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FEBRUARY 19, 2013

In a surprise move, Santa Monica-based Demand Media said Tuesday afternoon that it plans to explore separating its domain name and content businesses into two, independent, publicly traded companies. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Santa Monica-based online publisher Demand Media said Tuesday afternoon that it has entered into a new, $225M credit facility, split between a $125M revolving credit facility and a $100M term loan. According to Demand Media, the new facility replaces an existing, $105M revolving credit facility. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Have a flat tire, locked yourself out of your car, or need a tow--but not a member of a roadside assistance service? Santa Monica-based Honk has launched a service for you, specifically to let you summon roadside help using your smartphone--without a membership. Honk also revealed that it has raised $1.8M

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AUGUST 6, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media announced Thursday that it has launched a new product, called Content Channels. According to Demand, the new product is aimed at online publishers, and will provide them with original content focused on attracting readers. Tags: internet journalism channels content media demand.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it has come up with a name for its domain name services group, which it is in the midst of spinning off into an independent company. Demand Media said the new company will be named Rightside Group, Ltd. , READ MORE>>.

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MAY 12, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has appointed a new head of its eNom domain name registration services group, the firm said today. Demand Media said it has promoted Taryn Naidu to EVP and General Manager, eNom. Naidu has been at Demand Media since 2006, and previously served as CEO of Pool.com.

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MARCH 24, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the Internet content publishing company run by Richard Rosenblatt, is applying its crowdsourced content model to eNom , the domain name registrar it owns. According to eNom, it has put up a new content portal focused on the.ORG domain name, which is powered by Demand Media's creative studios.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

In more proof that Santa Monica is, indeed, the center of the on-demand electric scooter battle, Lime , one of the many competitors in the field looks to be setting up a retail store in Santa Monica. It's also the home market of another, competing scooter service-- Bird. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 13, 2014

Santa Monica-based Demand Media announced this morning that it has filed paperwork required for the planned separation and spinout of its domain name business. According to Demand Media, its new subsidiary, Rightside Group, Ltd. , According to Demand Media, its new subsidiary, Rightside Group, Ltd. , READ MORE>>.

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JULY 25, 2014

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said late Thursday that it expects the separation of its domain name services business, Rightside Group , on August 1st. demand media rightside group domain domainer spinoff name' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 27, 2018

” The initiative, which Bird is encouraging other scooter-sharing services like LimeBike, Mobike, Ofo and Spin to join, includes a commitment to collect vehicles every night; reposition them to meet demand in the mornings; provide regular maintenance; and only add capacity when every vehicle in a fleet is used three times per day.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said yesterday that it has promoted Michael Blend to President and COO of the firm. Blend had most recently been leading Demand's content and media services. Demand Media said that Blend will continue to report to Richard Rosenblatt. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

Department of Justice Wednesday, over the use of Google's AdWords to advertise Canadian pharmacies, has shed some light on the types of issues that were facing Santa Monica-based eNom , the domain name registration and wholesaler owned by Demand Media , last year. According to the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Los Angeles-based Squeegy , an on-demand, car wash service, said Wednesday that it has officially launched its service in Los Angeles. The startup, led by Andrew Davis, let users request a car wash from their mobile app, anywhere within Squeegy's service area. Squeegy's on-demand app currently runs only on iOS.

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JULY 27, 2016

According to Esri, Pokevision , a third party app developer, used its ArcGIS services to show real time locations of Pokemon hot spots, in real time. Pokevision apparently has been seeing a huge spike in demand for its service, with nearly 20 million unique users in its first five days. Pokevision is based in Santa Monica.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Those include a rumor of an IPO at music service Pandora , which is based in Northern California, which was co-founded by UberTwitter's Jon Kraft, a successful IPO for Los Angeles-based Demand Media last month, not to mention companies filed like Santa Monica's Boingo Wireless , San Diego's Fallbrook Technologies , Santa Monica-based Cornerstone On (..)

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AUGUST 6, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it has launched a brand new effort on eHow , which will connect users with experts in one-on-one, online consultations. The new service will be available via a subscription package, as well as on a per-question basis. a month for accessing experts on its new service.

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MARCH 26, 2015

Santa Monica-based HONK , the on-demand, roadside assistance app startup led by Corey Brundage, said this morning that it has raised $12M in a Series A funding round. Honk offer ups an online app, for either iOS or Android, where motorists in need of a jump start, tire change, lock out services, or fuel can request a tow truck.

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JUNE 17, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media announced the launch of a new service, Designs.com , which it says wil lhelp generic Top Level Domain registrants create new websites. designs demand media gltd domain domainer website template professional' The different templates will be tied to those different gTLDs. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Santa Monica-based Vet On Demand announced a new, on-demand pet health app for iOS and Android this morning, which lets pet owners get remote, consultations from veterinarians.

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JANUARY 31, 2013

Lyft , the developer of a service and mobile app which lets users find, and offer, rides across town, said it is launching today in the Los Angeles area. Lyft's app--which works with both iPhone and Android--lets users offer rides to people on-demand, at what it says is a "fraction of the cost" of a cab.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, former Chairman of MySpace, said Wednesday that it has launched a new service which automatically pulls up and links to related content on web pages. Pluck was a developer of social media software for web publishers. READ MORE>>

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JUNE 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based drivers for on-demand ride service Uber --with the help of the Teamsters--are looking to organize, according to a report from KPCC. According to the report, around 500 drivers for Uber are holding a demonstration this morning in Santa Monica, in front of Uber''s offices here, to protest Uber''s treatment of drivers.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

Santa Monica-based television- and video-streaming service Hulu and Walt Disney Studios said earlier this week that the two are in a subscription, video-on-demand deal which make over 50 popular titles available for streaming on Hulu.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Los Angeles- and Santa Monica-based REME , a new startup offering up on-demand massage, stretch, and IV therapy services to the health and wellness community, said today that it has officially launched it services. REME said its services are now available in Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Francisco.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

Santa Monica-based The Search Agency joins a number of privately held, Southern California firms this week reporting strong growth in 2009. The firm said the growth came as a result of increasing demand for the firm's online marketing services. The Search Agency said it now has also opened offices in London and Bangalore.

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MAY 22, 2013

In a move to attract e-commerce companies to its content delivery network, Santa Monica-based EdgeCast announced today that it has launched a new, PCI-compliant product specifically aimed at online retailers. The company said it''s the first to offer up a CDN specifically built for e-commerce providers. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2020

On-demand electric scooter and bicycle transportation company Lime said on Tuesday that it is suspending all of its services in California, along with Washington State, Italy, France, and Spain. Calling the COVID-19 virus an "unprecedented challenge", the firm said it's "pausing" its services to help people stay put and stay safe.

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MAY 1, 2014

On-demand grocery delivery service Instacart has expanded in Los Angeles, saying recently that it is now covering downtown Los Angeles and Culver City, and will deliver groceries from Ralphs and Costco. The company--which launched earlier in April in Los Angeles--offers up personal shopping services driven by crowdsourcing.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Santa Monica-based content delivery network operator EdgeCast Networks said today that it has expanded its global network, opening up new point of presence (PoP) locations in Vienna, Austria, Stockholm, Sweden, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. The firm said the expansion comes to meet "surging" customer demand for its services.

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AUGUST 1, 2017

Venice, California-based Vetted , a new startup offering up on-demand, veterinary services at your home, has raised $3.47M in seed funding, the company disclosed this week. The company--which is currently headquartered at Amplify LA--currently only offers up its services in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 16, 2014

Santa Monica-based CallFire , the provider of cloud-based text and voice services which is led by Ron Burr, has named a new CFO. Kidambi was most recently at Demand Media, where he had been serving as Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. callfire text voice service saas communications executive' READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Santa Monica-based Xfire , the online social networking and chat service aimed at gamers, said this morning that it is making it easier for users to capture and share videos of their game play, and post it on a YouTube channel. Xfire said it already has over 5.5 million videos captured using its social app. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2018

My friend Michael Broukhim, founder & co-CEO of FabFitFun and I recently had a catch-up meeting for 3-miles on the Santa Monica “Bird Trail” No company has ever elicited so many questions by friends, colleagues, entrepreneurs, fellow VCs and journalists as has Bird, the company that pioneered the electronic scooter as a service market.

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MAY 18, 2011

Santa Monica-based BetterWorks , the startup run by Paige Craig, which is developing a service to help companies manage and offer employee benefits and perks, has upgraded its product features. BetterWorks has developed a system which makes it easy for employers to manage fringe benefits for its employees.

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Los Angeles-based Squeegy has recently launched into the market, with an on-demand, car wash service--currently serving the west side.

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JANUARY 16, 2014

Santa Monica-based CallFire announced this morning that it has named Charles Hilliard , the former President and CFO of Demand Media, as a member of its board of directors. CallFire operates a cloud-based texting and voice platform for businesses, offering up telephony APIs and other services to those companies.

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