Critics say user-generated networks like Bleacher Report are just SEO-driven content farms that generate “clickbait” posts designed to drive low-quality traffic — but they also provide the opportunity for writers to show their abilities without having to work their way through the traditional media ecosystem. Read more at GigaOM »
Men’s lifestyle site Thrillist Media Group, which includes daily email newsletters and group-buying site JackThreads, has raised $13.1 million in Series A funding. The company plans to use the new funding to build out content and expand its presence in mobile and e-commerce. Read more »
Demand Media announced the promotion of Michael Blend to president and COO this afternoon. Blend replaces Charles Hilliard, who stepped down in June. Separately, the company broke even for the first time, with revenues up 17 percent. Read more »
It wasn’t that long ago that Google branded Demand Media a content farm and targeted it with its algorithmic pesticides. But the launch of eHow Pets on YouTube Wednesday shows that Demand has grown into one of Google’s more useful video content partners. Read more »
Journatic, a media startup that produces hyper-local content for newspapers, has been criticized as a “content farm.” But in an interview with GigaOM, founder Brian Timpone says not only his model more efficient than that of a newspaper, but it can actually help produce better journalism. Read more at GigaOM »
Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) appears to be weathering executive churn and a Google (NSDQ: GOOG) downgrade. On Thursday, it posted earnings that… Read more »
Demand Media is known for churning lots of content through its sites, but today it’s notable for another churn, of the executive kind: three… Read more »
Broadcasting, publishing and marketing group Cox Media Group is putting down some more roots in digital media investments: it has announced… Read more »
Amid investor concerns that it is too dependent on low-grade freelance content and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) referrals, Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) e… Read more »
Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) may have pleased investors with better than expected (or less worse than expected) income losses, but the elements… Read more »
YouTube announced its long-anticipated major programming push late Friday, with channels due to start rolling out in November. Here’s the Yo… Read more »
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As publishing and marketing fuse in to “branded content”, so advertisers’ biggest challenge apparently echoes media owners’ own – that is, p… Read more »
In addition to releasing its Q2 earnings today, content aggregator Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) has made two acquisitions: it’s bought a long-ru… Read more »
Not all internet IPOs are created equal.
A decade after the dot-com crash, sky-high internet company valuations are prompting a heated argu… Read more »
– Grantland: David Cho, co-founder and publisher of the website The Awl, is leaving and relocating to Los Angeles to join Bill Simmons’ Gra… Read more »
Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), which told us earlier this year it would be bringing in a senior executive to oversee its mobile strategy, has hir… Read more »
For the first time, Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) is putting a number on how Google’s changes to its search algorithm have impacted its sites, sa… Read more »
Traffic to some of Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) sites may have fallen because of updates Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made to its search algorithm, b… Read more »
Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) is launching three initiatives to change the mix of content it showcases on its sites: The so-called content farm,… Read more »
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A Nevada attorney and former tournament blackjack player says he invented-and patented-most forms of targeted online advertising. Now, Sheld… Read more »
Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) says changes Google (NSDQ: GOOG) made to its search algorithm have in fact reduced traffic to its sites, including… Read more »
Definitely not a bad year to be a top Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) executive. The company, which expects to lose money this year, just doled out… Read more »
Web outfits hoping to become “the Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) of Europe”, look out. Demand is itself planning a European expansion this year. Read more »
Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) has launched its latest celebrity backed site, the Tyra Banks’ beauty and fashion blog typeF this week, but the com… Read more »
Investors may be betting against “content farms” fortunes, if trends seen in Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) are anything to go by. Read more »
Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) has made its first acquisition since its initial public offering in January, purchasing popular live blogging tool… Read more »
Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), which launched Livestrong with Lance Armstrong and is on the verge of launching TypeF with Tyra Banks, has added a… Read more »
The growing consensus in the wake of Google’s move last week to change its search algorithm to penalize sites with low-quality content: Dema… Read more »
In late January, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) said it was working to ensure its search results were not overridden with links to spammy sites and so-… Read more »
Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) CEO Richard Rosenblatt used his company’s first earnings conference call as a public company in part to defend it a… Read more »
Reporting its first quarterly results since going public in late January, Demand Media (NYSE: DMD) said its sales during its fourth quarter… Read more »
Last month at DLD in Munich, in front of top execs from investor Burda, Jason Calacanis offered a fairly staid explanation for the decision… Read more »
When Demand Media floated earlier this week it started out at $17 a share, rocketed on first day trading to a high of $24, and even after fa… Read more »
Among the questions I got most often at the just-concluded DLD conference in Munich: What about Demand Media’s future following Google’s pub… Read more »
Demand Media’s stock jumped 33 percent on its first day of trading. As we reported yesterday, the company had already priced its shares at $… Read more »
Demand Media, which will start trading on the New York Stock Exchange tomorrow, has priced its shares at $17, according to an SEC filing. Th… Read more »
In the aftermath of its filing for an initial public offering in August, Demand Media was roundly criticized for overstating its financial p… Read more »
