industry publishing headquarters new york ny u.s. key people jim spanfeller founder website www.spanfellergroup.com spanfeller media group smg is a venture backed private american media company . it was founded in 2010 by jim spanfeller after leading the digital strategy at forbes.com . spanfeller media group operates two media sites as subject specific digital destinations the daily meal dedicated to food and drink and the active times centered on outdoor sports and an active lifestyle . 1 2 3 contents 1 history 2 products 3 financial 4 governance 5 references 6 external links 7 further reading history edit spanfeller media group smg was founded in june 2010 by jim spanfeller . the concept of smg was to highlight the content aspect of media and commission its websites to design and produce content by for and about the web . the websites focus on core mass vertical content areas that do not presently have major dominating content sites . 4 products edit the daily meal launched in january 2011 the active times launched in june 2012 financial edit in 2013 smg secured 5 million in series c funding led by inovia capital with participation from existing investors . current investors also include vantage point capital partners rre ventures tribeca venture partners tvp softbank capital and lerer ventures . 5 governance edit smg s executive team 6 comprises jim spanfeller president & ceo ; jeff bauer chief product officer ; jacqueline stone senior vice president marketing ; philip barber chief technology officer ; sharon jautz vice president human resources . spanfeller previously served as the president and ceo of forbes.com serving on the advisory boards of several early stage web start ups . he has received numerous industry accolades such as the first ever founders award from the interactive advertising bureau iab for lifetime achievement . currently spanfeller is secretary of the online publisher s association opa and is a chairman emeritus of the iab . 7 references edit former forbes.com publisher jim spanfeller has vc money ; new sites on the way . allthingsd.com . august 22 2012 . retrieved august 20 2013 . spanfeller media group s daily meal the fastest growing website of its kind . publishing executive . august 16 2012 . retrieved august 20 2013 . keith j. kelly june 21 2012 . earl the pearl in gem of a rodale book deal . new york post . retrieved august 20 2013 . mike shields august 10 2010 . spanfeller preps foodie launch for web . adweek . retrieved august 20 2013 . bill mickey february 12 2013 . spanfeller media lands 5 million series c round . adweek . retrieved august 20 2013 . spanfeller media group . linkedin . retrieved august 20 2013 . biography james j. spanfeller . min . retrieved august 20 2013 . external links edit official website for spanfeller media group smg the daily meal the active times further reading edit crain s new york july 28 2013 food industry develops taste for tech folio mag february 12 2013 spanfeller media lands 5 million series c round publishing executive august 16 2012 spanfeller media group s daily meal the fastest growing website of its kind folio mag june 26 2012 spanfeller media launches second website new york post june 21 2012 getting active adexchanger.com may 8 2012 jim spanfeller publishers need to question the rush to rtb business insider august 2 2011 ex forbes.com ceo s spanfeller media group scores 6 million in funding digiday may 27 2011 jim spanfeller on publishing in the social era new york post september 15 2010 spanfeller media dishing up the daily meal paid content august 10 2010 spanfeller media group names softbank s perlis chairman adweek august 10 2010 spanfeller preps foodie launch for web social times august 10 2010 spanfeller media group s first site to be food related media post raw august 10 2010 spanfeller media gets funding business insider august 10 2010 former forbes.com ceo jim spanfeller raises money for content startup business insider august 10 2010 former forbes.com ceo jim spanfeller dishes on his forthcoming food website eater national august 10 2010 former forbes.com publisher jim spanfeller raises money for a food website new york post june 30 2010 new internet site gives some thought for food folio mag june 29 2010 spanfeller nears 2m in funding for web startup all things d june 29 2010 former forbes.com publisher jim spanfeller has vc money ; 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