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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

News today that AOL has acquired technology news blog TechCrunch highlights the growing place of blog publishers in the online world. Here are three, Southern California blog networks which have quietly growing their network of properties: BUZZMEDIA. Did we miss your favorite, Southern California blog empire? Let us know!

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Southern California Blogging Buzznet News 113

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JUNE 27, 2013

We have previously raised funds in 1996 ($200 million), 2000 ($400 million) and 2008/9 ($200 million). Second, we are announcing officially that we are moving our offices from Century City to Santa Monica. This month we closed our 4th fund of $200 million. We have long wanted to move but wanted to wait for the perfect space.

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Funding Santa Monica Venture Capital Startup 343

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com, told his personal email newsletter readers Friday that he has renamed the newsletter from JasonNation, to the LAUNCH Newsletter. Calacanis said in November that his LAUNCH conference will afford startup with the ability to reach investors and launch products to the world.

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Newsletter Santa Monica Conference Blogging 150

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

ContentNext--which had been founded by Rafat Ali in Santa Monica, and eventually sold in July of 2008 to Guardian News and Media--publishes paidContent, mocoNews.net, paidContent:UK, and contentSutra.com. Ali had founded the blog after he lost a job immediately after September 11th. million pageviews. million pageviews.

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Sales Santa Monica News Blogging 133

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JUNE 27, 2013

We caught up with Mark Suster , one of Upfront''s General Partners and a well known blogger and technology personality, the new fund, and how his blogging is now driving the firm''s investment activity. Our 2008 fund is also performing incredibly strong. The new fund also comes with a move to some new space in Santa Monica?

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Funding Venture Capital Los Angeles Social Media 196

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JULY 24, 2012

I wrote a blog post on how to work with lawyers at a startup nearly two-and-a-half years ago. This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. It was very widely read. If you don’t have much experience in working with law firms at a startup it’s a good primer. Startup-focused.

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Venture Capital Startup Los Angeles GRP Partners 299

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Prior to starting PublishThis, I was the General Manager for Edmunds.com, the automotive site here in Santa Monica. I ran that between 2001 and 2008, and then left to start what has become PublishThis. In the past, companies were just blogging, or just creating content. That's expensive, and takes a lot more people.

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