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AUGUST 13, 2018

Costa Mesa-based Veritone One , a subsidiary of Veritone, said today that it has agreed to acquire Performance Bridge Media , a podcast advertising company. for Performance Bridge Media, plus up to another $5.0M Performance Bridge Media had $3.7M Performance Bridge Media had $3.7M Veritone said it would pay $6.0M

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MARCH 22, 2012

Los Angeles-based SodaHead , the online social discussion and voting site, is one of the launch partners for the new Google Analytics Social Media features, Google said this week. SodaHead, which was co-founded by former MySpace exec Jason Feffer, was one of nearly two dozen social sites who partnered with Google on the feature.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Venice, California-based social media app developer Snapchat has made a significant, high visibility hire, saying this week that it has hired Peter Magnusson, a former engineering director from Google, as its new Vice President of Engineering. snapchat google executive vice president engineering' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 27, 2009

tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Dealmaker Media www.undertheradarblo g.com is presenting their 13th Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, CA on. startups from around the globe to grace the stage in front of Valley VCs, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Salesforce, Vmware and more. socalTECH readers.

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APRIL 15, 2016

Los Angeles-based native advertising technology developer Nativo said this week that it has named Eugene Cherny, a former Google executive, as its new Vice President of Product. Nativo said that Cherny was previously manger of Google's TrueView In-display product, a native ad unit used on YouTube and Google.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fan Appz , which is headed by Jon Siegal, said today that it has launched a new social media marketing product. Fan Appz said it differs from other, social media marketing products because it is focused on helping brands close a sale.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Google Googles , the mobile visual recognition application being developed by search giant Google, said today that it has launched a new "marketing experiment" around Buick, Disney, Diageo, T-Mobile, and Delta Airlines. Tags: google goggles neven vision recognition advertising brands marketing.

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APRIL 17, 2015

Santa Monica-based Bitium , the developer of identity and access management software led by Scott Kriz, has rolled out its products in the Google Apps Marketplace, the company said Thursday. Bitium said its products are tightly integrated and work with Google Apps for Work, helping to secure business applications. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud services firm Media Temple says it has upgraded its web hosting services, to make websites run up to six times faster. Media Temple said the company''s GRID service was originally launched back in 2006. Media Temple said the company''s GRID service was originally launched back in 2006.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

A lot of focus has been given on how much search algorithm changes at Google have impacted the fortunes, and traffic, of Los Angeles-based Demand Media. Searchmetrics, a provider of SEO tools and analysis, delivered a list of the sites most affected by updates to Google's new search algorithm, Google Panda 2.5,

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Los Angeles-based Po.et , a new, blockchain-based protocol which is aimed at enabling digital media licensing and authentication, said on Friday that it has partnered with content production company Blink , to automate licensing requests for Blink's network of photographers, filmmakers, and writers. The two said that Po.et READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud services firm Media Temple says it has upgraded its web hosting services, to make websites run up to six times faster. Media Temple said the company''s GRID service was originally launched back in 2006. Media Temple said the company''s GRID service was originally launched back in 2006.

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JUNE 26, 2012

Irvine-based VIZIO said this morning that it has tapped into Google TV with a new product, which lets users turn any HDTV into a smart television. VIZIO said its new Vizio Co-Star Stream Player uses Google TV to allow users to tap into live and streaming entertainment and the web. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 5, 2011

Santa Barbara-based FindTheBest.com , the online comparison site headed by DoubleClick founder Kevin O'Connor , has turned to a Google and DoubleClick vet to serve as President. Yaghoubi was also an executive serving under O'Connor at DoubleClick, where he was Vice President of Global Media.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

In what looks to be one of the biggest free Wi-Fi deals so far from Boingo Wireless , the operator of a network of Wi-Fi hotspots said this morning that it will be offering up free, Wi-Fi at more than 4,000 of its hotspots thanks to a deal with Google Play. Google Play is the online store for Android applications and content run by Google.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Irvine-based Zadara Storage , which provides enterprise storage-as-a-service to customers via a hardware product combined with cloud-based storage, has scored media company The Impress Group. Zadara said it will support a VMware environment for The Impress Group, replacing aging storage arrays with its Zadara VPSA Storage Array.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fan Appz , which is headed by Jon Siegal, said today that it has launched a new social media marketing product. Fan Appz said it differs from other, social media marketing products because it is focused on helping brands close a sale.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project said today that it has passed Google in the latest, comScore Media Metrix monthly ranking of Ad Focus properties. Internet audience, or more than 212 million visitors, which surpasses Google's Ad Network reach by more than 6 million visitors. of the U.S.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

Burbank-based Beachfront Media , which develops video publishing and syndication tools, and also runs the MeFeedia video discovery site, has extended its platform to support publishing video to connected TVs. Beachfront Media is headed by Frank Sinton. Beachfront Media is headed by Frank Sinton.

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DECEMBER 2, 2021

Los Angeles-based livestreaming and on-demand audio, video, and podcasting content provider LiveOne says it has connected its long list of products into Google's Android Automotive platform. Google's Android Automotive is an open source software platform which Google offers up to major automotive OEMs.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

San Diego-based SOCi , a developer of social media management and marketing software, has raised $2.25M in funding, the company said Wednesday. SOCi is taking aim at competitors such as Hootsuite, with what it says is a "next-generation" social media content discovery and marketing product. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

Google Goggles , the mobile visual recognition application being developed by search giant Google, said today that it has launched a new "marketing experiment" around Buick, Disney, Diageo, T-Mobile, and Delta Airlines. Tags: marketing brands advertising recognition vision neven goggles google.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

Los Angeles-based Nami Media , a provider of online advertising technology, has been acquired by Providence, Rhode Island-based LIN TV Corp. , According to LIN TV, it has acquired a majority ownership position in Nami Media. Nami Media is headed by Alex B. Nami Media was co-founded by Gary Mittman and Ethan Joffe.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish , a developer of social media and networking software being used by brands, reported today that it has hired on a Paul Botto, most recently Head of Analytics for the North American Sales Organization at Google, as its Vice President of Sales. Brickfish is venture backed by DCM, Draper Richards L.P.,

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APRIL 18, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, said Sunday that it is reaffirming its financial outlook for fiscal year 2011. Demand Media said that that report "significantly overstated" the negative impact of those Google changes. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Eytan Elbaz , the co-founder of gaming developer Scopely , and one of the founders of Applied Semantics, which is now Google AdSense , said he has launched a new company in Los Angeles called Render Media. Elbaz said the new company was launched with Vic Belongoff, and will focus on digital media publishing.

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Miso Media , a developer of music education software, said Friday that it has raised a $600,000 round of seed financing. The round came from Google Ventures, Keith Rabois, Laura Ziskin, and other un-named seed investors. Miso Media provides technology to help users learn the guitar and ukelele.

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JULY 13, 2011

Today's interview is with Los Angeles-based Miso Media , a developer of iPad-based music education software, which uses note detection to help users learn guitar, ukulele, and banjo. The firm is backed by Google Ventures, as well as a number of well known angels. You're backed by Google, isn't that right?

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APRIL 6, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has extended its Pluck social media platform to mobile devices, the company said today.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

Santa MOnica-based Demand Media is one of the new partners for YouTube , in the big original content programming push by Google's video site, the firm said today. YouTube, in a bid to bolster the content on the site, is launching a new original channels initiatives with plans to launch over 100 new channels in the next year.

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APRIL 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based Demand Media just passed up a deal to go private, according to a report over the weekend from the WSJ's AllThingsD, which says that the firm--headed by Richard Rosenblatt--ultimately decided to pass on the offer from private equity shop Thomas H. Lee Partners. Apparently, T.H. Lee offered up to $1.2 Lee offered up to $1.2

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MAY 9, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing business run by Richard Rosenblatt, announced its first quarter 2012 results yesterday, and also raised its fiscal 2012 financial guidance. Demand Media said it now expects full year 2012 revenues to be between $361.0M to $367.0M.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies , the new startup of Ryan and Chad Steelberg, said this morning that it has launched social media campaigns for three companies. Financial details of the new social media campaign wins were not announced. Ryan and Chad Steelberg sold their last company, dMarc Broadcasting, to Google.

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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.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media (www.demandmedia.com) has seen its share of ups and downs as one of the highest visibility technology and media companies to come out of Southern California's technology ecosystem in recent years. What is Demand Media doing nowadays? Our whole goal is to create content for real life.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

For today's Insights and Opinions article, we have a piece from Tracy Olmstead Williams, of Olmstead Williams Communications, talking about the bold new world of social media: Social Media, like Global Warming, has now left doubters behind. They are Starbucks, Dell, eBay, Google and Microsoft.

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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. We're even building a digital media lab on our second floor. We want entertainment and digital, East and West, to meet.

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