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Verizon Digital Media Acquires Volicon

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Los Angeles-based content delivery network provider Verizon Digital Media Services --which is better known to locals as the former operations of EdgeCast--said it has agreed to acquire Volicon , a provider of video capture, archival, compliance monitoring and clip creation workflow for broadcasters. READ MORE>>.

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Pluggedin Media Looks For Buyer

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Los Angeles-based Pluggedin Media , which operates a web site focused on streaming of high quality, music videos in HD and broadcast quality, is looking for a buyer. The firm's chairman, Brett O'Brien, told socalTECH that, contrary to other reports, the firm is not shutting down, but that they are in the process of selling the company. "We

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Pluggedin Media Looks For Buyer

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Los Angeles-based Pluggedin Media , which operates a web site focused on streaming of high quality, music videos in HD and broadcast quality, is looking for a buyer. The firm's chairman, Brett O'Brien, told socalTECH that, contrary to other reports, the firm is not shutting down, but that they are in the process of selling the company. "We

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Wpromote Buys Standing Dog For Digital Marketing Efforts

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El Segundo-based digital marketing company Wpromote said on Tuesday that it has acquired online marketing agency Standing Dog , which provides search engine marketing, SEO, social media and paid media services. Standing Dog was founded in 2005, and was based in Texas. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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How A Pivot Turned Vantage Media Into A $100M Plus Business

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Patrick Quigley: People often have the wrong perception of Vantage Media. However, if you talk to a lot of people about who Vantage Media is, a lot of them think we''re still an agency, specifically focused on for-profit education marketing. patrick quigley vantage media leads growth marketplace advertising' more) READ MORE>>.

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j2 Global Plans CEO Shift, As Zucker Joins LA Venture Capital Firm

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Shah was previously CEO of Ziff Davis, LLC, the digital media arm of j2 Global, and had been there for five years. Zucker became President at j2 in 2005, and has been CEO for the last eight years. Zucker will join a new venture cpaital firm, OCV, which is being organized by j2's Chairman of the Board, Richard Ressler. READ MORE>>.

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News Corp. In Repeat With Sale To Local Tech Firm

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spends hundreds of millions of dollars on a media property, runs it for about seven years, and then decides to unload that same property for a fraction of the price it paid to a Southern California technology--not media--company. acquired IGN in September of 2005, for $650M. Does this sound familiar? Well, could be.

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