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| 06.08.2024 | CNET Sold to Ziff Davis in Unexpected Industry Shake-Up: How Much? | By Joseph Henry
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Red Ventures, the digital media powerhouse based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, has con... |
| 06.08.2024 | Dogged By ‘AI’ ClickBait Scandals, CNET (Once Valued At $1.8 Billion) Sold For $100 Million | It hasn’t been a fun few years for once-respected tech news outfit CNET. After being purchased by private equity backed marketing firm Red Ventures in 2020, the company has been in a downward spiral due to brunchlord mismanagement, facing s... |
| 06.06.2024 | Are We at Peak CO2 Emissions? | News emerged last week that the world might have turned a corner in the effort to preserve a livable planet. A peak in carbon dioxide emissions could mark a pivotal shift in the climate battle. It’s important for journalists to convey the i... |
| 29.04.2024 | North Carolina's rich list includes Jim Goodnight and Tim Sweeney again | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
James Goodnight, co-founder and CEO of the Cary data analytics firm SAS, remains North Carolina's wealthiest resident, according to Forbes' recently released list of the world's billionaires.
The big ... |
| 02.04.2024 | Charlotte museum named for famed Captain Sully opens June 1 | The Sullenberger Aviation Museum, formerly the Carolinas Aviation Museum, will open on June 1.
Why it matters: Capt. C.B. "Sully" Sullenberger landed Charlotte-bound US Airways Flight 1549 safely in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, 20... |
| 05.03.2024 | Wikipedia Wisely Downgrades CNET Reliability Score After Lazy AI Screw Ups | We’ve noted repeatedly how early attempts to integrate “AI” into journalism have proven to be a comical mess, resulting in no shortage of shoddy product, dangerous falsehoods, and plagiarism. It’s thanks in large part to the incompetent exe... |
| 16.01.2024 | Scoop: Red Ventures explores sale of CNET | Red Ventures, the digital media and marketing juggernaut based in Fort Mill, South Carolina, has approached strategic buyers about offloading tech news and reviews site CNET, five sources familiar with the effort told Axios.
Why it matters:... |
| 03.03.2023 | CNET is laying off 10% of its staff, weeks after reports of it using AI to write articles — but it says the 2 things aren't linked | CNET is laying off roughly 10% of staff including several long-time employees, The Verge reported.
The news come just weeks after the company was found to be using AI to generate articles.
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| 21.02.2023 | Allconnect Launches Chameleon, White-label Digital Application for Home Services | Allconnect, the leading comparison marketplace platform that simplifies connecting home services, announces the launch of Chameleon, a digital white-label application that enables any website to generate incremental revenue by offering a ch... |
| 30.04.2021 | RVU Announces Closing Acquisition of Penguin Portals, Owners of Confused.com, Rastreator and LeLynx.fr | |
| 08.04.2021 | RV Health Acquires Healthgrades.com from Mercury Healthcare – M&A | What You Should Know:
– RV Health, a Red Ventures business, has acquired Healthgrades.com from Mercury Healthcare, the new brand for the separate enterprise-wide technology and data platform for health systems formerly known as Healthgrades... |
| 14.09.2020 | ViacomCBS Sells CNET for $500 Million | ViacomCBS has sold legendary tech news site CNET to South Carolina based Red Ventures LLC. The company announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS for $500 million. Red Ventures... |
| 14.09.2020 | Red Ventures acquires CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS for $500M | Another big M&A play is going down in the world of media. Publishing group Red Ventures today announced that it is buying CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS for $500 million. The deal will include the eponymous CNET tech site, as well as Z... |
| 04.08.2020 | Você sabe o que significa o termo nudge no mundo dos negócios? | * Por Lucas Silva
A economia comportamental já existe há algumas décadas e serve para oferecer opções mais racionais e melhores para as pessoas. No mundo dos negócios, o boom desse conceito veio após o lançamento do livro “Nudge – o empurrã... |
| 10.03.2020 | Day Trade: conheça esta modalidade de investimento | * Por Lucas Silva
Quem se interessa por investimentos, sejam de renda variável ou renda fixa e aqueles que acompanham a Bolsa de Valores, já deve ter ouvido falar sobre o Day Trade, certo? Essa é uma das modalidades que tem atraído a atençã... |
| 17.07.2019 | Summit Partners Sells Healthline to Red Ventures | Red Ventures, a portfolio of digital companies headquartered in Charlotte, NC, has acquired Healthline Media, a publisher of two of the four largest consumer health and wellness information sites in the world, from Summit Partners for an un... |
| 12.04.2019 | Vistria Sells H-E to Red Ventures | Red Ventures, a portfolio of digital companies headquartered in Charlotte, NC, has acquired HigherEducation.com, a leading provider of marketing and enrollment services to post-secondary institutions in the United States. The transaction cl... |
| 12.04.2019 | Vistria Sells H-E to Red Ventures | Red Ventures, a portfolio of digital companies headquartered in Charlotte, NC, has acquired HigherEducation.com, a leading provider of marketing and enrollment services to post-secondary institutions in the United States. The transaction cl... |
| 04.07.2017 | Bankrate to Be Acquired by Red Ventures for $1.4B | Bankrate (NYSE: RATE), a leading online publisher, aggregator, and distributor of personal finance content, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Red Ventures, a leading digital consumer choice pl... |
| 26.06.2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, June 26 | DECENCY
IN RECENT DAYS the story of Justin Caldbeck and Binary Capital has rocked the venture capital and startup world. Here’s what happened:
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| 22.10.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 10/22/16 | Cisco acquired Worklife; Razer bought THX; Proofpoint purchased FireLayers
OLS Holding acquired Omnis from TigerLogic Corporation, a provider of software infrastructure products. The price was $2,000,000, subject to adjustment based on net ... |
| 20.10.2016 | Red Ventures acquires Seattle’s Soda.com, operator of The Simple Dollar and Reviews.com | Soda CEO Corry Cummings.
Soda.com, a Seattle media company that operates consumer sites like The Simple Dollar and Reviews.com, has sold to Red Ventures. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
It’s the latest in a series of acquisitions by R... |
| 14.01.2016 | Daily funding roundup - January 14, 2016 | Anaplan secured $90M; PolicyGenius landed $15M; Everlaw raised $8.1M funding
Online insurance broker PolicyGenius, which guides users through a five-minute Q&A to develop a personalized, in-depth review of all their insurance needs base... |
| 16.11.2015 | Investments in smaller U.S. tech hubs rose 36% in 2014 | NY, California and Boston still make up 75% of investments, but the rest of the country is rising
We are hosting our second annual Post Seed (#postseedconf) event on Dec. 1 at Ruby Skye in San Francisco. The event - which we expect to draw ... |
| 20.10.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 20.10.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Uber may have a new rival in China, as Yidao Yongche to raise $700M
China ride-hailing app Yidao Yongche said that a unit of... |
| 20.10.2015 | Ampush gets $15M from partner Red Ventures for mobile social advertising software | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Ampush CEO and cofounder Jesse Pujji saw in 2009 that social media was heading quickly toward mobile devices, and that much of social a... |
| 20.10.2015 | Ampush gets $15M from partner Red Ventures for mobile social advertising software | Ampush CEO and cofounder Jesse Pujji saw in 2009 that social media was heading quickly toward mobile devices, and that much of social advertising was going there, too.
The former Goldman Sachs investment banker, along with college friends C... |
| 09.01.2015 | Funding roundup - week ending 1/9/15 | Glassdoor, Wanda E-Commerce, NetDragon, Fitmob, Tookitaki, Frankly, X.ai, MUBI, Lalamove, Dato, Stem
Seed stage
Data intelligence start up Tookitaki raised $1 million in a seed funding round led by Jungle Ventures, along with Rebright Partn... |
| 08.01.2015 | Red Ventures Receives $250M Investment from Silver Lake Partners | Red Ventures, a Indian Land, SC-based marketing technology and services company, received a $250m strategic investment from Silver Lake Partners.
Silver Lake joined General Atlantic, a global growth investor, as a minority shareholder in Re... |
| 07.01.2015 | Marketing firm Red Ventures comes out of nowhere and scores $250M | An obscure marketing firm out of North Carolina just landed $250 million in funding from Silver Lake Partners — a firm known for investing in tech companies like Dell and Alibaba Group.
What sets Red Ventures apart from other marketing firm... |
| 07.01.2015 | Marketing firm Red Ventures comes out of nowhere and scores $250M | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
An obscure marketing firm out of North Carolina j... |
| 12.08.2010 | Red Ventures Receives Equity Investment from General Atlantic | Red Ventures, an Indian Land, South Carolina-based online marketing services company that develops and manages large-scale, multi-channel customer acquisition programs in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, has received an undisclosed equity ... |
| - | Você sabe o que significa o termo nudge no mundo dos negócios? | * Por Lucas Silva
A economia comportamental já existe há algumas décadas e serve para oferecer opções mais racionais e melhores para as pessoas. No mundo dos negócios, o boom desse conceito veio após o lançamento do livro “Nudge – o empurrã... |
| - | Covid-19: Pesquisas apontam os hábitos de consumo no dia dos namorados | * Por Lucas Silva
A pandemia causada pelo novo coronavírus atingiu o mundo inteiro de diferentes formas. Além do alto número de mortos, a covid-19 também modificou de maneiras profundas a sociedade brasileira e mundial. Diversos setores da ... |
| - | Day Trade: conheça esta modalidade de investimento | * Por Lucas Silva
Quem se interessa por investimentos, sejam de renda variável ou renda fixa e aqueles que acompanham a Bolsa de Valores, já deve ter ouvido falar sobre o Day Trade, certo? Essa é uma das modalidades que tem atraído a atençã... |
| - | Confira quais são as startups que estão com vagas abertas em diversas áreas | Segundo dados do Governo, 2021 foi um ano promissor para quem estava atrás de novas oportunidades, o Brasil fechou o ano com 2,7 milhões de vagas com carteira assinada, Com esse resultado, o País superou a crise que enfrentou em 2020 no iní... |
