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MARCH 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online media venture of Richard Rosenblatt, has apparently scored a high profile executive from Yahoo, according to reports. According to AllThingsD, Joanne Bradford, most recently Yahoo's SVP of U.S. Tags: bradford joanne yahoo executive media demand. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online media venture of Richard Rosenblatt, announced Monday afternoon that it has hired on Joanne Bradford, most recently Yahoo's SVP of U.S. Tags: bradford joanne yahoo executive media demand. Revenue and Market Development, as its Chief Revenue Officer. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

The product development team behind Yahoo's news site, Yahoo News , has reportedly been moved to Taiwan , AllThingsD reported this morning. Yahoo's editorial team remains in Santa Monica. The move is the second one for product development at Yahoo News, which was previously located at Yahoo's media operations in Santa Monica.

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MAY 3, 2021

Yahoo--one of the Internet's first companies--is back as a standalone company, after the private equity acquisition of Verizon Media by private equity firm Apollo Funds. According to Verizon and Apollo Global Management, Apollo will pay $5 billion for Verizon Media, which will be renamed Yahoo as a result of the deal.

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JUNE 18, 2012

It looks like Ross Levinsohn is building out his team to help out at troubled web portal and media firm Yahoo. Barrett also has served at AOL Media Networks, GeoCities and Disney Online, in addition to a stint in Sales at Yahoo. Barrett was Chief Revenue Officer at Los Angeles-based MySpace. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 30, 2012

Ross Levinsohn , who has been heading up Yahoo as Interim CEO, is officially leaving the firm tomorrow, according to a regulatory filing by Yahoo. The move is not at all surprising or unexpected, given Yahoo's hiring of former Googler Marissa Mayer as CEO earlier this month. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Ross Levinsohn , the former head of Fox Interactive Media, is possibly the top candidate to head of Yahoo 's North American operations, according to a report from AllThingsD. It's unclear where that would leave Levinsohn's venture firm, Fuse Capital , as well as a new digital media fund the firm recently established with Best Buy.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Ross Levinsohn , the former head of Fox Interactive Media, has officially started at Yahoo heading up its Americas Region, according to the company. In a post to Yahoo's users and employees, Levinsohn said today was his "first official day" at Yahoo, calling the opportunity the "greatest opportunity of all in my career".

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JULY 5, 2012

A report Thursday says that Hulu 's Jason Kilar , and interim Yahoo chief Ross Levinsohn are considered the top prospects for a permanent replacement for troubled Internet portal Yahoo. Regardless of who does gain the CEO post, it's clear that they will have quite a job cut out for them to reverse the ailing fortunes of Yahoo.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Santa Monica-based Topspin Media , the developer of music and band marketing software headed by former Yahoo Music GM Ian Rogers, said over the weekend that it has added Andrew Mains as its new VP Artist Relations and Services. Mains was Head of New Media at Interscope Records. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2010

Jeff Dossett , the former CEO of adventure travel site AdventureLink and former SVP at Yahoo, has reportedly joined Demand Media as SVP of Content Partnership Development. Tags: demand media executive president adventurelink. Dossett had left AdventureLink sometime in September, as the firm was being sold by its lenders.

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AUGUST 23, 2012

In case you don’t know, they are one of the biggest media companies in the world. He also covered how “traditional media companies” think about the future and how they view disruption. 3:00 You were running corporate development for Yahoo before this? Do you feel protected from new media?

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Idealab-backed developer of mobile apps and other mobile advertising products, said today that it has named Yahoo veteran Eric Aledort as the company''s Chief Business Development Officer. Aledort was most recently VP, head of media for Yahoo''s global partnerships group. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 28, 2012

Los Angeles-based Nami Media , which provides online marketing technology aimed at the pay-per-click (PPC) market, said today that it has doubled its staff, and has moved to a new, larger facility in order to accommodate expected growth this year. Publicly held LIN TV acquired a majority stake in Nami Media in November. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Santa Monica-based GraphEffect , which develops social marketing software, is tapping a bank of experts in the social media industry for its advisory board, the company announced today. Ollinger was an earlier employee at Facebook, and also served at Launch.com and Yahoo. GraphEffect said it has added Paul Ollinger, J.B.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Peter Gotcher , the Chairman and co-founder of Santa Monica-based music startup Topspin Media , has scored an Emmy award, for his work in co-founding firm Digidesign. Topspin, is run by Ian Rogers, the former GM of Yahoo Music, and is backed by Redpoint Ventures and The Foundry Group. The Philo T. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Levinsohn is the best known of the three, having most recently been interim CEO at Yahoo!, in addition to serving at Fuse Capital and Fox Interactive Media. marketshare executive advisory board analytics software marketing markets yahoo levinsohn ross' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Burbank-based Walt Disney said this weekend that it has promoted John Pleasants, the former CEO of Playdom , as co-President of its Disney Interactive Media Group , along with James Pitaro, most recently of Yahoo! Pitaro will oversee Disney Online, which runs's Disney's branded web and social media sites. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 22, 2008

Irvine-based Specific Media, which operates an online advertising network, said Monday that it has hired four for the firm's sales and client relations teams. According to Specific Media, it has hired Kathy Benigo, Jolene Ortiz, Ray Duncan, and Matthew Donner for the firm's sales team. Benigo joins from Disney Online, Ortiz from Yahoo!,

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MAY 24, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media saw a big switchup in its executive staff Thursday, as the company said that Joanne Bradford, the firm''s Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer, has stepped down to pursue another opportunity. Dossett also has experience at Yahoo! bradford executive revenue dossett jeff media demand' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2015

David Goldberg , who had founded LA's Launch Media, has passed away suddenly, while on vacation. Goldberg had also served as President of Yahoo Music in Los Angeles. Yahoo acquireed Launch Media back in 2001, eventually renaming the site to become Yahoo Music. Goldberg was 47. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based Global Fitness Media , which is developing a number of fitness-related online web sites, has hired on a new Chief Technical Officer, according to the firm's search agency, NeoHire. Auld was most recently Senior Operations Architect at Yahoo, and has also served at IBM Corporation and Alchemy Communications.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

According to the company, it has launched its Mobile Rich Media Ad Platform, a product which helps advertisers maximize their mobile ad dollars, with tools for ad authoring, a creative library, and analytics engine.

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MAY 20, 2009

Two local online advertising businesses--Westlake Village-based ValueClick , and Irvine-based Specific Media --are showing growth in the latest comScore ranking of advertising networks. Tags: valueclick specific media online advertising. The two are just behind Google, which had 164.5M uniques for April.

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OCTOBER 13, 2014

Nassef was previously Vice President and Managing Director of Yahoo! As part of the funding, the company said that it has added former Yahoo! maktoob dubai media mobile guide social television personalized capital venture' Middle East & Africa, and also was head of Maktoob.com. READ MORE>>.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

About a decade ago, when Yahoo! I recall speaking with then VP of Marketing Karen Edwards about Yahoo's success. She was adamant that one the primary reasons Yahoo beat its initial competitors, including Lycos, Excite and AltaVista, was because (paraphrasing), "Yahoo was the coolest company in Silicon Valley.

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JUNE 7, 2016

Peter Csathy , the digital media veteran who was CEO of Manatt Digital Ventures for the last three yeras, said this morning that he has launched a brand new company, called CREATV Media. Csathy said the new venture is a media innovation, investment, and advisory firm.

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JULY 31, 2012

Ross Levinsohn the then interim CEO has today left Yahoo. Levinsohn has left Yahoo and has not revealed his next task yet. He leaves after the Yahoo board chose Marissa Mayer as new CEO by passing him again. I am proud of Yahoo. I wanted to let you know that my time at Yahoo has come to an end.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Venice, California-based ZEFR , the online content distribution startup founded by Zach James and Richard Raddon, has some new experience in its corner: Ross Levinsohn, the former interim CEO of Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2008

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has hired a new executive to head up the firm's advertising sales, the firm disclosed Tuesday. Demand Media has appointed George Stewart as the company's Executive Vice President of Advertising Sales, heading up sales for all of the company's sales channels. READ MORE>>

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JANUARY 15, 2013

Ross Levinsohn , the former head of Yahoo and Fox Interactive Media, has just been appointed CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media , the parent firm of The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Adweek, and other entertainment focused properties.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

The company says its goal is to become the "Yahoo!, MSN, or Google for the social media age." CHNL's software lets users create their own "channels", incorporating content from Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, and elsewhere, and share that out to their friends. CHNL is headed by John Wander. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2015

Santa Monica-based Demand Media announced late Thursday that it has named two new executives. and also served as COO and CFO of MyLife.com, in addition to serving at Yahoo and The Walt Disney Company. Demand said it has named Rachel Glaser as its new CFO, and Tawn Albright as its EVP of Corporate Development.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The firm--best known until now for its effort to recruit employees with the promise of $11,000 wrapped in bacon, free beer, and more--said that the funding also included a long list of angels, including Terry Semel (Yahoo), Brian Lee (ShoeDazzle, Honest Company), Michael Lazerow (Buddy Media), Auren Hoffman (Rapleaf), Red Swan Ventures, Mark Mullen (..)

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FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Los Angeles-based Jukin Media , which licenses and distributes viral, user-generated and other video content, said today that it has launched a brand new product to make it easier for publishers to tap into that viral content. jukin media viral video feed hollywood content license mrss publisher' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2012

The team includes entertainment and tech vets who have worked on computer games from Activision, animation from Dreamworks and Disney, and who have worked at Yahoo! and Demand Media. The team is pitching the game with an animated pitch, showing off some of its animation chops and a preview of its caveman. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2009

Sorenson Media , a developer of video compression and encoding software, said today that the firm has opened up a new, San Diego office which will serve as the firm's "central hub" for its business operations. Sorenson Media was previously headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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