers up a site for personal counseling from licensed nutritionists, combined with custom meal plans and support groups.

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JANUARY 30, 2012

Morrow had previously been at ThisNext, and also served at IAC/Citysearch and Download/com/CNET Networks. Both have been heading up Oversee.net's operations since shortly before Jeff Kupietzky left the company last year, to relocate to Israel for family reasons. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2011

So he founded … wait … CitySearch. Some IdeaLab successes / brand names aside from Overture & CitySearch? He thought, “This way any product you launch you can talk instantly with and get feedback from customers.&# He had the idea that people would want city guides to tell them where to eat and what to do.

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He also had served at EVP at Citysearch, in addition to time at CNET Networks. The firm said that Morrow also joined the company's board. Morrow was most recently co-Chief Executive Officer at Oversee.net, and also served as CEO and President of ThisNext.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

and Citysearch, who had been targeted by Humankind, to help those companies determine if they need to take action to protect their own consumers. Edmunds.com said it is also working with fifteen other review sites, including Google+, Yelp, Foursquare, Yahoo!

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JUNE 27, 2013

GRP Partners--which has invested in such successes as Overture, CitySearch, BillMeLater, DealerTrack, and others, and is currently an investor in Maker Studios, TrueCar, Burstly, and others--said it decided to change its branding as venture capital has changed.

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