275:. Demand Media completed its IPO in January 2011 with a 33% increase in price on its first day of trading and market value of over $ 2 billion. Demand Media's board announced Rosenblatt's resignation from both the chairman and CEO roles in an October 14, 2013 news release that also included Rosenblatt's response: "I realize that all journeys must ultimately come to an end and want to wish Shawn and the entire team success as they continue to grow the business."
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stores and transact commerce over the internet. Rosenblatt replaced one of the founders, Craig
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First Data
Merchant Services (FDMS) in a deal that provided access to roughly 2 million merchants and included a $ 14 million equity stake in iMALL. In April 1999, Verio, Inc. teamed up with iMALL and First Data to create VerioStore, a product selling e-commerce services. Later that same year,
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by previous leadership, and the company no longer installed software without first notifying the customer. The case against
Intermix was later settled for a monetary sum, though there was no admission of guilt. The founder and former CEO of Intermix Media Inc.,
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Rosenblatt was on the board of FRS and iCrossing, Inc, now acquired by Hearst. He was the owner of nightclubs named Air
Conditioned but sold it to his partner, Gary John Collins. He sits on the boards of Cameo, DraftKings and Imagine Entertainment.
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to build the daily health, lifestyle and fitness website,
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