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Full D8 Interview Video: Demand Media's Richard Rosenblatt and ProPublica's Paul Steiger

Kara Swisher in D8 on June 24, 2010 at 6:07 am PT

As promised, All Things Digital is posting the full videos from our eighth D: All Things Digital conference, held earlier this month. Here’s one of the most interesting pairings at D8–Richard Rosenblatt of Demand Media, the Google-savvy content engine, and former Wall Street Journal edit chief Paul Steiger of ProPublica, a nonprofit that produces hefty investigative pieces online and off. The debate over the future of journalism is a key one over the next several years, as new content models emerge and old ones wither.

Demand Media’s Richard Rosenblatt and ProPublica’s Paul Steiger Live at D8

Peter Kafka in D8 on June 3, 2010 at 9:10 am PT

What’s the future of the media business? Demand Media, the Google-savvy “content farm” that generates thousands of computer-assigned, low-cost Web items a day? Or ProPublica, a nonprofit that produces deep-dive investigative pieces and publishes them on its own site and in the pages of high-profile partners? Good guess: Some of both. But let’s allow both parties to make their own case.

Demand's Rosenblatt in IPO and M&A Spotlight

Kara Swisher in News on April 20, 2010 at 7:30 am PT

This seems to have been a busy week for Demand Media CEO and founder Richard Rosenblatt, with news of a big-banker hiring in a pending IPO of his social media start-up and the possible sale of a digital marketing company where he serves as chairman. What’s next from the energetic digital exec is anybody’s guess.

Demand’s Rosenblatt in IPO and M&A Spotlight

Kara Swisher in D8 on April 20, 2010 at 7:30 am PT

This seems to have been a busy week for Demand Media CEO and founder Richard Rosenblatt, with news of a big-banker hiring in a pending IPO of his social media start-up and the possible sale of a digital marketing company where he serves as chairman. What’s next from the energetic digital exec is anybody’s guess.

Demand Media Is Mad as Hell and, Well, Pens a Manifesto (And Here It Is!)

Kara Swisher in News on January 11, 2010 at 5:05 am PT

Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt said he has had it with some mainstream media depictions of his social media content company, especially one report that called it a “content mill.” So, what did he do? Well, he wrote a manifesto, of course! Apparently, he has nothing to lose but old media’s pains. Here it is, in its entirety, along with some tasty videos.

Former Yahoo and AOL Ad Exec Coleman Poised to Join the Huffington Post as President

Kara Swisher in News on September 16, 2009 at 6:40 am PT

In the ongoing game of Internet exec musical chairs, Greg Coleman, who has been a top exec at both Yahoo and AOL, is poised to become president of the Huffington Post, as well as chief revenue officer, several sources said. The deal for Coleman to come on board at the privately held online news site–which has grown significantly over the last year and just added well-known online media exec Eric Hippeau as CEO–came together only recently.

Huffington Post Nabs $25 Million in Funding–Here's a BoomTown Interview With Oak Investment's Fred Harman

Kara Swisher in News on December 1, 2008 at 3:53 am PT

The Huffington Post, co-founded by Arianna Huffington, will announce this morning that it has raised $25 million, in a single investment from Oak Investment Partners. The large round, which was led by Palo Alto, Calif.-based venture capitalist Fred Harman, will give the popular online news and blogging site a valuation of “just south of $100 million,” a source said. The new funding, the Huffington Post’s third, will be used for expansion of its offerings and the hiring of editorial and business talent. “I think the post-election perception of the Huffington Post has changed in the eyes of advertisers to being a key mainstream news site,” said Harman in an interview with BoomTown last night.