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b5media Acquires Level9

b5media iis pleased to announce the acquisition of Level9 Media Inc.,which operates a network of eight blogs, including the popular Starked group.
The purchase is the largest one made to date by b5media, the world’s third-largest new media blog network with 230 blogs – which attract more than three million unique visitors per month.
“Level9 has […]

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b5media, Inc. Announces Music Channel

Toronto, July 9, 2007 – b5media Inc. is extremely pleased to announce the launch of its new music channel featuring a wide variety of blogs focused on bands, genres and geographical locations.
This is b5media’s 14th channel and increases the number of blogs within the network to more than 230.
“Since b5media first launched in […]

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Virtual Reach and b5media Partner to Mobilize New Media

Toronto, ON – 28 June 2007 – Virtual Reach Inc., developer of the breakthrough Viigo mobile platform, announced today it has partnered with b5media Inc., a global new media network, to mobilize b5media blog content.
The Viigo mobile platform revolutionizes the mobile user experience, allowing partners like b5media to publish their content in a clean, efficient […]

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b5media Breaks Through 200-Blog Mark

TORONTO, June 13 /PRNewswire/ — After only 18 months in business, b5media Inc. has surpassed the 200-blog mark - a development that cements its status as one of the world’s leading blog networks.
“This is a huge accomplishment for b5, and it reflects all the hard work by our employees, channel editors […]

1 comment | Posted by Brian Layman

b5media Provides 164 Blogs to Newstex Blogs on Demand

Full-text blog feeds from b5media delivering current news and commentary on a wide variety of topics available to Newstex customers
Toronto, ON, January 23, 2007 – Newstex, www.newstex.com the Content On Demand™ company, today announced a major addition to the Blogs On Demand™ product with the addition of 164 blogs from b5media Inc., a global new […]

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b5media Joins Glam Medias’ Fast-Growing Fashion and Lifestyle Network

NEW YORK and TORONTO– January 9, 2006 - Glam Media and b5media Inc. announced a partnership today to bring content from b5media to Glam, the largest fashion and style network on the Web. Select b5media blogs will join the Glam Network of over 250 affiliates, including Cosmopolitan, Dwell¸ Marie Claire and Nylon magazines, and dozens […]

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b5media Partners with LogicWorks for Server Hosting

A couple of weeks ago, Aaron posted about our upcoming migration to a new server cluster. We’ve had a number of inquiries since then from other web companies wanting to know what and who we chose - and why. Now that the migration is effectively complete, I figured it would be a good time to […]

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Welcome to Mark Evans, VP, Operations

b5media is very, very proud to welcome Mark Evans, formerly the Senior Technology Writer at the National Post (one of Canada’s largest national daily newspapers). Mark will be joining us as VP, Operations. Mark is our first external hire since our funding announcement.
Mark wrote his official goodbye (to the National Post) and hello (to b5media) […]

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b5media Inc. Raises US$2 Million

TORONTO, ONT, October 4, 2006 – b5media Inc. (“b5media”), a global new media network, has raised US$2-million of equity financing in a transaction co-lead by Brightspark Ventures and J. L. Albright Venture Partners. The funding will strengthen the company’s network of bloggers to create greater value for readers and advertisers.

“There are tremendous growth opportunities and […]

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