Yahoo polishes Shine for the ladies
While sites catering to females are becoming more prevalent on the web, many limit themselves by only playing to certain stereotypes. Yahoo’s new site, Shine, hopes to expand on this narrow thinking with a combination of original content, female bloggers as well as content from… Continue Reading
Women’s ad network Glam buys fashion site StyleMob
Glam, the women-focused ad network, has purchased StyleMob, a site where users upload and discuss photos of themselves wearing clothes. (See screenshot below.)
The purchase price wasn’t named, but Brisbane, Calif.-based Glam recently raised $84.6 million, partly with the intention of making acquisitions. Glam didn’t just… Continue Reading
Woman’s network Glam raises $84.6 million at half a billion valuation, Adconion raises $80M
Glam Media, the controversial and fast-growing advertising and content site for women, will announce tomorrow (Monday) that it has raised $84.6 million in financing, at a whopping post valuation of half a billion dollars.
Separately, another ad network, Adconion, based in Germany (our previous coverage of the company),… Continue Reading
Roundup: More Yahoos head to startups, VCs feeling low, and more
Here’s the latest action:
1. Yahoo ad and IM leaders head to successful startups
2. VC’s confidence at a four-year low
3. Intel launches chip intended for larger-than-a-cell-phone portable devices
4. Ex-Jobster chief executive Jason Goldberg gets angel funding for new startup
5. Report: MySpace, Facebook image uploading software vulnerable… Continue Reading
Glam still raising up to $200 million in cash and debt, announcement coming soon
Glam, the controversial woman’s content and ad network run by Samir Arora (pictured left), is raising between $50-100 million in cash, and is expected to finalize the amount soon, we’ve confirmed with sources.
Along with that will be up to $100 million in debt, but… Continue Reading
Glam launches vertical networks for big media, brings in Lifetime, CBS
Glam, the women-focused online publishing and advertising network, continues to grow fast and make deals with big television companies.
The Brisbane, California company is comprised of a vast network of web sites featuring content from media companies and independent bloggers, with each site using Glam’s content… Continue Reading
Glam feasts on Fox’s sales execs, others
Glam, the fast growing woman-focused network of sites and advertising, has poached a key sales exec, John Trimble from Fox Interactive, who ran most of that company’s ad business.
The hiring win is Glam’s biggest personnel coup to date, said Glam’s chief executive Samir Arora. It… 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… Continue Reading
Glam to sign $1 billion ad deal — and draws critics
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In an era when Web advertising networks are red hot, Glam lays claim to being one of the hottest.
Focused on gathering up female-oriented Web sites, and then selling advertising on their pages, Glam says it is the fastest growing property on the Web, and is… Continue Reading
Glam Media raising $200M, to announce Google deal
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Glam Media, the Brisbane network of sites that says it is the fastest growing property on the Web, is raising $200 million in fresh financing. It is also expected to announce a deal with Google tomorrow, which will let Google power search on Glam’s network… Continue Reading
Zafu, the rise of woman-focused sites & Glam
Zafu, a website is designed to help women find jeans or bras that fit their specific body type — to excruciating detail, as we’ve reported — has raised $4.1 million in a second round of funding.
What’s striking is that this is considered worthy of investment… Continue Reading
Glam roars, sparking battle of the hot women sites
Glam Media, the network of women’s online lifestyle, fashion and other blogs, has surged past iVillage in overall global unique visitors, according to Comscore’s latest data just released.
Glam has scrounged up 30 million unique visitors in a single year — an accomplishment that only MySpace,… Continue Reading
Glam surges to No. 1 women’s property, overtakes iVillage
Glam Media, the Brisbane, Calif. network of women’s online lifestyle, fashion and other blogs, said it has overtaken iVillage to become the number one women’s Web property.
It is also the fastest growing of the top 100 U.S. Web sites, according to traffic data to be… Continue Reading
Roundup: Google’s camera, Algoco, SpaceTime’s 3D search, Trivop and more
(updated) Here’s the latest action:
Google’s Street View continued — More details from BoingBoing on the scary little 11-sided camera that Google and its partner are using for street-level photography shots — exposing peoples’ living rooms — including tabby cats — sunbathers in their bikinis, and some… Continue Reading