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Glam Media Buys UK Moms Site For Broader ‘Family’ Vertical

May 18, 2011 8:00 PM

Glam Media has acquired Britain’s BabyWorld community site, a purchase that’s meant to both spur the company’s growth in the “family/parenting” vertical and solidify its presence in the UK. The deal also reflects a growing consolidation within the mom-blogs segment, as advertisers and brands follow female consumers into the space.…

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Community, Countries, Europe, UK, babyworld, glam media

Glam Media Will Sell E! Online’s European Ad Slots

Oct 20, 2010 10:15 AM

U.S. showbiz brand E! Entertainment is selling ads to UK, French and German eyeballs, and has picked Glam Media to serve the ads. E! has operated a uk.eonline.com version of its E! Online website since 2008, albeit with the same U.S. content.

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Posted In: Advertising, glam media

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Glam To Step Up M&A Activity; MSFT’s Roston Tapped To Run Acquisitions

Sep 24, 2010 8:00 AM

When it comes to doing acquisitions, blog network Glam Media hasn’t exactly shied away from using the $50 million mezzanine round it raised in February or the $10 million fourth round the year before to promote its international and product expansions. In an interview with paidContent, Glam CEO Samir Arora…

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Posted In: Advertising, Features, Exclusive, Industry Moves, Media & Publishing, Women-Centric Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Companies, Microsoft, glam media, samir arora

Glam Vs Glam: Fashion Site Launches In France Amid Trademark Agro

Mar 15, 2010 2:47 PM

Women’s lifestyle vertical publisher Glam Media has launched its site in France, following last week’s Paris Fashion Week - despite two warnings from a French company that it owns the “Glam” trademark in the country. The French launch is the latest international expansion for Glam, which has launched in Japan,…

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Posted In: Countries, Europe, France, glam media

Glam Raises $50 Million Mezzanine Round at $750 Million Valuation

Feb 2, 2010 2:52 PM

Glam Media, the online women and lifestyle media and ad-network company, has raised another big round, this time a mezannine round before its logical next move of an IPO in the next year or so. It has received about $50 million in this fifth round, led by Aeris Capital, the…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Women-Centric Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, glam media, samir arora

Glam Raises $10 Million Fifth Round For German, Japan Expansions

Apr 6, 2009 5:29 AM

Glam Media has raised a $10 million fifth round from investors related to its Japanese and German units, paidContent has learned. The Japanese funding comes from Mizuho Venture Capital. The VC arm of the Japanese bank was joined by ad agencies Dentsu and WPP Group-backed ADK; magazine publishers Shogagukan and…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Countries, Europe, Germany, glam media, mizuho venture capital

Glam Media Uber Alles: Expanding Into Germany, Buying Munich’s Codex Media

Jul 17, 2008 7:30 AM

Glam Media is opening a German site with help from its backer Burda Cross Media. Glam is also getting some extra assistance from its latest acquisition, Munich-based digital marketing firm Codex Media, the company announced. Terms were not disclosed. The move is part of a wider European expansion Glam has…

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Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Countries, Europe, Germany, burda cross media, codex media, glam media

Glam Media Raises $84.6 Million Funding; Led by Burda

Feb 25, 2008 12:44 AM

Glam Media, the high-profile and controversial online ad network, has finally announced its big raise, after a year of fund raising: it has received $84.6 million in funding, with $64.6 million in fourth round venture funding and $20 million in revenue-based debt financing. The round has been rumored for a…

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Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Countries, Europe, Germany, accel partners, burda media, draper fisher jurvetson, duff ackerman & goodrich ventures, glam media, glg partners, hercules technology growth capital, information capital, walden ventures

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