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Three Southern California Firms Building Blog Empires

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News today that AOL has acquired technology news blog TechCrunch highlights the growing place of blog publishers in the online world. Here are three, Southern California blog networks which have quietly growing their network of properties: BUZZMEDIA. Did we miss your favorite, Southern California blog empire? Let us know!

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ContentNext Up For Sale

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Guardian News & Media , the firm behind web publisher ContentNext , is in discussions with potential buyers about a possible sale, according to a report from the firm's own site, paidContent. Ali had founded the blog after he lost a job immediately after September 11th. Names of potential buyers were not discussed. READ MORE>>.

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Mark Suster: New, $200M Fund, and GRP's New Name, Upfront Ventures

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We caught up with Mark Suster , one of Upfront''s General Partners and a well known blogger and technology personality, the new fund, and how his blogging is now driving the firm''s investment activity. Our 2008 fund is also performing incredibly strong. How has your broad social media presence affected your dealflow?

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Here are More Signs that LA Tech is Moving to the Next Level

Both Sides of the Table

I wrote a blog post on how to work with lawyers at a startup nearly two-and-a-half years ago. This was 2005 when I had no exits under my belt, no blogs … nobody was looking. It was very widely read. If you don’t have much experience in working with law firms at a startup it’s a good primer. Startup-focused.

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Curating The Web Using PublishThis, with Matt Kumin

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Prior to starting PublishThis, I was the General Manager for Edmunds.com, the automotive site here in Santa Monica. I ran that between 2001 and 2008, and then left to start what has become PublishThis. In the past, companies were just blogging, or just creating content. That's expensive, and takes a lot more people.

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Los Angeles Speaking Series #3: “Mistakes People Make Before Starting a New Business”

Jason Nazar

These are FREE events, and my goal is to help contribute to the Los Angeles Technology Scene by bringing together various entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists, social media experts, and professionals in the technology field. These events are put on in conjunction with our friends at DealMaker Media. Cost: FREE.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Founded in November 2008 by Jack Moffitt and Patrick Mahoney; CEO is Gerry Campbell (ex-AOL, ex-Reuters/OpenCalais). Independents: Millennial Media , Greystripe , Medialets , JumpTap , Mojiva.