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APRIL 13, 2012

Yabber , a new Los Angeles startup, said Thursday that it has launched a new, iPad-based kids magazine. According to Yabber, the founders of the firm were "inspired by the growing tech and startup communities of Santa Monica and Los Angeles" to start the company, looking to innovate in the children's magazine area.

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APRIL 8, 2013

Los Angeles-based digital advertising technology developer OpenX has launched a new service today, which it says will combine content optimization and ad monetization for publishers. The firm said that publishers can use the tool to figure out what is the most valuable content on their websites. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2012

One thing Internet technologies have brought us over time is the increasing ability to create customizable or personalized content for ourselves. We could now not only see content we were aware of but we could discover new content via our friends and their friends. Then we took a giant leap with social media integration.

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MARCH 4, 2020

According to Sonos, it has appointed Deirdre Findlay, Chief Marketing Officer of Conde Nast, and Joanna Coles, former Chief Content Officer of Hearst Magazines, to its Board of Directors. Coles is a TV producer for Disney, an advisor to Cornell Capital, and formerly had been Chief Content Officer at Hearst Magazines.

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APRIL 20, 2009

Magazine is a celebrity news magazine and website. Buzz Media--which was formerly known as BuzzNet--is a venture backed operator of a network of pop culture, celebrity, and music-focused web content properties and blogs. According to the two, they are in a joint venture focused on digital content, marketing, and advertising.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 23, 2012

One thing Internet technologies have brought us over time is the increasing ability to create customizable or personalized content for ourselves. We could now not only see content we were aware of but we could discover new content via our friends and their friends. Then we took a giant leap with social media integration.

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DECEMBER 4, 2012

Glossi , an online magazine publishing tool being developed by Santa Monica-based ThisNext , has its debut today, aimed at letting users built and publish their own visual magazines. The new service lets users organize and lay out heavily visual, online magazines.

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JULY 17, 2014

Los Angeles-based SpinMedia said today that it has acquired Death and Taxes , an online magazine focused on indie music news, pop culture, politics, and entertainment. deathandtaxes spinmedia content blog magazine merger acquisition music news entertainment' Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

We have published 74 different magazine titles over the last 30 years. To a content provider, that's something you have to pay attention to. We get to take what we love best, which is create uniquely entertaining and authoritative, informative content, and put that in a medium people are actually enjoying and receptive to.

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

Santa Monica-base online entertainment company TasteMade said yetserday that it is in a big expansion of its content, and is launching two new channels in the home and travel area. Tastemade is best known for its content in the food area. The new Home area is being sponsored by Zillow, with additional support form Target.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

San Diego-based KidZui, a provider of a kid-friendly web browser, has inked a deal with Parents.com, the online site for the American Baby, Parents, and Family Circle magazines. KidZui said that editorial content from Parents.com wil be integrated into its parent site, and Parents.com will recommend KidZui's web browser for children.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2016

The company operates the Ipsy Open Studios based in Los Angeles, which specifically caters to content creators in the beauty area. Or, maybe they'd learn from a magazine. So it's all about content and community. Can you talk about the content side of our business, and how that ties all together to the glam bags?

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Long Beach-based Cie Games , the developer of the branded, social automotive game Car Town for Facebook, said today that it has partnered with Car and Driver , the automotive magazine published by Hearst Magazines. The deal integrates awards, monthly contests, and more along with updates and features in the magazine of the game.

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MAY 15, 2019

FabFitFun said members of the service will receive both the subscription box, as well as access to FabFitFunTV, its online video streaming service; access to its members-only social network; daily lifestyle content through its newsletter, an in-box magazine, and other channels; and additional sales and shopping experiences.

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AUGUST 16, 2011

Los Angeles-based AudioMicro , which operates a network of online content licensing marketplaces for audio, photos, and more, is announcing today that it has grown its library of pictures on site ImageCollect to 1.5 million photos. ImageCollect is focused on celebrity photos, offered up using the microstock photo model. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 29, 2014

Los Angeles-based socially conscious lifestyle magazine and website TakePart --which is owned by Participant Media--said it has named Eric Noe as its Editor-In-Chief. TakePart said Noe will be responsible for day-to-day content operations, editorial strategy, and other efforts. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Newer forms of advertising have been created to force user views, including pop-ups, pre-roll ads containing video content, and click-through display ads before allowing content views. What is the answer? .

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

Disney Publishing is responsible for Disney''s book and magazine publishing. disney publishing android storybook waltdisney content mobile tablet' The eight apps are the first for Disney Publishing, which said it will be released new apps every month "in waves". READ MORE>>.

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MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based image advertising technology developer GumGum is in a deal, which will bring its in-image ads to publications In Touch Weekly, Life&Style, J-14, Closer Weekly, Woman�s World, Twist, and M Magazine, according to the company. The deal is part of an expanded partnership with publisher Bauer Xcel Media. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Evolve Media said its relaunched site is aimed at 25-34 year old males, and now includes specific content channels for culture, art, design, and style. Evolve Media said the site is now being anged by Executive Editor Andrew Pogany, who was previously Editor-in-Chief of Flaunt Magazine. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 16, 2015

Woodland Hills-based Readz , a new startup that is aiming to help marketers quickly create microsites, landing pages, white papers, and other content, said today that it has raised more than $7.15M in funding, and launched its products. The company says it first raised funding in 2011, and has been operating in stealth mode. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based CraveOnline , the male lifestyle content site owned by Evolve Media, said today that it has partnered with SEP, Inc, owner of boxing publication The Ring Magazine. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Jason Nazar

APRIL 20, 2010

has organized them in a forum specially designed for their followers and made access to Docstoc’s premium quality content even more easily available on the web. It’s an exciting day at Docstoc as we are pleased to announce a new partnership with Inc. in the future to provide additional value to our common users.

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AUGUST 2, 2010

Reports this morning say that news magazine Newsweek apparently is being sold to Dr. Sidney Harman, the founder of Southern California's Harman International , which now owns the Harmon/Kardon, Infinity, JBL, and other audio equipment brands. for Newsweek, in exchange for assuming the magazine's substantial financial liabilities.

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AUGUST 23, 2012

They are best known for their magazine titles such as The New Yorker, Wired, Vanity Fair and Vogue. Key moments: 16 minutes in: Transitioning magazine readers to e-formats. 11:00 Andrew on the importance of high-quality content. 15:30 How do you view the transition of your magazines to the iPad, to e-readers?

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

Los Angeles-based GOOD , a media firm which operates Reason Pictures, GOOD Magazine, and GOOD Digital, announced this week that it has raised a Series A funding round. magazine founder Bernie Goldhirsch. Tags: good content media magazine movie venture capital angel nicholas negroponte. Goldhirsh is the son of Inc.

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APRIL 10, 2012

Verve Wireless develops mobile software used by newspapers, magazines, and other publishers--including the Associated Press--to distribute their content to mobile and smartphone users. Verve said Nicotra will oversee the firm's product innovation and technology functions. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The two companies said that WWE-branded video games developed by THQ will be integrated into events, pay-per view and television sponsorships, magazines, and other WWE properties. Tags: marketing wrestling entertainment content. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2016

In a bid for a new generation of readers, Playboy , the men's magazine best known for its long history of nude photo pictorials of women, has launched a new "non-nude" era of the publication, with a Snapchat-like front cover. Playboy said a few months ago that its first, non-nude issue would be its March issue.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Woodland Hills-based United Online said Wednesday afternoon that has launched a new business, MemoryLane.com , focused on nostalgic content, folding its Classmates Online business into the new website. United Online said that Classmates Online will become Memory Lane, Inc.,

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Los Angeles-based entertainment trade publication Variety has decided to put the firm's content behind a pay wall, telling its readers today that it will start restricting access to its articles to print and digital subscribers, starting Thursday. Tags: variety hollywood content subscription publisher newspaper magazine.

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JULY 10, 2012

Los Angeles-based digital media and entertainment publisher BUZZMEDIA announced this morning that it has acquired venerable SPIN Media , the publisher of Spin Magazine, the 25 year old brand known for its coverage of music and culture. Financial terms of the buy were not announced by the companies.

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Berkonomics

MAY 30, 2019

Over the years, advertising money is being moved from display ads in magazines and newspapers to social network sites where people with eyeballs have migrated. But people still read, hear and see stories they can identify with, and content providers still need content.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

According to United Online this morning, it is looking to transform Classmates from what is now a social networking company to a "premier nostalgia content center" on the Internet. Woodland Hills-based United Online appears to be making a major shift in strategy for its Classmates.com subsidiary.

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MAY 30, 2013

If you think about the amount of media and engagement our clients have driven in print, in digital, and through different magazines, it''s a huge amount. These days, they''re now generating more and more of their own content, often on their phones. We want our content everywhere a fan is, so they can find that content everywhere.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2023

In fact, subscription pricing has been around for a long time for magazines, cloud-based software, and gaming, but now I’m seeing it used for just about anything, including for more stylish clothes via Taelor Style , gourmet foods via TryTheWorld , and toys for your kids via KiwiCo. All-you-can-eat content model.

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MAY 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publisher which runs such sites as eHow.com, typeF.com, and LIVESTRONG.COM, said Thursday afternoon that it is launching a new effort focused on long-form web content. The firm said it is looking to engage feature writers to write long articles--"north of 850 words"--for its sites. READ MORE>>.

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