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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands

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At the same time, Los Angeles-based trans activist Ashlee Marie Preston hosted a rally in solidarity with Netflix workers participating in the walkout. They want Netflix to address a list of demands in the categories of content investment, employee relations and safety, and harm reduction.

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Apple is opening a store in downtown LA’s nearly 100-year-old Tower Theatre

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This Thursday, Apple will mark the opening of a new store in downtown Los Angeles. Interestingly, an LA Times article back in 2018 noted that the space, “may also serve as a declaration that Apple intends to compete as a major Hollywood content creator.” Image Credits: Apple. In hindsight, fair enough. Image Credits: Apple.

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Mythical Games raises $75M to build an NFT game engine

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Mythical Games , an NFT games startup based out of Los Angeles, has banked a $75 million raise from new and existing investors betting on the startup’s aim to expand the ambitions of their first title and locate a substantial platform opportunity amid helping developers build blockchain-based gaming experiences.

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Google partners with Sony Pictures Imageworks to launch an open source VFX render manager

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That includes the launch of its Los Angeles cloud region last year, as well as its acquisition of the Zync cloud renderer back in 2014. Google, of course, is interested in bringing these workloads to its cloud and it has made a concerted effort to bring the Hollywood studios to its Cloud Platform.

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IMAX Shutters Virtual Reality Effort, Flagship LA VR Location

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Big screen movie theater operator IMAX is shutting down all of its virtual reality theater locations, including its flagship location in Los Angeles, the company said in a regulatory filing on Thursday--not a good sign for companies hoping to make location-based virtual reality a business. million in its fourth quarter of 2018.

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Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Impact entertainment “accelerator” inks deal with Netflix

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Netflix is the most innovative content creation and distribution company of the last decade, leading the way in streaming since 2007 and changing the original content game with House of Cards in 2013,” said Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Tyler Mitchell, co-founders of Impact, in a joint statement.

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Paige Craig Ventures Into Scripted

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Los Angeles-based angel investor Paige Craig is one of the investors in Scripted.com , the online marketplace for freelance writers headed by Sunil Rajaraman. Scripted.com originally started life as Scripped in Los Angeles. scripted paige craig venture capital freelance writing content marketplace'