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Demand Media to sponsor Silicon Beach Fest 2013

Demand Media — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 21:16:30 +0000

We’re sponsoring this year’s Silicon Beach Fest – LA’s original and largest startup tech entertainment festival – taking place June 19-24. This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, entrepreneurs, developers and students to celebrate the growing tech scene in Los Angeles. Join the fun by checking out everything SBF 2013 has...

Demand Media Promotes Jeff Dossett to Chief Revenue Officer

Demand Media — Thu, 23 May 2013 22:31:07 +0000

SANTA MONICA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–May. 23, 2013– Demand Media® (NYSE: DMD) announced today that Executive Vice President, Revenue, Jeff Dossett, has been promoted to Chief Revenue Officer, replacing Demand Media’s Chief Revenue & Marketing Officer, Joanne Bradford, who is stepping down to pursue a new opportunity with one of Demand Media’s largest publishing partners. “Jeff has been an integral...

Chris Webber to speak at PuppetConf 2013

Demand Media — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:37:30 +0000

Demand Media IT Engineer, Chris Webber, will be hosting a session called “Testing for Ops: Going Beyond the Manifest” at PuppetConf 2013 August 22-23rd in San Francisco. Read about last year’s event, or click here to register for PuppetConf 2013.

Demand Media to sponsor CrowdImpact’s Start-up Competition and Silicon Beach Party

Demand Media — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:58:02 +0000

We will be sponsoring and attending CrowdImpact’s Silicon Beach Party on Tuesday, April 23 to celebrate Social Enterprise startups at the ROC Santa Monica. CrowdImpact is a startup competition that focuses on finding the best Social Enterprise startups and giving them the opportunity to pitch in front of crowd-sourced investors. Two Demand folks will be judging the competition...

New Domain Extensions Make Progress at ICANN 46 — Beijing

Taryn Naidu — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:29:06 +0000

With the seismic shift of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) quickly coming into focus, last week the Domain Name System (DNS) industry came together in Beijing for ICANN’s 46th public meeting. It was the largest ICANN event in history, with more than 2,500 executives, technologists and policy makers in attendance at this historic meeting....

Demand Media to sponsor the annual conference of ASJA April 25-27

Demand Media — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 21:52:11 +0000

We will be sponsoring and participating at the annual conference of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) at the Roosevelt Hotel in NYC, April 25-27, 2013. There will be more than 60 panels and workshops at this event, discussing the latest in marketing, promotion, social media and publishing. As a sponsor, we’ll be represented among hundreds of writing professionals interested in freelance opportunities with huge brands. This opportunity will...

Why We’re Betting Big on Creativebug

Dan Brian — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:03:35 +0000

We’re excited to announce today that we have acquired Creativebug. Based in San Francisco, Creativebug is the go-to source for high-quality online video art and craft instruction. Creativebug is a perfect example of the e-learning and craft trends coming together, generating a “Create it Yourself” movement powered by the Internet. There’s a lot to like...

Creativebug at the Forefront of the Emerging “Create it Yourself” Movement

Joanne Bradford — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:01:21 +0000

We believe we’re seeing a “disruption and reinvention” in the way that people are learning new skills. They are going online in droves to learn practical skills and to learn creative skills. It’s a “Create it Yourself” movement being powered by the Internet, and we believe this convergence has huge potential. This is happening for...

Demand Media Launches into e-Learning with the Acquisition of Creativebug

Demand Media — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 05:00:33 +0000

Creativebug at the Forefront of the Emerging “Create it Yourself” Movement SANTA MONICA, Calif. March 19, 2013 – Demand Media® (NYSE: DMD) today announced the acquisition of Creativebug, the go-to source for high-quality, online video art and craft instruction. Creativebug’s network of exceptional designers and library of educational videos complements the crafts-related content on...

Demand Media participates in Silicon Beach at SXSW on March 10th

Demand Media — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 18:38:36 +0000

Demand Media will be participating in the Silicon Beach event @ SXSW on Sunday, March 10th in downtown Austin. This one-day event will feature a selection of companies representing the greater Los Angeles area in gaming, e-commerce, mobile, adtech, video and much more. For more information about the event, click here.