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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. Topspin, is run by Ian Rogers, the former GM of Yahoo Music, and is backed by Redpoint Ventures and The Foundry Group. The Philo T. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Stubbs, Alderton & Markiles LLP , the business, technology and digital media law firm which runs a startup incubator and accelerator called the Precellerator , announced on Tuesday that it has started an effort to make strategic investments in a larger group of digital media and technology companies.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Pasadena-based Calibrate Ventures , a venture capital firm that says it invests in advanced technologies, has added two Venture Partners to the company. According to the firm, it has added Aime Leifer and Dan Murray to its team. and Overture. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Los Angeles-based advertising technology developer The Trade Desk said today that it has named Susan Vobejda as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Vobejda also had served as GM of Bloomberg's Media Distribution division, and had been at Yahoo, Gap Inc., and Walmart.com.

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AUGUST 21, 2017

Southern California technology veteran Ross Levinsohn , best known for his efforts as Interim CEO at Yahoo! and his work at Fox Interactive Media, has been appointed CEO and Publisher of the Los Angeles Times , according to the LA Times' parent company, tronc. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Venice, California-based ZEFR , the online content distribution startup founded by Zach James and Richard Raddon, has some new experience in its corner: Ross Levinsohn, the former interim CEO of Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based advertising software developer SteelHouse is in major executive expansion mode, saying late Monday that it has named Boris Bronshteyn as its Chief Technology Officer, and David U. Smin was previously Chief Marketing Officer at SocialFlow, and also served at Point Roll, Yahoo!, Simon as its Chief Marketing Officer.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Chauhan has previously served at Adslot Technologies, OpenX Technologies, Rubicon Project, Move, and Yahoo!, Cariola was most recently at Compass, and also served at New Standard Equities, For Rent Media Solutions, and Move. and had founded online ad networks Banner Brokers and ClickAgents. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 15, 2013

Ross Levinsohn , the former head of Yahoo and Fox Interactive Media, has just been appointed CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media , the parent firm of The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Adweek, and other entertainment focused properties.

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MAY 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based online and mobile advertising technology provider OpenX announced this morning that it has named Tish Whitcraft as the company''s new Chief Customer Officer. OpenX said that Whitcraft will head up OpenX''s partner services team, which includes support, sales engineering, and customer operations.

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APRIL 25, 2013

In the arms race of search technology, only the big guys -- Google, Microsoft -- seem to be able to keep up with all of the innovations in the space. We caught up with CEO Dev Bhatia --a serial entrepreneur who''s been involved with such companies at Hotsocket, Screaming Media (IPO), and Yoyodyne (acquired by Yahoo)--to learn more about.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

For our profile today, we had a chat with Jonathan David , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Tapstone (www.tapstone.com), a company providing media buying and optimization. Jonathan David: We''re essentially a media buying and optimization platform. You have technology and strategy to maximize ROI. What is Tapstone all about?

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

View the Slideshow The technology for online social networks arrived practically hand-in-hand with the Internet. and chat rooms on Bulletin Board Systems to Yahoo message boards, LinkedIn, Myspace, Twitter, and Instagram.

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OCTOBER 23, 2022

Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest. They neither frequently use nor derive much satisfaction from social media, and would be classified at late adopters of new technology.

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JUNE 26, 2013

Lynch and Curry are technology veterans, having managed cloud deployments for Yahoo and Ticketmaster. A number of cloud companies here are involved in the OpenStack effort, including Inktank, parent firm DreamHost, Morphlabs, and Media Temple. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2012

The team -- made up of veterans from local, Silicon Beach technology companies -- said it is developing Club Caveman , a mobile app that combines movie-quality animation with all the interactivity of an iPad or iPhone. and Demand Media. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 17, 2010

And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. But we have a great city for building technology companies. You can find very talented technology executives. But we do have great technology developers. You don’t.

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APRIL 24, 2015

In the world of sports, getting high school sports scores have always been an issue for local media, such as newspapers and television stations. The next thing was our exit partners on my prior firms had all been media companies, and I had worked with those media companies for many years, and know how they work.

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APRIL 24, 2015

In the world of sports, getting high school sports scores have always been an issue for local media, such as newspapers and television stations. The next thing was our exit partners on my prior firms had all been media companies, and I had worked with those media companies for many years, and know how they work.

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MARCH 27, 2015

We spoke with founder and CEO Tyler Francois to hear about his vision for making anyone an Internet radio DJ, and how the team--made up of former Yahoo! Tyler Francois: urRadio is an all new, social media app, which allows you to host your own Internet radio station. UrRadio can be a powerful social media outlet for those users.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2021

You can check out Parenting.com, MyWedding.com, ThePennyHoarder.com, all these sites are using Search IQ technology, and it's our own version of inside search. The company was founded in 2001, as Findology Interactive Media. Our core competency was in the search space. Thanks for the interview!

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

The site, which launched a year ago with the backing of Best Buy, said its audience target is now females, moms and mainstream consumers, who are interested in the practical usage of technology. The site says it is now the largest technology website specifically catering to women. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 26, 2020

Even the best technology can’t read your mind, which is why a simple Google search often gives frustrating and irrelevant results, and online advertisers bombard you with opportunities of no interest. They neither frequently use nor derive much satisfaction from social media, and would be classified at late adopters of new technology.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

The new era of highly connected and interactive technology is changing not only how business employees interact with customers, but also how they interact with each other, and with their company. Use of collaborative and other social media platforms. Both are required to stay competitive.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Today's interview is with Peter Csathy, President and CEO of Sorenson Media (www.sorensonmedia.com), which recently relocated its executive offices to San Diego. Csathy was the former CEO of SightSpeed, which he sold to Logitech last year, and also served as COO of MusicMatch, which was sold to Yahoo in 2004.

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AUGUST 18, 2010

For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we feature insights and analysis from the local technology community, we have an article from Jeff Cohn , an entrepreneur and veteran of the angel and VC investment community here in Southern California. However (More.).

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JULY 17, 2012

Marissa Mayer has started work at Yahoo! Her appointment is expected to spice things up at Yahoo, once a top internet and media firm. She is expected to champion for new products and advance its web technology. This might revive Yahoo’s leading properties like Yahoo! Mail ,Yahoo! Search, Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

James (chairman of the Althea Foundation) and appointed Adam Sroka as Senior Vice President of Technology in a move to make business transactions simple and secure. . Jackson , “This financing round, coupled with hiring Adam Sroka as our head of technology, puts CapLinked in a position to further enhance our enterprise product offerings.”.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

You will not fundamentally change consumers media consumption habits. Hello, Yahoo!?! (I I talked to an ex Yahoo! This requires more than technology. ” Me, “ok, but who is going to provide your technology? The concise guide is here. My narrative has stayed pretty simple: People in the US watch 5.3

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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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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

As a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California (now an official sponsor of the event), I first reached out to my fellow board members. I was provided with introductions to execs at Myspace, Facebook, Yahoo!, The first to respond was @robinzucker of Yahoo! YouTube and many others. ’s HQ in Burbank.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Editor's note: All this week, and into the start of next year, we'll be featuring reflections on 2018 from notable investors, entrepreneurs, and others from Southern California's technology community. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018?

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Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

As a board member of the Technology Council of Southern California, I first reached out to my fellow board members. I was provided with introductions to execs at Myspace, Facebook, Yahoo!, The first to respond was @robinzucker of Yahoo! who gladly offered to sponsor the event and provide the venue at Yahoo!’s

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

This holiday season, we are again sharing the reflections on the year from Southern California's technology community. The idea of entrepreneurship as a path and of technology as a change catalyst is taking root in cities and ecosystems all over the world. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted.

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APRIL 17, 2010

We held a 90-minute demo session where 150 of LA’s VC’s and senior technology executives watched the LPLA V2 group present in small groups of 12-15 each. We had software executives from Google, Yahoo!, DataPop : DataPop was founded by performance marketing veterans from Yahoo!,

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

BreakOut is where cutting-edge artists present and debate the digital technologies and strategies they are deploying to break away from the entertainment establishment and take more control.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

DECEMBER 10, 2008

BreakOut is where cutting-edge artists present and debate the digital technologies and strategies they are deploying to break away from the entertainment establishment and take more control.

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