Beautyscene.com sale
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Private investor group purchases beauty Web site from Tpuppy.com and renames the company beautyscene Corp. Most essential employees are staying with beautyscene, with the exception of former Tpuppy.com CEO Tony Hamer. Editor-In-Chief Jean Godfrey-June and VP-Business Development Kedric Dines now share CEO responsibilities. Proceeds from the sale will be divided among Tpuppy's creditors. Tpuppy.com hired Keen Strategic Advisors to oversee the sale in late March after Tpuppy exhausted its credit line (1"The Rose Sheet" March 27, In Brief)
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