17 MILLION GO GLAM
Glam Media Ranked as Number One Women’s Web Property by comScore
NEW YORK, June 18, 2007 - Glam Media today announced its new ranking as number one on the comScore Media Metrix Top 10 Women’s Community Web Properties list and the fastest-growing 100 Web property year over year ending May 2007, according to May 2007 data. Overtaking long-time incumbent iVillage/NBC, Glam Media, with a reach of almost 10 percent of the total U.S. online audience and more than 17 million unique visitors a month, manages display and video brand advertising campaigns for hundreds of premium and luxury advertisers through Glam websites and its unique network of publishers.
Glam Media brings together a distributed media content and advertising platform of Glam-owned and operated sites, the Glam Publisher Network of more than 350 lifestyle websites, blogs, and magazines, and select syndicated content from media companies to offer brands a narrowly targeted and highly customized way to reach an engaged and passionate female audience online. Glam works closely with content providers, publishers, and brand advertisers such as H&M, Oxygen Media, Procter & Gamble, Reebok, and Warner Bros. to create the ultimate digital experience for women.
“Glam Media’s rapid ascent to number one is representative of the massive market shift driving the web today-the distributed media platform,” said Samir Arora, chairman and CEO of Glam Media. “The passion and power of the independent voices of Glam editorial and our indie publishers is what women want online-with authentic content and engaging brand advertising contextually placed to create a deeply entertaining and relevant experience for women.”
With a U.S. reach of 17.3 million unique visitors, Glam Media entered the comScore Media Metrix Top 50 Web Properties list in May 2007. Year over year, Glam Media grew 3,600 percent, making it the fastest-growing Web 100 property in the United States.
About Glam Media
Glam is the fastest-growing lifestyle Web property reaching more than 17 million unique visitors a month in the U.S. and 25 million unique visitors worldwide and ranks first in Top 10 Women’s Web properties, as measured by comScore Media Metrix. Glam Media allows people to easily browse content on its flagship website, Glam.com, by fashion, beauty, and lifestyle channels and through the Glam Publisher Network of more than 350 magazines, websites, and blogs. Glam Media is backed by blue-chip venture-capital firms leading the new media wave: Accel Partners (Facebook, BrightCove), DAG Ventures (Friendster, Plaxo), Draper Fisher Jurvetson (Skype: eBay, Technorati), Walden Venture Capital, and Information Capital (Tickle/eMode: Monster, NetObjects).
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Caroline Hacker
Glam Media
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650-244-4000 x242 Direct
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Dan Klores
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