Cox Media Group
VC Fund
Atlanta, United States
Cox Media Group is an integrated broadcasting, publishing, direct marketing and digital media company. The company’s operations include television stations, radio stations, daily newspapers and more than a dozen non-daily publications. The company employees over 7,000 people and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Cox Media Group invests in
Stages Cox Media Group invests in
Countries Cox Media Group invests in
Contacts
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Bill Hoffman
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Deborah Thomas
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Jim Monahan
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Marian Pittman
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Michael J. Joseph
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Advertising 3 (75%)
- Marketing 2 (50%)
- SEO 1 (25%)
- SaaS 1 (25%)
- Local 1 (25%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Bill Hoffman
President
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President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Deborah Thomas
Senior Vice President
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Senior Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Jim Monahan
President
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President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Marian Pittman
Executive Vice President of Digital Strategy and Research
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Executive Vice President of Digital Strategy and Research | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Michael J. Joseph
Executive Vice President
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Executive Vice President | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Skyword
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Skyword moves marketing leaders and those who create content for them forward. By embracing a sustainable, scalable approach to original storytelling, Skyword liberates brands from ineffective marketing practices and inspires them to create deeper connections with their audiences. The Skyword Platform makes it easy to produce, optimize, and promotecontent at any scale to create meaningful, lasting relationships. Skyword also provides access to a community of thousands of freelance writers and videographers, an editorial team, and program managers who help move clients’ content marketing programs to new levels of creative excellence. Skyword is a privately held company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with offices in Palo Alto, CA, and New York City. The company’s technology center is located in Pittsburgh, PA. Investors include Cox Media Group, Allen & Company, Progress Ventures, and American Public Media Group. | $25M / Jan 09, 2018 | |
Wanderful Media
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Wanderful Media is a retail-focused mobile media company – engaging 160MM US consumers via their shopping apps, mobile and regional networks. Wanderful Media owns and operates Find&Save, CoffeeTable, the Wanderful Mobile Network and the Wanderful Regional Network.Wanderful Media is an independent company financed by a powerful group ofmedia companies, including Advance Digital, A. H. Belo Corporation, Community Newspaper Holdings, Cox Media Group, The E. W. Scripps Company, Gannett Co., GateHouse Media, Graham Holdings Company, Hearst Corporation, Lee Enterprises, MediaNews Group, and The McClatchy Company. | $14.5M / Apr 28, 2014 | |
Visto
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Visto is a technology company dedicated to bringing transparency, interoperability and accountability to digital advertising. The company’s Visto™ Enterprise Advertising Hub is a vendor-agnostic platform that unites the complete ad tech stack in a single user-friendly interface. Brands, media companies and agencies benefit from transparency inmanaging execution partners, optimizing ad spend, measuring performance and leveraging analytics to drive efficiencies and improve ROI. For more information, contact www.vistohub.com. | $20M / Jul 12, 2013 | |
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Wanderful Media
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Wanderful Media is a retail-focused mobile media company – engaging 160MM US consumers via their shopping apps, mobile and regional networks. Wanderful Media owns and operates Find&Save, CoffeeTable, the Wanderful Mobile Network and the Wanderful Regional Network.Wanderful Media is an independent company financed by a powerful group ofmedia companies, including Advance Digital, A. H. Belo Corporation, Community Newspaper Holdings, Cox Media Group, The E. W. Scripps Company, Gannett Co., GateHouse Media, Graham Holdings Company, Hearst Corporation, Lee Enterprises, MediaNews Group, and The McClatchy Company. | $22M / Sep 25, 2012 |
Co-Investors
Digital First Media
2 deals together
Gannett
2 deals together
Hearst Communications
2 deals together
The McClatchy Company
2 deals together
Accel
1 deal together
Advance Digital
1 deal together
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FAQ
What does Cox Media Group invest in?
Cox Media Group invests primarily in Advertising, Marketing and SEO startups, most often at Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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Who are the partners at Cox Media Group?
The team at Cox Media Group includes Bill Hoffman (President), Deborah Thomas (Senior Vice President) and Jim Monahan (President), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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