Company History
1999
Aaron Broder starts company in Los Angeles with a core focus on providing brand marketers with innovative digital advertising solutions to effectively reach their target audience online.
2000
Business launches its first owned and operated content site CelebrityBlvd.com to cater to entertainment fans.
2001
Parent company operates under the name Gorilla Nation Media (“GN”).
2003
Company forms two main business segments- one focused on media and the other on marketing services.
Evolve Media is the online publishing business unit.
Gorilla Nation Media is the online advertising marketing services unit. GN serves as the exclusive advertising representation of premium publishers that serve entertainment and gaming fans. Exclusive websites under GN representation include Scifi.com, Rotten Tomatoes, and TV.com.
2004
The company expands its online publishing business by acquiring viral quiz site Quizilla.com and forming millennial male site Craveonline.com.
2005
Gorilla Nation Launches GN Kids, an online advertising company to provide kids marketers with innovative high-impact ad formats to reach children online.
2006
Company sells its publishing site Quizilla to Viacom CBS to fund the purchase of an additional eight leading online content sites over the several years.
2007
Forms international Canadian subsidiary to conduct business operations in Canada.
Acquires SheKnows Media, a leading women's digital publishing company.
2008
Forms international British subsidiary to conduct business operations in the U.K.
2009
Forms Australian subsidiary to conduct business operations in Australia.
Invests in the initial financing round of video gaming social network, Playfire. More
2011
Renames parent company Evolve Media Holdings ("EMH") to clearly outline the holding company structure as the business seeks to diversify beyond its core publishing operations.
EMH forms a business subsidiary for Evolve Media that contains all of its owned and operated publishing assets.
2012
Sells the SheKnows business unit to Great Hill Partners, a Boston-based private equity company. GHP renames business She Media and later sells it to Penske Media in 2018.
EMH acquires a minority equity interest in leading British gaming e-tailer Green Man Gaming through its acquisition of social gaming network, Playfire. More
2014
EMH's Australian legal entity acquires MusicFeeds, the premiere Australian music news site.
2015
2018
Forms international Mexican subsidiary to conduct business operations in Mexico.
2019
EMH partners with longtime Canadian Evolve executives Walder Amaya and Chris Lombardi to launch the brand-focused mobile marketing company, Apex Mobile Media.
2021
Evolve Media Holdings moves its worldwide headquarters to Beverly Hills, California.