Thursday, August 6, 2009

FlipGloss Ties With Variety

Santa Monica-based FlipGloss Media, a developer of visually driven, photo-centric web technology aimed at the fashion and news industry, announced today that it has launched a new web site for entertainment news provider Variety. According to FlipGloss, it is powering photo features on Variety's Emmy Central destination site, which will allow users to flip through images from the Emmy's, including information on shows, actors, and more. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. FlipGloss is backed by Forbes Media, and was started by Kerry Trainor, Mike Randall, Robyn VanTol, and Christopher Shattuck, all formerly of Yahoo Music.

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