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General Information

Websiteglammedia.com
Twitter@glammedia
CategoryConsumer Web
Phone650-244-4000
Emailinfo@glam.com
Employees300
Founded9/03
DescriptionMedia and blog network

Offices

HQ
2000 Sierra Point Parkway
Suite 1000
Brisbane, CA, 94005
USA

People

Founder, Chairman and CEO
Co-Founder, EVP and GM, Glam International and Global Partners
Co-Founder and SVP Glam Publisher Network and Glam Culture
Co-Founder, VP, Engineering Glam Labs
CFO
VP and Publishing Director
President and GM, North America
SVP Social Products & GM Ning
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Former People

Co-Founder, CTO and EVP Engineering
EVP, Sales
EVP, New Markets Sales
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Acquisitions

Total$150M
Ning by Glam Media, 9/11 $150M
BBS Media, 3/11
Fantastic Zero, 9/10
AdPortal, 7/10
Sportgenic, 7/10
AdaptiveAds, 1/09
Codex Media, 7/08
Monetise , 6/07

Funding

Competitors

Tags

Glam Media

Glam Media is a vertical media company, comprised of both Glam-owned-and-operated properties (Glam.com, Brash.com, and soon, Bliss.com) and a publisher network of 2000+ lifestyle websites and blogs. Glam Media’s vertical media model aims to enable premium brands to connect with audiences online.

Glam Media is #1 in global reach for women online, with approximately 90 million unique monthly visitors in the US and more than 200 million uniques globally. Glam Media is a comScore Top 10 U.S. Web Property, is a Top 10 AdWeek Display Ad Publisher, and was named most innovative media company in 2010 by Fast Company.

Recent Milestones

Videos

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Vator.tv Interview

Added: 1/26/09
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This video was originally published on Beet.TV

Added: 4/9/09
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Vator TV: 11/2008

Added: 7/27/09

Screenshots

Glam Media screenshot
Above: Glam Media Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 12/19/10
Glam Media screenshot
Above: Glam Media
Uploaded: 2/25/11

Products

Bliss.com

Brash

Websitebrash.com
Launch DateOctober 20, 2008

Brash, which launched on October 20, 2008, is Glam Media’s men’s network.

More than 25 content sites have joined the Brash.com Network at launch, including: ArtistDirect; DigitalTrends.com; eCoustics.com; InGameNowSeriousWheels.com; Squidoo and MonstersandCritics.com. Content will also be syndicated from Time.com for national news; Rolling Stone for music news and updates; TheCarConnection.com for car reviews and news, SB Nation for sports coverage and CNET for technology information. Launch advertisers like Unilever’s Axe brand deodorant, H&M and HP. Glam says that the aggregated Comscore user numbers from the original content partners is over 10 million/month.

Brash also includes a video channel (Brash TV) with content pulled from multiple partners, as well as what is sure to be a much discussed Brash 100 List and the Brash Hall of Fame 50 - “The Brash Lists include men across the fields of sports, politics, business and entertainment that are game changers.”

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Brash Brash Brash

Tinker

Websitetinker.com
Launch DateMarch 30, 2009

Tinker is a events service for Twitter, that allows user to quickly browser through different persistent Twitter searches relevant to various current events.

Traffic Analytics

Quantcast

Livegraph

Compete

Glammedia

Sources

  1. TechCrunch (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. Glam Media Buys BBS Media As Part Of Canadian Expansion (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  3. Glam Acquires Men’s Online Media Company Fantastic Zero (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  4. Glam Media Buys Ad Tech Startup AdPortal (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  5. Glam acquires Sportgenic and AdPlatform, expands premium ad tools (media.venturebeat.com) [edit]
  6. Glam Snaps Up AdaptiveAds (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  7. GLAM MEDIA LAUNCHES IN GERMANY AS PREMIUM VERTICAL CONTENT NETWORK FOR WOMEN WITH BURDA CROSS MEDIA AS JOINT VENTURE PARTNER (glammedia.com) [edit]
  8. Glam Media Acquires UK-Based Monetise Ltd (newsblaze.com) [edit]
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  14. Glam Raises $10 Million Fifth Round For German, Japan Expansions (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  15. Glam Media On A Roll: Raises $50 Million In Private Equity At $750 Million Valuation (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  16. Glam Media Launches Glam Japan (biz.yahoo.com) [edit]
    Lead411 launches "Hottest Silicon Valley Companies" awards (lead411.com) [edit]
    Glam Media To Launch Third Content Vertical, Health And Wellness Channel Bliss.com (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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