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JUNE 8, 2016

Woodland Hills-based Music Reports , which provides music rights administration services to the music industry, has inked a big deal with streaming music service Pandora. Financial details of the deal were not announced by the company.

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JUNE 4, 2019

FTD was spun out from Woodland Hills-based United Online back in November of 2013, after a complex relationship with United Online--better known for running such companies as Classmates, NetZero, MyPoints, Juno, and StayFriends. FTD acquired San Diego's ProFlowers in 2014, paying $430M for the online flower and gift delivery service.

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APRIL 10, 2019

Former Los Angeles-based online real estate startup REX has shifted its headquarters to Texas, after the move of its CEO to Austin, in a loss to Southern California's growing high tech startup community--although the company says it still has a team of 50 in Woodland Hills, and that it expects to continue to grow its team in that location.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

Woodland Hills-based online marketing services and software developer ReachLocal , which offers up its services to local businesses, said today that it has added a number of analytics and reporting tools to its platform.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of Internet advertising services to small and medium sized businesses, said Wednesday afternoon that it will participate in Facebook's Deals test in San Diego. ReachLocal said it will use its existing presence in San Diego to source deals from local businesses for Facebook.

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JANUARY 15, 2014

Woodland Hills-based NetZero Wireless , the mobile broadband service which is a subsidiary of United Online, said this morning that it has expanded its coverage via Sprint''s nationwide 3G network. NetZero said its NetZero Mobile Broadband Service now reaches over 276 million people worldwide. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 19, 2013

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of online marketing services aimed at small and medium sized businesses, said late last night that it has launched a new, dedicated team aimed at healthcare and wellness providers.

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APRIL 26, 2011

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of local online marketing services to small and medium sized businesses, said Tuesday that it has become a global premier Google AdWords partner. The firm said the strategic partnership with Google will "accelerate the delivery" of Google's AdWords advertising to local businesses.

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APRIL 6, 2011

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of online marketing services for small and medium sized businesses, said Wednesday that it has expanded into New Zealand, via a strategic alliance. ReachLocal said it has partnered with SureFire Search Ltd, to provide its online advertising products and services to the country.

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MARCH 27, 2014

Woodland Hills-based online local online marketing provider ReachLocal is bragging today that it has signed up 1,000 clients for its new ReachEdge marketing automation product. READ MORE>>. reachlocal marketing automation customers leads software'

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JANUARY 6, 2014

Woodland Hills-based United Online , which runs the Classmates, StayFriends, MyPoints, NetZero, and Juno services, said late Friday that it has named Gale Shulman as its new Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Shulman had most recently been General Counsel at MIPS Technologies.

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AUGUST 1, 2013

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of online marketing services for small and medium-sized businesses, is expanding its reach in Southeast Asia. ReachLocal said that Webnatics will provide a trained, dedicated sales force focused on offering up its SMB products and services to local businesses in Singapore.

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AUGUST 5, 2013

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which provides online marketing services for local businesses, is further expanding the breadth of its business today, saying it has launched a new back-end office operations management product.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which offers up local, online marketing services for small and medium sized businesses, said this morning that it has released a chunk of software to the open source community, to help others develop cross-platform, mobile apps.

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APRIL 27, 2011

Woodland Hills-based Music Reports , a provider of music royalty tracking and reporting services, said today that it has linked with cloud music provider Omnifone. Omnifone provides cloud music services to consumer electronics, ISP, mobile, and automotive firms. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Woodland Hills-based United Online said this morning that it is expecting a delay as it hopes to spin off flower delivery service FTD. United Online bought FTD back in 2008. READ MORE>>. united online netzero spinoff merger acquisition internet access communications approval regulatory'

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of services to help small and medium sized businesses advertise online, said Thursday that it has opened up a new office in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The firm said the new office will serve as its European headquarters.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Woodland Hills-based United Online , the hybrid Internet Service Provider and flower delivery service (via FTD), reported yesterday in its quarterly results that it now expects to spin off FTD as an independent, publicly traded company by August of 2013.

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MAY 22, 2014

Woodland Hills-based NetZero Wireless , the wireless broadband, which is part of United Online, said this week that it is rolling out a retail effort. Previously, NetZero had only offered up its service online or via phone. Financial impact of the deal were not disclosed.

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MAY 13, 2011

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of local online marketing services for small and medium sized businesses, announced this morning that it has been recognized by the British Government for its efforts in the UK.

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OCTOBER 26, 2011

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the online marketing firm which helps small and medium sized businesses place online ads, has strengthened its ties into Google AdWords today, saying it has been added to the Google AdWords Premier SMB Partner (PSP) Program. Google did not say how many partners have been added to the program.

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ReachLocal Google Woodland Hills Training 233

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of online marketing services for small and medium sized businesses, said today that it has launched a new product called ReachCast.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Woodland Hills-based United Online said late Friday afternoon that it has decided to discontinue its payment of dividends, which it says will provide it with "financial flexibility" in its long term growth plans. READ MORE>>. classmates stock dividend netzero untd online united'

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal said this morning that it has named Josh Claman as its new Chief Revenue Officer. ReachLocal provides a service which helps small and medium-sized businesses place Internet advertising, as well as reach out to customers online. ReachLocal said that Claman has been at Dell for the past 10 years.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of local online marketing services to small and medium sized businesses, reported strong growth in its international revenues, in addition to continued revenue growth at the company. ReachLocal provides services that helps local advertisers place online advertising.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Advertising Report 140

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of local online marketing services to small and medium sized businesses run by Zorik Gordon, said this morning that it continues to expand its presence with the opening of three new offices.

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JANUARY 11, 2016

Woodland Hills-based United Online announced this morning that it has named Jeff Goldtsein as a new, interim CEO for the company, replacing Howard Phansteil. He also served at strategic advisory service BGT Capital Advisors, and served at Modern Luxury Media, Experian Interactive/LowerMyBills.com, and IAC/Interactive Corp.,

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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

Woodland Hills-based United Online said this morning that its MyPoints.com loyalty marketing service has launched a new, mobile app called Swappable , to help consumers buy and send gift cards. According to the company, the new app lets users buy gift cards using their credit cards, and easily gift those cards to friends.

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AUGUST 2, 2013

Woodland Hills-based United Online announced Thursday that it now expects its spinoff of flower delivery service FTD by October 1st. The comany also said it has expanded its mobile broadband wholesale agreements with Verizon and Sprint, which it says will significantly expand coverage of its NetZero Mobile Broadband service.

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Woodland Hills Content Mobile Media 138

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MAY 26, 2015

Classmates , the online website which is part of Woodland Hills-absed United Online , has agreed to pay $11.0M to settle allegations of deceptive marketing and biling by the company--an investigation which has been running since 2010. The settlement was announced Tuesday by a group of 21 attorney generals. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2012

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal has set a new, Chief Product Officer, the firm announced this morning. The provider of services to help small businesses place Internet advertising said it named Kris Barton to the position. Barton was previously at Nero, where he was Chief Operating Officer.

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

Los Angeles-based Music Reports , the private equity-backed firm which provides music rights administrative services, said Friday that it has made a major expansion of its employees and offices. The company said it now has more than 100 employees.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Woodland Hills-based United Online has inked a deal to offer up mobile, broadband Internet access, via a deal today with Clearwire. According to the two companies, they are in a new, five-year wholesale agreement which will make 4G high speed broadband service available under United Online's NetZero brand name. READ MORE>>.

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Woodland Hills Mobile Pricing Services 177

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

In a huge shift, Zorik Gordon , the CEO and founder of Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , has resigned, the company said this morning, and the company has launched a search for a new CEO. The company, originally backed by VantagePoint, had its IPO back in 2009. READ MORE>>. reachlocal zorik gordon online advertising medium business'

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JULY 9, 2012

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of online marketing services for small and medium sized businesses, said today that it is expanding internationally, with a deal for a Central and Eastern European franchise.

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JUNE 13, 2011

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , the provider of online advertising and marketing services to small and medium-sized businesses, said today that it has opened up several new local sales offices, bringing its total to 54 offices.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

Woodland Hills-based NetZero Wireless , the 4G wireless service run by United Online, announced that it has launched a campaign to give away free 4G wireless data to Facebook users. NetZero is offering free, 4G wireless powered by Clearwire--with data transfer of up to 200MB/month, in addition to tiered plans starting at $9.95

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