Intermix Media

StyleSaint Secures $1.5M to Create Pinterest With an E-Commerce Twist

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 21 at 5:20 pm PT

StyleSaint has secured $1.5 million from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst and others to develop a new twist on the content-sharing craze.

Is There a Myspace Mafia, Too? Because Leaving Seems to Have Paid Off for Many Ex-Execs.

Kara Swisher in Social on June 13, 2011 at 11:28 am PT

When the selling of Myspace winds down in the next week or so, it’ll probably attract a spate of comments about what a failure the whole social networking enterprise turned out to be. That is, unless you think of the mob of former execs who have worked at the company over time, many of whom have moved on to some more golden opportunities after leaving Myspace.

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Where Did Demand Media's Profits Go?

Scott Austin, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 12, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

When Richard Rosenblatt talks, we listen. The man who once served as the former chief of MySpace creator Intermix Media heads one of the most heavily funded and high-profile venture-backed companies, Demand Media Inc.

If Yahoo's Going Social, Is Demand Media Back on Its Dance List?

Kara Swisher in News on April 9, 2009 at 3:10 am PT

Last year, Yahoo EVP Hilary Schneider and then-Media Group head Scott Moore had a summery seaside dinner with Demand Media co-founder and CEO Richard Rosenblatt in Santa Monica, Calif., right around the corner from the online publishing company’s HQ. While many speculated that Yahoo could be doing some friendly kibitzing to get a sense of where the eclectic network of general- and special-interest sites was headed, for a possible acquisition, nothing came of it. But now, a year later, with recent indications that a major strategy for new CEO Carol Bartz will finally follow through on making Yahoo’s massive but disparate service more social, especially in its content offerings, several sources close to the company tell me another look-see at Demand is likelier than ever.