DEMO: Glam Media’s Tinker.com connects advertisers to real-time conversations
Advertising company Glam Media is launching Tinker.com, an application that helps advertisers engage with the real-time conversations on social services like Facebook and Twitter. It showed off the new application at the DEMOfall 09 conference today.
Not only does Tinker.com help advertisers search and browse conversations on those sites, it lets them create their own topics and events. The goal is to give them a broader picture of the conversation, rather than getting mired in individual… Continue Reading
White Cat Media pounces on $1.3 million in first round
White Cat Media, owner of the shopping blogs Shefinds.com and Momfinds.com, has raised $1.3 million in its first round of funding.
Shefinds.com has an crew of bloggers who discover the latest online bargains and discounts for fashion and beauty staples, which include Ugg boots and aromatherapy candles. These bloggers report on what Oprah’s favorite things are (which sadly don’t include extravagant HDTV refrigerators this year) and compile gift guides for those who are too busy (or… Continue Reading
ComScore: Google’s still the king; buying CNET puts CBS in the top 10
There aren’t many big changes in comScore’s July list of the United States’ 50 most popular online properties. Google’s websites continue to occupy the top spot, with more than 141 million unique visitors in July, followed by Yahoo with 140 million, then Microsoft and AOL. But some companies are moving up fast, including CBS and Facebook.
We received an early copy of the list, and you can see the top 20 at the end of the… Continue Reading
Glam hires a Google veteran to handle strategic investments
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Just a day after Glam Media launched its developer platform, the women-focused Internet media company has hired a high-profile Google executive to handles its strategic investments.
Michael Adair (left) will become Glam’s vice president of corporate development of finance. He is the former head of sales and finance for Google North America and was responsible in part for Google’s acquisition of YouTube.
In the newly created position, Adair will be responsible for the evaluating Glam’s options for… Continue Reading
Glam, fast-growing woman’s network, makes ad change
Glam, the controversial fast-growing woman’s online content and advertising network that just raised $85 million, is making some significant changes in the way it runs its advertising, VentureBeat has learned.
The changes are three-fold, and are significant because Glam has garnered widespread attention — some positive, some negative — lately in the industry for its efforts to apply new ad technologies and strategies to build its network of sites.
The latest changes include small changes in the… Continue Reading
Glam announces GlamLiving, and defections from Martha’s Circle
Glam Media, the fast-growing women’s content and ad network, launched its GlamLiving channel today, focused on home and design, and boasted that it has more than twice the reach of Martha Stewart’s recently announced vertical network, Martha’s Circle.
GlamLiving has 3.5 million unique readers per month, compared to Martha’s Circle’s 1.5 million, according to Glam. Glam Chief Executive Samir Arora said that some of Martha’s publishers have been defecting to Glam — he cited Apartment Therapy as… Continue Reading
Glam, the Web’s fastest growing network, unveils Digg-like feature
Glam Media, the controversial Silicon Valley company that says its network of woman-oriented sites is the fastest growing on the Web, has released a new set of features designed to boost traffic even more.
One is a Digg-like feature for recommending stories, only designed for non-geek woman. Call it the anti-Digg.
See our earlier coverage of the company, and the notable follow-up piece in Forbes about the company. What makes this company so interesting is that promises… Continue Reading
Women’s online network, Glam, fastest growing on the Web
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We finally “get” Glam, the network of Web sites for women’s fashion and lifestyle.
Last month, VentureBeat was incredulous when venture capitalists invested in the company at a value of $150 million. Glam is just another new media company, dependent on ads. How could an upstart team of 40 employees produce that sort of value?
The company has just demonstrated why. It is the fast growing of the country’s top 500 web sites, according to Comscore… Continue Reading
Women’s fashion network Glam raises $18.5 million at whopping valuation
Glam Media, a Brisbane company that claims its online fashion site network has seven million unique readers per month, has raised $18.5 million in a third round of funding.
It has now raised a staggering $30 million, a huge amount of cash for a relatively new media company. The company is valued at $150 million after the round, according to various media reports, a level that nears absurdity. VentureBeat has not confirmed that value, but… Continue Reading