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Glam (magazine)

Glam is an American online fashion magazine and website. It debuted at New York Fashion Week in 2005 as a publication that combined magazine-style editorial with e-commerce.

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Glam
CategoriesFashion
FormatOnline magazine
FoundedSeptember 2005
CompanyStatic Media
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Websiteglam.com

Glam is an American online fashion magazine and website.1 It debuted at New York Fashion Week in 2005 as a publication that combined magazine-style editorial with e-commerce.

History

Glam was launched in September 2005 as a fashion magazine that also functioned as a shopping platform.23 Its parent company was initially called Project X before adopting the Glam Media name in 2005.4 In 2006, Glam formed a joint initiative with Cosmopolitan.5 By 2007, Glam had surpassed iVillage in unique visitors.67 In September 2007, Glam launched a product discovery feature called Glam Curator.8

In 2012, Glam launched a website called Foodie.com.9 In 2014, its parent company was renamed as Mode Media, which shut down its operations in 2016.910

After its shutdown in 2016, its assets were acquired by BrideClick in 2017.11 In 2023, Indiana-based Static Media acquired it from BrideClick.12

References

References

  1. "Glam.com On the Rise". September 25, 2008.
  2. "Fashion Web site Glam.com debuts". September 15, 2005.
  3. "Exclusive: Glam.com Samir Arora on new media valuations". ZDNET.
  4. Ha, Anthony (February 7, 2014). "Glam Media Plans To Expand Its Audience Beyond Women, So It's Looking For A New Name". TechCrunch.
  5. Seckler, Valerie (April 27, 2006). "Cosmopolitan, Glam.com Join Forces in Ad Venture". WWD.
  6. Marshall, Matt (June 28, 2007). "Glam roars, sparking battle of the hot women sites". VentureBeat.
  7. Marshall, Matt (18 June 2007). "Glam surges to No. 1 women's property, overtakes iVillage". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  8. Marshall, Matt (September 24, 2007). "Glam, the Web's fastest growing network, unveils Digg-like feature". VentureBeat.
  9. Rao, Leena (February 9, 2012). "Glam Media Cooks Up Newest Content Vertical With Foodie.com".
  10. Gage, Deborah (2016-09-15). "Billion Dollar-Valued Mode Media Shuts Down". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2016-09-16.
  11. Ha, Anthony (June 19, 2017). "BrideClick acquires Mode Media".
  12. Lindquist, Dave (June 30, 2023). "Acquisitions, honors elevate stature of Indiana online media companies".
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