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APRIL 4, 2011

Westlake Village-based ValueClick , the online advertising firm, said today that it has named David A. Yovanna had previously been at ValueClick, having served at the company from 2000 to October 2008, prior to his time as CEO of Gigya. Yovanno as its new General Manager for its Mediaplex division.

Westlake Village 162

Westlake Village Advertising Report Technology 162

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AUGUST 29, 2012

Continuing its international expansion, Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps local businesses market themselves online through paid search marketing and other advertising, said it has opened up new offices in Canada and Germany. ReachLocal has been active in Canada since 2008, and in Germany since 2011. READ MORE>>.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Paid Search Advertising 159

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JUNE 4, 2010

Rifkin was the founder of TagWorld/Flux, which he sold to MTVN in 2008. Tags: burstly softbank mobile advertising venture capital. Burstly recently announced a $1.8M investment from Rincon Venture Partners and GRP Partners. READ MORE>>.

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GRP Partners Venture Capital Mobile Advertising 169

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JUNE 8, 2011

But, with the economy turning south in 2008, lots of those customers went out of business. In the meantime, Groupon came along, and our media customers started to lose advertising. We learned that Groupon was taking their advertisers. We also mail checks to the advertisers every day, to make sure people get paid.

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Platform Training Software Review Advertising 263

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MAY 22, 2014

The online advertising technology provider said the funding came from prior backers Jafco Ventures, Pinnacle Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and Redpoint Ventures. The company has now raised over $50.85M in funding since 2008. truex media socialcibe svnetwork venture capital online advertising technology' READ MORE>>.

Media 147

Media Redpoint Advertising Venture Capital 147

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DECEMBER 22, 2009

For 2008, the firm had a net loss of almost $7M on revenues of $146.68M. ReachLocal operates a service which helps small businesses place online advertising. Tags: reachlocal local advertising merger acquisition. Accoriding to ReachLocal, it had net income of $11.6M on revenues of $143M for the nine month ended September 30th.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills .Net Advertising 145

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

Frontline Direct is a provider of online marketing, and was acquired by Adconian Media in February of 2008. Adconian is a major operator of online advertising networks, with a reach of over 300 million unique users worldwide; the firm is backed by Index Ventures. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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San Diego Advertising Media Networking 154

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MAY 15, 2010

Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. Invidi – Provider of addressable television advertising and marketing services to cable, satellite and telco-delivered television carriers. Addressable advertisements are capable of being targeted to the individual household.

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Venture Capital Startup Advertising Redpoint 285

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

He first came to see me in 2008 when we was raising money for his 1st startup – NextMedium. It was a software platform for allowing advertisers to purchase brand integration (product placements) as a standardized unit through a marketplace. I’ve known Hamet for 5 years. The idea immediately resonated. I stayed close.

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Invest Venture Capital Startup News 340

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

The firm--which was started in France--relocated its headquarters to Los Angeles in 2008 to be closer to its customers. Tags: total immersion virtual world augmented reality software graphics brand advertising. The firm is headed by Bruno Uzzan. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Advertising Software Networking 167

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MAY 24, 2011

Vic Caretti: The site was launched in April of 2008. We are seeing lots of traction in the 14 cities we are live in, and people are wanting to work with us, including bands, PR people, management firms, the venues themselves, and local advertisers. It's really been word of mouth, really viral, because we've never advertised.

Social Media 241

Social Media Startup Sites Advertising 241

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AUGUST 13, 2009

500 listing was that Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , a venture backed provider of local online marketing services, hit $147M in revenues in 2008, up significantly from $4.4M Tags: reachlocal inc500 revenue search engine advertising. One of the revelations in yesterday's Inc. in revenues of 2005. READ MORE>>.

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Advertising Funding 133

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AUGUST 24, 2009

Two Southern Californians are in the running for $10,000 for their entries into a user generated advertising effort from e-commerce site Amazon.com. Amazon ran its advertising through its site, Withoutabox, a Los Angeles startup which was acquired by Amazon subsidiary IMDB back in January of 2008. READ MORE>>.

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Los Angeles Advertising Commerce Sites 140

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JUNE 12, 2010

Mo was graduated from Wharton, worked in investment banking, spent 6 years at IAC (including in an operational role for Connected Ventures which includes College Humor, Busted T’s and Vimeo) before joining Spark Capital in 2008. Founded in 2008 by Mehdi Maghsoodnia. Total raised: $129.0mm. InviteMedia (acquired by Google).

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Venture Capital Capital Metrics Competition 217

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Stuart Wolff , the former CEO and Chairman of the board of Homestore.com , plead guilty Tuesday to participating in a scheme to artificially inflate the firm's online advertising revenue. Attorney's office said that Wolff is the 12th individual from Homestore convicted of federal charges.

Advertising 140

Advertising 140

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JULY 1, 2010

Founded in 2008 in Santa Monica by Ron Goldman (former CRO of shopping.com) and Rahul Sonnad. Incubated by Clearstone Ventures in 2008. A demand side advertising platform which allows advertisers to bid on individual ad impressions in real time, based on the site and who would see it. Current round: $4. See: TechCrunch.

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Zag Truecar Venture Capital CarsDirect 248

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AUGUST 9, 2011

By 2008 I had gotten more serious about championing companies through our investment process. US TV advertising is $60 billion in its own right. It was September 2008. The following is a 2-week graph of the end-of-week price of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) in Autumn 2008. These companies advertise.

Marketing 305

Marketing Venture Capital Funding Technical Review 305

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JUNE 3, 2010

But we had a great chance to talk about the recent moves that Twitter has made to “plug holes” and changing its “TOS” on advertising. I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Brought in new CEO, Russ Reeder in 2008.

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Venture Capital Startup Design S3 214

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MAY 21, 2013

I was recruited for the role when we were still at AT&T Interactive in October of 2008, by some of my former coworkers at Yahoo, who had already landed here. But, I think where we have a long term advantage is, the 600,000 advertise relationships and a strong presence with consumers. We''re connecting those two parties.

Technical Review 223

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 223

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MAY 21, 2013

I was recruited for the role when we were still at ATT Interactive in October of 2008, by some of my former coworkers at Yahoo, who had already landed here. But, I think where we have a long term advantage is, the 600,000 advertise relationships and a strong presence with consumers. Before that, I was running product at Spotrunner.

Technical Review 211

Technical Review Glendale Advertising Google 211

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JULY 1, 2009

Irvine-based WebVisible , the local online advertising startup backed by Redpoint Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures, says that it has "thrived," in the first half of the year, despite the current economy. WebVisible helps local businesses place online advertising, and uses Yellow Pages and other firms to distribute it services.

Redpoint 100

Redpoint Advertising Sales Help 100

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APRIL 1, 2009

Pasadena-based OpenX Technologies , which develops ad serving software used by online publishers, is reporting this morning that it has added more than 8,000 publishers since it launched its product in October of 2008. The software developed by OpenX is used by online publishers to serve up Internet advertising. READ MORE>>.

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OpenX Customer Custom Advertising 100

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OCTOBER 18, 2008

Friday, October 24, 2008 -- WebbyConnect Summit. The inaugural WebbyConnect, held in October 2007, brought together over 250 Webby academy members and leaders in interactive media, entertainment, advertising, design and politics to explore the future of the Internet and emerging media.

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Entertainment Advertising Media Design 100

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OCTOBER 17, 2008

Thursday, October 23, 2008 -- WebbyConnect Summit. The inaugural WebbyConnect, held in October 2007, brought together over 250 Webby academy members and leaders in interactive media, entertainment, advertising, design and politics to explore the future of the Internet and emerging media.

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Entertainment Advertising Media Design 100

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OCTOBER 16, 2008

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 -- WebbyConnect Summit. The inaugural WebbyConnect, held in October 2007, brought together over 250 Webby academy members and leaders in interactive media, entertainment, advertising, design and politics to explore the future of the Internet and emerging media.

Entertainment 100

Entertainment Advertising Media Design 100

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OCTOBER 20, 2009

Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , a provider of local search advertising services, has topped Deloitte's 2009 Technology Fast 500 list, an annual listing of companies ranked by their five year growth rates. The firm said it had 2008 revenues of $146.69M. revenues); Carlsbad-based Genoptix , at number 15 (15,814 percent growth and $116.1M

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ReachLocal Woodland Hills Beverly Hills Cerritos 124

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NOVEMBER 17, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- For our next Digital Drinks, we're heading to Hollywood hot spot Les Deux! Digital LA organizes mixers for professionals in online entertainment, marketing, and advertising. Stop on by for informal casual networking. Join the Digital LA group if you haven't already to get our event updates!

Yahoo 100

Yahoo Entertainment Hollywood Google 100

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JULY 8, 2009

The firm claimed that the traffic was up 5% from Q1, and up 32% from the similar quarter in 2008. Tags: local advertising search engine. Local.com's web sites allow users to search for local businesses and services. READ MORE>>.

Report 100

Report Advertising Sites Web 100

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MAY 23, 2012

LP contributions to VC firms shrunk from 2000 and by 2005-2008 had stabilized to around $30 billion per year. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities. Businesses are also one-click from advertising through Google and now Facebook.

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Venture Capital Capital Technical Review Startup 347

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APRIL 1, 2010

We caught up with founder Evan Rifkin --who previously founded and sold TagWorld/Flux to MTVN in November of 2008--to learn more about the startup. You have advertising networks and mediation players, but you don't really have an ad management platform like ours. What is Burstly? Our space is pretty young. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Platform Advertising GRP Partners 164

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JUNE 28, 2010

. - Spun off from Freewebs in 2008, based in Palo Alto. Operates a ‘Voice and Visual Mobile Advertising Network’ called MobileAd Xchange that delivers in-call voice advertisements and follow-up visual engagements (SMS, MMS). This is said to be part of a much bigger B round that is in process. Total raised: $17.0mm.

Venture Capital 230

Venture Capital Blogging Startup Fandango 230

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FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Yesterday, Google announced that it was shutting down its Google Audio efforts--the search engine giant's efforts to try to sell radio advertising. I believe that the advertisers they started with were probably disappointed that the cost per customer acquisition was not the same as search. Broadcast isn't like that.

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Google Advertising Media Startup 124

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Middleton, the founder and CEO of Nifty Games, previously served at such companies as Madefire, Pulse Entertainment, Mad Catz Interactive, and others, and was founder and CEO of Boom IN-Gme Music, which was acquired by LiveGamer in 2008. He also was founder of Massive In-Game Advertising (acquired by Microsoft in 2006), among other firms.

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Capital Funding Santa Monica Seed Funding 113

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 -- Digital Breakfast LA. The Series brings together top tier professionals from media, tech, finance, law and advertising for a discussion of cutting edge issues in the industry. The Digital Breakfast is coming to LA.

Content 100

Content Advertising Organization Media 100

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MAY 19, 2010

We also talked about the emergence of New York City as the “hot” new area of entrepreneurship, VC and innovation driven by the quantification of the online advertising industry. Founded in August 2008 in Palo Alto, CA, by Sam Christiansen and Keith Lee. Note that these are “gross” revenue numbers. Total raised: $29.5mm.

Venture Capital 240

Venture Capital Startup Platform Technical Review 240

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MAY 4, 2010

Online advertising platform for local businesses; ReachLocal reported over $203 million in revenue for 2009, compared to around $146 million in 2008. million loss in 2008. million, compared to a $7 million net loss in 2008. And we shared our love for Zorik Gordon. Its net income for the 2009 period is $11.66

Clearstone 236

Clearstone Venture Capital ReachLocal Google 236

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JANUARY 25, 2012

I began our discussion by asking Tal about his use of social media to blunt Intuit’s threatening suggestion that Mint was participating in false advertising regarding the manner in which they were counting “users.” “Facebook, back then (2008), had a cookie that remembered your profile avatar.

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Social Media Media Tool Advertising 194