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Mighty Oak Entertainment Gets Investment

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Los Angeles- and Atlanta-based Mighty Oak Entertainment , which produces sports clips for traditional, digital, and streaming, has received an investment from former MGM Television President John Bryan and entrepreneur and KDOCTV (Los Angeles) owner Bert Ellis, Jr., Mighty Oak Entertainment is best known for its "Whacked Out Sports" clips.

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Pluggedin Media Looks For Buyer

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The firm is backed by funding from Overbrook Entertainment, the entertainment firm run by Will Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz, and launched in April of last year. O'Brien is one of the co-founders of Xdrive, which was sold to AOL in 2005. Tags: merger content acquisition pluggedin hdtv media. READ MORE>>.

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Pluggedin Media Looks For Buyer

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The firm is backed by funding from Overbrook Entertainment, the entertainment firm run by Will Smith, James Lassiter and Ken Stovitz, and launched in April of last year. O'Brien is one of the co-founders of Xdrive, which was sold to AOL in 2005. Tags: merger pluggedin acquisition content hdtv media. READ MORE>>.

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

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Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. Josh Yguado - President SGN.

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Interview with Robert Flynn, Aggregage

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Back in the early days of LA venture capital, I was first an associate of a fund, and then partner of a fund, Entertainment Media Venture Partners. Entertainment is confusing--we didn't make investments in pure content plays. What we did was we owned television stations, radio stations, cable stations.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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The numbers of potential buyers had decreased dramatically both because large companies were shedding jobs and because many past buyers simply lacked resources to make acquisitions. LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. Everybody is now payment ready.

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Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map

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Most recently, Rosenblatt cofounded Demand Media, launching in 2006 with $120 million in equity and the acquisition of eHow.com. On the other hand, Rosenblatt is one of the biggest reasons why I think Silicon Beach is the future of the entertainment industry in the United States. Matt Coffin – LowerMyBills.com.