Hearst Taps Demand Media’s Bradford and Yucaipa’s Johnson to “Redefine” the San Francisco Chronicle

Can the City by the Bay finally get the newspaper it deserves?
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Content Gains Allow Demand Media to Beat Wall Street Expectations on Q1 Earnings and Revenue

Strong performance of media properties added to the results.
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How Much for a How-to Lesson? Demand Media Gets Into Paid Content by Buying Creativebug.

Lots of places to get free lessons on the Internet. Now Demand wants to charge, too.
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Demand Media Vets Launch Tastemade, a Machinima for Food Videos

There are plenty of food and recipe videos on YouTube. But these guys, backed by $5 million in venture money, think there’s room for more.
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Demand Media Finally Breaks Away for Good From Lance Armstrong

The race is not always to the swift.
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What Will Marissa Do?: Yahoo CEO Zeroes in on Search, While Her Ad Team Eyes Tech Upgrade Options

Free food and iPhones do not a turnaround make. Now it’s time for the hard part of remaking the Silicon Valley giant.
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Barry Diller Gets in Line to Buy About.com. Anyone Else?

Earlier this year, the Times took a writedown on its content mill. Now it has multiple bidders.
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The New York Times Is About to Say Goodbye to About.com

The paper bought the original content farm for $410 million in 2005. Now it’s set to sell it to Answers.com for $270 million.
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