socalTECH

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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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 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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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

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. READ MORE>>

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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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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2011

Morrow was most recently CEO and President of ThisNext, and had previously served as EVp of Citysearch. Oversee.net provides domain monetization, registration, marketplace, and other related services, in addition to running web sites focused on financial services and travel. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

El Segundo-based iChange , the online community site focused on nutrition counseling headed by Stuart MacFarlane, has raised another $500,000, as part of an ongoing $600,000 funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the firm today. MacFarlane is the former CEO of InsiderPages, which he sold to Citysearch in 2007.

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socalTECH

MARCH 9, 2010

McGovern was most recently CEO of itzbig, an online interactive job board site, and has also served as CEO of Marketwire. McGovern has also served at Business.com, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, and IBM. McGovern replaces founder Greg Pulier, who is now CTO of the firm. IVT recently landed $5.5M

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 13, 2010

From there, you will generally see a pop-up dialog similar to the following (this one is from CitySearch): Once you click Connect, the original site now knows that I’m Tony Karrer from Facebook and the various demographic and friend information from Facebook. You come back to a site you’ve used before.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

which Edmunds.com said had created nearly 2,200 fake member accounts on the site to try to change dealer ratings and reviews. Edmunds.com said it is also working with fifteen other review sites, including Google+, Yelp, Foursquare, Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 25, 2014

According to the WSJ, Amazon.com has already started connecting its users with plumbers, electricians, stereo installers, and others in Los Angeles, after they purchase specific items from the e-commerce site. READ MORE>>. amazon local service referral citygrid serviz handybook pathjoy'

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

He also had served at EVP at Citysearch, in addition to time at CNET Networks. Luxury Link helps connect consumers with luxury, premium travel experiences; Family Getaway is focused on family vacations; and Vactionist is a member-only, limited-time hotel sale site. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Ethan had pointed out to me that merchants were being barraged by “deal site” wanting to drive customers in the door but they didn’t have great tools to manage their customers. I think it’s a beautifully designed site and product. I told him that this had been a big theme for me for some time.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Los Angeles-based Buzz Media , which operates a network of online media sites focused on celebrities and music, disclosed this morning that it has tapped former TMZ general manager Alan Citron as its new President. According to Buzz Media, Citron will oversee programming, marketing, engineering, and product development at the firm.

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AUGUST 16, 2013

Scott Morrow is an Internet and startup veteran, having run such companies as Oversee.net and ThisNext, and headed up product marketing for IAC/Citysearch. We also weren''t leveraging social platforms, so we expanded our presence on sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram. We grew our SEM and improved our ROI.

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MARCH 14, 2011

The problem with one of those is, as a venue, you can build a beautiful website, and click to buy tickets--and you're on a completely different, branded site. We are launching a music vertical, which is very similar to our comedy site. The other competitors out there in the small venue ticket space are TicketWeb and Etix.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. It also meant the site stayed dead simple to use which I believe is why our customers like us. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Bill Gross and Idealab have founded or advanced development of more than 75 companies including Overture Services, eSolar, UberMedia, CitySearch, Picasa and Internet Brands. Bill Gross will be on site to give a special welcome, and executives from Idealab’s companies will pitch their businesses to attendees.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 31, 2011

Messenger : Ian Siegel , Co-Founder |CEO ZipRecruiter , Former Executive Product and Technology roles at: MyLife, CitySearch, Stamps.com, Rent.com and Pictage. It also meant the site stayed dead simple to use which I believe is why our customers like us. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2011

At TripUp, we had lots of user generated reviews and hotels, and we were the first to add user general video to a travel community site. Yelp and CitySearch have been around for awhile, but Foursquare is really built on local businesses, Groupon, LivingSocial, and other deal sites are built on the backs of local businesses.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

At the end of the 90's, I had the opportunity to launch Bugleboy.com, an e-commerce enabled site, which we launched a week fore Gap.com. We sold that to ValueClick in2 003, and I stayed on at ValueClick for three years before going to Revver.com, a video sharing site. So, that's my story.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2013

Their roster of success includes numerous pioneering tech companies, many of which continue to be industry leaders today — Overture, BillMeLater, CitySearch, and more. Previously known as GRP Partners, Upfront Ventures has focused on early stage investments since 1996. Make sure to check out Both Sides of the Table !

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socalTECH

JULY 13, 2009

billion to Yahoo, we did CitySearch, we invested in the largest travel site in Europe, called LastMinute.com, and also CyberSource--a number of very early stage, Internet companies. We invested in Overture, which was sold for $1.2

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005). Okay, thats AdSense. 10 years ago.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 16, 2011

It was Citysearch for women to find guys. The site itself was originally meant for women, but we began noticing a large portion of our readership was male. I ran things for about a year until Val was able to join on full time. We started definitely for women only. So we narrowed it down to that.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We both had different types and interests in men and thought it would be great if there was a Citysearch for women based upon types. What started as a site for women has molded into a place for both genders. Talia and I were sitting around on friday night complaining about the difficulties of meeting the right guys.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Adam Goldenberg’s JustFab is one of the new heavy-hitting membership fashion sites. Picasa, CitySearch and ESolar have all gone through Bill Gross and without his steady hands, the companies, and Los Angeles, wouldn’t be the same. Close to 100 companies have come and gone through Gross’ doors, 35 of which have gone public.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

If you look at the articles on a site like CNN, and the 650 opinions you see after every article, your eyes just start to go crossed. The owners of a news site or blog can then install our plugins on their site, via all six lines of Javacript. We have about 50 political sites using the tool already.

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