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APRIL 5, 2022

If Playhouse facilitates a sale, the app gets a cut of the transaction. Both Perelman and his co-founder Nathan Shinder previously worked at PeerStreet, a real estate tech company based in Los Angeles. But before then, it would need to boost its content moderation capacities. It’s already secured $2.8

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 2, 2021

Making money on livestreams has never been easier thanks to a suite of tools from the Los Angeles-based startup Maestro , which just nabbed $15 million in financing to grow its business. Sales, Sony Music Entertainment, in a statement. . “The third piece is a developer ecosystem,” Evans said.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 21, 2019

Propelled by new technologies, new businessmen have been landing in Los Angeles since the invention of the nickelodeon to create a studio that would dominate popular entertainment. “What we saw as the problem is the content creation itself,” says Lee. Oculus Quest and Rift S now shipping.

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MARCH 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based Aggregage , the online content aggregation and publishing startup headed by Robert Flynn, has announced a deal with professional society The Sales Association , to run a targeted vertical site called SalesProCentral aimed at sales and business development professionals. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 9, 2021

Even as NFT sales dip below their most speculative highs, startups aiming to tap into their potential are still scoring big funding rounds from investors who believe there’s much more to crypto collectibles than the past few months of hype. Users can buy or sell the limited run or open edition items through their marketplace.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2022

The company built its own point-of-sale system and commerce APIs in-house, allowing them to deliver a “seamless” customer experience, former Glossier CTO Bryan Mahoney said in 2018. E-commerce sales typically account for 80% of Glossier’s revenue, the Business of Fashion reported last July. .

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JULY 19, 2019

Los Angeles-based ZEFR has sold its rights management and content-flagging assets--RightsID and ChannelID--to Vobile Group , a provider of video content protection, measurement, and monetization, in a deal worth $90M, the two companies annoucned late Thursday. ZEFR is backed by IVP, U.S. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Los Angeles-based commerce and content platform StackCommerce has been acquired by the Integrated Media Company, a holding company set up by the massive private equity fund, TPG, to acquire new media businesses. Today is not just an important day for Stack, but for the future of shoppable content.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Los Angeles-based Fandango , the online movie ticket and entertainment site, reported Tuesday that it is seeing a surge in sales of tickets via mobile phone. The firm said it saw a 60 percent, year-over-year increase in Thanksgiving holiday weekend ticket sales on mobile devices through the site. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 17, 2020

Los Angeles-based Jukin Media , the viral- and user-generated content company, has promoted Lee Essner to the post of Co-CEO, the company said late Thursday. Jukin Media finds viral videos, and then works with the content creators to license that content to traditional media and others for legal usage of that content.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Los Angeles- and Atlanta-based Mighty Oak Entertainment , which produces sports clips for traditional, digital, and streaming, has received an investment from former MGM Television President John Bryan and entrepreneur and KDOCTV (Los Angeles) owner Bert Ellis, Jr., the company said last week. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 20, 2019

Loop Now Technologies , a startup founded by former LinkedIn and Snapchat employees--which has offices in Los Angeles--says it has launched a brand new, short-form video and social media app called Firework. The company's Chief Revenue Officer is Cory Grenier, who previously was Director of Sales & Marketing at Snapchat.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 5, 2013

With unrivaled weather, a host of high-profile universities and unlimited array of daytime and nightlife entertainment, Los Angeles seems like a dreamland for young tech professionals and the companies hoping to employ their talents. The post The Talent Tourniquet | Making Los Angeles Startup Friendly appeared first on TechZulu.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 5, 2022

TiMi, Tencent’s cash cow studio known for the mobile blockbuster Honor of Kings, began hiring in Los Angeles back in 2020. Over the past few years, China has restricted playtime for minors, slowed down regulatory approvals for games, and imposed stricter rules on content. Last year, it added a base in Montreal.

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JANUARY 31, 2012

Los Angeles-based BUZZMEDIA , the online music blog publisher and pop culture publishing firm which owns Celebuzz, Idolator, Stereogum, and other sites, is continuing a hiring roll today, saying it has named Michael Ziegler as Senior Vice President, Sales. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

Los Angeles-based CraveOnline , the men's lifestyle site owned by Evolve Media, said today that it has snagged Drew Berkowitz, the former General Manager of AOL's Video Unit Goviral as its new Senior Vice President of Sales. Berkowitz also ran IAC's Mindspark division, including Vimeo. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 25, 2019

It appears that another one of the owners of Los Angeles-based streaming television provider Hulu may be looking to unload its current, minority stake in the company, according to a report from CNBC this morning. According to CNBC, Comcast is looking to sell its current 30 percent stake in Hulu to Disney.

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JUNE 23, 2011

Further details on the potential sale of Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu continue to emerge, with the firm reportedly retaining investment bankers Morgan Stanley and Guggenheim Partners to represent it in a sale. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

The owners of Los Angeles-based video site Hulu have dropped plans to sell the business, according to a statement released by Hulu late Thursday evening. According to News Corporation, Providence Equity Partners, The Walt Disney Company, and Hulu's management team, the firm has decided to terminate the Hulu sale process.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Created by founder Toby Daniels , Social Media Week Los Angeles will focus this series of discussions around the theme of “Empowering Change Through Collaboration.” Monday: Los Angeles – The Social City. Why Los Angeles Is The Next Silicon Valley. ” SMWLA will take place next week Sept.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Shani Higgins joined Technorati in 2007 to lead strategy and day to day operations for the company¹s advertising sales, business development and the Technorati Media advertising network. Jace Hall is the President and founder of HDFILMS INC.

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MAY 7, 2013

Los Angeles-based online men''s publisher CraveOnline , which is part of Evolve Media, said today that it has named Mike Bender its Senior Vice President of Sales. Bender was formerly the VP of East Coast Sales for Spin Media (Buzz Media), and also served in a similar position for Break Media. Bender is based in New York.

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JULY 17, 2019

We have a studio here in Los Angeles with over 40,00 square feet of space, and we bring in several hundred vehicle every model year, shooting them the same way with the same consistent lighting and angles. The biggest thing right now is this puts us in a position for VR where we will have the content when the consumer is ready for it.

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JUNE 17, 2014

Los Angeles-based Revee , a developer of content analytics software used to help publishers understand their page yield on advertising, has raised $1M in a seed funding round. revee venture capital seed content analytics publishing publisher advertising' Source of that seed funding was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2014

Los Angeles-based YouTube network Fullscreen said this morning that it has named Michael Wann as the company''s new Chief Revenue Officer. fullscreen content network youtube executive sales' Wann was most recently CRO at SpinMedia, and also had been EVP of Business Development at Demand Media. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 7, 2014

Los Angeles-based online content developer Machinima said Thursday that it has laid off 42 people at the company, all from its sales force, as the company continues to struggle with low ad rates and the large chunk of revenues that are claimed by Google from multi-channel networks. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 26, 2013

The studio owners of Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu are looking to sell the streaming site (again), according to rumors yesterday, as News Corporation and Walt Disney continue to struggle over what to do with the site. It's not the first time Hulu has been shopped by its owners.

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MAY 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based lifestyle brand and subscription box service FabFitFun announced this morning that it has expanded its service to the United Kingdom, the first time it has offered its subscription box overseas. FabFitFun's founders are Co-CEOs Daniel and Michael Broukhim, and Editor-in-Chief Katie Rosen Kitchens.

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APRIL 5, 2012

The popularity of "The Hunger Games" has apparently helped out Los Angeles-based Fandango , which sells online and mobile tickets to movie-goers, as the firm said Thursday that it had the best selling, first quarter in the company's history.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Los Angeles-based mobile game developer Scopely is buying mobile game studio FoxNext Games Los Angeles , the studio behind the mobile game Marvel Strike Force. Financial terms of the sale were not announced. Disney acquired FoxNext Games Los Angeles when it purchased 20th Century Fox.

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AUGUST 21, 2013

Los Angeles-based YouTube network Maker Studios has agreed to buy Blip , according to reports today. News of the sale first came via AllthingsD. News of the sale first came via AllthingsD. bliptv blip acquisition merger content network youtube studios maker' Blip operates an online, video site focused on webseries.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

When you had an explosion of content developers that wanted to be in LA with all the resource that the entertainment industry has available here, all the creative people want to be here. We still need some IPOs and some big trade sales to happen to validate the market in a big way. I have been in LA since 1990 when I joined Manatt.

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OCTOBER 16, 2013

Los Angeles-based native advertising provider Nativo said Tuesday that it has named Jay Freedman, a former VP at Yahoo, as its new Chief Revenue Officer. publishing brand advertising sales yahoo executive nativo' READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 25, 2011

They know this model of YouTube production & distribution better than anybody else that I’ve met in my 5 years in Los Angeles. And anybody who follows this blog knows that I believe television disruption has already begun and it is more likely to resemble Internet content than streaming long-form content to our living rooms.

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APRIL 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based Fandango has acquired the assets of MOVIECLIPS from Venice, California-based ZEFR , the two said this morning, along with the team supporting the MOVIECLIPS service. According to Fandango, it will use the acquisition of MOVIECLIPS to expand its product offerings in the area of video, content, and movie discovery.

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APRIL 17, 2013

A report Wednesday afternoon says that Los Angeles-based streaming media site Hulu has hired investment banking firm Guggenheim Partners, to advise the firm on a sale. hulu merger acquisition exit content hollywood streaming video guggenheim' Guggenheim is the same firm that attempted to sell Hulu in 2011. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The Los Angeles-based women’s subscription box and media business FabFitFun is expanding its video catalog with the launch of new live programming set to coincide with the launch of its latest seasonal box. FabFitFun is creating a new slate of live programming which will air every day on its Facebook page from 11 a.m.

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