SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
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 Glaser, Chief Financial Officer of Demand Media (Photo: Business Wire)
“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
bringing 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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Source: Demand Media, Inc.