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MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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MARCH 6, 2013

At The Pool , the Los Angeles-based social networking site focused on helping locals meet other locals, said Wednesday that it has launched a major, new site redesign, including adding the ability for local groups to create their own "pools". READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 18, 2019

The onetime social networking site, founded in Los Angeles, is now owned by Meredith Corporation and is still active as an online music discovery site. However, the site has quite a bit less music now, after the site accidentally lost all of the music uploaded to the site uploaded between 2003 and 2015.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Westlake Village-based PurePhoto.com , a new startup headed by former NextMedium COO John Ellis, and whose exec team includes prior executives from ReachLocal, ValueClick, and YellowPages.com, said Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of Los Angeles-based PhotographyMentor , an online photography education and social networking site.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based social networking site Grindr , which serves the "gay, bi, curious and queer" market, is launching a new online, digital magazine called INTO today. The magazine said it will provide "fresh, relevant stories and beautiful photography" on the site, which is led by Editor-in-Chief Zach Stafford.

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MARCH 28, 2014

If you''re a chef of a hot new restaurant in New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles, where do you go online to network? Sites like LinkedIn are far more business focused, and Facebook is more friends and family. A new, San Diego startup-- Chef''s Roll , thinks it has the answer--a social network specifically aimed at chefs.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace , which is a unit of News Corporation, said late Monday that it is integrating the Fox Audience Network (FAN) directly with MySpace. Fox Audience Network is News Corp's ad serving unit. The move comes as FAN President, Adam Bain, is leaving the firm.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Earbuds , a new startup from Austin founded by former Detroit Lions lineman Jason Fox, wants to bring the power of social media to your eardrums. The olds may remember services like Turntable.fm , which took a stab at making music social but shut down back in 2013. That site focuses on connecting people with similar musical tastes.

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APRIL 30, 2014

Social networking site MovieLaLa --which focuses on upcoming movies--said Tuesday that it has raised an angel investment from Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff. The startup''s angels include a number of folks from the Silicon Beach content world, including Allen DeBevoise, Jim Moloshok, and others. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 25, 2017

Dating apps from Los Angeles-based Tinder --not to mention similar apps from Bumble, OK Cupid, Zoosk, WeChat, and many others--are apparently full of security holes , according to researchers.

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JUNE 8, 2012

Los Angeles-based Goodreads , the online social networking site focused on books, reported this week that it is just about set to hit nine million members of the service. The site, which is headed by Otis Chandler, said it now has over 300 million books cataloged. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 21, 2012

A new, Los Angeles startup, Stockr , is looking to connect the world of social networking with stock tips and trades, and recently has emerged in a private beta. The firm, headed by Vinny Jindal, provides a filtered stream of stock tips and disussions--tied into stock charts and quotes.

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

Los Angeles-based Myspace said today that it has seen its user base, with 36 million people now using the website after the site''s big revamp in June. The site--which is now focused on providing users with access to music and videos--said it started with an audience of 24 million prior to relaunching the site.

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MARCH 9, 2015

Wonder why once dominant social networking site MySpace --once the poster child for the Los Angeles technology startup world failed under News Corp? sean percival lalawag myspace social networking lessons' Former MySpace VP Sean Percival says it was a "spaghetti-ball mess". READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Los Angeles- and Austin-based Moonshots Capital , the venture capital fund led by serial entrepreneur Kelly Perdew, is ramping its investment pace, with the first two formal investments out of its new fund. The two investments, both announced in January, were cyber-defense firm Threatcare , and bot detection developer New Knowledge.

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APRIL 5, 2010

Among the many companies launching iPad-focused applications and content over the weekend, Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said that it is now presenting a custom, home page for people visiting the site through the Apple iPad browser. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Users will first pick from a range of templates, be it a theme for a shopping site or a trip to Japan. Co-founder and CEO Josh Xu met his co-founder and CFO Liang Wang, a veteran of ByteDance and the music social network Smule, when the two were studying at Carnegie Mellon University. “We are doing what Jasper and Copy.ai

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MARCH 6, 2012

Los Angeles-based MyLife , the online social networking search site run by Jeff Tinsley, reported Monday that it is planning to spend $35M on marketing this year, starting with a nationwide television campaign. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

office in Los Angeles, as part of an "aggressive" North American expansion effort by the company. Evvnt develops a software platform which helps event organizers manage and promote events across event listing sites, calendars, directories, ticketing, social networks and search engines.

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APRIL 11, 2012

Streaming, cloud-based game service provider Gaikai has linked up its service to Facebook , the firm said Wednesday, launching a beta of a Facebook app which allows users to play console-quality games directly from the social networking site.

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DECEMBER 15, 2014

Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu has rolled out a fun new tool to help you channel your holiday spirit (or lack of holiday spirit) into an animated GIF, with a new service called the Hulu Perfect GIF Generator. The tool lets users share those animated GIFs via email and social networks. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 21, 2010

Los Angeles social networking site MySpace said today that it has launched a World Cup profile page , where it is bringing together World Cup related content from the site and elsewhere on the web, and also is powering a profile page for Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

Los Angeles-based HashAtIt said Thursday that it has launched a brand new search engine, which aggregates and allows users to find hashtags across Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. The search engine revolves around hashtag "boards" which can be embedded into other sites or social networking pages.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace said today that it has added Google Buzz as one of the ways to share its videos on the MySpace site. The social networking site previously allows users to share videos on Facebook, Twitter, and Digg. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 6, 2012

Are you one of the folks who spent this afternoon changing your LinkedIn password, after a password leak at the popular business social networking site? If so, Los Angeles-based MySocialCloud has a feature for you: an automatic, random password generator. LinkedIn said Wednesday afternoon that about 6.5

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Atomkeep , an online service to help users synchronize their social media profiles across a number of social networking sites, has been acquired by Jobscience , a developer of social relationship management software tools. Atomkeep was founded in Los Angeles by Olexiy Prokhorenko and Olexandr Prokhorenko.

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MARCH 30, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace is looking to boost its Internet safety efforts today, saying that it is backing a campaign by nonprofit Enough is Enough to help keep children online. Tags: myspace social networking internet safety children. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

Our profile this morning is with Network Automation , a Los Angeles company competing in the IT automation market. Southern California--despite the lack of huge, name brand firms-- has a significant number of enterprise software companies, of which Network Automation is just one. You are self funded too, we recall.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Los Angeles-based online social network for artists deviantART has raised $10M in a funding round from CAD software developer Autodesk , according to a regulatory filing from the firm. community artist network social strategic capital venture autodesk deviantart' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Los Angeles-based Tibesti is launching a new social shopping site this morning, targeted at allowing users to recommend products to others, and to share in revenues from product purchases from those recommendations. Tags: shopping tibesti social startup networking. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Los Angeles-based Anybeat , the alternative social networking site created by former MySpace Music VP Dmitri Shapiro, has opened up broad, public access to the service. Shapiro was also the founder of video site Veoh. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 16, 2012

ViSalus , a nutritional supplements maker co-founded by Los Angeles-based, technology entrepreneur Ryan Blair, has filed for an IPO, saying that it is looking to raise up to $175M in an IPO. Blair is CEO, and remains in Los Angeles. ViSalus is based in Troy, Michigan. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 19, 2010

Los Angeles-based GotCast.com , the online casting and talent social networking site run by Alec Shankman, reported today that it is powering a talent search for NBC's 'Stand Up For Diversity' initiative. GotCast has an online site which helps in casting actors and other talent, and was co-founded by Wil Schroter.

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JULY 19, 2012

Los Angeles investor Baroda Ventures , the venture capital arm of David Bohnett, has re-upped on online fashion and e-commerce site Fab.com , in a big, $105M third round of funding for that site. Baroda has been an investor in Fab since its seed funding back in June of 2010. Bohnett is the founder of Geocities.com.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking site MySpace has launched a beta of a new social playlist service, My Music 2.0 , the firm said Tuesday. According to MySpace, the music playlist hub will allow users to build and manage their own social playlists from its music catalog. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 12, 2010

Los Angeles-based social networking web site MySpace has linked with Microsoft on the launch of Microsoft's new social networking-focused cell phones, the Kin 1 and the Kin 2. MySpace is one of social networking sites with built-in support on Microsoft's new phones.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace said today that it has launched a new, revamped version of the firm's game homepage, as a new MySpace Games site, to provide a more social gaming environment. Tags: myspace games gaming social networking. READ MORE>>.

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