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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Los Angeles-based Panache , a provider of online advertising software and services, has been acquired by 24/7 Real Media , 24/7 Real Media said this morning. The firm was founded in 2006. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

Media

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MARCH 8, 2011

Anthony Batt , the founder and Chief Creative Officer of BUZZmedia , has joined Katalyst , the digital media studio founded by Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg. Batt co-founded BUZZmedia, originally known as Buzznet, out of his efforts photo blogging, scoring his first funding round back around 2006. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2013

The world of media is in the midst of a major transition, where radio and television are no longer the powers they used to be--and there''s a clear shift towards some unknown future online. I started Young Turks back in 2002, and then, in 2006 and really towards the end of 2005, started daily web streaming for the show.

Media

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JULY 1, 2015

Classy was founded in 2006 as StayClassy, and also counts Bullpen Capital and Venture51 as backers. Classy allows nonprofits to create fundraising campaigns for specific projects or year-round initiatives, with features such as leaderboards, user-generated media, team fundraising pages, mobile support, and more.

Software

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JUNE 11, 2015

It reminds me a lot of how TechCrunch felt in 2006. He’s been great at fostering online relationships through blogs and social media for years. I often try to follow product people at interesting companies who engage in social media. Product Hunt.

Product

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Burbank-based Disney said this morning that it has acquired Babble Media, Inc. , Disney said that Babble will become part of the Disney Interactive Media Group, and provide an online resource for moms and fmailies. Babble was founded in 2006. an online site features over 200 "mom bloggers". Babble is based in New York.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. In 2005/2006, I really saw that the trend was shifting from television to the Internet.

Media

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JULY 19, 2010

Santa Monica-based eNom , the domain name registration business of Demand Media, said today that it has added a new VeriSign Trust Seal offering. eNom is a wholly owned subsidiary of Demand Media, and was acquired by Demand Media back in 2006. Tags: enom demand media verisign security malware.

Santa Monica

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Temecula-based Outdoor Channel Holdings , the media firm that runs the Outdoor Channel, said today that it has acquired online web site MyOutdoorTV.com , an online site focused on hunting, fishing, and shooting. MyOutdoorTV.com was founded in 2006 by Chris Moise. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

Web

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OCTOBER 26, 2012

Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT) was founded by Ryan and Chad Steelberg, who sold their last company, dMarc, to Google in 2006; the two also founded AdForce (sold to CMGi) and 2CAN Media (also sold to CMGi). READ MORE>>.

Technology

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MAY 2, 2012

BAT said the new round was led by Matthew Pritzker Company , and also included existing investors Miramar Venture Partners , Newport Coast Investments , RimLight, LLC, Fulcrum Venture Capital , and ad pepper media International. BAT said it has now raised $34M in funding. READ MORE>>.

Technology

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

Los Angeles-based GOOD , a media firm which operates Reason Pictures, GOOD Magazine, and GOOD Digital, announced this week that it has raised a Series A funding round. GOOD's media properties focus on social causes. Tags: good content media magazine movie venture capital angel nicholas negroponte. Goldhirsh is the son of Inc.

Funding

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JANUARY 6, 2012

The firm has previously raised funding from ad pepper media international, CGI Opportunity Fund, Fulcrum Venture Capital, Miramar Venture Partners, Newport Coast Investments, and RimLight Capital. The Steelbergs are best known for selling dMarc Broadcasting to Google back in 2006, in a deal at the time worth over a billion dollars.

Technology

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AUGUST 24, 2010

The round was led by Miramar Venture Partners, and also included prior investors Newport Coast Investments, RimLight Capital, Fulcrum Venture Capital, and ad pepper media International. Ryan and Chad Steelberg are best known for their sale of dMarc to Google in 2006. BAT operates a celebrity endorsement and marketing firm.

Technology

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Alcatel-Lucent said its DMS unit develops technology for the areas of advance television, new media, digital advertising, retailing services, and health. Alcatel-Lucent''s Digital Multimedia Solutions business came out of the 2006 acquisition of an Israeli startup called Mobilitec, which was estimated to be worth $75M at the time.

Acquisition

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JULY 29, 2010

Trails.com offers trail guides, topographic maps, travel gear, professional trail guides and reviews and more--and happens to be owned by Demand Media , the online media empire run by Richard Rosenblatt. Demand acquired Trails as a part of its buy of Hillclimb Media back in 2006. Comments are below!

Sites

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APRIL 19, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the publishing and social media firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, announced today that it has appointed Peter Guber , chairman of Mandalay Entertainment Group, and Josh James , SVP and GM of Omniture, to its board of directors. Tags: demand media executive rosenblatt peter guber mandalay.

Demand

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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

Powers joins the company from Vantage Media, where she was GM of the Education Division. The firm reported 15,558% revenue growth between 2006 and 2010 at those awards. Powers also has served at Microsoft and FrontBridge. Powers served at FrontBridge when TeleSign CEO Steve Jillings was CEO of the firm. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2007

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Friday, March 9, 2007 Map of VC Investments Found this Map of 2006 VC Investments post. Social Media for Service Professionals LearnTrends Speakers and Topics Accounced Tags not Folders - LinkedIn Saved Profiles Product Management for Startups in Los Angeles – S.

Venture Capital

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JUNE 28, 2011

The biggest media attention in our industry went to the so-called “super angels&# during the 2009/10 timeframe and while I don’t believe there is such thing as a super angel I believe that much media attention was deserved. These funds were active back in 2006 when I was raising money for my second company.

Venture Capital

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

This is at least the second time Jones has benefited from an AOL acquisition; his own startup, Userplane, was acquired by AOL in 2006. It has been a very acquisitive day for AOL, which announced--in addition to buying Thing Labs--that it has acquired tech blog network TechCrunch, and video content syndication firm 5min Media.

Userplane

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MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Greycroft is an early-stage VC. Competitors: Knewton.

Venture Capital

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FEBRUARY 11, 2010

Jones was most recently COO at MySpace, and is best known in the Los Angeles area for founding Userplane , which he sold to AOL in 2006. Hirschorn was most recently president of Sling Media , and also had served as Chief Digital Officer at MTV Networks. Reasons for Van Natta's departure were not given. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

According to Google's Goggles team, those five brands have created "Goggles-enabled" print ads, movie posters, and other media which will allow users to take a picture of those ads, and be able to click through to special mobile destinations for those brands.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

According to Google's Googles team, those five brands have created "Goggles-enabled" print ads, movie posters, and other media which will allow users to take a picture of those ads, and be able to click through to special mobile destinations for those brands.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Richard Wolpert: I joined Accel at the end of 2006. I felt I really was involved in the fund, and went to partner meetings, brought them Vox Media, brought Kongregate to them, which eventually sold to GameStop, and brought them John Hering from Lookout, when it was known as Flexilis.

Capital

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2009

Around this time B2C eCommerce had been dominating the media but the wheels were starting to come off. It kind of reminds me a bit of how “social media experts&# are talking to customers today). Use social media to be sure people are aware of it. We launched out second company, Koral, at DEMO in 2006.

Startup

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Slacker was founded in 2006, and was venture backed by Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds. In a related move, LiveXLive apparently also has acquired New York-based social media software developer SNAP Interactive.

Beverly Hills

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DECEMBER 18, 2013

Pierce is an advisor to Casual Connect, GamesBeat, and Digital Media Wire, an active angel investor and member of BitAngels and an active supporter of non-profit and advocacy organizations and is a member of Clinton Global Initiative. Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures. He continues to sit on the board of Sorenson Media.

Startup

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JULY 10, 2012

Back in 2006/07 when I sold my company and then worked at Salesforce.com there were very few options in SF for technology folk to build their careers at big, growing companies. It’s becoming harder to distinguish tech companies from media companies. It is adjacent to Mountain View, home to Google. Juniper and countless others.

Technology

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DECEMBER 27, 2017

Anna started her career as a corporate lawyer focused on public company transactional work and spent two years at McKinsey as a strategy consultant to retail, media and financial services companies. In 2006 she sat next to a woman on an airplane who became her business partner in her next startup, Scribble Press.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Customers these days are turned off by timeless safe messages, delivered repeatedly on traditional media. Using recognized experts and social media influencers turns the marketing context into teaching as opposed to selling. Brands and executives willing and able to do this become the most trusted and credible.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 20, 2011

This upcoming Splash will showcase 10 up-and-coming startups, prominent VCs and founders of the leading LA-based companies - Demand Media and ReachLocal. Hear Shawn Colo, co-founder and EVP of MandA at Demand Media, share his lessons and advice on building Demand from scratch in 2006 to one of this year's hottest IPOs.

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DECEMBER 13, 2009

Tags: Eric Greenspan make it work customer service mini cooper social media training Twitter.

News

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APRIL 23, 2011

Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. Since 2006 they have added offices outside of Boston including Menlo Park, Europe, and China. Do you think the impact of social media is effecting Google’s search business? (42:00 Startup after Iron Planet? (6:00

Capital

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JUNE 3, 2010

Total raised: $120.3mm; $43.5mm raised prior to 2006 recap; post-recap, raised $7.7mm; Series B in 2009 for $15mm; – Read more: VentureWire (requires subscription). Customer are primarily large media companies (publishers) and their media agencies. Competitors: SmashWords , Google Books. MetaMarkets.

Venture Capital

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OCTOBER 14, 2008

Brenner has served at 1-800-CARSEARCH, PromiseMark, and CARFAX; Pributsky joined Zag in 2006 and served at eVox Productions and Malldecker Media; Easterby was most recently at Yahoo!; The firm also named Steward Easterby as VP of Sales; Bill Lepter as VP of Business Intelligence; and Star Marcus as VP of Human Resources.

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