socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the internet publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, reported its fourth quarter and fiscal 2010 results today, the first as a public company. Demand Media said it had revenues of $73.6M The firm also reported net income of $1.0M, versus $3.9M The firm reported net loss of $5.3M

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socalTECH

AUGUST 8, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, has finally filed for its long awaited IPO. Morgan Stanley, UBS Investment Bank, Allen & Company LLC, Jefferies & Company, Stifel Nicolaus Weisel, RBC Capital Markets, Pacific Crest Securities, Raine Securities, and JMP Securities.

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socalTECH

MAY 10, 2021

The former CEO of a Southern California communications services company has plead guilty to charges that he fraudulently obtained $5 million in bank loans from one of Southern California's big startup and technology banks. Lewis was the CEO of Blue Wave Media. According to the U.S. Lewis now faces up to 30 years in federal prison.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media reported its results Thursday, saying that it had a net loss of $5.6 Demand Media said the revenues numbers were driven by continued momentum from its owned and operated sites. The results are the first as a public company for Demand, since its IPO in January. million on revenues of $79.5M.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2019

the parent company of Snapchat , says its daily active users (DAU) increased by 8 percent year-over-year, to 203 million users. The social media and communication software developer announced the numbers in its second quarter 2019 financial results. Santa Monica-based Snap Inc. ,

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socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2020

The funding was led by FirstMark Capital, and also included Causeway Media Partners, BDMI, Tusk Ventures, Inherent Group, Gaingels, Penni Thow's Copper and Guy Oseary. The company says that some of the prizes it has offered include a Lamborghini blessed and signed by Pope Francis, a custom tiny home and a waterfront dream home in Miami.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

WD said the new device, the My Net AC1300, is aimed at providing high bandwidth streaming of Netflix, YouTube, onilne games, and Skype, and includes automatic prioritization of entertainment services traffic. The company's new router also includes four Gigabit Ethernet ports, and two USB 2.0 ports for external storage.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Along with Greycroft Partners we were the first investors in Maker Studios 3 years ago when the company had no revenue and limited infrastructure. Selling at smaller retailers will net you fewer customers and higher margins. But we’re a technology company that produces great video not the other way around.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Los Angeles-based GetBack Media , an online community focused on pop culture, said Thursday that it has raised $1.7M The firm said the funding was led by Beringea, along with high net worth individuals and entertainment leaders. The company said that it was founded by the founders of Rhino Records, Shout! in a Series A funding.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Rightside , the domain name service company which is in the process of being spun out of Santa Monica-based Demand Media , said today that it has inked a deal to bring to new domains to the market: DANCE and.DEMOCRAT. Rightside said it has begun early registration of.DANCE and.DEMOCRAT to trademark holders. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The Facebook parent-company saw its stock price get bludgeoned after a bad earnings report showcased that Apple’s ad-blocking changes are shaving billions off its books and the company’s crown jewel — the Facebook platform — has stopped growing and actually shrank this quarter.

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2014

The move puts the company''s focused squarely on its Los Angeles operations. The sale netted the company $20M, which it will use to fund its U.S. Moviepilot''s web site focuses on film recommendations, film discovery, and the company also helps studios with social media campaigns.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2013

In the age of social media, are online discussions boards obsolete? Lake Forest-based ProBoards doesn''t think so--based on the company''s update of its free Internet forum software, ProBoards Version 5. proboards online discussion board social media forums software update' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 1, 2013

In a big leadership executive shuffle over at San Diego-based ACTIVE Network , the company announced today that its current CEO, Matthew Landa, has resigned, as has its Executive Chairman and Chairman of the board, David Alberga. Reason for the big switchup at its executive ranks was not given. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Social Media User's Bill of Rights. Net Neutrality Dies. Pre-Crime Data Mining Company Social Intelligence. Pre-Crime Data Mining Company Social Intelligence. link] story/media/angelgate-ron- conway-rips-despicable-and- embarrassing-investo/19646875/. TechCrunch Sale to AOL: [link] news/ci_16195749?source=rss&

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2017

announced its quarterly results for its second quarter, saying that it had a net loss of $443.0M The company's revenues increased from Q2 of 2016, when it had $71.798M in revenues. Venice-based Snap Inc. on revenues of $181.67M for the quarter ended June 30th, 2017. READ MORE>>.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 18, 2020

Although there is still a place for display advertising in this new world, increasingly small businesses are discovering that creating buzz and engaging their audiences through social media are more powerful and cost effective. That’s an expensive proposition for small companies. The old “seven impression” model.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. This followed an investment late last year by Time Warner in the company in a round totaling $36 million , led by Rachel Lam , head of their investment group. .” hours of TV / day.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 18, 2019

Launched by the music and cultural impresario with more hustle than hustle and his business partner Jason Geder, the new collaborative investment strategy focused on tech startups will allow high net worth individuals to participate in deals. Live streaming studio, Culture Genesis, launches its first show, the quiz-based Trivia Mob.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 13, 2010

the Sunnyvale-based semiconductor maker which has major operations in Westlake Village, has released its latest financials in an updated S-1 from the company, saying that it had had net income of $19.6M The firm had net income attributable to common stockholders of $2.2M. Inphi Corp. , on revenues of $25.9M READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

the parent company of Snapchat , has set its estimated initial IPO pricing, saying this morning in a filing that it estimates its initial public offering price at betwen $14.00 Snap said it is planning to sell as many as 230,000,000 shares of its stock, which would net it around $3.68 Venice, California-based Snap Inc. , and $16.00

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2009

For this morning's interview, we sat down and talked with Nick Desai , CEO of Global Fitness Media , which runs FitOrbit (www.fitorbit.com), an online site looking to help users put together a fitness and connect with fitness trainers. Nick Desai: Jack Steinfeld--which everyone knows as Body by Jake--is the founder of Global Fitness Media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 31, 2023

In fact, we now live in a buyer-led digital age, where the traditional media push-marketing efforts just don’t work. In addition, the best companies compare the negative and positive cash flows over a period of time to determine the net present value (NPV) of planned future marketing spending.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2020

In fact, we now live in a buyer-led digital age, where the traditional media push-marketing efforts just don’t work. In addition, the best companies compare the negative and positive cash flows over a period of time to determine the net present value (NPV) of planned future marketing spending.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2023

Twitter showed no focus on revenue in the first five years, but was able to parlay 500M users into a $53B public company, and now growing revenue. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. Long-term stability requires revenue growth and profit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2020

Customer expectations of a relationship and personalization are stretching every business today, and pervasive use and confidence in social media by customers can override all your image building and marketing messages. Supplement this feedback with more formal modern satisfaction surveys, like the Net Promoter Score.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2020

Twitter showed no focus on revenue in the first five years, but was able to parlay 500M users into a $35B public company, and now growing revenue. Most modern investors still look for a business model that embodies a gross margin over 50%, and a net margin in the 20% range. Long-term stability requires revenue growth and profit.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Shap continues to lose money, hand over first, reporting it had a net loss of $443.1M SNAP CEO Evan Spiegel said on Tuesday the company is planning a big redesign of its Snapchat app, to broaden appeal of its app to new users. SNAP was already down around 12 percent in pre-market trading on Wednesday, falling from a close of $15.12

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Xconomy

OCTOBER 26, 2018

s data privacy regulator fined Facebook $645,000 for violations that allowed political marketing firm Cambridge Analytica and other outside companies to extract 87 million Facebook profiles worldwide without adequate user knowledge or consent. The company’s net income in the second quarter alone was more than $5 billion.

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socalTECH

MAY 2, 2014

To get some insight into how those names are changing--we caught up with Steve Banfield , SVP and GM of Registrar Services over at Rightside (www.rightside.co) -- which is in the midst of spinning out from Santa Monica-based Demand Media. Steve Banfield: What will become Rightside has been part of Demand Media.

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Berkonomics

JULY 25, 2013

Although there is still a place for display advertising in this new world, increasingly small businesses are discovering that creating buzz and engaging their audiences through social media are more powerful and cost effective. That’s an expensive proposition for small companies. Ask for endorsements when appropriate.

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2017

Earlier this week, Derek Norton , a long time advisor to the media, Internet, and technology industry in Los Angeles, announced a brand new venture capital fund called Watertower Ventures (www.watertowerventures.com). Derek Norton: I just closed on a new fund, worth $5M, which I raised from a group of high net worth, high profile LPs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2015

The advent of social media and real-time interactive feedback via the Internet allows every customer to build and expect a relationship with your business, rather than just touchpoints. One metric now commonly used is called the Net Promoter® Score (NPS). Remember the old adage, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 22, 2021

In this age of instant and global communication via social media and the Internet, I see more and more evidence that delighted customers should be your top priority. A popular set of metrics for customer views is the New Promoter System ( NPS ), available from Bain & Company. Regularly invent new ways to delight customers.

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socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

socalTECH.com has mined its proprietary database of high tech companies and entrepreneurs and identified just a few of the repeat entrepreneurs to watch in the region. Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2010

We talked about how the metaphor for finding information might be changing and why large companies such as HP and Microsoft are betting so big on this industry. And I made the prediction that within the next 2 years RIM (the parent company of Blackberry) will not be independent. Yes, that’s right. The race is on!

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Xconomy

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Or perhaps in the case of 2017, with its litany of data security breaches, social media manipulations, and allegations of sexual harassment, to just wring out the old. Tony Anscombe is a global security evangelist for Eset, an IT security company based in Bratislava, Slovakia, (its North American headquarters is in San.

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