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 the debt will be raised over the next year.
The news is in fact not new. We first reported Glam’s move to do so back in August, when the company emerged… 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
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 about to sign a whopping $1 billion advertising deal.
But Glam is becoming a magnet for controversy. While investors appear ready to invest at high valuations (see our past coverage),… 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 released tomorrow by ComScore for the month of May.
Glam’s network had 17.3 million unique readers during May, compared to iVillage’s 17.1 million readers, according to the data. The rise of… 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
Xcavator joins race in visual search
Visual search technology is still in its infancy, but a number of new start-ups are pushing the possibilities forward — the latest being Xcavator.
Riya’s Like launched recently (see our coverage), giving users a way of highlighting a shoe, or part of a shoe, and then look for similar shoes within its database of retail items — and so is helping with comparison shopping. You’ll notice, though, that Like operates in a controlled environment, allowing search… Continue Reading