| Status | Privately Held |
| Website | www.glammedia.com |
| Category | Web |
| Phone | 650-244-4000 |
| info@glam.com | |
| Address |
8000 Marina Boulevard Suite 130 Brisbane, CA, 94005 USA |
| Founded | 9/03 |
| Total | $115M |
| Series A, 7/04 1 Information Capital LLC | $1.1M |
| Series B, 7/05 2 Accel Partners | $10M |
| Series C, 12/06 3 Duff Ackerman & Goodrich Accel Partners Draper Fisher Jurvetson WaldenVC Information Capital LLC | $18.5M |
| Series D, 2/08 4 Hubert Burda Media GLG Partners Duff Ackerman & Goodrich Ventures Hercules Technology Growth Capital Accel Partners Draper Fisher Jurvetson WaldenVC Information Capital LLC | $65M |
| Series D, 2/08 5 | $20M |
Glam Media is a distributed media network comprised of both Glam-owned-and-operated properties and a publisher network of 450+ lifestyle websites and blogs. Glam Media aims to bring high-quality print content to the online medium, instead of the usual online trend of having print magazine-lite content. The Glam Media network also includes a slew of fashion websites, blogs and magazines.
Founder Samir Arora wants to gear the site’s online advertising towards the female market in the same way that traditional print has. Glam Media is working with publishers, content owners and media companies to reach readers in effective ways.
Glam officially launched in September 2005 at Fashion Week, New York and quickly grew from there. After signing a partnership with AOL in October, Glam created the Glam Network consisting of style websites and blogs later that year. Since then, Glam has partnered with the women’s magazine Cosmopolitan, signed a content syndication deal with the Hearst Corporation, and completed a multi-year advertising deal with Google. With more than 53 million unique monthly visitors, Glam Media, Inc. is clearly proving itself as a leader in the online industry for women’s lifestyle and fashion.
Competitors include Sugar Publishing and iVillage.
| Website | www.glammedia.com |
| Stage | Live |
| Launch Date | September 13, 2005 |
| Tags | lifestyle-and-fashion |
Glam Media is a distributed media network focused on women’s lifestyle and fashion, and serves as a more comprehensive and interactive version of such women’s lifestyle magazines as Cosmopolitan and Vogue. The site focuses on popular women’s topics including celebrities, fashion, beauty, and shopping. In fact, shopping is a key part of Glam Media, as users can browse and buy from a wide array of women’s clothing and accessories available directly through many of the sites in Glam’s carefully curated network of publishers. Glam prides itself on offering superior brand engagement and targeting opportunities through display and video advertising, content syndication, advertorials, search and other application services. Glam’s web content is derived from over 450 popular and influential lifestyle Web sites, blogs and magazines, including large media companies as well as indie publishers. This type of content is highly successful in reaching its target audience, as the network gets over 53 million unique visitors a month in the US. Interestingly, Glammedia.com is also pioneering the Beta version of Glamspace, which lets users create their own profiles, invite friends, and browse for stylists, designers, and more.
