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JUNE 24, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has acquired Society6 , an online e-commerce marketplace centered around artists, the company announced Monday afternoon, as part of an effort to expand its content and media platform. artist acquisition merger marketplace ecommerce society6 media demand' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 26, 2012

Los Angeles-based online content publisher Demand Media is getting into an Olympics mood, saying Thursday afternoon that it has launched an Olympics-related series, Taking London , a special series which will be featured on the LIVESTRONG Woman YouTube channel. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? 2012 has been a remarkably interesting year in terms of developments in technology. I think we're going to see a real shakeup in how people view social media. 7 years, 100 companies. It was a big year for us.

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AUGUST 7, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online content publishing firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, reported its second quarter 2012 financial results on Tuesday afternoon, saying that both its revenues and pageviews grew from year to year. Demand Media said it had total revenues of $93.1M

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MARCH 28, 2012

Los Angeles-based Nami Media , which provides online marketing technology aimed at the pay-per-click (PPC) market, said today that it has doubled its staff, and has moved to a new, larger facility in order to accommodate expected growth this year. Publicly held LIN TV acquired a majority stake in Nami Media in November.

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DECEMBER 26, 2012

Today, we're featuring Erik Rannala , founder of MuckerLab , the startup accelerator focused on incubation stage Internet, software, services, and media businesses here in LA. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? toward one or two major dominate players.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The latest ranking of the top, YouTube Partner Channels from internet measurement firm comScore shows that the entire segment continues to be dominated by Los Angeles companies, with the region holding six of the top slots in the list. The August 2012 ranking by comScore ranks Machinima at number three on YouTube, with 21.8M

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MAY 15, 2013

Newport Beach-based digital advertising firm MediaShift has snagged the former CFO of Clear Channel Media and Entertainment, as its CFO, according to the company. MediaShift went public via a reverse merger back in 2012, and was formerly known as Ad-Vantage Networks; the firm is now traded OTCBB. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 21, 2012

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 -- Social Media  Beyond Targeted Ads. More and more, companies feel the need to adopt a Social Media strategy. During this evening, youll learn how Social Media can enhance your companys Customer Experience.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

We spoke with CEO and co-founder Nanxi Liu about the company''s software. What''s unique about it, it is stream live social media, and actually puts that social media content on the display right in front of you. What''s the story behind the company? Talk about what your product is all about? That''s ridiculous.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. Speaker List.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Thursday, November 15, 2012 -- Mobile LAVA: Mobile Local Media Opportunities and Challenges. Mobile LAVA welcomes BIA/Kelsey analysts Matt Booth and Michael Boland to share their insights into the trends, market events, companies and case studies that are driving current and future opportunities in interactive and mobile local media.

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MARCH 16, 2012

Thursday, March 22, 2012 -- Small Business Breakfast Series Presents: Building a Brand Through Social Media. In this generation of social media, companies have a plethora of social networking channels that can be utilized to build and sustain brands.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Thursday, November 15, 2012 -- Interactive and Mobile Local Media: Trends and Opportunities. See [link].

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Thursday, November 15, 2012 --. Driving Purchase Decisions in the Social Media Era. Social media is evolving rapidly and is dramatically altering how purchase decisions are made. TCOSC Marketing and Sales Executives Society. See [link] (more)

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

A report this morning from Business Insider says that Irvine-based Specific Media , the parent company of MySpace , is seeking to raised $50M to turn MySpace into a "Spotify killer". The report says that Specific Media is hoping to re-launch MySpace as a competitor to both Pandora and Spotify, two popular streaming music services.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we share the thoughts and insights of local technology thought leaders, we have an article from Tony Greenberg , CEO of Ramprate on A Cynic's Prediction of IT and Media in 2011. Markets will stay irrational longer than companies stay solvent. Everything that's old will be new again.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Variety is pleased to announce the return of its Venture Capital and New Media Summit on June 27 at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. Speaker List.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

According to the firm, Eddie Lazarus, who was most recently General Counsel and Chief Strategy Officer for Tribune Media Company from 2013 to 2018, will join the company in Santa Barbara on January 2nd. 2012, and also had been both at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as well as a federal prosecutor in Los Angeles.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 30, 2011

TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2012 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We have a line up of amazing speakers who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2012. OrangicStartup’s is a company that helps Internet startups start. 24 7pm at Coloft in Santa Monica.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , the business, technology and digital media law firm which runs a startup incubator and accelerator called the Precellerator , announced on Tuesday that it has started an effort to make strategic investments in a larger group of digital media and technology companies.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Los Angeles-based Internet advertising company Social Reality announced this morning that it has named Kathy Ireland as its new Chief Branding Advisor. According to the firm, Ireland will also help the company link with other executives in the media, entertainment and advertising industries to serve on an Advisory Board.

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MAY 8, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Sonos , the developer of whole-home music streaming systems, has declared victory in a patent infringement suit, which had been filed against the firm in 2012. The case--filed by Black Hills Media--had been slated to go to trial in June.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that I often see, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. Not having a social media policy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 21, 2009

This morning we heard from Jamie Montgomery, CEO of the venerable Montgomery & Co investment bank who is at the heart of what is going on in M&A for venture backed companies. I have to admit that I was greatly encouraged by Jamie’s outlook for venture backed companies, which if true will be a welcome relief for our industry.

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JUNE 25, 2014

The move puts the company''s focused squarely on its Los Angeles operations. The sale netted the company $20M, which it will use to fund its U.S. Moviepilot''s web site focuses on film recommendations, film discovery, and the company also helps studios with social media campaigns.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

TechZulu is heading out to CES and we have tons of products/gadgets/games/companies to review and interview. Network with hundreds over delicious four course dinner followed by panel on Attracting Venture Capital, and Top Trends for Social Media, Mobile Apps and Consumer Devices. So make sure you Follow @techzulu. Want to Sponsor?

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

Los Angeles-based Plug.dj , an online music and video sharing service, has raised $1.25M in a funding round, to bolster the company''s product. The firm said it was launched in February of 2012. plugjd music video sharing venture capital content social media' The funding came from Javelin Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 17, 2014

According to Aaron Kelly, Director of Content and Community, the company is looking for writers, video producers, social media mavericks, marketeers and ultra passionate movie fans to help the company grow from what is just fifteen people at the moment in LA.

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AUGUST 18, 2016

Rowe was most recently at Cox Enterprises, serving as President of Cox Automotive Media Solutions Group--which runs Autotrader, Kelley Blue Book, and Dealer.com. Former CEO David Krantz, who has led YP since its spinoff from AT&T in 2012, will continue as a Strategic Advisor to the company. Rowe had been at Cox since 2010.

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JUNE 26, 2012

” That was the understatement of the week, as I learned by attending YouTube’s Premium Partner conference, YouTube Access 2012. Two hundred people attended YouTube’s Access 2012 Premium Partner meeting last week in New York. John Greathouse of Rincon Ventures told me the YouTube ecosystem was “the Wild West.”

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AUGUST 22, 2016

In an interesting intersection of LA's world of technology, investing, and sports, Kobe Bryant , the LA Laker star, and technology startup veteran Jeff Stibel have teamed up to create a new, $100M venture capital fund, to invest in technology, media, and data companies.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Citing numbers from th ecomScore July 2012 report, the Los Angeles-based site--which is part of AtomicOnline--said it now has nearly 25 million readers. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2013

in cash for Altosoft, which was headquartered in Media, Pennsylvania. According to Kofax, Altosoft had unaudited, 2012 revenues of $3.4M. Altosoft becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of the company. Kofax said it paid $13.5M

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APRIL 19, 2012

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 -- Digital Kids Conference. 2012 takes place April 25-26, 2012 in Los Angeles, CA. Digital Kids provides companies the critical information they need to reach digital kids and connected youth through online and mobile technologies. Now in our 6th year, Digital Kids Conference (formerly Engage!)

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Santa Monica-based Siemer Ventures , the venture investing arm of investment banking firm Siemer & Associates , reported yesterday that it saw the first exit in its portfolio recently, with the sale of company CloudTrigger. The fund also reports that it now has 39 digital media and technology startups in its portfolio.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2012

An all-too-common question I get from startups and small businesses is “Which is the right social media platform for my business?” If you are in the realm of the 47% of small businesses who still ignore social media, you need to read the new book by Dave Carroll, “ United Breaks Guitars.” Build your brand and expert visibility.

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