By on August 8, 2008

Email Newsletter Daily Candy Gobbled up by Comcast for $125 Million

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The email newsletter Daily Candy, now going on its eighth year, got a sweet deal this week. Comcast is buying the company for $125 million. Rumors were that Comcast would pay far less – around $75 million and it’s many times over their revenue.

The pithy newsletters focus on what’s hip and fashionable – marketing products to young women – and drawing national advertisers. Last year they expanded to include a kid’s edition aimed at well keeled moms. In 2006 the newsletters totaled around 2.5 million subscribers.

Daily Candy was launched in 2000 by Dany Levy with money from savings ($50,000) and investment capital ($250,000 from family and friends). In 2003, they got a further investment from Pilot Group for $3.5 million and a majority share.

Last year PaidContent questioned whether the company would stick around when the tastes of the trendy can be so fickle. I think this shows that eight years later the concept has aged well.

Note: Even I couldn’t believe it sold for $125 million – and consequently there was a typo in the original post. I previously used $1.25 million figure. Thanks for the catch.


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9 comments on “Email Newsletter Daily Candy Gobbled up by Comcast for $125 Million”

  1. Mike Says:

    August 8th, 2008 at 9:32 pm

    That should be $125 million instead of $1.25 million.

    That is just a crazy amount of money but it is $50 per current subscriber. Good work by the Daily Candy people.

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  2. Nicole Price Says:

    August 9th, 2008 at 1:42 am

    I noticed the typo and was a bit puzzled but it eventually made sense. Just shows that one does not really know what will take off and what will bomb in the Internet business. Chance seems to play a major role in all these matters!

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  3. SEO Says:

    August 9th, 2008 at 11:22 am

    Nicole, chance is a huge thig on the internet. Some really innovative ideas do not take off, then some other things will be spread all over the net.

  4. Utah SEO Pro Says:

    August 9th, 2008 at 2:56 pm

    I wonder how much of a kicker his family and friends will get for their initial investment?

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  5. Fifty Studio Says:

    August 10th, 2008 at 9:19 pm

    Hmmmm. Looks like we’re going to see a few newsletter startups in the future.

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  7. Tiffany Says:

    August 11th, 2008 at 10:39 pm

    1.25 million is fantastic amount, moreover 125 million…No wonder you get doubt with the amount :)

  8. jeflin Says:

    August 13th, 2008 at 4:09 am

    I just heard about Daily Candy from your blog today, hopped over to the site and after some exploring… can’t figure out its $125 million value.

    I guess value is in the eyes of the beholder and it remains to be seen if Comcast can recoup their investment.

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  9. brando the Great Says:

    October 6th, 2008 at 3:51 am

    This company is worthless I wouldn’t invest.