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| website = [http://www.theepicmediagroup.com Epic Media Group]
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| keypeople = Art Shaw, CEO <br>
| keypeople = Art Shaw, CEO [Jan. 2005 - Apr. 2011] <br>
Charles Black, EVP & General Manager <br>
Don Mathis, President [May 2010 - Apr 2011], interim CEO [May 2011 - Sep. 2011] <br>
Chris Pirrone, EVP of Epic Marketplace <br>
Brett Lofgren, CRO [Aug 2010 - Nov 2011], interim CEO [Dec. 2011 - May 2012] <br>
Rob Wilson, Chief Revenue Officer <br>
David Graff, General Counsel [May 2010 - May 2012], interim CEO [June 2012 - present] <br>
Charles Black, EVP & GM [Aug 2009 - Jun 2011] <br>
Chris Pirrone, EVP of Epic Marketplace [May 2010 - March 2012] <br>
Rob Wilson, Chief Revenue Officer [May 2010 - Aug 2010] <br>
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'''Epic Media Group''' is a global digital marketing solutions company, which is a subsidiary of Idealab, a pioneering technology company founded by [[Bill Gross]] and [[Marcia Goldstein]]. Epic Media Group provides advertising services, brand building and performance-based customer acquisition solutions.<ref>[http://www.idealab.com/our_companies/show/all/epic_media_group Idealab.com]</ref>
'''Epic Media Group is the trade name for EMG Connexus, Inc.''' The company is a global digital marketing solutions provider. Epic Media Group provides advertising services, brand building and performance-based customer acquisition solutions.
Epic Marketplace serves as the brand leader and cornerstone of the company, which is ranked within the top 10 data-driven advanced targeting networks, with over 145 million visitors per month.<ref>[http://www.theepicmediagroup.com/about/brands.php epicmediagroup.com]</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
EMG Connexus has been in business since 2001, and was originally founded as YF Direct, Inc., and later changed its name to '''Net Blue''' in 2004. Art Shaw was appointed CEO in 2005, and in 2006 the original company acquired [[Vendare Media]] in a merger and changed its name to '''Connexus'''.<ref>[http://www.jayweintraub.com/2006/06/vendare_netblue.html Vendare Media-Net Blue Merger]</ref> In 2010, the company acquired '''Epic Advertising''' in a merger and changed its name to EMG Connexus, aka "Epic Media Group".<ref>[http://www.internetadsales.com/connexus-to-merge-with-epic-advertising Connexus-Epic Advertising Merger]</ref> It has offices located in New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, San Francisco, London, Chicago and Vietnam.
The company was accredited by the Better Business Bureau in 2010.<ref>[http://www.bbb.org/new-york-city/business-reviews/internet-shopping/epic-media-group-inc-in-new-york-ny-52895/ Better Business Bureau]</ref>
The company was accredited by the Better Business Bureau in 2010.<ref>[http://www.bbb.org/new-york-city/business-reviews/internet-shopping/epic-media-group-inc-in-new-york-ny-52895/ Better Business Bureau]</ref>
==Brands==
==Brands==
Epic-Media Group has a powerful multi-channel integrated traffic distribution capable of feeding different kinds of digital marketing platforms. The company's traffic distribution brands include Traffic Market Place Premium, Epic Social, Epic Direct and Winning the Web.<ref>[http://www.theepicmediagroup.com/about/brands.php Brands]</ref>
Epic-Media Group has a powerful multi-channel integrated traffic distribution capable of feeding different kinds of digital marketing platforms. The company's traffic distribution brands include Epic Marketplace, Epic Direct, Epic Social, and Firstlook.<ref>[http://www.theepicmediagroup.com/about/brands.php Brands]</ref>
==Awards==
==Awards==