- Intermix Media
Intermix Media, Inc. (AMX symbol: MIX; formerly eUniverse) was a
Los Angeles -based Internet marketing company which owned theMySpace website. It was opened in 1998. InApril 2005 New York State attorney-generalEliot Spitzer filed a lawsuit that alleged that the company is the source of secretly installedspyware that has illegally sent pop-up advertisements and other intrusions to millions of computer users.In Feb 2004, Richard Rosenblatt became CEO of Intermix and Chairman of Myspace. Richard is credited with saving the company from bankruptcy. He restored the company to profitability and together with Chris Dewolfe and his team grew Myspace from an unknown web site to an explosive media property. Richard negotiated the sale of Myspace for $650mm to Rupert Murdoch and consulted for Fox for six months before founding Demand Media.
In May 2006, Richard founded
Demand Media and has raised $355mm to build Demand Media into the leading social media company.External links
* [http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3520866 News Corp. Acquires Intermix Media (July 18, 2005)]
* [http://www.socaltech.com/fullstory/0003097.html Interview with Richard Rosenblatt, former CEO of Intermix Media]
* [http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/100/100775.html Company profile] onYahoo! Finance
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