209 posts and columns on LivingSocial

LivingSocial Hack Update: Investigation Ongoing, While Emails Out to 50 Million Users

in Commerce on April 27 at 12:45 pm PT

On the bright side … actually, there is no bright side.
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LivingSocial, Netflix and the Galaxy S 4 Reviewed — 10 Things You Need to See on AllThingsD This Week

in News on April 27 at 10:38 am PT

A convenient roundup of the Top 10 stories that powered AllThingsD.com this week.
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LivingSocial Hacked — More Than 50 Million Customer Names, Emails, Birthdates and Encrypted Passwords Accessed (Internal Memo)

in Commerce on April 26 at 1:15 pm PT

Another cyber-attack in a long line of worrisome incursions.
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LivingSocial CTO and Co-Founder Departs Company

in Commerce on March 29 at 2:18 pm PT

A high-level departure at the social deals site.
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LivingSocial Gets a Much-Needed $110 Million Boost

in Commerce on February 20 at 12:02 pm PT

LivingSocial Inc. recently raised $110 million from existing investors, giving its coffers a much needed boost after the daily-deals company’s 2012 losses widened by 30 percent last year.

After Acquiring 15 Groupon Clones, CrowdSavings Finds a Buyer for Itself

in Commerce on February 11 at 6:00 am PT

The two companies merging today are responsible for 19 acquisitions combined in the daily deals space.
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Former Best Buy CMO Barry Judge Joins LivingSocial to Head Marketing

in Commerce on January 8 at 11:09 am PT

Judge will be responsible for overseeing online and offline advertising, brand management, social media and communications at the daily deals provider.
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One Less Groupon Clone: J.P. Morgan Chase Acquires Bloomspot

in Commerce on December 20, 2012 at 6:56 pm PT

J.P. Morgan Chase is acquiring Bloomspot, one of the smaller daily deals companies in the U.S.
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When Does Groupon — Still at More Than 80 Percent Off — Become a Deal for Someone?

in Commerce on December 11, 2012 at 2:15 pm PT

If Groupon chooses to look for a buyer, this may be its hardest sale yet.
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Andrew Mason Gets an Early Present — It’s Not His Job (Although He Got That, Too)

in Commerce on November 30, 2012 at 10:11 am PT

Groupon is off to a great start this holiday season with Black Friday breaking sales records.
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Confirmed: LivingSocial Slashes 400 Jobs in Attempt at Profitability

in Commerce, November 29, 2012 at 9:29 am PT

Fab’s Newest Distribution Channel: LivingSocial

in Commerce, November 21, 2012 at 4:45 pm PT

LivingSocial Weighs Down Amazon Earnings, but That Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story (Memo)

in Commerce, October 25, 2012 at 1:49 pm PT

As Starbucks Runs a Deal With LivingSocial, Groupon Stock Touches a New Low

in Commerce, September 4, 2012 at 1:04 pm PT

What Does It Mean if Groupon Is Indeed the Largest Mobile Commerce Company?

in Commerce, August 15, 2012 at 11:26 am PT

After a Relatively Mellow Quarter, Will Groupon Earnings Surprise?

in Commerce, August 12, 2012 at 8:45 am PT

LivingSocial Launches E-Commerce, a Business Worth $200 Million a Year

in Commerce, July 17, 2012 at 10:10 am PT

Hotels.com’s New Facebook App Offers Hard-to-Find Deals, but Not in a Good Way

in Commerce, July 17, 2012 at 7:30 am PT

Merchants Say Fine-Tuned Daily Deals Are Starting to Pay Off

in Commerce, July 10, 2012 at 4:47 pm PT

LivingSocial Experiments With Daily Deals, and It’s Like a Virtual Club Med

in Commerce, July 2, 2012 at 6:00 am PT

Tech Companies Rejoice! IVP’s New Jumbo Fund Totals $1 Billion.

in News, June 28, 2012 at 4:00 am PT

LivingSocial Says It Has No Plans to Be a Mobile Payments Provider

in Commerce, June 20, 2012 at 5:03 pm PT

The Californication of the Daily Deals Market: Cheap Tickets

in Commerce, June 11, 2012 at 8:51 am PT

LivingSocial Adds Sports and Entertainment Tickets With AEG Partnership

Scoutmob Attracts Investors and Partners by Saying It’s Not a Daily Deals Company

in Commerce, May 24, 2012 at 5:30 am PT