David Kaplan
Mar 29, 2011 11:32 AM
As the ink dries on the merger between Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) and NBC Universal, the cable operator’s women’s lifestyle subsidiary DailyCandy has been looking for ways to share its content with the TV network’s female-focused content properties like iVillage. One of the ways it’s both expanding its own brand and…
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David Kaplan
Nov 9, 2010 2:37 PM
As the discount shopping space continues to attract attention from media companies, DailyCandy, the Comcast-owned fashion and entertainment e-newsletter operator, has expanded its own reach into that area with its DailyCandy Deals channel. The deals site will serve as a complement to general DailyCandy, which just celebrated its 10th year…
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David Kaplan
Aug 5, 2010 2:33 PM
DailyCandy, the Comcast-owned fashion and entertainment e-newsletter operator, has unveiled its first app effort, a “location-triggered” message-pop-up called DailyCandy Stylish Alerts. While a lot of media companies have started their entry into mobile apps with Apple (NSDQ: AAPL), DailyCandy’s app is only available on Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android phones.
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Joseph Tartakoff
Dec 3, 2009 6:41 PM
DailyCandy is rolling back its expansion. The Comcast-owned e-mail newsletter will stop publishing city-specific daily e-mails in seven of the 12 cities it covers, Valleywag reports and we have confirmed. Instead, subscribers in Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Philadelphia, Seattle, Washington D.C., and Miami will receive an ‘Everywhere’ edition daily, along with…
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David Kaplan
Oct 30, 2009 11:39 AM
Like a lot of media companies that rely on advertising revenue these days, DailyCandy is eager to diversify its revenue streams. To that end, the Comcast-owned fashion and lifestyles site and e-newsletter has introduced Swirl, a sample sales site available only to DailyCandy subscribers. With the new site, DailyCandy is…
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David Kaplan
Apr 6, 2009 5:40 PM
Fashion-focused e-mail newsletter DailyCandy will go live with a video version of its editors’ picks tonight. This the first major change the 9-year-old e-newsletter company has made since getting acquired by Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) for $125 million last August. While DailyCandy won’t say what will influence its video picks—the site…
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Staci D. Kramer
Aug 5, 2008 6:08 PM
Some acquisitions barely need explanations. That’s not always the case when Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) Interactive Media opens the virtual checkbook; people are still asking me about Plaxo and today’s announcement about DailyCandy, while less eyebrow-raising, still needs some ‘splaining. CIM EVP Sam Schwartz and DailyCandy CEO Pete Sheinbaum did just…
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Rafat Ali
Aug 5, 2008 4:50 PM
So DailyCandy finally got bought, but the rumors have persisted for years. Here’s our compilation in links: —DailyCandy.com Expands Focus On Kids; Launching Five Local Kids’ Editions—Pilot Group Mails It In When It Comes To Online Investments—DailyCandy On Sure Financial Footing,Trying To Age Gracefully—Industry Moves: DailyCandy Hires Senior NYT Digital…
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Staci D. Kramer
Aug 5, 2008 4:11 PM
This time the rumors were true, at least when it comes to the sale if not the price: e-mail service DailyCandy, the equivalent of an all-day sucker when it comes to the length of time on the block, finally has been sold to Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) Interactive Media for an…
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