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Demand Media Announces Social Networking Tools for .TV Domain Names
Exclusive Offer Allows eNom Resellers to Provide Industry Leading Community Tools Free with .TV sales, Enabling Their Customers to Build their own Personalized ChannelsSANTA MONICA, CA AND LAS VEGAS, NV, March 7, 2007 -- Demand Media, Inc., the next-generation web media company, and its wholly owned subsidiary and largest wholesale registrar, eNom ®, announced today that eNom resellers will be able to offer their customers the Demand MediaTM industry leading social networking tools with every .tv registration. Today's news is the next step in an overall effort to drive broader adoption of .tv domain names by both businesses and consumers. For the first time, users who register a .tv domain will have simple, out-of-the-box customizable social networking tools to build their own personalized channels free of charge.
The company held an invitation only event Monday for its top resellers in advance of this week's TRAFFIC Conference. At this event, Demand Media co-founder and CEO, Richard Rosenblatt, unveiled the exclusive offer. "As media becomes more personal and community focused, users will want to build their own space and control their social network. We hope to lead that evolution by providing unique domain and media products that leverage this next generation of media," said Rosenblatt. "The .tv domain provides an opportunity for us to use our platform to combine a globally recognizable TLD with personalized video and social networking tools."
In December of last year, Demand Media announced a strategic alliance with VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), to leverage Demand Media's new media platform, industry relationships and web 2.0 expertise to increase .tv registrations.
About Demand Media, Inc.
The Demand MediaTM proprietary media platform powers the company's popular content properties and highly-trafficked domains providing a diverse new media experience for tens of millions of users. By focusing its cutting-edge, user-driven publishing, community and monetization tools around niche' interest verticals, Demand Media offers everyone the ability to publish and partake in the evolution of new media. The privately held company was founded in May 2006 and is based in Santa Monica, CA, with offices in San Francisco and Seattle, WA. For more information about Demand Media, Inc., visit: http://www.demandmedia.com.
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