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JANUARY 9, 2013

The intersection of Hollywood and online publishing looks to be helping grow jobs in Los Angeles in the online content area. The latest move in that area comes from online viral content publisher BuzzFeed , which is apparently ramping its operations in Los Angeles, as part of effort by the site to expand into entertainment coverage.

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MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based Fullscreen , the video content network operator, said Friday that it has acuqired video game media site ScrewAttack. According to Fullscreen, the acquisition will significantly increase its presence in the game industry news and entertainment space.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media Corp. , the parent firm of AtomicOnline, SheKnows, and a network of other digital media sites, announced this morning that it has acquired two sites-- RealityTea.com , focused on reality entertainment, and WebEcoist.com , a green living site.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Los Angeles-based EQAL , the social entertainment and media firm known for lonelygirl15, is powering a new web site for Earth Balance and Whole Foods Market. Tags: eqal social media ecommerce holiday baking. Earth Balance is a provider of nut butters, butter spreads, and shortenings. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Los Angeles-based Break Media , the online media and advertising firm run by Keith Richman, announced this morning that it is in a major expansion in its advertising network, and has added 23 new verticals to its network. Tags: break media entertainment internet advertising content. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Microsoft's search engine, Bing , is enhancing its searches for an area of interest to lots of Southern California firms--entertainment and media content. According to Bing, it has released a new version of its site which focuses on music, gaming, movies, and TV. Tags: hollywood content entertainment microsoft bing.

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JULY 27, 2010

Los Angeles-based Break Media , the online entertainment site run by Keith Richman, said today that it has launched a new, 3D video channel--and will also produce its own, original 3D series. Tags: break media content publishing hollywood. The channel will also feature other, 3D videos from across the web.

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

In Los Angeles, it seems like everyone has either a script or a startup idea in their back pocket. We spoke with Lisa Hennessy , one of the founders of DreamJobbing and an entertainment industry veteran, to learn more about the startup. However, until recently, the two rarely intersected. What is DreamJobbing?

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MARCH 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based Break Media , which operates a number of Internet media and entertainment properties focused on men, said late Tuesday evening that it has partnered with BlueKai and exelate , two firms providing online advertising data. Tags: break media content publishing advertising bluekai exelate.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based market research provider MarketCast said on Monday that it has acquired Fizziology , a software developer focused on social insights and analytics for the media and entertainment industry. Fizziology's software uses social media sites (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Sina Weibo, etc.)

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JULY 17, 2013

Los Angeles-based online entertainment site HitFix , which is headed by Jen Sargent, is in a new deal today which will bring the company''s entertainment news to theaters. HitFix and NCM Media Networks, which provides integrated media to consumers in U.S. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Los Angeles-based online matchmaking site eHarmony has been acquired by German company ProSiebenSat.1 1 Group is a major German entertainment and media firm, which also has a e-commerce business arm. 1 , ia an acquisition by ProSiebenSat.1 1 subsidiaries The NuCom Group (NCG) and PARSHIP ELITE Group (PEG).

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JUNE 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based Mail.com Media Corporation , which operates the email service Mail.com, said today that it has acquired an entertainment focused blog, DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com. DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com was founded by Nikki Finke, a former Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, and New York Magazine writer and reporter.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 14, 2019

Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. ” Los Angeles-based Brud is by far the most established of this new breed in the U.S. (at

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AUGUST 17, 2011

Los Angeles-based online publisher Break Media is reporting this morning that it is seeing a shift towards mobile access on the company's various websites. According to Break, twenty two percent of its video views are now happening on mobile or other consumer entertainment devices. million downloads. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2014

Moviepilot , the online film review and publishing site led by Tobias Bauckhage, has sold off its German website, moviepilot.de , to French publisher Webedia. The move puts the company''s focused squarely on its Los Angeles operations. Moviepilot set up shop in LA in 2012 , due to the entertainment industry''s base here.

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MAY 31, 2012

Los Angeles-based BUZZMEDIA , the venture backed entertainment and digital media publishing firm behind such sites as Celebuzz, Sterogum, and Buzznet, has acquired electronic music blog site XLR8R , the firm said today. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Moviepilot , which operates an online movie discovery site, said last week that it has opened up an office on Abbot Kinney in Venice, California, as part of its expansion into Los Angeles. Elkins joins the firm from MEC, where she had run interactive media campaigns for Paramount and Dreamworks.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media announced today tha/ it has relaunched CraveOnline , its flagship, male-oriented website. According to Crave, it has split the site into five categories, Entertainment, Gaming, Sports, Music, and Life & Style. The firm said the redesign would help keep its visitors engaged.

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APRIL 19, 2013

Los Angeles-based media and communications investor Saban Capital Group announced Thursday that it has opened up an office in Singapore. Saban''s technology holdings include mobile games firm The Playforge and kid''s online site Zui. The new office is headed by Sumeet Jaisinghani, who was previously in Hong Kong.

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MARCH 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based Render Media (www.rndr.com), which is creating a publisher geared at the social world, social channels, and sharing. We caught up with co-founder and CEO Vic Belonogoff to learn more about Render Media, whose flagship site is Opposing Views. Tell us about Render Media?

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Los Angeles-based crowdsourced ranking site Ranker announced Friday that it has opened up a new video division, Ranker Video , as well as added a few key hires at the company. According to Ranker, it has named Inger Lund Carter--formerly Yahoo! Cohn will be based in New York, at a new office for the company. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 8, 2009

Los Angeles-based kidthing, which makes digital media software focused on children, has inked a deal with MrsP.com, a children's entertainment site focused on reading and books. kidthing develops a digital media player which runs on Windows, which allows parents to buy and control content for their children.

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MARCH 17, 2010

Online marketing firms Gorilla Nation , Atomiconline , Double Helix , and Springboard said this morning that the firms are in a four-way merger, and have become Evolve Media. The firm said that Evolve Media has over 250 employees, and reaches over 300 million monthly uniques across its web sites.

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OCTOBER 2, 2014

Los Angeles-based DreamJobbing said this week that it has launched a new online site--and associated, television effort--which will give anyone a chance at a "dream job" by harnessing their social media and on-camera skills. Wish you could be a VH1 reporter, television producer, or other dream jobs?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

But it isn’t meeting the needs of everyone, leading to the creation of several sites positioning themselves as the go-to professional network for niche industries. And if you work in the entertainment industry, you have Stage 32. Educating the next generation of media talent. If you work in hospitality, you’ve got Industry.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. Also, if you happen not to be able to attend BlogWorld and New Media Expo this year TechZulu has you covered. With Lisa as CEO, the company has grown from an idea for a grassroots conference into a diversified media company.

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MAY 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based Gorilla Nation Media , the division of Evolve Media which provides advertising representation services to websites, said this morning that it has launched a new kids, tweens, and teens vertical. Other sites in the new vertical include HIT Entertainment, Thomas & Friends, and Barney.

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MARCH 17, 2011

Los Angeles-based Break Media , the online publisher of video content, announced this morning that it has added Greg Siegel as its Senior Vice President, Entertainment Development. Siegel was most recently founder and CEO of VidMe, and also has served at talent agency Endeavor.

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MARCH 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based Pluggedin Media , which operates a web site focused on streaming of high quality, music videos in HD and broadcast quality, is looking for a buyer. Tags: merger content acquisition pluggedin hdtv media. O'Brien is one of the co-founders of Xdrive, which was sold to AOL in 2005. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2009

Los Angeles-based Pluggedin Media , which operates a web site focused on streaming of high quality, music videos in HD and broadcast quality, is looking for a buyer. Tags: merger pluggedin acquisition content hdtv media. O'Brien is one of the co-founders of Xdrive, which was sold to AOL in 2005. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based Break Media said Wednesday that it is expanding the number of video advertising options the site offers. The publisher of entertainment sites aimed at men, said it has added new HD-quality options, interactive pre-roll options, and expandable video ads, among other options. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 31, 2012

The Los Angeles tartup said it has launched a site which lets users set their own price on cameras, TV, home audio equipment, and other consumer electronics, letting them propose prices they will pay for those items and letting retailers big on those offers. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based digital media publisher BUZZMEDIA looks to be revving up its hiring on the editorial end of its business, saying Tuesday that it has hired nine staffers across its sites Celebuzz, and SPIN. The firm said the expansion of its staff will further expand the brands.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

Fandango , the online and mobile movie ticketing provider based in Los Angeles, has hired former Disney Online executive Paul Yanover as President, the company said today. Yanover was most recently head of a digital media consulting practice, Lookout Interactive Media, and served at Examiner.com.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 18, 2019

With an inaugural investment into the Los Angeles-based entertainment startup Culture Genesis , Clifford Harris Jr., The strategy has evolved since Geder and Harris made their first investment twelve years ago into a company called Streetcred.com, a site that allowed fans to go online and share opinions about street culture.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2010

Los Angeles-based Clicker Media , the online video guide service funded by Benchmark Capital and Redpoint Ventures, said that it has linked with the University of California, Los Angeles, with a branded version of the service specifically for UCLA students. READ MORE>>.

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