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Healthcare Info Company Waterfront Media Lays Off 20

Feb 6, 2009 2:07 PM

Healthcare-related content company Waterfront Media is laying off 20 people, paidContent has learned. The company, which has over 250 employees, confirmed the number and said the cuts are part of efforts to “streamline” its business. But more than just the unstable economy that has been driving so many job cuts…

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Posted In: Jobs & Layoffs, Media & Publishing, Health Content, Social Media, layoffs, waterfront media

Interview: Ben Wolin, CEO, Waterfront Media: ‘A Two-Horse Race’

Oct 3, 2008 12:08 PM

Late last night, Waterfront Media and Revolution Health put the finishing touches on a merger that, when the dust settles, will produce a #2 health network with more than 20 million uniques. While a lot of the focus is on Steve Case’s dramatic switch from building his own massive health…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, ben wolin, revolution health, waterfront media

Revolution Health, Waterfront Media Plan Merger To Compete With WebMD

Oct 2, 2008 9:25 PM

Reports of this possibility first surfaced last month and now it’s done ... Steve Case’s ambitious Revolution Health Network will merge with Waterfront Media in a deal the parties value at $300 million, according to the New York Times. Revolution’s sites will be absorbed into Waterfront’s Everyday Health Network but…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, revolution health, steve case, waterfront media

Waterfront Media, Revolution Health Talking Possible Merger With Everyday Health

Sep 10, 2008 10:34 AM

The Washington Post is out with a story we’ve also been working on—the possibility of an acquisition by Waterfront Media, owner of Everyday Health, of Steve Case’s Revolution Health in the form of a merger the two are the second and third largest health sites respectively.  (I’m thinking of coining…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, everyday health, revolution health, steve case, waterfront media

Online Health Company Waterfront Media Buys Search Marketing Firm Netramind

Jun 6, 2008 5:29 PM

Waterfront Media, the publisher of health info site EverydayHealth, has bought out Santa Clara, CA-based search marketing company Netramind. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Brooklyn-based Waterfront will use Netramind’s tech to boost its SEO and SEM when consumers search for health info online, the company said. Netramind, a…

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Search, Technologies / Formats, everyday health, netramind, waterfront media

Industry Moves
Industry Moves: Head Of About Health Leaves For Waterfront Media

May 14, 2008 5:50 PM

paidContent has learned that health content vet Marjorie Martin is leaving About.com Health, where she has been SVP and GM, for Waterfront Media. The company is creating a position for her—the titles are the same, I’m told—SVP-GM—but the situations are different. Waterfront Media, which just this week announced Doug McCormick…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, Health Content, Companies, New York Times, about.com, marjorie martin, waterfront media

Industry Moves
Industry Moves: Former Lifetime, iVillage CEO McCormick Appointed New Chairman Of Waterfront Media

May 12, 2008 11:53 AM

Another interesting health content announcement today with Waterfront Media, parent of Everyday Health, appointing cable and online vet Doug McCormick as chairman of the board. He succeeds Bo Peabody, Tripod co-founder and co-founder/managing general partner of Village Ventures, and chairman of Waterfront since 2003. McCormick, a member of Waterfront’s board,…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, Health Content, doug mccormick, waterfront media

Waterfront Media Gets Another $8 Million Debt Financing

Apr 2, 2007 6:06 PM

Waterfront Media, the NYC-based online publisher of self-help experts, has received another $8 million in a round of debt financing. The funding was done by Hercules Technology Growth Capital. Besides the celebrity health sites, it also runs “Everyday Health” network of health, diet, fitness and pregnancy websites, including its flagship…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, waterfront media

Waterfront Media Raises $6 Million in Third Round Funding

Mar 28, 2006 11:05 PM

Waterfront Media, the NYC-based online publisher of self-help experts, has received $6 million in third round funding. New investor NeoCarta Ventures led the round, along with Rho Capital and BEV Capital. The funds will support Waterfront Media’s growing health advertising business as well as its entry into new marketing channels,…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, waterfront media

Online Health Publisher Raises $4M From Time Warner Investments, Among Others

Mar 1, 2004 12:03 PM

Certainly a return of the boom-days scenario: Waterfront Media, formerly known as Agora Media, has received $4 million in a new round of funding from Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Investments, Rho Capital, Village Ventures, and Star Ventures. Waterfront Media, based in New York City and formed by the merger of…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, E-Mail, rho capital partners, star ventures, time warner investments, village ventures, waterfront media

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