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OCTOBER 28, 2013

Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu announced late Friday that it has named Elaine Paul as its new CFO. Hulu said that Paul had been involved in Disney''s original investment in Hulu back in 2009. Hulu said that Paul had been involved in Disney''s original investment in Hulu back in 2009. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2012

Continuing its push into original content, Los Angeles-based Break Media said today that it has launched a comprehensive redesign of Game Front , its online video game site, to add new, original editorial content, videos, and commentary to the site. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 29, 2010

Los Angeles-based Total Beauty Media , the online beauty site run by Emrah Kovacoglu, said today that it has relaunched BeautyRiot.com , the celebrity hairstyle and beauty site it acquired in 2009. Total Beauty acquired BeautyRiot in March of 2009. Total Beauty acquired BeautyRiot in March of 2009.

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JULY 28, 2015

Starting with just 4,000 circulation in 2009, BERKONOMICS has grown to well over 100,000, and is read on five continents by an audience that is 45% female. One third of its readers are aged 25-34. An estimated additional 40,000 circulation comes from re-postings.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

The Honest Company , the online brand offering up natural products for babies and families founded by Jessica Alba, has teamed up with daily deals site Zulily , the two said Wednesday afternoon. Lee also headed up LegalZoom, and also runs ShoeDazzle. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

Los Angeles-based Savings.com said Tuesday that it has pinpointed the best days to buy products, based on data from the last four years gathered on its site from 25,000 retailers, and for monitoring more than 1.5 million deals during the 2009 to 2013 period. Looking for a deal this year on holiday gifts?

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based StyleSpot , an online fashion and social shopping site founded by Rafi Gordon and Alex Amin, has been acquired by Kaboodle , the online social shopping site owned by Hearst Corp. StyleSpot was venture backed by Idealab, and had been founded in 2009. Kaboodle announced the acquisition late Friday.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Los Angeles-bsaed Fastpoint Games , the online fantasy game development shop headed by Kelly Perdew, has shut down, according to a notice on the firm's site. According to the site, the firm is "winding down" all of its Fastpoint Games branded fantasy sports games over the next 45 days. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Los Angeles-based HauteLook , the flash sales site run by Adam Bernhard, has been acquired by Nordstrom for up to $270M. The firm had only been formed over a little more than three years ago, in December of 2009, when Bernhard founded the company. HauteLook had raised somewhere around $41M in total funding. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2010

Los Angeles-based startup NeighborGoods.net , an online site which allows users to lend out their "stuff" to others, said Wednesday that the firm has expanded its site nationally. The site has been live since October of 2009. Krimmel was the former Director of Community at Revver.com. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Los Angeles-based Hulu said Tuesday that it is planning a big push of its Hulu Plus subscription service, with a Super Bowl XLVI advertising campaign. The new campaign--a spin on its 2009 Alec Baldwin ad--features actor Will Arnett and the Hollywood sign, plus the hashtag "mushymush". READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Los Angeles-based video site Hulu said Thursday that it will be featuring commercials from this weekend's Super Bowl XLIV on the site, in a special section it is calling the Hulu AdZone. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Saturday, February 17, 2007 Finding Good Developers in Los Angeles? ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 13, 2015

Los Angeles-based dating app developer Tinder has acquired Chill , the maker of Tappy, a Snapchat-like instant messaging service which revolves around photo sharing. back in 2009. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. As part of the buy, Tappy will shut down. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, February 23, 2007 Events and Networking in Los Angeles One of the issues I discussed in Innovation and Geography was that the geography and traffic in Los Angeles generally makes it more difficult for networking. Marketing, Startups and Networking in Los Angeles.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Los Angeles-based television streaming site Hulu expects to make $240M in 2010, according to Jason Kilar, the firm's CEO. Kilar, who revealed the numbers at today's NewTeeVee conference in San Francisco, also said the firm had $108M in revenues in 2009.

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JANUARY 27, 2010

The Tech Coast Angels is stressing its mixer program, seed investment efforts, and a new website, as it kicks off a 2010 program, according to the angel investing group. The angel group also mentioned a web site design as part of its initiatives this year. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 4, 2011

Los Angeles-based Clicker.com , the provider of a guide to online video, has been acquired by CBS Interactive , the firms said Friday. The acquisition is a quick one for Clicker, which only launched public access to its site in November of 2009. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 30, 2010

Los Angeles-based Internet Brands reported its results Thursday, saying that the firm saw record revenues in Q2. in Q2 of 2009. Internet Brands--which has been an aggressive acquirer of web sites--also revealed that it acquired six websites in Q2, for a total of $8.6M. According to Internet Brands, it had net income of $4.6M

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based OneClickPolitics , a new startup headed by former DoneRight founder Paul Ryan, has surfaced, focusing on helping users connect with elected officials. Ryan was the CEO and founder of DoneRight, which was sold to tree.com in 2009, and also served as CTO at Overture Services.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Prior to joining FM in 2009, she served as President at Scripps Networks Digital, where she led the charge on bringing Scripps more fully into the digital space. Technorati and AdAge rank his site as one of the world’s Top 10 business blogs.

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MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Subscribe to RSS.

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MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. Scot Richardson: We've done two rounds of funding, both angel rounds.

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JULY 21, 2009

Los Angeles-based SheKnows , the online women's media site owned by AtomicOnline, has shown up in the top 10 list of gaining properties, based comScore's latest ranking of web visitors today. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Closing a VC fund in 2009/10 is a major achievement in and of itself. Gilt Group is currently the largest private sale web site in US. Time will tell. OTHER DEALS: 1.

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MARCH 20, 2007

talking about Prodeges Search with Kevin Site - [link]. Take a look at other sites: [link] But the overall idea is to provide branded search in order to get merchandise from your artist, star, etc. ► January (5) Los Angeles Web Developer Startup CTO or Developer When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Goo.

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JUNE 8, 2009

Los Angeles-based RotoHog , which develops fantasy sports games, announced Monday that the firm has signed on Sporting news, to create fantasy games for the brand. RotoHog said it will begin providing the games, starting with football, in late summer 2009. Financial terms of the multi-year agreement were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2015

As an active investor in the Los Angeles technology market we’re always seeking to better understand the data and trends of why our market has grown so rapidly since 2009. I would be super grateful if you would visit the site and sign up for a newsletter if you felt so inclined.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Raised angel money from Rob Lord, Reid Hoffman, Benchmark Capital and others. It’s a very product that allows you to do visual search of eBay, ETSY, Match.com, AllRecipes and several others sites. Founded in 2009 in Los Angeles by Michelle Crames. Here’s this week’s outline: INTRO to FARB NIVI. Total round was $2.5

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JUNE 12, 2010

How did they end up with such an irreverent site and what was their objective? Private, flash sales site focused on apparel goods (women, men and children). Launched in 2007 in Los Angeles by Adam Bernhard and Konstantin Glasmacher. Metrics: 50mm users (up from 40mm in Dec 2009), -Competition includes: Spotify , Last.fm.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Last month, just before the holidays, Los Angeles-based PartyEarth (www.partyearth.com) raised $4.0M including Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Washington DC, Chicago, and San Francisco. How long has your site been available? Sam Altman: We launched in November of 2009. Now, we also have six cities within the U.S.,

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Prior to joining FM in 2009, she served as President at Scripps Networks Digital, where she led the charge on bringing Scripps more fully into the digital space. Technorati and AdAge rank his site as one of the world’s Top 10 business blogs.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2008

Los Angeles-based X Prize Foundation said today that it has signed up 22 teams in the firm's Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE, including two Southern California teams. The X PRIZE competition will begin in 2009, with winners awarded in 2010.

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MARCH 6, 2009

Los Angeles-based RotoHog , which operates online sports fantasy games, said today that the firm is in a partnership with the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour on a new fantasy game. According to RotoHog, it will operate a fantasy game for the tour, which will be available through AVP's web site.

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OCTOBER 7, 2010

John Maffei is CEO of Los Angeles-based Xfire (www.xfire.com) an online community focused on online gamers, which is now owned by Titan Gaming. In 2009/2010, I joined the team which had been building out the Titan platform, with the idea that the competitive gaming model was very attractive. First off-explain what Titan Gaming is?

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 9, 2009

TechZulu wants to thank not only the Los Angeles tech community but the entire tech community for all the awesome support you have given us throughout this past year. From local Los Angeles tech events to worldwide conferences and expos. Without all of you and your support, TechZulu could not be around today.

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JUNE 1, 2011

How long has the site been up and running? We were in closed beta for a while, and launched in August of 2009. What have you learned so far in getting the site up and running? A very small amount of those sites have had funding, but there are certainly websites about lists.

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