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Centerfield Buys Business.com and Savings.com

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Los Angeles-based Centerfield, a marketing and customer acquisition company backed by private equity investor Platinum Equity, says it has acquired both Business.com and Savings.com. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition of Business.com is just the latest saga in the business and domain name; the.

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Science Inc. To Buy Social Bookmarking Site Delicious

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Santa Monica-based Science, Inc. , the startup studio and incubator run by former MySpace CEO Michael Jones, has acquired longtime social bookmarking site Delicious , the company disclosed this morning. systems avos youtube software jones michael acquisition merger bookmarking social delicious' READ MORE>>.

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Business.com Acquired By Purch

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Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Business.com has a long, corporate history, having started life in Santa Monica in 1999, as a $7.5M domain name sold to startup incubator eCompanies, transformed into a $345M sale to R.H. Purch said the deal would help it expand into the SMB market. READ MORE>>.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Judges Includes BetterWorks, CallFire, Idealab, and Tech Coast Angeles

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So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer 2011 Judges! After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Entries will be closed for company submissions at midnight of July 4th, 2011.

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Spotlight: LA Tech Fall Judges Include Mike Jones, CallFire, Idealab, Tech Coast Angels, Coloft

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So with out further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Fall 2011 Judges! A serial Internet entrepreneur, Mike has founded and sold numerous businesses, including agency PBJ Digital, application platform Userplane, which he led from startup to its acquisition by AOL, Tsavo Media and Myspace. Dinesh earned his B.S. Event Details.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

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The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there. 2012, compared with the same period in 2011. Talent agencies CAA and WME are incubating start-ups.