2.4.0.80006 - Disclosure - 1. THE COMPANYtruefalsefalse1falsefalsefalseFrom2013-01-01to2013-06-30http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001083712duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true1MBIS_CompanyAbstractMBIS_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse02false2us-gaap_NatureOfOperationsus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00<p style="font: 8pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Mediabistro Inc.
(f/k/a WebMediaBrands Inc.) (“Mediabistro” or the “Company”) is an Internet media company that provides
services for social media, traditional media and creative professionals, as well as for innovators in the 3D printing and mobile
app industries. The Company’s service offerings include an online job board, news and analysis, trade shows and events, online
and in-person courses, and research and data services products.  </p>
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<p style="font: 8pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company’s
online job board, a leader in the media industry, has an audience of social media, gaming, mobile, publishing,
public relations, journalism, advertising, graphic design, web development and television professionals.</p>
<p style="font: 8pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"> </p>
<p style="font: 8pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company’s
trade shows include, among others, Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo, Semantic Technology and Business Conference, Inside
Mobile Apps Conference & Expo, Social Gambling & Gaming Summit, Inside Social Marketing Conference and Inside Bitcoins.</p>
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<p style="font: 8pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Mediabistro’s
education business features online and in-person courses and online conferences for social media and traditional media professionals.
Online education conferences combine the concepts of a large-scale event and a small-group, educational workshop that offers attendees
the opportunity to learn in a dynamic online setting with live weekly instruction via webcast, discussion forums, homework assignments,
and small-group interaction where students receive one-on-one guidance and instruction from an advisor.</p>
<p style="font: 8pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in"> </p>
<p style="font: 8pt/normal Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">The Company
also provides original and in-depth daily coverage of the latest developments in social media, advertising and public
relations, television and video, mobile apps, 3D printing, semantic technology, publishing and design. The Company’s
research products and services, including AppData, provide key data, insights and resources for app and social media
professionals. In addition, Mediabistro features a marketplace for designing and purchasing logos through Stocklogos.com.</p>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for the nature of an entity's business, the major products or services it sells or provides and its principal markets, including the locations of those markets. If the entity operates in more than one business, the disclosure also indicates the relative importance of its operations in each business and the basis for the determination (for example, assets, revenues, or earnings).Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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