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JANUARY 21, 2014

Beats Music , the streaming music service which is being developed by Santa Monica-based Beats Electronics, officially launched this morning on the web and via an iPhone application. beats music streaming service content hollywood audio' The service, which costs $9.99 READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 3, 2014

Cloud Takes founder Daryll Strauss has been hired by Technicolor as Vice President of Software Development. Cloud Takes'' software was used to manage digital assets, track project progress, and more, and ran on Amazon Web Services. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 24, 2011

West Hollywood-based CityGrid Media , the unit of IAC which operates CitySearch, Insider Pages, and Urbanspoon, said Thursday that it has rolled out three new advertising APIs for developers. The new APIs allows any developer to build and display ads from CityGrid's inventory of ads from local businesses. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Hard to believe another Digital LA Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is happening this week back-to-back with the new LA Tech Summit produced by Cornerstone. LA Tech Summit takes place the following day and takes a more comprehensive look at the entire tech eco-system in Los Angeles, not just Hollywood.

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MARCH 7, 2014

Kaplan was most recently Vice President of Digital Content and Strategy for the Magical Elves production company, where she worked on web series Last Chance Kitchens; she also has worked on Logo (Viacom), and was a producer at Current TV. Fullscreen said Kaplan will oversee ongoing production and development of premium content.

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AUGUST 27, 2020

“Our team couldn’t be more excited about the opportunity to join Fastly to continue to drive forward security protections that empower developers. Fastly was founded to meet developers’ need for greater visibility and control. Signal Sciences secures $35 million investment to protect web apps.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Hollywood Heavyweights: Jack Epps, Jr., Hollywood Heavyweights: James Caan, Scott Caan, Robert Duvall, and Mark Rydell. Hollywood Heavyweights: Colin Firth, Werner Herzog, Tim Delaney, Neil Labute, Paul Schrader. Tags: online film content hollywood writer filmmaker competition amazon filmaka openfilm poptent.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

What do you get when you combine a technology investment demo day with a Hollywood-style story pitch session? According to Debra Baker, Senior Vice President, Global Business Development at Warner Bros., warner media camp demo demoday content hollywood' the camp is the second in the Los Angeles area. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 4, 2015

West Hollywood-based Orbitera , a developer of a cloud-based software product to help companies the sales of cloud-based software and services, including managing leads, trial subscriptions, billing, and operations, has raised $2M in a seed funding round. The company disclosed the funding Thursday. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 5, 2011

West Hollywood-based CityGrid Media , the unit of IAC formerly known as CitySearch, said today that it has acquired BuzzLabs , a social media monitoring and sentiment analysis software developer. CityGrid Media operates the Citysearch, Insider Pages and Urbanspoon web sites. Financial terms of the deal were not announced.

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MARCH 1, 2010

Santa Monica-based Movieclips.com , an online site which allows users to search for scenes from major movies, and embed them on Facebook, MySpace, and other web sites, said today that it has opened up its service to users worldwide. The firm also said it has released an API to allow developers to access the firm's clips and related metadata.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based My Damn Channel , the online original video site run by Rob Barnett, said Thursday that it has been selected by Fox as a premium distribution partner for the network's original web series. According to My Damn Channel, it will also start developing and producing original new series together with Fox. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 29, 2010

According to Demand, Banks' beauty and entertainment firm Bankable is in a deal to develop a Web site, online video offerings, and mobile applications. Demand Media said the new property will be "inherently social, highly interactive" and leverage its content creation platform, social media tools and application development tools.

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Sony said its new SOEmote technology, available to all of its EverQuest II players, uses standard web cameras to analyze expressions on a player and transfer that data to their characters' faces. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Los Angeles-based Grind Networks , which develops online comedy programming, is powering a new comedy channel on MSN called theBubble. The new comedy site includes a daily, hosted show from Grind Networks COO and cofounder Greg Morrow, highlighting "funny content" across the web. Tags: grind networks content hollywood comedy.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Southern California is the center of the entertainment industry, which not only includes the world of Hollywood, movies and film, and television, but is also the home of the music industry. All of these startups are applying technology (software development and algorithms) to some aspect of music and the music business. Music Prodigy.

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MAY 22, 2012

Founder Dating Los Angeles LA Demo Day Startups Uncensored Tech Cofounder Dating Los Angeles TechCoastAngels Online Events Venice Tech Entrepreneurs Downtown Startups LA Startup Nights Santa Barbara Startup Weekend Silicon Beach Fest Silicon Beach Startups Los Angeles Startup Weekend Hollywood Hackday Startup Weekend Los Angeles LA Tech Happy Hour (..)

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APRIL 16, 2010

Los Angeles-based Openfilm , an online web community focused on independent filmmakers, said yesterday that it will award $1 million to independent filmmakers who submit films on the website. Tags: openfilm film entertainment hollywood content contest filmmaker.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Hollywood-based Geni , the venture-backed firm which has developed an online, Web 2.0-style style genealogy and social networking web sites for families, has connected the company's service with the popular Facebook social networking web site.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

WEMO Media is an interesting combination of Hollywood, computer games, and deep technical experience, one of the few companies we have seen which seems to combine both the worlds of high tech and software with content, interactive, and Hollywood. We're not talking about taking traditional film, and puttig it on the web.

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MARCH 6, 2017

Thinkbox Software , a developer of software used to manage video rendering tools used in film production, and which has an office in Los Angeles, has been acquired by Amazon Web Services. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Thinkbox was based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

You've got a great idea for a web video series, but how do you learn about how to make that happen, to get distribution, and monetize that video? Los Angeles-based CreatorUp (www.creatorup.com) wants to help aspiring online video producers with an online web education series. Michael Tringe: We are an online web series school.

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JULY 30, 2009

According to EQAL, its new platform is focused on helping those producers and talent to create their own web sites, with features such as blogs, discussions, forums, and user profiles, as well as links to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Despite the proximity to Hollywood and the entertainment world, in the world of Southern California startups, actually combining the two world is quite difficult. Sara Bordo: My co-founder, Brad Sexton and I, both come from the Hollywood studio world. Additionally, they are syndicated widely across the web.

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DECEMBER 5, 2013

Despite the huge surge of content specifically being developed for the web--and for sites like YouTube--making that content profitable and sustainable continues to be an issue for content creators. Josef Holm: Tubestart is a crowdfunding platform for YouTube creators, web series creators, and for digital video in general.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

They put on great events. Quality of Events Of course, the bigger issue with events is finding the ones where you will have a really good opportunity to network with interesting people.

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JUNE 28, 2012

. “Let us come together and celebrate…” The mashup theme was reflected in the SBF programming, which included panels highlighting accelerators, VCs, startups, developers, movies, TV, music, web content, art, fashion, social good, surf & skate, and more. Kindling’s: L.A. Geeks Unite. To start: Hackathon.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The startup--created by Robert Earl (Founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood), Grant Hosford (formerly of eHarmony), and Connell (formerly of Nokia)--is using the Internet to arrange group dates at local restaurants, to connect people in person and offline. It was a mixture of mobile and device-centric and Internet development.

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JULY 21, 2015

Los Angeles-based Maker Studios is shutting down Blip , the online website which had developed, produced, and distributed web series from up-and-coming creators. Maker Studios told users of Blip in an email that it will be shutting down Blip in August, and that users will need to export their videos elsewhere.

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JUNE 25, 2009

West Hollywood-based Citysearch , the local reviews and directory service of IAC, has taken an unusual approach to finding its next business idea: it's running a contest which asks its users to submit a "brilliant" idea for web and mobile applications. The companies said the deadline for entries is July 17th.

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MAY 21, 2014

Are you a content creator for the web? Juan Bruce: What we are doing at Epoxy, is we develop software tools for online video channels, allowing them to connect with their audiences where they audience connects most, which is social media. Most recently, we created a web series. Explain what Epoxy is and how it works?

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AUGUST 15, 2011

The firm said it will work with creative talent to "produce television formats with a web sensibility" and also help develop digital platforms into TV and digital projects. The firm said it is working with the Cheezburger Network to develop projects for TV and digital, and also has partnership with AdGent Digital and Funny or Die.

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MAY 7, 2012

This fest will include panels, workshops, cocktails and keynotes for startups, content creators, developers, social media marketers, designers, entrepreneurs, and more. Design/Dev Hub (Launchpad LA) : Design + developers, UI, UX panels. Content : Web / viral videos TBA. Media/Tech: io/LA (Hollywood). CoWorks : TBA.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Jan Zands is the founders of Los Angeles-based phonesheet.com (www.phonesheet.com), a startup which is developing web-based software for tracking phone messages and action items. Jan Zands: It's a web based phone message manager. So what Phonesheet.com does is takes that antiquated system and modernizes it, using a Web 2.0

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OCTOBER 8, 2015

Los Angeles-based Pluto TV , which is developing an online Internet TV platform aimed at curating live TV entertainment for Internet users, said Wednesday afternoon that it has signed up a roster of over 20 new content partners fro the service. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 5, 2012

If you're a music artist or band, and you want to create your own fan app for the iPhone, Android, or iPad, you're looking at hiring an app development firm, spending six months, and $100,000--right? Mobile Roadie, headed by Michael Schneider , develops tools that make easy for non-programmers to create their own mobile apps.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. So we did a one-day fall Silicon Beach Fest at io/LA in Hollywood. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? When's the next one?"

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