Form 8-K DEMAND MEDIA INC. For: Apr 30

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 30, 2015

 

 

DEMAND MEDIA, INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 394-6400

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨                 Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨                 Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨                 Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨                 Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

Item 7.01                     Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On April 30, 2015, Demand Media, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing certain additions to the Company’s executive team. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The information in this Item 7.01 of Form 8-K and Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

 

Item 9.01                     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

The following exhibit is being furnished solely for purposes of Item 7.01 of this Form 8-K.

 

(d)                  Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated April 30, 2015.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Date: April 30, 2015	DEMAND MEDIA, INC.
	By:	/s/ Daniel Weinrot
		Daniel Weinrot
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press Release dated April 30, 2015.

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

DEMAND MEDIA ONBOARDS RACHEL GLASER AS CFO AND

TAWN ALBRIGHT TO HEAD CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT

 

Santa Monica, Calif. – April 30, 2015 – Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD), today announced that respected financial leader Rachel Glaser has joined its executive team as Chief Financial Officer and that seasoned business executive Tawn Albright has been named Executive Vice President, Corporate Development.

 

“Rachel and Tawn are talented and experienced leaders and our executive team is much stronger with their arrival,” said Sean Moriarty, CEO of Demand Media. “I am very happy to have them onboard and know they will help us accomplish great things at Demand Media.”

 

Glaser, who brings nearly three decades of senior operations and financial experience to Demand Media, most recently served as CFO at Move, Inc, parent of Realtor.com, where she helped lead the company through its successful transformation and recent sale to News Corporation. Prior to Move, she was Chief Operating and Financial Officer at MyLife.com. Before joining MyLife, Glaser was Senior Vice President, Finance at Yahoo! and spent many years at The Walt Disney Company in various finance, operations and technology roles.

 

“I’m energized by the opportunity to join Sean and the Demand Media team at this exciting stage of the business where we are hyper-focused on bring higher quality products and content to our audience and value to our investors,” said Rachel Glaser, CFO of Demand Media.

 

Prior to joining Demand Media, Albright was CEO and founding partner of the award-winning digital marketing agency, Rockhouse Partners. Following the sale of Rockhouse to Etix, Albright served as Executive Vice President for Etix, leading the integration of the two companies.  Albright has more than twenty years of experience managing growth initiatives for companies that include Ticketmaster/IAC, The Coca-Cola Company and Cox Communications.

 

About Demand Media

Demand Media, Inc. (NYSE: DMD) is a diversified Internet company that builds platforms across our media (eHow, LIVESTRONG.com and Cracked) and marketplace (Society6 and Saatchi Art ) properties to enable communities of creators to reach passionate audiences in large and growing lifestyle categories. In addition, Demand Media’s Content Solutions and Demand360 programmatic offerings help advertisers find innovative ways to engage with their customers. For more information about Demand Media, visit www.demandmedia.com.

 

 

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Media Contact:

David Glaubke.

Vice President, Corporate Communications

[email protected]

(310) 917-6490

 

Investor Contact:

Malindi Davies
[email protected]