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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Santa Monica-based MGID , which provides native advertising, says its move from New York to Los Angeles earlier this year helped drive "dramatic growth" at the company. MGID moved to Los Angeles in July. mgid native advertising exchange' MGID said it saw a 21.7 READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 23, 2014

Los Angeles-based DataPop , the product advertising technology developer headed by Jason Lehmbeck, has launched a new product aimed at retailers. DtaPop said that so far, the product is being used by such customers as Pier 1 Imports. datapop advertising catalog retailer products ecommerce'

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MAY 31, 2019

The ad serving and "creative optimization" businesses of Sizmek , the now-bankrupt developer of advertising technology which had a significant portion of its team in Los Angeles, has been acquired by Amazon , Amazon said on Friday. Sizmek had been looking for a buyer for the two products. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 26, 2014

Los Angeles-based MediaAlpha , a developer of performance-based, real-time bidding advertising technology specifically aimed at insurance ads, has raised a round of funding and launch of its product. which will go towards its advertising technology platform. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 17, 2013

PageWoo , the mobile advertising company headed by Jason Crilly and Holden Steinberg, has rolled out a brand new product aimed at small businesses. According to PageWoo, its new NearWoo product helps small businesses identify, target, and acquire new customers, using geofencing and big data for targeting ads to those customers.

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MAY 7, 2013

Los Angeles-based TenFarms , the mobile application development startup headed by Nils Forsblom, announced this morning that it has raised $2.7M in an angel funding round, to launch a new mobile advertising product called Adtile to the market. TenFarms did not disclose the names of those angel investors.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

and international cities like London, Mexico City, Seoul and Vilnius are building professional social networks for black professionals and blue collar workers, fashion labels, educational tools in augmented reality, kids entertainment, and an interactive entertainment production company. The new batch of startups coming from across the U.S.

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MAY 23, 2012

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization company run by Frank Addante, has made another acquisition this morning. The firm said it has acquired Mobsmith , a provider of mobile advertising products. Details and size of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2014

Los Angeles-based Spreeify , the advertising technology company led by Ruben Dua, has launched a brand new product today, offering up cloud-based mobile and display advertising. The company said its new advertising technology looks at social referrals, retargeting and other technology optimize real-time bidding.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

Los Angeles-based SocialVibe , which was formerly a site focused on social media for brands and charities, has turned into SVnetwork , a new Internet advertising network. According to SVnetwork, it has launched its own, performance brand advertising website which connects brands with over 80 million unique consumers every month.

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AUGUST 18, 2014

Los Angeles-based Vantage Media , the advertising technology company led by Patrick Quigley, said last week that it has launched a new product, providing a private, self serve, real-time bidding marketplace for publishers. Pricing on the new product was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media Corp , which operates such sites as CraveOnline, totallyher Media, GameRevolution, and LiveOutdoors, said today that it has launched a new online advertising product. The company said its INgage product semantically maps site content and helps online advertisers reach site visitors.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Los Angeles-based programmatic advertising marketplace and technology provider OpenX has rolled out a new product aimed at the mobile app market, according to the company. OpenX said it has launched OpenX Bidder for Apps, an extension of its software for the desktop and mobile web, which works on mobile app inventory.

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JANUARY 6, 2016

Los Angeles-based audio advertising provider Triton Digital has rolled out a new product specifically aimed at podcasting proviers, the company said Tuesday. Triton said the new tool allows podcast publishers to add pre-roll, mid-roll, and post-roll audio ads into their podast episodes or audio files.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media has launched a new, social video product via its SpringBoard Video Division , aimed at distributing social video content to publishers. Evolve said advertisers use its network to "seed" their branded content to publishers. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

Los Angeles-based advertising technology provider OpenX has launched a new product today, saying it has launched a new, real-time traffic quality monitoring system to help filter out suspicious advertising traffic for its customers. OpenX said the new product was designed by a team with experience from Yahoo!,

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MARCH 12, 2015

Los Angeles-based Katch , the advertising technology developer headed by Patrick Quigley, said Wednesday that it has launched a new software platform, aimed at helping brands monetize all of their website visitors. katch vantage media bidding marketplace advertising rename real time' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2016

Los Angeles-based native advertising technology developer Nativo said this week that it has named Eugene Cherny, a former Google executive, as its new Vice President of Product. Nativo said that Cherny was previously manger of Google's TrueView In-display product, a native ad unit used on YouTube and Google.

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APRIL 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project has launched two new products into beta, saying this week that it has launched DSP Builder and HFC2, both developed in the company''s "innovation lab". rubicon project beta hfc2 cloud infrastructure launch product research' READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

Los Angeles-based Ryff, a developer of brand integration and advertising tools, has raised $11.7M The company develops real-time brand integration technology which integrates virtual products into previously developed content, including edited content and library content on over-the-top (OTT) systems.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project said this morning that it has snagged a Google veteran, as its new Chief Product & Engineering Officer. Kershaw will be based in Los Angeles. Kershaw also has previously worked at Ericsson/Telcordia, VeriSign, Clarent Corporation, Unisys, and SS8 Networks. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Burbank-based Cast & Crew, which provides payroll software and services to the entertainment industry, said last week that it has signed a deal to acquire The Team Companies, a developer of payroll and production management services to the advertising, music and concert tours and live events industries.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based OpenX has launched support for flexible ad units, increasing the capabilities of its platform, the company said late last week. OpenX said the new support lets advertisers multiple size ad units into a singular auction, which it says will help buyers access inventory in its exchange.

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MAY 11, 2010

Irvine-based WebVisible , which helps small businesses place online advertising, said this morning it is in a big hiring push, and is immediately looking to hire over 75 employees across sales, IT, software engineering, and product design positions. The firm said it received more than 600 applications from that job fair.

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APRIL 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the developer of online advertising optimization tools funded by Clearstone Venture Partners, Mayfield Fund, IDG Ventures and Peacock Equity Fund, said today that it has rolled out a new product called REVV for demand. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 25, 2015

Los Angeles-based Conversion Logic , the marketing attribution technology startup backed by Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Lerer Hippeau Ventures, TenOneTen, Founder Collective and Raptor Ventures, said today that it has named Dan Cox as Head of Product.

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JUNE 4, 2021

Los Angeles-based Linksys said on Friday that it has named a new CEO. According to the company, Harry Dewhirst, who had been Vice President at the company overseeing product and business development, will step into the role.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project announced on Monday that it has named former OpenX executive Khoi Nguyen as its new Vice President, Product Management For Video. Director of Product Management for Video, OTT, and Mobile at OpenX. Nguyen was most recently GM/Sr.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based SocialVibe , the online advertising firm run by Jay Samit, said today that it has launched a new, political advertising solution ahead of the 2012 elections.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

The Los Angeles-based syndicated podcasting platform, which counts athletes, politicians, talk radio, and reality television stars like Adam Carolla, Shaquille O’Neal, Steve Austin, Kaitlyn Bristowe, Dan Patrick, Spencer and Heidi Pratt, Jim Harbaugh, Ladygang, Dr. .

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Los Angeles-based Zadspace , an advertising firm backed by DFJ Frontier, Crosscut Ventures and Gideon Hixon Fund, has unveiled its advertising product, saying Tuesday that it has exited beta testing of its service. Zadspace adds full color, 4x6 advertisements on cardboard shipping boxes. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project has launched an updated sales and pricing application aimed at premium advertisers, the firm said today. product allows publishers using its REVV ad optimization tool to better manage who can sell their inventory, and at what price. According to Rubicon, its Permission Control 2.0

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JUNE 16, 2009

Los Angeles-based Ace Metrix is looking to apply analytics to the television advertising market, saying this morning that it has launched a service which helps advertisers measure persuasion and watchability of their advertising. Tags: metrix advertising content analytics startup saas software. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

Los Angeles-based Podcorn , a new startup founded by former Famebit founders Agnez Kozera and David Kierzkowski, has raised $2.2M in a seed funding round for a new, podcast advertising venture, the company said on Monday.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

In 1986 I started an advertising and public relations firm to serve software and hardware companies, which became a marketing consulting business ( www.Allen.com ) when I moved to L.A. For those of us who are online throughout the day, “visible networking” online is a lot more productive than driving across L.A. Marketing 2.0

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MAY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based OpenX , which develops advertising technology, in addition to running its own ad exchange, said this morning that it has named three new executives. The company said it has named Sophia Chung as Vice President of product, Roy Firestone as Senior Director of Product, and Treven Ho as Senior Product Manager.

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APRIL 23, 2018

Netflix , the provider of online streaming services which has major operations in Los Angeles, is planning to raise $1.5 billion in debt to fund content acquisition, production and development, potential acquisitions and strategic transactions, and other efforts, the company said this morning. READ MORE>>.

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