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General Information

Websitehearst.com
CategoryConsumer Web
Employees
Founded9/05
DescriptionNation's largest media company

Offices

United States
CA, USA

People

National Sales Director
Midwest Director
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Acquisitions

Total$150M
Answerology, 3/08
Kaango, 11/07 $20M
RealAge, 9/07 $100M
Kaboodle, 8/07 $30M

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Hearst Corporation

Hearst Corporation is a large diversified media company. Its major interests include magazine, newspaper and business publishing, cable networks, television and radio broadcasting, internet businesses, tv production and distribution, newspaper features distribution, and real estate.

Milestones

  • Invested in Gather. (6/14/09)
    Posted 6/15/09 at 8:37am
  • Invested in WideOrbit. (10/20/08)
    Posted 10/21/08 at 12:56pm
  • Acquired Answerology. (3/25/08)
    Posted 3/25/08 at 8:12pm
  • Invested in WideOrbit. (2/15/08)
    Posted 6/23/08 at 8:59am
  • Invested in TurnHere. (2/15/08)
    Posted 4/10/08 at 9:23am
  • Acquired Kaango for $20M. (11/15/07)
    Posted 11/18/07 at 2:18am
  • Acquired RealAge for $100M. (9/07)
    Posted 3/6/08 at 3:30pm
  • Acquired Kaboodle for $30M. (8/1/07)
    Posted 10/11/07 at 7:19am
  • Invested in Brightcove. (1/1/07)
    Posted 8/2/07 at 9:28pm
  • Invested in Gather. (11/06)
    Posted 12/2/08 at 8:26am
  • Invested in MobiTV. (11/1/06)
    Posted 8/16/07 at 4:47am
  • Invested in Jingle Networks. (10/1/06)
    Posted 6/15/07 at 10:01pm
  • Invested in Sphere. (5/1/06)
    Posted 7/6/07 at 3:15am
  • Invested in Double Fusion. (2006)
    Posted 1/3/09 at 10:31am
  • Invested in Brightcove. (11/1/05)
    Posted 8/2/07 at 8:08am
  • Invested in Current Communications Group. (7/6/05)
    Posted 9/30/08 at 11:08am
  • Invested in Sling Media. (7/1/05)
    Posted 8/22/07 at 4:58am
  • Invested in Sling Media. (11/1/04)
    Posted 8/22/07 at 4:57am
  • Invested in First30Days.
    Posted 2/11/08 at 10:00am
  • Chris Carter, National Sales Director added.
    Posted 6/25/08 at 12:04pm
  • Rose Mills, Midwest Director added.
    Posted 6/25/08 at 12:06pm
  • David Woodruff, Advertising Director added.
    Posted 6/25/08 at 12:06pm
  • Frank A. Bennack, Jr, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer added.
    Posted 10/8/09 at 9:24pm

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Sources

  1. Paid Content (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  2. MediaNews Group & The Hearst Corporation Acquire 80% of Kaango For $20 Million (pulse2.com) [edit]
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  5. NPR-Audience-Heavy Social Network Gather.com Raises $5.3 Million (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  6. paidContent (paidcontent.org) [edit]
  7. bizjournals.com [edit]
  8. Reuters (reuters.com) [edit]
  9. paidcontent.org [edit]
  10. moconews.net [edit]
  11. MarketingVox (marketingvox.com) [edit]
  12. techcrunch.com [edit]
  13. startupsearch.org [edit]
  14. Venture Beat (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  15. techcrunch.com [edit]
  16. Google invests in power-line broadband (news.cnet.com) [edit]
  17. Citation Needed [add]
  18. Sling Media gets $10.5M in funding (sanjose.bizjournals.com) [edit]
  19. Self-Help Site First30Days.com Launches With $5 Million from Hearst and Dick Parsons (techcrunch.com) [edit]

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