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Fortress Investment Group Sells Revolution Studios

L.A. Business Journal

Fortress Investment Group of Century City is selling Santa Monica-based Revolution Studios Distribution Co. two years after it acquired the production studio for a reported $250 million.

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GRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

Second, we are announcing officially that we are moving our offices from Century City to Santa Monica. But in Los Angeles, Santa Monica is akin to SoMa in San Francisco, Cambridge in the Boston area or Flatiron / Union Square in NYC. We have long wanted to move but wanted to wait for the perfect space.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

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not near the beach): Factual, founded by Gil Elbaz who built AdSense [Century City]. Maker Studios, leading YouTube producer, generating hundreds of millions of video views every month [Los Angeles, near Culver City]. I guess Santa Monica is officially “Silicon Beach” in the local people’s minds.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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LA generally doesn’t have an appetite for this kind of investment at early stages. DemandMedia has already scaled a tech team to a considerable size in Santa Monica. My commute, for example, from Santa Monica to Century City is less than 15 minutes each way and I never have to take the freeway.

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