Sugar swallows Shopstyle — battle for women online continues
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Sugar Publishing, a network of woman-focused blogs, has acquired woman’s social shopping site ShopStyle, the latest deal in a fierce competition by a triad of companies hoping to become the leading woman’s Web destination. The amount of the transaction was undisclosed.
San Francisco-based Sugar is… 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 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
Real Girls Media raises $6M for women & Web 2.0 — but feels bubbly
Real Girls Media, a new San Francisco start-up that wants to publish content for women, has raised $6 million in a first round of funding.
We reported earlier how another company, Sugar, had raised $5 million, led by Silicon Valley high-profile venture firm Sequoia Capital, after… Continue Reading
Sequoia reportedly invests in SF blog for women, Sugar Publishing
Michael Moritz (pictured below), venture capitalist with Sequoia Capital, and backer of Google and Yahoo, is apparently funding a blog company called Sugar Publishing, which runs four popular blogs, including flagship PopSugar, that caters to young, hip women.
The San Francisco start-up, which has a… Continue Reading