LOS ANGELES, CA (January 24, 2012): BUZZMEDIA (www.buzz-media.com), the fastest growing company in the digital content landscape, today announced the appointment of Bill Jensen to the newly created position of Vice President/General Manager of Music. Joining Jensen's music team are Kim Persse as Director of Music Content and Industry Relations, and Nicole Cullinane as Executive Producer of Music Programming. “Our digital properties are leading the digital music revolution,” said Tyler Goldman, BUZZMEDIA CEO. “Stereogum, Idolator, Buzznet, and PureVolume, along with our ten other music properties, are category leaders, engaging over 40 million passionate music fans. With the addition of Bill, Kim, and Nicole to our team, I’m confident that BUZZ Music will continue to capture the enormous and expanding global audience for music.” As Vice President/General Manager of Music, Bill Jensen will oversee the editorial content and strategic development of BUZZMEDIA’s 14 music properties. Jense...
LOS ANGELES, CA (August 2, 2011): PureVolume, a category-leading website within BUZZMEDIA’s portfolio of pop culture properties known for the discovery and promotion of new music and emerging artists, along with The Coca-Cola Company’s Mello Yello, known for its great citrus taste and smooth style, announced today ticket giveaways to the official kick-off event celebrating Lollapalooza’s 20th Anniversary. The 20th Anniversary event will take place at the House of Blues in Downtown Chicago on August 4, 2011 at 8:00 PM CT and feature performances by Crystal Castles and The Naked and Famous and offer sampling opportunities of Mello Yello. Mello Yello, one of the event sponsors, along with PureVolume will offer exclusive ticket giveaways to the sold-out event. To enter, visit PureVolume's Must See Music at Lollapalooza and follow the instructions. Winners will be notified via email if they have won tickets to the event. “Mello Yello has refreshed people’s thirst for more than two decades and the L...
LOS ANGELES, CA – May 10, 2011 – BUZZMEDIA today announced that according to the latest comScore composition index data, 18-34 years olds are more likely to be found on BUZZMEDIA sites than on any other of the web’s one hundred largest properties, including Facebook. The company also has the 3rd highest composition index of users who are between 18-24 and 18-49. Joining Yahoo!, Facebook, AOL, Viacom and other premium brands, BUZZMEDIA continues to be one of the Top 50 U.S. Web Properties overall, according to comScore’s recent report. As the web’s fastest growing publisher of entertainment websites, BUZZMEDIA has long been a leader in programming for young adults, operating well-loved Internet brands in music and entertainment news such as Buzznet, Stereogum, Celebuzz, The Superficial, JustJared, SocialiteLife, Idolator and many others. When it comes to comScore’s ‘Entertainment News’ publishers, BUZZMEDIA has the highest reach of users aged 12-24 than any other site in its category i...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Kourtney Kardashian Hosts the Nation’s Fastest Speed Greet 50 Fans. 50 States. 50 Questions. Sponsored by T-Mobile™ and Samsung S™ WHAT: 50 ultimate Kardashian fans from each of the 50 states have won the chance to chat LIVE! with Kourtney Kardashian over the course of one hour. Each participant will spend one minute chatting with Kourtney and get answers to their most burning questions. WHEN: Monday, March 28, 2011 (6PM ET / 3PM PT) Exclusive Sneak Peak Begins At: 5:45PM ET /2:45PM PT WHERE: Users can log to http://www.celebuzz.com/tmobilespeedgreet to watch the Speed Greet live as it happens – and only on Celebuzz.com. WHY: To demonstrate the lightning fast service provided by T-Mobile and the new Samsung Galaxy S, Kourtney Kardashian answers 50 of her biggest fans’ most burning questions in less than one minute via a live chat. Utilizing Facebook or Twitter, anyone can log in and participate in the live instant message...
Stereogum is teaming up with one of their favorite labels, Sacred Bones and one of Austin’s greatest institutions Chaos In Tejas to present a free all day/night party on Thursday March 17th at Beerland (711 Red River Street). This event has artists that focus on the darker side of rock, punk, pop, metal, folk, etc. But you’ll still be able to dance! The lineup includes Stereogum favorite Zola Jesus‘ performing her only set in Austin along with appearances by black metal punks Liturgy, West Coast gothy doom-folk player Chelsea Wolfe, Wooden Shjips-associated crew Moon Duo, 2011 standout the Soft Moon, whirlwind Detroit punks Human Eye, atmospheric Norwegian post-metal players ALTAAR, BTW Cult Of Youth, BTW Pop.1280, angular Birthday Party-nodding Australians Slug Guts, Veronica Falls, amazing Toronto newbies Trust, Frankie & the Heartstrings, and others. This event is 21+, no RSVP required. See you there! ...
Woodland Hills, CA -- December 15, 2010 - Gumiyo, a leading mobile application platform provider, announced today that it has been selected to power mobile websites for BUZZMEDIA's fast-growing portfolio of digital publishers, which include sites such as Celebuzz, Buzznet, TheSuperficial, SocialiteLife, Stereogum, and the official websites for Kim, Khloe and Kourtney Kardashian among others. With 22 million unique online visitors per month and 18 percent of all U.S. Internet users aged 12-24 (comScore Media Metrix, November 2010), the Gumiyo deal makes it possible for BUZZMEDIA to provide its advertisers with even more integrated cross platform sponsorship opportunities and reach of an audience whose mobile web usage far outpaces that of other age groups. Several factors influenced BUZZMEDIA's decision including Gumiyo's unique abilities to import complex rich-media data sources; combine modalities such as SMS, the mobile Web and mobile apps in order to reach the widest mobile audience; and to translate ...
HOLLYWOOD, CA -- November 16, 2010 -- BUZZMEDIA, the Web’s fastest growing entertainment publisher, today announced an exclusive multi-year partnership focused on integrated content, marketing, development and sales with Plixi (formerly TweetPhoto), a photo sharing platform for the social web. BUZZMEDIA will work with Plixi to create integrated content offerings, marketing programs and branded entertainment campaigns across multiple platforms including Plixi.com and mobile applications. In addition, BUZZMEDIA will create a richer and more personalized user experience on Plixi by publishing timely, in-demand entertainment news stories and content from Celebuzz.com alongside photos on Plixi’s site to provide Plixi’s audience of 25 million users a deeper and more contextual experience based on the topics and celebrities they care most about. The interests of the Plixi users will also play a role in shaping special editorial content for Celebuzz.com. With hundreds of social media savvy celebrities ...
HOLLYWOOD, CA – September 28, 2010 -- BUZZMEDIA, the Web’s fastest growing entertainment publisher, today announced the launch of The LiveBuzz (http://thelivebuzz.com), a new music website focused on bringing music lovers live performances from the most influential artists and up-and-coming acts alike, as well as music and concert news, interviews and special features. Regarded as the ultimate ‘tastemaker’ in music, Nic Harcourt, an accomplished music writer, supervisor/consultant for film and TV and former host of KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic, will lead the site in his capacity as as Managing Editor and Programming Director of BUZZMEDIA Music. To promote The LiveBuzz many of music’s heavyweights have joined in on an innovative Twitter campaign in support of the site’s launch. Broken Bells, Coldplay, Corinne Bailey Rae, David Gray, My Morning Jacket, Vampire Weekend and others have all tweeted about the site today in celebration of Nic, and also to expose their millions of fans to the n...
ATLANTA, GA -- September 10, 2010 -- This fall, music fans will get the chance to see exclusive online performances from today’s hottest artists though the Sprite “Fresh Sound Studio.” Through a special mobile code offered online and under the cap of 20-oz Sprite bottles, fans will unlock online access to watch intimate in-studio live performances, streamed in real-time only on BUZZMEDIA site Buzznet. The “Fresh Sound Studio” kicks off later today (7:00 pm EST/4:00 pm PST) at www.freshsoundstudio.com, featuring 16-year-old breakout recording artist Jasmine V. Sony-Epic's newest recording artist, who was recently featured in Justin Bieber’s “Baby” video, is also getting set to release her first single this fall. “This is an amazing opportunity and I feel very lucky to be involved in such an awesome music event,” said Jasmine V. “It’s a great feeling to know that my fans from all around the U.S. will be able to come together and share this special performance, and I’ll definitely be...
Contest Offers Women the Chance to Star in Online Series Alongside Emmy Winning Performer Kathy Griffin and Stylist George Kotsiopoulos DALLAS -- Aug. 23, 2010 -- The right undergarments can keep you feeling fabulous all day, but women still keep unflattering, worn out lingerie around. Thanks to its Panty-Approved Protection, the Kotex brand is on a mission to help women throw out their worn undies, mangled bras and beat up pajamas and have teamed up with Emmy Award winning performer Kathy Griffin and celebrity stylist George Kotsiopoulos for "Kotex Project Makeunder." The program gives women who are ready to upgrade their lingerie drawer the chance to receive a head-to-toe "Makeunder" and star in an online video series documenting their experience. "Even though they are the first thing you put on, undergarments are often overlooked when a woman is thinking about her outfit," said George Kotsiopoulos, a Hollywood stylist and fashion editor. "The right lingerie can help shape your look so it's important...