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MAY 1, 2014

Santa Monica-based movie and entertainment company Lionsgate said late Wednesday that it is expanding into a new line of business, and has launched a new, interactive and game arm. He also had been at Creative Artists Agency, Walt Disney, and Bellrock Media. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 3, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it has acquired CoveritLive , a developer of a live blogging platform used to provide real time commentary, reader polling, and questions and answers on live events. Demand Media was already a strategic investor in CoveritLive. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Santa Monica-based Vertical Networks , a "mobile-first" content studio which was backed by Snap , has been acquired by New York-based entertainment and sports media company Whistle. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. Vertical Networks was founded by Elisabeth Murdoch.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Santa Monica-based TV Time , a developer of an app which lets users report information about their engagement with TVs and movies, has acquired New York City-based Mediamorph , according to the two companies. Mediamorph is a provider of entertainment content distribution and tracking services.

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MAY 5, 2010

Wednesday, May 5, 2010 -- Digital Entertainment: Advertising, Distribution and the Consumer. Santa Monica College and The City of Santa Monica bring together business leaders for an insightful discussion on Digital Entertainment. See [link] (more).

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OCTOBER 3, 2018

Santa Monica-babsed Tyffon , a developer of immersive entertainment technology started in Japan, said this morning that it has raised $2.17M in a funding round, to set up its first location in Los Angeles. media and entertainment companies to bring "brands, content, characters and intellectual property to life".

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JULY 24, 2017

Santa Monica-based streaming television provider Hulu announced on Monday that it has appointed Kelly Campbell as the company's new Chief Marketing Officer. Hulu said Campbell will oversee the company's brand marketing, performance marketing, media, content marketing, creative, entertainment publicity and consumer research teams.

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JUNE 19, 2013

The event is harnessing the startup energy in Santa Monica, and features all across town, at ROC , Cross Campus , the Viceroy , Santa Monica Place , and elsewhere. Disclaimer: socalTECH is a media sponsor of Silicon Beach Fest). The festival even includes a number of beach events on Saturday. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Santa Monica-based KIN , which operates a female-focused lifestyle YouTube network, has raised $12M in a funding round, the company said last week. The funding came from Corus Entertainment, Emil Capital, Mayfield Fund, General Catalyst Partners and Rustic Canyon Partners. The company is led by Michael Wayne. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Peter Gotcher , the Chairman and co-founder of Santa Monica-based music startup Topspin Media , has scored an Emmy award, for his work in co-founding firm Digidesign. Avid's Pro Tools -- based on Digidesign's products -- are an industry standard used for sound editing in the entertainment industry. The Philo T.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

Santa Monica-based GumGum Sports , the developer of computer-vision software used for "sport media valuation", led by Ophir Tanz, said on Wednesday that it has doubled both its number of employees, and number of clients in 2018. The company did not announced how many employees it added, nor how many clients. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 10, 2013

Silicon Beach--the self-appointed name that has been used to describe many parts of Southern California''s tech community, but which has seemed to have centered itself over Santa Monica and surrounding towns--has no shortage of events and conferences. Last year''s event attracted more than 2,000 attendees. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 28, 2015

Light Emotion Data) to the Santa Monica Twilight Concert Series. Utilizing technological innovations spun out of the renowned MIT Media Labs and visual artistry by GMUNK , TrueCar is melding the company’s data analysis and visualization abilities with new, entertainment technology. The TrueCar L.E.D.

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OCTOBER 2, 2008

Santa Monica-based GumGum said Wednesday that the firm has inked a partnership with Glam Media and Splash News. According to GumGum, it will provide Glam's publishing network with free access to entertainment from Splash News, which is a major provider of celebrity and paparazzi photos.

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JULY 18, 2018

Santa Monica-based SPACES (www.spaces.com), led by CEO Shiraz Akmal and a team of entertainment veterans from Dreamworks Animation, is hoping to do that with a series of physical attractions, powered by VR technology. We're an entertainment company. What is SPACES? We're building attractions that are VR-enabled.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

In 2016, our Santa Monica office more than doubled market share of early-stage companies. One example is Santa Monica-based hardware company, Ring, who transitioned to a hybrid business model that now includes recurring revenue. In the interest of full disclosure, Headspace is a client of SVB Santa Monica.

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JANUARY 23, 2013

In a sign of the growth of the Silicon Beach technology world, last year, Google moved its headquarters out of a space on Arizona Avenue in Santa Monica, and into a new fancy headquarters space in Venice. This is a neutral space in Santa Monica. It looks like you've targeted both entertainment and technology here?

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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. We'll head back to the beach on the first week of summer for a week-long Silicon Beach Fest in Santa Monica June 2013.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

Santa Monica-based The Wrap News , an online news site covering entertainment and media, said this week that it has acquire ItsontheGrid.com , an online, subscription service providing information on ongoing movie projects. Financial terms of the cash and stock deal were not disclosed.

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APRIL 19, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the publishing and social media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, announced today that it has appointed Peter Guber , chairman of Mandalay Entertainment Group, and Josh James , SVP and GM of Omniture, to its board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo. June 20 – 21).

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JULY 31, 2014

This month, Siemer and Associates hosted its 4th Annual invitation-only Silicon Beach Summit at Casa Del Mar and Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica, California. The event also showcased a variety of promising startups from digital media, mobile, cloud, entertainment, advertising, and eCommerce. Hitesh Chawla, CEO.

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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. Miso Media. Combine that with the growing startup community here, and you end up with at. intersection of technology and music.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

BUZZMEDIA has a network of music and entertainment news related blogs, including Buzznet, Celebuzz, Absolute Punk, GoFugYourself, JustJared, Stereogum, TheSuperficial, WWTDD, SocialiteLife, and Idolator. The firm is now run by Caroline Little, the CEO of Guardian Media North America. www.buzzmedia.com). corp.mail.com). Let us know!

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MAY 18, 2011

Known for its entertainment scene which blossomed in the early nineteen hundreds, LA also has some of the best schools in the country in UCLA and USC. Los Angeles is the second largest city in the United States.

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DECEMBER 2, 2011

On Thursday, December 8 from 6 to 11 pm, the Southern California technology and business communities will gather for Digital Family Reunion 2011 at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica. See [link] (more)

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FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The LA-based accelerator is powered by Techstars and is looking for “technology-based companies focused on transformative media and entertainment experiences.” Applications are being accepted starting today, through April 16, 2014 for early-stage companies with innovative consumer media and entertainment product ideas.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2012

TechZulu is excited to invite you to a fireside chat with Greg Cargill, VP of Client Services and Social Media at BLITZ. Greg will share his experience on how to Successfully Build and Sell an Effective Social Media Marketing Agency. There will be plenty of FREE Pizza & Drinks!

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AUGUST 6, 2009

Santa Monica-based FlipGloss Media , a developer of visually driven, photo-centric web technology aimed at the fashion and news industry, announced today that it has launched a new web site for entertainment news provider Variety. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 20, 2014

We spoke with Kevin Winston, the organizer of Silicon Beach Fest (www.siliconbeachfest.com), which is currently going on in Santa Monica and runs through Saturday, about the energy here in Southern California, as well as a little bit about what''s going on with the event this year. What''s new with Silicon Beach Fest this year?

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

28 from 7pm-10pm in Santa Monica. He is also the co-founder of Playsino, ExpressCoin (Bitcoin exchange), GoCoin (Bitcoin payment platform), Five Delta, Evertune, GamesTV, Digital Entertainment Network, KnCMiner.cn (Bitcoin Mining), and Robocoin China (Bitcoin ATM). Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2009

The Southern California technology and business communities will gather for Digital Family Reunion '09 at Wokcano Restaurant in Santa Monica. DFR '09 will cross pollinate leaders from all the major industry sectors such as media, entertainment, finance, publishing, venture funding, software, commerce, education, and many more.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

The magazine turned its attention this month towards the Los Angeles innovation and technology economy in a section guest edited by StartEngine co-founder Howard Marks , including a reception held Wednesday evening at the Viceroy in Santa Monica. Big disclaimer: the author and editor was one of the honorees at the event).

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MAY 29, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is LA’s original and largest startup tech entertainment festival, celebrating the burgeoning tech scene in Los Angeles. Silicon Beach uniquely features startup and Hollywood entertainment speakers at panels, parties, hackathon, demo day, startup showcase, and more events, June 19-22, 2013 in Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Microsoft's MSN, and Santa Monica-based media firm BermanBraun Interactive said today that they have rolled out a new celebrity news site called WonderWall , which will feature information on what the companies described as the "hottest" pop culture stories, personalities, and trends. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

We moved from our loft in Venice to a new tech campus in Santa Monica. My interests are eclectic and range from SpaceX and innovations in aerospace, transportation, robotics, autonomous vehicles, to esports, the future of work, and the future of entertainment. We've always known how important it is as VCs to invest in founders.

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JUNE 11, 2012

Speakers From Startups/Entertainment/Tech Include: Howard Marks, StartEngine Co-Founder, formerly Activision Founder. Gretchen Fox, Live Nation , VP of Marketing, Social Media. Lindsay Gabler, The GRAMMYs , Social Media Specialist. Come join us and get some work done over at Coloft in Santa Monica.

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