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Soleil Moon Frye Raises $2.5M for DIY Parenting App and Products

Liz Gannes in Mobile on April 25 at 7:00 am PT

Moonfrye, a new company co-founded by “Punky Brewster” actress Soleil Moon Frye and former IAC executive Kara Nortman, launches today.

Vice’s Shane Smith and CollegeHumor’s Ricky Van Veen Are Kings of All Media

Liz Gannes in Dive Into Media on February 12 at 6:38 pm PT

Build a brand and an audience, and you can do whatever you want.

Aereo CEO Thinks Plenty of People Will Pay for Free TV

Liz Gannes in Dive Into Media on February 12 at 10:16 am PT

“Content costs only go up, technology costs only go down,” says Aereo CEO Chet Kanojia.

CollegeHumor Launches Bout, a Photo Game App

Liz Gannes in Mobile on January 31 at 7:02 am PT

Quick, find or take a photo that answers the prompt: “Something you wouldn’t want to find in your bed.”

IAC’s Proust Personal Social Network to Shut Down

Liz Gannes in Social on January 4, 2012 at 11:57 am PT

Proust, the somewhat pretentiously named social journaling service from IAC, is shutting down at the end of the month.

OkCupid Sets Up San Francisco Labs to Try to Reinvent Online Dating (Video)

Liz Gannes in Social on November 18, 2011 at 1:30 am PT

The hipster dating service OkCupid has ventured from New York to San Francisco to create a freshly staffed outpost of start-up folks in order to brainstorm the site’s next act. They call it OkCupid Labs.

IAC’s Crowded Room App Will Help You Meet People (And Maybe Date Them)

Liz Gannes in Social on November 14, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

In many ways, a new local social app called Crowded Room feels and functions like Foursquare. But instead of being about finding new places, it’s about finding new people.

Marcel Proust Inspires a Social Network: Personal Memory Bank Proust.com

Liz Gannes in Social on July 19, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Proust, a new social site owned by Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActiveCorp, is today launching a personal journaling service for users to share their life stories with friends and families.

Barry Diller Panders to SXSW–and It Works

Liz Gannes in Social on March 14, 2011 at 10:06 am PT

One of these speakers is not like the others, one of these speakers just doesn’t belong…but the fourth-day hangover crowd at SXSW Interactive came out in force to see longtime media executive Barry Diller speak at the Austin Convention Center this morning.

With OkCupid Bought, Zoosk Brags About Momentum

Liz Gannes in Social on February 8, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Dating site Zoosk says that based on its January revenue, it will have a run rate of $90 million this year.