Hey Mickey, You’re So Fine: Meet the Man Who Landed Silicon Valley’s Hottest Funding Deal in Pinterest

The $1.5 billion valuation can still blow your mind.

In the Race to Win Social Video, Is One App Gaming the System Too Much?

As mobile social video apps skyrocket toward the top of the app store, some are going for the gold by any means necessary.
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Exclusive: The Billion-Dollar Inside Story of How Demand Media Almost Went Private Last Week (And Then Didn’t)

According to sources close to the situation, Demand Media was deep into discussions with a private equity firm to complete a deal that would have taken the online content company private for double its current value.
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High Five to AllThingsD.com — Happy Birthday to Us

No presents but your presence, dear readers.
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Demand Media Beats Expectations Slightly in Q4 Report; Buying Back More Stock; CEO: “Turbulent Year”

Demand makes its numbers, as Wall Street scrutinizes the online content company’s traffic and costs.
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After Stock Got Whacked Last Week, Demand Media Readies Its Q4 Story for Wall Street

The online content company reports after the markets close — investors will be focusing on traffic and costs.
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Pinterest’s Rite of Web Passage — Huge Traffic, No Revenue

If you haven’t heard of Pinterest, you likely will soon. Traffic to the website — which lets users create online scrapbooks to share images of projects or coveted products — has grown tenfold over the past six months.

Pinterest’s Growth Hockey Stick Would Make a Great Craft Project

U.S. traffic to Pinterest is up 40 percent over the last six months, according to a new report from Hitwise.
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Now, Breathe: Demand Media Beats Wall Street Expectation in Q3

The online social content company did better than expected in the recent quarter, but it still has to prove its model has more lucrative legs.
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What Answers Will Investors Be Demand-ing in the Q3 Call Today?

With its stock reeling and some traffic issues, it’s been a tough quarter for the social content company.
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Is Facebook’s Growth Spurt Over?