Buzz Media is a company and blog network

Blog network

A blog network is a group of blogs that are connected to each other in a network. A blog network can either be a group of loosely connected blogs, or a group of blogs that are owned by the same company. The purpose of such a network is usually to promote the other blogs in the same network and...

 based in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

. It owns the world's largest community of pop culture websites (with over 40 million unique monthly visitors), including Buzznet

Buzznet

BuzzNet is a photo, journal, and video-sharing social media network, owned by Buzz Media. Like other social networking sites, Buzznet is a platform for members to share content based on their personal interests...

, Idolator

Idolator (website)

Idolator is a music blog. Created by the blog network Gawker Media in August 2006, Idolator was later sold to rival blog network Buzz Media, which also owns music blog Stereogum. From the 2007 departure of original head writer Brian Raftery until November 2009, the blog's head writer was Maura...

, and Stereogum

Stereogum

Stereogum was one of the first MP3 blogs. It was created by Scott Lapatine in January 2002 with a focus on independent and alternative music news, downloads, videos, and gossip. Stereogum has received several awards and citations, including the 2008 Plug Award for best music blog, Blender's...

. The company announced on March 19, 2009 that it had raised US$12.5 million in funding from venture capital

Venture capital

Venture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...

ists that include companies that had already invested in the company, such as Anthem Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures

Redpoint Ventures

Redpoint Ventures is a prominent venture capital firm focused on investments in early stage technology companies. The firm's partners include Allen Beasley, Jeff Brody, Satish Dharmaraj, Tom Dyal, Tim Haley, Brad Jones, Nety Krishna, Chris Moore, Lars Pedersen, Scott Raney, John Walecka, Geoff...

, and Sutter Hill Ventures

Sutter Hill Ventures

Sutter Hill Ventures is a private equity firm focused on venture capital investments in technology-based start-up companies. The firm is based in Palo Alto, CA....

, as well as new investor Focus Ventures.

Properties

Over 40 pop culture related websites.

Music

• AbsolutePunk
• Buzznet
  Buzznet
  BuzzNet is a photo, journal, and video-sharing social media network, owned by Buzz Media. Like other social networking sites, Buzznet is a platform for members to share content based on their personal interests...
  
  
• Directlyrics (dl)
• Gorilla vs. Bear
  Gorilla vs. Bear
  Gorilla vs. Bear is a leading mp3 blog for independent music MP3s, videos, news, and reviews from all genres. It was created by Chris Cantalini in March 2005, and David Bartholow joined as a contributor in 2006. Gorilla vs. Bear regularly features unknown, established, and independent unsigned...
  
  
• The Hype Machine
  The Hype Machine
  -History:The Hype Machine was created in 2005 by Anthony Volodkin, a sophomore computer science major at Hunter College. The site was born out of Volodkin's frustration with music magazines and radio stations. He said, "I discovered MP3 blogs like Stereogum and Music for Robots...
  
  
• Idolator
  Idolator (website)
  Idolator is a music blog. Created by the blog network Gawker Media in August 2006, Idolator was later sold to rival blog network Buzz Media, which also owns music blog Stereogum. From the 2007 departure of original head writer Brian Raftery until November 2009, the blog's head writer was Maura...
  
  
• PopMatters
  PopMatters
  PopMatters is an international webzine of cultural criticism that covers many aspects of popular culture. PopMatters publishes reviews, interviews, and detailed essays on most cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports, theater,...
  
  
• PureVolume
  PureVolume
  PureVolume was the first independently run website of its type, allowing for the upload and stream of music files. It was created in 2003 by Jennifer Welch , in conjunction with the Unborn Media team; Brett Woitunski, Nate Hudson, and Mitchell Pavao; all from the University of...
  
  
• RCRD LBL
  RCRD LBL
  RCRD LBL is the premier online destination for free, curated, legal MP3 downloads from the hottest marquee and emergent artists. RCRD LBL delivers free music downloads and more directly to readers with multiple personalized email properties, including the RCRD of the Day email newsletter, RCRD...
  
  
• Stereogum
  Stereogum
  Stereogum was one of the first MP3 blogs. It was created by Scott Lapatine in January 2002 with a focus on independent and alternative music news, downloads, videos, and gossip. Stereogum has received several awards and citations, including the 2008 Plug Award for best music blog, Blender's...
  
  
• Vampirefreaks.com

Entertainment News

• Celebslam
• Celebuzz
  Celebuzz
  Celebuzz.com is a social media destination that focuses exclusively on celebrity culture. Based in Hollywood, CA Celebuzz is run by Buzz Media, Inc., a media company also home to Buzznet, a social media network that is predominately centered around music...
  
  
• Concrete Loop
• The Frisky
• Go Fug Yourself
  Go Fug Yourself
  - Creators :The authors and owners of the blog are Jessica Morgan and Heather Cocks, who met when they were working as recappers for the website Television Without Pity, then known as Mighty Big TV...
  
  
• Just Jared
  Just Jared
  Just Jared is a multimedia entertainment group that includes JustJared.com and teen spin-off JustJaredJr.com, providing pop culture trends, celebrity photo galleries and entertainment news.-Origin of website:...
  
  
• Just Jared Jr.
  Just Jared
  Just Jared is a multimedia entertainment group that includes JustJared.com and teen spin-off JustJaredJr.com, providing pop culture trends, celebrity photo galleries and entertainment news.-Origin of website:...
  
  
• OK! Magazine
  OK!
  OK! is a British weekly magazine specializing in celebrity news. Originally launched as a monthly, its first issue was published in April 1993. In September 2004, OK! publishers Northern and Shell launched in Australia as a monthly title – the magazine went weekly in October 2006...
  
  
• Oh No They Didn't
  Oh No They Didn't
  Oh No They Didn't, also known as ONTD, is the largest community on LiveJournal, with over 100,000 members. The community focuses on celebrity gossip and pop culture, with most of its posts aggregated from other gossip blogs. The site formed a partnership with pop culture blog network Buzz Media in...
  
  
• Pacific Coast News
• Socialite Life
• The Superficial
• Videogum
  Videogum
  Videogum is a daily Internet publication devoted to coverage of popular culture with a focus on movies, television, and trampoline accidents. Stereogum founder Scott Lapatine founded Videogum as a sister site to Stereogum in 2008, and enlisted editors Gabe Delahaye and Lindsay Robertson, who...
  
  
• What Would Tyler Durden Do?
  What Would Tyler Durden Do?
  What Would Tyler Durden Do? is a gossip blog named for the Fight Club character Tyler Durden, and playing on the Christian inspirational phrase what would Jesus do. The blog, which is occasionally not safe for work, is notable for publishing rumours, criticism and revealing photographs of...
  
  

Talent Sites
The official websites for:

• Khloé Kardashian
  Khloe Kardashian
  Khloé Kardashian Odom is an American businesswoman, television personality, radio host, socialite, and model...
  
  
• Kim Kardashian
  Kim Kardashian
  Kimberly Noel "Kim" Kardashian is an American socialite, television personality, model, actress and businesswoman. She is known for the E! reality series that she shares with her family—Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and its spin-offs including Kourtney and Kim Take New York...
  
  
• Kourtney Kardashian
  Kourtney Kardashian
  Kourtney Mary Kardashian is an American businesswoman, socialite, model, actress and reality television personality who gained fame as a cast member of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, and Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami.She is the oldest child of Kris Jenner and...
  
  
• Whitney Port
  Whitney Port
  Whitney Eve Port is an American television personality, clothing designer, and author. She is known for being one of the main cast members on the former MTV reality series The Hills...
  
  
• Nicole Richie
  Nicole Richie
  Nicole Camille Richie is an American fashion designer, author, actress, singer and television personality. Her father was Peter Michael Escovedo, a musician who played for a brief time with Lionel Richie, and her mother Karen was the executive assistant for Sheila Escovedo...
  
  
• Britney Spears
  Britney Spears
  Britney Jean Spears is an American recording artist and entertainer. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Kentwood, Louisiana, Spears began performing as a child, landing acting roles in stage productions and television shows. She signed with Jive Records in 1997 and released her debut album...
  
  
• Kendra Wilkinson
  Kendra Wilkinson
  Kendra Leigh Baskett , professionally known by her maiden name, is an American television personality and glamour model...
  
  

Other

• Branded Social Programming
• Egotastic – Launched in 2005, registered as a Buzzmedia property in 2007. The listed contact (Mitchell E. Radin) is a property rights lawyer, and therefore likely the blog's legal representative, not its writer.