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UrbanSitter’s Social Babysitting Service Granted $1.75 Million in Allowance

Tricia Duryee in Social on January 23 at 7:00 am PT

UrbanSitter, which may become a high-tech version of “The Baby-Sitters Club,” now has a bigger allowance with which to operate.

Perfect Market Raises Another $9 Million to Help Papers Sell Old News

Peter Kafka in Media on January 17, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT

Perfect Market doesn’t promise to save the newspaper business. But the company says it can help papers wring more money out of the stuff they’re already making.

Docstoc CEO Jason Nazar Speaks!

Kara Swisher in News on September 28, 2009 at 5:05 am PT

On a recent visit to Los Angeles, BoomTown stopped in at the Santa Monica HQ of Docstoc, a start-up aimed at document-sharing online. I have long been interested in the next paradigm for all sorts of publishing. And Docstoc is certainly among the more innovative sites, letting users store, search and share business, legal and tech-related documents for free. Here’s a video tour of the start-up.