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Topic: Mediabistro sold for $23M by Laurel Touby
| Author | Message |
| writesonwater | Posted – 7/18/2007 2:33:28 AM | show profile This is interesting! Breaking: mediabistro.com Sold for $23M Laurel Touby turned her popular cocktail parties into a high-traffic Web site for job-seeking media and creative professionals. Yesterday, she sold mediabistro.com, the company that sprang from those mixers, for $23 million. The Jupitermedia Corporation, an Internet research company that also sells photos and art, agreed to pay $20 million in cash and an additional $3 million over two years for the company. Ms. Touby will remain with the company as a senior vice president. Details to follow ... http://www.mediabistro.com/ Web Site for Job |
| UGoGirl | Posted – 7/18/2007 9:08:49 AM | show profile Wow! It must be because of all of the fascinating discussions on the Bulletin Board!!!! Ha ha.. |
| mkelly | Posted – 7/18/2007 9:18:47 AM | show profile So long as we don't have to start paying an admission fee for the cocktail parties and I can still take potshots at Columbia, who cares... |
| HisGirlFriday | Posted – 7/18/2007 9:33:08 AM | show profile mkelly -darling, they're not potshots when they're so *true* Huzzah for Laurel! Wish I had $23 million. |
| aj | Posted – 7/18/2007 11:18:09 AM | show profile GOOD FOR YOU, LAUREL! Congrats on your recent success. You deserve it! |
| lenagrove | Posted – 7/18/2007 12:23:47 PM | show profile You go, Laurel! |
| ceholbrook | Posted – 7/26/2007 12:02:28 PM | show profile Sale of Mediabistro.com Congratulations Laurel! We met when my company, The Black Book, was sold to Brandera.com. I wish you all the best -- and good luck with your next adventure! Christina |
| keltoi2 | Posted – 7/26/2007 12:08:38 PM | show profile Nicely done, Laurel--congratulations! And thanks for the site! |
| questoo1 | Posted – 7/26/2007 12:36:07 PM | show profile 23 mil....that's a lot of boa's! congrats! |
| hawkmail | Posted – 7/26/2007 1:30:45 PM | show profile kudos As someone who came to the site a million years ago when it was Hireminds, it's been fun to watch the business grow and evolve. Thanks for providing this forum and congratulations on a job well done. I second the boa comment! |
| hawkmail | Posted – 7/26/2007 1:54:23 PM | show profile Congratulations, Laurel! I've been around since the Hire Minds days, so it's been fun to watch the site grow over the years. I second the comment that it's a lot of boas! |
| Laurel Touby | Posted – 7/28/2007 10:10:38 PM | show profile Thanks for the kind words! Christina! How are you???? where are you nowadays? Laurel |
| stlagrange | Posted – 7/29/2007 2:34:53 AM | show profile Congratulations. You have all my respect. I hope you will be a successfull entrepreneur again and I will be able to be as successfull as you one day. |
| westsidestory | Posted – 7/30/2007 11:49:59 PM | show profile Congratulations Laurel - and team. Enjoy the rewards after so many years of helping us all find jobs, peer support, and community in this space. Live and be well, and may the boa ever wave. love, Westsidestory |
