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OCTOBER 2, 2014

In a statement released to the press, REalD said it will "carefully review and consider" the unsolicited bid from Starboard. reald private starboard equity activist investor merger acquisition theater movie content hollywood' The offer is roughly 29 percent more than RealD''s trading price as of Wednesday. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 18, 2016

Over fifty years ago, I was CEO of a record manufacturing company in Hollywood. We were the only such facility on the West coast to provide and control the entire process from studio, through finished vinyl record pressings in the same building, therefore able to promise quality control others could only dream about.

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Berkonomics

MAY 24, 2018

Years ago, when I was CEO of my record manufacturing company in Hollywood, I happened to walk around the plant into the press room just as Bobby, one of the employees’ favorite coworkers, was offering stolen merchandise to his fellow pressmen from a bag he was carrying. A story of a CEO’s snap judgment call.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

Amazon--which has been heavily promoting its press event on September 5th to tech press--started listing the Kindle Touch as out of stock Monday, and the Kindle Fire today, a very, very strong hint that those two devices will be seeing an update announced at the event. Kindle Fire is Amazon's tablet PC, which is based on Android.

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JUNE 11, 2018

For our interview this morning, we caught up with Scot Lawrie , the President and technical Co-founder of Los Angeles-based Coverfly (www.coverfly.com), and John Rhodes , Coverfly's head of Marketing and Business Development, to learn a bit more about the early stage, bootstrapped startup focused on Hollywood script writers. What is Coverfly?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

It looks like Los Angeles is set to get access to peer-to-peer car sharing service Zipcar , as it plans to open an office in Hollywood tomorrow. Zipcar has been inviting the press to an event tomorrow with L.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti, to mark its entry into Los Angeles, the 16th market covered by the company.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 20, 2011

LA Games Conference  now in its 4th year  features a lively and fun debate on timely cutting-edge business topics, demos as well unrivaled access to some of the most progressive companies in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond. See [link] (more)

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 28, 2012

“It’s great to get the tech and Hollywood communities together to celebrate digital innovation,” said Kevin Winston, creator of the Silicon Beach Fest, and Digital LA CEO/Founder. National and local press coverage so far is listed below. We will also do a one-day version this fall in Hollywood and Downtown.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

BUZZMEDIA said it acquired Under The Gun Review, Alter The Press!, Punknews.org was founded in 1998, providing online music news and a fan community; PropertyOfZack is a Tumblr blog focused on punk; Under The Gun Review focuses on entertainment, music, film, and comedy; and Alert The Press! READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 23, 2010

LA Games Conference  now in its 4th year  features a lively and fun debate on timely cutting-edge business topics, demos as well unrivaled access to some of the most progressive companies in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond. See [link] (more).

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JULY 27, 2015

One of the side effects of the war over Flash, has been with advertisers--particularly in Hollywood--who rely on Flash to help display their advertising banners and video to users. We make websites, and we make banners, primarily for the entertainment industry and Hollywood. It worked so well, Hollywood abandoned the 40K format.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Each new customer, each mention in the press or online adds to the feeling of early accomplishment. Because it is yours to write alone, there is no Hollywood script more thrilling than the one you create during those first days when everything is so very new. And it is more satisfying because it is yours, from idea to execution.

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Berkonomics

MAY 2, 2011

Years ago, when I was CEO of my record manufacturing company in Hollywood, I happened to walk around the plant into the press room just as Bobby, one of the employees’ favorite coworkers, was offering stolen merchandise to his fellow pressmen from a bag he was carrying. Everyone loved Bobby, a hard worker and good friend.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 7, 2012

VENUE HUBS Will Have Themed Panel Content: Hollywood (Viceroy) : Movies Go Social, Music Goes Social, on how movie studios, labels and startups use new tech tools to promote content. Press: Techzulu @ Coloft. TechZulu interviews; press lounge. Media/Tech: io/LA (Hollywood). Content : Web / viral videos TBA. CoWorks : TBA.

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OCTOBER 1, 2008

Hollywood-based Buzznet, an online social media and networking site focused on music, said Wednesday that it has hired two editors to bolster its music editorial team.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

This second annual fest brings together technology leaders, startup CEOs, investors, Hollywood studio executives, entrepreneurs, developers, students and more to celebrate LA’s dynamic technology industries with panels, workshops, hackathon, mixers, and a start-up showcase spotlighting 40 local startups. and launching at Silicon Beach Fest.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But the narrative in the press about Al Gore was that he was a smarmy know-it-all. Bush had the opposite narrative in the press. Obviously press narratives of people are characterizations that seldom match reality. This point isn’t just about press meetings. Not something easily repeated in the press.

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JANUARY 27, 2016

She has also served at The Associated Press and Massive Incorporated. Los Angeles-based creative video crowdsourcing site Tongal has named a new, Chief Marketing Officer, saying it has named Amanda Malko to the new position. Malko was previously CMO of digital marketing agency 360i.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

Concurrent panels at several different hubs from Santa Monica to Venice and Hollywood including: Meet the Accelerators Panel, 10-12p @ Viceroy. For all you working press out there don’t forget TechZulu and Coloft are hosting the press Hub. VIP pass holders are invited to a VIP-only cocktail reception by Siemer Associates.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

So we did a one-day fall Silicon Beach Fest at io/LA in Hollywood. Both Silicon Beach Fests featured LA Mayoral Candidate Eric Garcetti, and were covered in several Forbes articles, TechCrunch, PandoDaily, and national and local press. At the closing party, attendees kept saying "This is great! When's the next one?"

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 19, 2011

LA Games Conference – now in its 4th year – features a lively and fun debate on timely cutting-edge business topics, demos as well unrivaled access to some of the most progressive companies in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond. How Do I Win!

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JANUARY 5, 2015

As founder of Digital LA, I run one to two tech events every week bringing together tech, startups, investors, Hollywood, developers designers, and more. What was the most significant event for you or your company this year? I like events. He was named in a recent Forbes article as one of "12 Entrepreneurs That Are Changing LA Forever."

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

We just knew that we were onto an idea that no one had thought of and we had better be in the press first because, of course, there is a first-mover advantage. Getting press is sales. It was kind of like producing a film in Hollywood. “Build something, test something, (you) don’t have to tell lots of people about it.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2013

These fans have a personal relationship with the stars unlike traditional Hollywood. It’s like a press junket for online with public access. They feel like they know everything about them because they watch their weekly and sometimes daily webisodes. You have to be there to appreciate it.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

In stead the press story for 2 years was about how they were losing to Facebook and continuing to hemorrhage revenue and people. Any Hollywood studios taking notice? ==> What do you think about the Netflix decision? Reed is showing the cojones that so many others haven’t.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

That's why we have done things like a recent campaign for Ray Kurzweil's documentary, Transcendant Man, where we helped with press materials, and posters, and publications, putting our QR code on those items. An example of that is, we might be able to show you the hottest concerts in West Hollywood, or the hottest acts in Santa Monica.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

He joined when Maker was a small, chaotic organization and helped bridge our talented creative team with the outside world of investor, brands, partners & press. Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley and Who Will Win. And he has truly been a pleasure to work with. Another major hire was Ryan Lissack who joined as CTO.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

It seems most venture investors have been very shy about investing in Hollywood content related ventures. We had gotten some good press from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Mashable, and NewTeeVee, and then when we went to TechCrunch Disrupt we placed in the top 5. Zach James: I think it was a couple of things.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 12, 2009

I really enjoy his blog and I can't wait to mix it up with him some more on the value of Hollywood money / connections. But to the point here, when we were talking about networking events, Mark and the group generally were hard pressed to say what events were worth attending.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

On any given day I could have been really pressed for time and asked to get straight to the presentation – you can never predict how the meeting will go so you must be prepared to show a deck, do a demo or just have a conversation. Importantly he did have a presentation ready to go.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Eighteen months ago, when MAKE IT IN LA's launch from Mayor's Garcetti's office was featured in a White House press release, we announced an audacious goal of reaching 1,000 entrepreneurs with our programming by the end of this year. What was the big news for your company this year? We blew an important milestone out of the water this year!

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

In today’s “attention deficit” economy you need PR more than ever and this doesn’t come through press releases but rather a continued, authentic conversation.&#. In the afternoon we had a corker of panel. photo credit to Brian Solis].

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The old saying in Hollywood is that “It’s not what you know but whom you know” but the truth is always more deceptive and the tech industry is a lot more susceptible to this notion than you may think.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

We jockey to make sure the press release has our names on it. I’m spending a lot of time looking at video production & distribution because I believe this will form a larger basis of the future Internet and I believe that Hollywood & television will face large, disruptive forces. It is slowly becoming Florida Condos.

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MAY 24, 2011

We have done lots of social media campaigns, and we have really collected with the music ecosystem, such as labels, bands, venues, press, management, and street teams. Vic Caretti: The growth of the site has been absolutely by word of mouth, and viral.

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Since Donald Trump’s infamous “Access Hollywood” tape was released on October 7, Leerink Partners analyst Geoffrey Porges wrote, biotech investors have lost $50 billion. —A coalition of investors pressed drug makers to justify price increases. THIS WEEK IN DRUG PRICING….

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AUGUST 3, 2012

As they said in their press release, they are also spending another $200M to promote premium partners, both by advertising internally and other advertising and promotion. We're one of those partners, which means they upfront money to premium content providers like us, to create a certain amount of content.

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