Wednesday, December 3, 2008

DailyStrength Acquired By HSW International

Los Angeles-based DailyStrength, an online health-related social networking site, has been acquired by HSW International, Inc., a developer of Internet businesses. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. According to HSW, DailyStrength has 700,000 unique visitors a month, generating 20 million monthly page views. Doug Hirsch, CEO of the firm, joins HSW International as Senior Vice President. DailyStrength was venture backed by around $5M in venture capital from Redpoint Ventures. Hirsch was an early employee at Yahoo, and also served as a Vice President at Facebook.