Wanderful Media

Wanderful Media is a Silicon Valley local discovery shopping company. Wanderful Media's goal is to help retailers bring consumers into local stores and to give consumers a way to discover local merchandise.
History
The company was originally named ShopCo Holdings when founded in 2011. ShopCo Holdings was a venture created by eight of the leading media and publishing companies, with assets from the acquisition of Travidia Inc., the developer of Find&Save®. was named chief executive officer of the digital media partnership in April 2011. In September 2012, the company re-launched as Wanderful Media. to help connect retail advertisers with millions of consumers nationwide. In total, the company has raised $36 million in funding.
represents a media industry initiative to transform the $4 billion business of traditional advertising circulars through digital innovation. Just as joint media ventures such as CareerBuilder and Cars.com strengthened the industry’s position through the use of new technology, Wanderful Media was created with an even broader set of investors to reinvent the circular advertising business for its partners and extend it to the rest of the industry.
Wanderful Media is privately funded and headquartered in Los Gatos, California. They also have a development and operations office in downtown Chico, California. Wanderful Media is backed by a powerful group of media companies including Advance Digital, A. H. Belo, Community Newspaper Holdings, Cox Media Group, E. W. Scripps Company, Gannett Company, GateHouse Media, Hearst Corporation, Lee Enterprises, MediaNews Group, The McClatchy Company and The Washington Post Company.
Partnerships
Wanderful Media is working with 50 of the top retailers. The company also has strong media partnerships, connecting consumers and retailers through more than 300 local shopping sites with commitments to expand to 600 sites by the end of 2013. Key media sites include: The Sacramento Bee, The Dallas Morning News, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Examiner, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Charlotte Observer, The Kansas City Star, San Jose Mercury News and many more.
Products
The company’s Find&Save product introduced a new local discovery shopping platform that delivers a fun and integrated social experience for consumers across tablets, mobile and web. Their platform supports the full experience of discovery shopping, from casually browsing on a tablet and sharing lists with friends, to in-store reminders and promotions on the phone. is a discovery shopping marketplace where consumers can discover merchandise and sales from their local retailers. connects advertisers with local consumers, providing reach to 50 of the top 50 DMAs, and over 400 local areas, through trusted media brands. They're continuing to expand their media network to over 500 sites in 2013 and generating strong support among advertisers.
Recent News
* On May 21, 2013 - Wanderful Media announced they added $9 million, bringing cumulative funding to $36 million.
* On April 12, 2013 - Wanderful Media launched their completely reimagined Find&Save product.
* On March 20, 2013 - Wanderful Media was named as a “2013 OnMedia Company to Watch" by AlwaysOn.
* On January 16, 2013 - Wanderful Media announced they added $5 million, bringing cumulative funding to $27 million.
* On December 27, 2012 - Wanderful Media announced their expansion will include a new office in downtown Chico, California.
* On December 14, 2012 - Wanderful Media released findings from a shopping survey of over 1,000 adults.
* On November 13, 2012 - Wanderful Media announced that they had acquired iCircular from The Associated Press.
* On September 25, 2012 - Wanderful Media announced their launch and securing $22 million in funding.

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