Tuesday, January 24, 2012Gobbler Gets $7.5MLos Angeles-based Gobbler, an online media storage service focused on media creators, has raised $7.5M in funding, the firm said this week. The round came from ff Venture Capital, Black Ocean Group, Aber Whitcomb, Dan Rose, Mike Jones, Jermey Wenokur, Matt Coffin, as well as others. Gobbler provides services to back up, organize, and transfer media files like music and video. The firm is headed by Chris Kantrowitz. Gobbler was previously known as Media Gobbler.
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BUZZMEDIA Hires Music VPLos Angeles-based BUZZMEDIA, the pop culture and music blog publisher which runs such sites as Celebuzz, Sterogum, Buzznet, and Idolator, announced today that it has hired Bill Jensen as Vice President/General Manager of Music. The company said the new position is part of an push in the digital music area for the company. Jensen was previously Director of New Media at Village Voice Media, the weekly newspaper chain. As part of the digital music push, BUZZMEDIA also has appointed Kim Persse as Di (More info...)
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Make It Work Launches Membership ProgramSanta Barbara-based Make It Work, the in-home technical support and services firm headed by Eric Greenspan, told its customers Monday that it has launched a brand new, membership program called MIW Digital Advantage. The company said the $99 per year program will provide promotional pricing on its services, free phone support, free service hours for every 10 appointments, and more. Make It Work provides IT and computer help to home users, dispatched in the company's signature red Mini Cooper car (More info...)
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GraphEffect Ramps Sales, MarketingSanta Monica-based GraphEffect, the venture-backed developer of social marketing software, said today that it has hired both a Sales and Marketing VP. The firm said it has appointed David Pollet as Vice President of Sales, and named Jennifer Cooley as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. Pollet joins from [x+1], and also served at Bankrate.com and Andover.net, along with Bank of America and LendingTree.com. Cooley was previously General Manager at Buddy Media, and also served at (More info...)
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Hulu Launches Super Bowl AdZoneLos Angeles-based Hulu said this morning that it is again kicking off its Hulu AdZone, ahead of Super Bowl XLVI, to allow users to view and vote on Super Bowl ads. The section of the Hulu site will feature both this year's Super Bowl ads, as well as a archive of Super Bowl ads from as early as 1973 to preview ads from this year. Hulu said the zone will be featuring all of this year's ads, in real time, as they are broadcast during the Super Bowl. The advertising section is being sponsored by Toy (More info...)
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Active Network Sets Global Sales ExecSan Diego-based Active Network, the operator of a number of sports related registration and sports events management websites, said yesterday that it has named Kevin Biggs as its Executive Vice President of Global Technology Sales. Biggs joins the company from Blue Coat Systems, and also served at IBM. The company said that Biggs will lead its technology sales organization. Active Network sells its platform and services to endurance race events, marathons, sports leagues, parks and recreation de (More info...)
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Buy.com Names Marketing ChiefAliso Viejo-based Buy.com, the online Internet retailer, said today that it has named Bernard Luthi as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Luthi comes to the company from NewEgg.com, where he was Vice President of Marketing, Web Management, and Customer Service. Luthi also served at PC Mall and Ingram Micro. Buy.com offers a wide range of products for sale online, and is now owned by Rakuten. Buy.com is headed by Neel Grover.
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WD Reports Progress On Flood RecoveryIrvine-based Western Digital Corp., the maker of disk drives, has given an update on its operations, saying last night that it now believes it will restore its manufacturing capacity to pre-flood capability by the quarter ending September 2012. WD had been severely hit by the floods in Thailand, which resulted in the shutdown of a number of its factories. WD was one of many manufacturers with operations in Thailand whose factories were inundated by historic flooding in that country. The update c (More info...)
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BP Logix Wins Healthcare Cost Management FirmSan Diego-based BP Logix, a developer of business process management software, reported today that it has signed healthcare cost management services firm MultiPlan as a customer. Size of the deal was not announced. BP Logix said MultiPlan is using its software to centralize its capital expenditure and major expenditure requests processes.
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LuxeYard Scores $3.5M, Takes On Flash Deals For FurnitureLos Angeles-based LuxeYard, a new flash sales site featuring furniture and home decor, announced today that it has raised $3.5M in funding, and has launched its service. The firm said it will provide home furnishings an design products at a discount, using the flash sales model. The new firm is headed by Braden Richter, who has lengthy experience in the furniture industry; the site was founded by Amir Mireskandari. Name of the firm's investors was not disclosed. LuxeYard provides both feature p (More info...)
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