Tag Archives: Demand Media

Mon 14th October 2013
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Demand Media CEO & Chairman Rosenblatt Resigns - Demand Media (DMD) CEO and Chairman Richard Rosenblatt resigned today. The resignation of CEO is effective October 31, 2013, and as Chairman is effective immediately The board has appointed Shawn Colo as interim President, effective immediately, and as interim CEO, to be effective upon Mr. Rosenblatts resignation. James Quandt has been appointed Chairman, effective immediately. The board will begin a search for a permanent CEO shortly. Demand Medias board also confirmed its commitment to pursue its ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt resigns - Richard Rosenblatt resigns as Chairman CEO of Demand Media. There’s been a change at the top of one of the domain name industry’s biggest companies. Demand Media announced today that Richard Rosenblatt has stepped down as Chairman and CEO of the company. Shawn Colo has been named interim President and will be the interim CEO once Rosenblatt’s resignation from that position is effective at the end of this month. Rosenblatt and Colo co-founded the company in ... read more ...
Wed 2nd October 2013
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Meet Steve Banfield, Demand Media’s new SVP and GM of Registrar Services - Banfield to lead eNom and Name.com. Earlier this week Demand Media announced that it hired Steve Banfield to serve as SVP and GM of Registrar Services. Demand Media owns domain name reseller eNom and consumer registrar Name.com, both of which Banfield will help lead. If his name doesn’t ring a bell, that’s because Banfield is new to the domain name industry. His experience with domain names is limited mostly to registering domain names here and there for projects. ... read more ...
Tue 24th September 2013
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Are These The 107 New gTLD Extensions Donuts Partnered With Demand Media On? - Donuts.co which applied for 307 new gTLD strings has stated all along that they were in partnership with Demand Media (DMD) on 107 of the applications. However I do not think Donuts or Demand have publicly stated which of the 107 new gTLD’s that Donuts applied for that they are in a partnership with Demand Media on. Looking through some new gTLD applications today I found that 107 applications are now held by a parent company called Covered TLD, LLC (Covered Donuts) and another 201 are held by ... read more ...
Thu 12th September 2013
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An overview of a Seattle domain name circuit - Last week I visited the many domain name companies that call Seattle home. Seattle is home to a large (and growing) number of domain name companies.Last month I took my annual family “escape the Texas heat” vacation to Seattle. I didn’t get the chance to visit any of the domain companies in the area while I was there, so last week I took a return trip to Seattle to rectify that. The collection of domain name companies in Seattle is large and growing. This is ... read more ...
Tue 3rd September 2013
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Demand Increases Credit Facility From $105 Million To $225 Million - Demand Media (DMD) announced today that it has entered into a new $225 million credit facility comprised of a $125 million revolving credit facility and a $100 million term loan. The new facility, which matures in August 2018, replaces the Company’s existing $105 million revolving credit facility that was due to expire in August 2016. The new credit facility has an accordion feature under which it can increase to a maximum of $250 million, subject to certain conditions. Shares of Demand Media, ... read more ...
Mon 12th August 2013
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Demand Media gains $1.2 million from new TLD “withdrawals” - Demand Media records seven figure gain from new TLD withdrawals. Demand Media recorded a gain of $1.2 million last quarter from withdrawals of its interest in new top level domain name applications. Here’s how it’s worded in the company’s 10-Q filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: In the three month period ended June 30, 2013, the net gain related to the withdrawals of our interest in certain gTLD applications was $1.2 million. The company ... read more ...
Fri 9th August 2013
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Demand Media successfully defends Motorola plea for .moto - Google subsidiary loses legal rights objection over .moto. Motorola, now part of Google, has lost its legal rights objection against Demand Media subsidiary United TLD over the .moto top level domain. United TLD plans to offer the domain names for motorcycle enthusiasts, while Motorola uses it as a brand for mobile devices. Motorola also applied for .moto through Google subsidiary Charleston Road Registry. Amusingly, Motorola tried to paint United TLD in a bad light ... read more ...
Thu 8th August 2013
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RBC: Demand Media New gTLD Initiative Could Be Worth More Than Its Registrar Business: enom.com, name.com - RBC issued an Equity Research Report  today on Demand Media, Inc., the day after Demand Media, Inc, reported its second quarter earnings. Demand Media announced during the earnings report and the earnings call that followed that Google’s Search algorithm continues to impact Demand’s owned and operated site traffic negatively and to a greater extent than captured in estimates. Shares of Demand are down over 5% in early trading today at $6.21 as time of publication although they hit as low as ... read more ...
Sat 6th July 2013
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Demand Media Withdraws 1st New gTLD Application: .Bar - Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) withdrew its first new gTLD application,  .Bar. The application had a prioritization  number of 1,689. According to the ICANN website, “the Geographic Names Panel determined that the .Bar falls within the criteria for a geographic name contained in the Applicant Guidebook Section 2.2.1.4.” “The applicant was contacted to provide documentation of support/non-objection per Section 2.2.1.4.3 of the Applicant Guidebook.” “Bar” is a commune of Montenegro. However ... read more ...
Tue 25th June 2013
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Demand Media Shares Sink over 20% To 52 Week Low On Yesterday’s News - Shares of Demand Media, Inc (DMD) have hit a 52 week low, dropping over 20% in trading today. As of publication shares of Demand Media, Inc. are trading at $6.21 down $1.96 or 24% off of yesterday’s closing price. Yesterday after the market closed, Demand reported that is was spending $75 million in cash and $19 million in stock to acquired Society6, an e-commerce marketplace for artwork and related merchandise. As of March 30, Demand Media, Inc only had  $109.4M in cash meaning it spent some ... read more ...
Mon 24th June 2013
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Demand Media Acquires Society6 For $95 Million & Lowers Revenue Guidance For 2Q - In two announcements today Demand Media (DMD) acquired Society6, an e-commerce marketplace for artwork and related merchandise for $94 Million dollars. Society6, had 2012 revenue of $15M. The purchase price will be paid $75M in cash  and  $19M in stock. As of March 30, the company only had  $109.4M in cash. Also Demand today lowered its revenue guidance for the second quarter citing “a reduction in search engine referral traffic to its owned and operated sites in May and June.” The company ... read more ...
Mon 17th June 2013
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Demand Media Rolls Out Designs.com For New gTLD’s - According to a press release just out, Demand Media(R) (NYSE: DMD), announced the debut of Designs.com, the latest step in the company’s efforts to facilitate the launch of upcoming generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). “”Today’s move brings a robust platform to create complementary, high-quality web experiences to leading new TLD registries, which are already working to categorize the Internet with more than a thousand new domain extensions. “Designs.com expands the company’s suite of offerings ... read more ...
Tue 28th May 2013
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Demand Media wants to heading name for domain name heading insurance service - New TLD applicant files trademark applications fro DPML. Demand Media subsidiary United TLD has filed six trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office related to its proposed Domain Protected Marks List (DPML). Three of the applications are for the full term “Domain Protected Marks List ” and the other three are for “DPML”. The applications were filed on an intent-to-use basis on May 15. The DPML is a service that would let trademark holders ... read more ...
Fri 10th May 2013
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An reason of Demand Media’s understanding with Donuts - SEC filing sheds (some) light on relationship for new top level domains. A lot of fuss has been made about the connection between Demand Media and Donuts and the new TLD program. What exactly is the relationship between the two companies? Demand Media’s latest 10-Q, filed today, explains the terms of the agreement: As part of its initiative to pursue the acquisition of gTLD operator rights, the Company has entered into a gTLD acquisition agreement (“gTLD Agreement”) ... read more ...
Tue 7th May 2013
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Demand Media touts new TLDs in latest earnings, domains boost to 14 million - Demand Media puts new TLDs front and center in earnings release. Demand Media just released its first quarter earnings. It reported a slight profit of $0.7M before adjustments. But more interesting to the domain world is the focus the company’s earnings release places on new TLDs. The first paragraph proudly announces that the company has signed up 400 resellers for its new TLDs (though eNom) and has received 2 millions “expressions of interest” from people ... read more ...
 
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How Demand Media sees the domain name business - Domain business positioned as end-to-end domain provider, spin-out on track. Demand Media just concluded its first quarter earnings conference call, and much of the talk centered on new TLDs. The company is working to spin out its domain name business into a separate business and expects that to happen by the end of the year or in early 2014. CEO Richard Rosenblatt explained that the company wants to be an end-to-end provider of domain services. The group will continue ... read more ...
Fri 12th April 2013
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Demand Media passes a new TLD Initial Evaluation - Company passes initial evaluation despite rule about UDRP losses. Demand Media’s new top level domain company, United TLD Holdco, has passed the initial evaluation stage on one of its TLD applications. The company passed the initial evaluation for Fish.com .fishing today. Demand Media was the biggest question mark amongst big-name TLD applicants with regards to if it would pass initial evaluation. Part of the initial evaluation is the background check, and passing ... read more ...
Wed 20th March 2013
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Demand Media sets adult Dublin bureau for domain services - Company makes formal announcement about operations in Ireland. Demand Media announced today that it is opening its international headquarters for the company’s domain services business in Dublin, Ireland. Demand Media is serving as the backend registry provider for its own top level domains (applied for under United TLD Holdco Ltd.) as well as Donuts’. United TLD has applied for 26 top level domains and Donuts has applied for 307. Of course, many of these domains ... read more ...
Tue 19th March 2013
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Demand Media Acquires Arts & Crafts Video Content Provider CreativeBug -   According to a Press Release out today, Demand Media® (DMD) announced the acquisition of Creativebug, “the go-to source for high-quality, online video art and craft instruction”. Terms of the deal were not released. “Creativebug’s network of exceptional designers and library of educational videos complements the crafts-related content on Demand Media’s eHow web property.” “The acquisition will accelerate Demand Media’s expansion into e-Learning.”   “We’re seeing a ‘disruption ... read more ...
Tue 19th February 2013
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Demand Media Considering A Separate Co. For Registrar, Registry & Aftermarket - Demand Media(DMD) today announced that its board of directors has authorized a plan to explore separating its business into two independent, publicly-traded companies: A pure-play media company with a powerful outsourced content creation platform that organically grows its audience, leading web properties that reach over 100 million monthly unique visitors, and an integrated monetization platform that incorporates branded, network and mobile revenue streams; and A pure-play domain services company ... read more ...
 
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Demand Reports: Content Revenue Up 25%; Registrar Up 10%: Domains Up to 13.7 Million - Demand Media, Inc.(DMD), today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 and combined with Demand’s statement that they are considering spiting the company into to different public companies,  shares are up over 17% in after hours trading. Q4 2012 Financial Summary: Content Media revenue ex-TAC grew 25% year-over-year, driven by 24% page view growth on the Company’s owned operated properties as well as 37% growth in network RPMs ex-TAC, reflecting ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media considers spinning off domain name business - Domain business might become its own company. Demand Media, parent company of eNom and Name.com, is considering splitting its business in two. The move would see its domain assets and online media business separated. The domain business would have annual revenues of $150 million+ with gross margins around 20%, and the media business would be $250 million+ with 30%+ margins. Michael Blend will be working on the process of spinning out the domain business. While the ... read more ...
Mon 7th January 2013
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Breaking: Demand Media Acquires Name.com - Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) , announced the acquisition of Denver-based Name.com an ICANN accredited registrar with almost 1.5 Million domains under registration “The acquisition is intended to expand Demand Media’s platform as it prepares for the historic release of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) this year”. Demand Media applied for 26 new gTLD’s itself, and is a partner with Donuts, Inc. in another 100 of its new gTLD applications.  Demand Media, Inc. is also the backend provider for all of ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media acquires Name.com as registrar converging continues - Name.com the latest domain name registrar to be snapped up. Domain name registrar consolidations continues as Demand Media, parent company of eNom, has acquired Name.com. The Denver based domain name registrar is known for its good social media presence and humorous videos featuring its employees. It frequently positions itself as an alternative to Go Daddy whenever Go Daddy runs into technical problems or controversy. Name.com has also had its fair share of controversy ... read more ...