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Paramount, Nickelodeon Tie Into Zynga On Rango

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Los Angeles-based Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies have tied into social gaming giant Zynga , in a cross promotion with the new Rango film, the firms said this morning. Rango features Johnny Depp as a chameleon in a frontier town.

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Moviepilot Sets Up Office In Venice, Hires Two Execs

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Moviepilot , which operates an online movie discovery site, said last week that it has opened up an office on Abbot Kinney in Venice, California, as part of its expansion into Los Angeles. Elkins joins the firm from MEC, where she had run interactive media campaigns for Paramount and Dreamworks. READ MORE>>.

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LA Times Vets Launch Ebyline, Gain Angel Funding

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Los Angeles-based Ebyline said today that it has launched a new online marketplace targeted at news publishers and professional journalists, which helps publishers manage freelance writers. The firm said it is backed by un-named Los Angeles angel investors, and was founded by former Los Angeles Times journalists.

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Ten Of The Top Tech Companies For Employees In LA

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Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies.

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Interview with Sara Bordo, NowLive

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Bordo has previously served at Paramount and MGM, in addition to a stint at SocialVibe.com. Sara Bordo: I started working on the brand side at Estee Lauder in New York, and DDB in Chicago doing advertising. I came to Los Angeles 7 years ago, and worked for a small entertainment marketing firm. What is NowLive all about?

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Reflections on 2016: Kevin Winston, Digital LA

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This year's fest has expanded to included panels on how to grow your startup internationally, maintain your company culture, manage developers in multiple countries, and reach mainstream audiences using TV advertising combined with digital. This year, VRLA's Summer and Fall Expo expanded to larger halls at the Convention Center.

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Learning The Ropes Of Internet Video With Michael Tringe and CreatorUp

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Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. We also talk about creating things specifically for the web, how to distribute on the web, and how to build a revenue stream aside from advertising revenue.

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