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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Arora Selected As One Of min's Top 11 On The Digital Hot List,
Recognized as Internet Innovator
SILICON VALLEY, Calif. and NEW YORK, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Glam
Media, Inc. ), the recognized pioneer of vertical content
networks, today announced that Samir Arora, chairman and CEO, was selected
by Media Industry Newsletter as a member of the Top 11 Digital Hot List at
the annual min event awards breakfast...
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Discover It (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Some fresh thoughts and points to ponder from Samir Arora, the CEO of Helios Capital Management, Singapore. Till the other day we were listening to expert opinion which said the farm loan waiver was bad and the non-opening up of our banking and insurance sector to FDI was wanting and is not in consonance with the way the developments in the developed world are progressing. And then suddenly...
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TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... also supports OpenSocial and OpenID. The platform itself will also be open sourced, says Glam CEO Samir Arora. These new applications seem to be blog enhancers on the same order as WordPress plugins, without the social functionality seen on application platforms from the likes of Facebook, MySpace, or LinkedIn. That said, the platform could still be a steady source of revenue for...
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VatorNews (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
CEO talks about the ad downturn and its affect on the business and industry "I think overall, there is definitely a slowdown in the marketplace," said Samir Arora, Glam Media's CEO. "The public markets are in turmoil, that creates a cascading effect. Glam and Brash are definitely going to be affected." Glam Media and Brash are vertical content networks, focusing on the female and male...
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Valleywag (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
When will Samir Arora admit that Glam Media, his online ad network, is running out of money? Glam buys up ad space on websites and resells it to advertisers, as well as operating a few token websites...
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VatorNews (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Glam Media CEO and former VC, Samir Arora, on fundraising during a downturn Nearly one out of five mortgage borrowers in the U.S. owe more to lenders than their homes are worth, according to a recent report. That's probably the case with venture capitalists' portfolios. A good portion are worth a lot less than their original value.Given today's tough economic environment, I asked Glam...
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Valleywag (Free subscription) | 10/28/2008
... online ad networks are troubled. Take Glam Media, for example, the splashy ad network founded by Samir Arora, which he has pitched as "the future of all media." A dismal future indeed, if so. Glam grew quickly by promising publishers rich ad-rate guarantees, and then ran into trouble selling the inventory it had acquired at those rates. In the third quarter, according to two sources...
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The Doc Searls Weblog (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Jeff Jarvis‘ New Business Models for News Summit is going on now, live. Wish I were there. Samir Arora is on now. I haven’t seen Samir in years. Still, I’ve followed him, and he’s always smart and provocative and has a great nose for business opportunities. For the last few he’s been CEO of Glam.com. [...]
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Paidcontent (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
The New Business Models for News Summit organized by Jeff Jarvis and CUNY Graduate School of Journalism is on in NYC today, and they're live streaming it...the stream is embedded in the extended post. Right now, Samir Arora, CEO of Glam Media, is on, and is in full pitch mode. The full schedule is here . Click through to watch the live stream… Social Media Deals Report: This 199-page...
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Valleywag (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
It's a predictable routine: Write about Glam Media, Samir Arora's dangerously bubbly online-advertising startup, and get bombarded by comments from website operators for whom Glam sells ads. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Mediabuyerplanner (Free subscription) | 10/21/2008
In time for its fourth-year anniversary, women's network Glam Media launched Brash.com, a site targeted exclusively to men. Axe, H&M and HP served as launch advertisers, MarketingVOX. Content/video...
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Valleywag (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
We were so hoping that our source was kidding when we first heard of online ad network Glam Media's plans for a men's website called Brash. Alas, no. The site has , but no need to visit: If you've read Esquire or Men's Journal, and can imagine the palest possible imitation of those publications, then you've got the picture. What's really happening here:Glam's whim-seeking CEO, Samir Arora,...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/20/2008
... combining reach and
context for display advertisers, while focusing on valuable consumers, said
Samir Arora, chairman and CEO, Glam Media. "Our new ranking as a top 10
comScore Web property validates that Glam has the right model for
harnessing the long tail of the Web to create a new kind of media company."
In 2004, Glam launched with a mission to bring brand advertisers to
passionate...
