| Website | buzznet.com |
| Category | Games, Video and Entertainment |
| Employees | 79 |
| Founded | 3/03 |
| Description | Pop culture online communities |
| Absolute Punk, 5/08 | |
| Idolator, 4/08 | |
| Stereogum, 4/08 |
| Total | $43.5M |
| Series A, 5/07 Anthem Venture Partners Redpoint Ventures | $6M |
| Series B, 4/08 Universal Music Group | $25M |
| Series C, 3/09 Focus Ventures Anthem Ventures New Enterprise Associates Redpoint Ventures Sutter Hill Ventures | $12.5M |
Buzznet Inc. is a media company focused on building the most active and engaged online communities around pop culture topics. Utilizing its sophisticated social media platform, Buzznet’s editorial team empowers millions of people with the tools to create, contribute, program, and share content around topics they are most passionate about.
Buzznet’s music community is among the largest on the Web. Users program around millions of photos, videos and blog posts every day. Its communities power the most robust, diverse and all-encompassing music experience online and include Buzznet.com, Stereogum, Absolute Punk, Idolator, Vampire Freaks, FOE and The Gauntlet.
In June ’08, Buzznet launched Celebuzz, the first social media destination dedicated to celebrity news and culture. Celebuzz brings together a top editorial team, leading bloggers, the paparazzi, celebrity experts, fans, and celebrities themselves, to present the most comprehensive and colorful spectrum of constantly updated information, opinion, and dialogue on celebrity.
