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Buzznet Acquires Music Community Absolute Punk - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 06:00 AM PST

UMG-backed Buzznet continues to roll up independent music sites. The latest acquisition is Absolute Punk an “alternative music” (haven’t heard that phrase in a while) community site. The acquisition, for…

Universal Music Confirms Buzznet Investment; Revenue Share - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 17 Apr 2008 10:47 AM PST

As we reported first two weeks ago, Universal Music has officially announced its investment in music social network and destination Buzznet...the size was not disclosed, but we reported a total…

Buzznet Explains Idolator Buy; Plans To Dedicate More Resources - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 14 Apr 2008 11:52 AM PST

In his memo announcing the sale of three blogs, Gawker chief Nick Denton explained that the sites would be better fits in their new families. Buzznet, the LA-based music music…

Denton Slims Down Gawker Media: Gridskipper, Idolator, Wonkette Leave The Fold - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 14 Apr 2008 07:44 AM PST

Blog network Gawker Media is playing gin again, laying down three sites, while picking up none. In an internal email, via SAI, Gawker chief Nick Denton announced that music blog…

Buzznet Confirms Stereogum Acquisition; Launching Videogum - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 04 Apr 2008 07:26 AM PST

Buzznet, the LA-based pop culture site, has confirmed its acquisition of Stereogum, as we first reported last weekend. The announcement is light on details, except that it plans to launch…

Buzznet Acquires Steve Case-Backed Music App Qloud: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Sun 30 Mar 2008 03:58 PM PST

A day after we broke the news on Buzznet’s latest funding and wondered who they’d be buying, Mashable claims, citing sources, that it has bought Qloud, the DC-based social music…

Buzznet Gets Investment From Interscope-Universal Music; Buys Stereogum; Acquisitions Coming? - 4 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 29 Mar 2008 01:34 PM PST

Pop culture-focused social media site Buzznet, based in Los Angeles, has raised a big-ish third round of funding, as much as $25 million, we have learned, and that Universal Music-owned…

Stereogum’s Owners Exchange Stake For Piece Of Buzznet - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 07 Dec 2007 09:40 AM PST

Stereogum founder Scott Lapatine and investors Bob Pittman, of the Pilot Group, Sling Media’s Jason Hirschhorn, have traded their equity stakes in the indie music blog for an ownership percentage…