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APRIL 18, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, said Sunday that it is reaffirming its financial outlook for fiscal year 2011. Demand Media said that that report "significantly overstated" the negative impact of those Google changes. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

2010 was a momentus year for me personally. Coming off a very successful exit with Networks in Motion at the end of 2009, 2010 has been a very exciting year for several of my companies, Socialvibe, 2tor, Leadpoint, Webvisible and Impact Radius. We last shared the thoughts of John Babcock at Rustic Canyon Partners. Stay tuned.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

Thursday, November 4, 2010 -- Content World Turned Upside Down: Can Traditional Media Adapt? TCOSC Digital Media Society. Every aspect of the business of entertainment media and other content providers, and their traditional sources of revenue, are under assault by disruptive business models. See [link].

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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 for Q4 of 2010, up 33 percent from the $55.5M for all of 2010. in a loss in Q4 of 2009.

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OCTOBER 9, 2012

The bible of entertainment industry news, Variety , has been acquired by Internet entrepreneur Jay Penske, via his firm, Penske Media , the companies said today. Penske Media owns such online publications as Deadline, HollywoodLife, BGR, and TVLine MovieLine, a number of which are major competitors to Variety. READ MORE>>.

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Eric Greenspan

MAY 25, 2010

As I prepare for my role as emcee in June for Convergence 2010 , I began to look back at how I got involved in radio. What I mean by this is we do radio better by building it around the web, social media and traditional marketing strategies alongside, behind and wrapped around our radio shows. We built unique websites for each show.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

While Google just launched its LA hub, Microsoft has operated a cloud region in Southern California for a while, and started wooing Hollywood last year at the National Association of Broadcasters conference, according to Tad Brockway, a general manager for Azure’s storage and media business. We open these doorways.”

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MAY 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media reported its results Thursday, saying that it had a net loss of $5.6 in revenues the firm reported in Q1 of 2010. Demand Media said the revenues numbers were driven by continued momentum from its owned and operated sites. million on revenues of $79.5M.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 14, 2012

This latest wave in this transformation has been enabled by a number of sophisticated technology companies, including: Burstly , Coull , Collider Media , GraphEffect , SteelHouse , RingRevenue , GumGum , and DataPop. This automated coupling of intent and content results in uber-relevancy and ultimately enhances marketers’ ROI.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 31, 2010

Saturday, February 6, 2010 -- New Media Revenue Models: Growing Greenbacks in the Digital Ecosystem. The New Media ecosystem is growing rapidly with content distribution networks, mobile devices and social networks connecting and interconnecting consumers like never before. Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Venice, California-based ZEFR , the online content distribution startup founded by Zach James and Richard Raddon, has some new experience in its corner: Ross Levinsohn, the former interim CEO of Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that I often see, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. Not having a social media policy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 4, 2010

If your startup can’t be bothered with social media, or has no plan to take advantage of it, then you are definitely at risk these days. They also identify clearly the five key social media mistakes that business often make, along the following lines: Diving in without a strategic plan. Not having a social media policy.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Los Angeles-based Break Media , which operates a network of male-centric content web sites, said today that it has linked with home entertainment system company Yoostar in a promotion. Tags: break content media publishing yoostar competition. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The TechZulu team is coming back to Pubcon this year from November 8-11 to bring you some amazing content from the masters of affiliate marketing, Search and SEO, Social Media, Link building, Advertising, Branding, PR, Analytics and tons more. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Fox Interactive Media and Break Media both ranked highly in comScore's August 2010 list of top U.S. According to the latest numbers, Fox Interactive Media had 43.1M minutes watched per viewer, and Break Media had 42.4M According to the latest numbers, Fox Interactive Media had 43.1M unique viewers, and 167.0M

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JULY 16, 2012

With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks. What is Fliptu?

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Amazon Studios , the media and production arm of Amazon.com, said Thursday that it has greenlighted five children's shows as part of its Amazon Prime studio efforts. Amazon.com has been ramping up efforts in Southern California through Amazon Studios, to attract new content for its video streaming service. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 15, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Milana Rabkin , co-founder of Stem , a new startup which is developing a financial application which helps musicians and other content creators automate payments to members of their creative team. They can use Stem as a platform to distribute that content. How does that work?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 24, 2014

In 2010 somebody posed the question on Quora, “Is Mark Suster a Successful Venture Capitalist?” Helping companies get to next financing round successfully: I was just beginning this phase in Sept 2010 and said so. This is what I wrote on that Quora answer from Sept 2010. Lemons ripen early, great companies take time.”

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JANUARY 6, 2010

El Segundo-based satellite broadcaster DIRECTV said Wednesday at CES that it is in a deal with HDTV manufacturer Panasonic, to broadcast 3D television starting in June of 2010. DIRECTV also said it is working with AEG/AEG Digital Media, CBS, Fox Sports/FSN, Golden Boy Promotions, HDNet, MTV, NBC Universal and Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

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JULY 27, 2010

Tim Street a Writer, Producer, Director, Editor and New Media Consultant. Kevin Pollak the 2010 Streamy Award Winner for The Kevin Pollak Chat Show and Director of Vamped Out. Amber J Lawson goes over all the steps one must take to partner and distribute your content with a company like Babelgum.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 19, 2010

TechZulu and Schmoozd have joined forces to bring you Startup Demo during Social Media Week. We are excited to be part of Social Media Week and helping awesome startups receive their much deserved exposure. When: Wednesday, Sept 22 nd , 2010 - 5:00 p.m. About Social Media Week. to 11:00 p.m. What: A Startup Demo event.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Social Media Week (SMW) is finally here and is set to be one amazing week filled with panels, discussions, networking, and much more. What is Social Media Week? Social Media Week is a global platform that connects people, content, and conversation around emerging trends in social and mobile media. You are in Luck!

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

Thursday, March 4, 2010 -- Inspired EthonomicsJoin Fast Company for a spirited conversation about the state of sustainability in entertainment, media and technology.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 -- Digital LA: The Actor Producer Panel, Digital Deals, Development, Distribution. Lawson - Babelgum, Comedy Publisher - Brandon Martinez - Abrams Artists Agency, New Media Agent - Marc Hustvedt - Tubefilter, Editor-in-Chief; Ex.Pr. Networks, Disney ABC TV) - Amber J. Networks, Disney ABC TV) - Amber J.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

This year BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2010 is set to be their biggest yet. Also, if you happen not to be able to attend BlogWorld and New Media Expo this year TechZulu has you covered. As usual we will be interviewing from our booth on the show room floor but this year TechZulu has a special treat for you. October 16.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Wednesday, October 20, 2010 -- Dealmaker LA - Is location/geo the key to finding the mobile audience?There's According to this article , Millenial Media found that 30 percent of mobile subscribers accessing retail content cannot be reached online or in-store. There's a new audience in town.and it's mobile.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Los Angele-based online video site Hulu.com said Wednesday evening that it has reached a content partnership with Viacom, which will return "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" to Hulu. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Those shows include Jersey Shore, Tosh.0, READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2013

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. Does this sound familiar? Well, could be. How about IGN ? in a $580M deal.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

As 2010 approaches, a whole new year of exciting start-ups, tech news, gadgets, and much more is ahead. We already have a jammed packed schedule for 2010. We already have a jammed packed schedule for 2010. provides a strategically significant opportunity to make media and business run better.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

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. ContentNext founder Rafat Ali left the firm in May of 2010. Names of potential buyers were not discussed. million pageviews. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Founded in April/May 2010 by Diego Berdakin (Ex-Slingshot Labs) and Josh Berman (Ex-Slingshot Labs, MySpace Co-founder) in Santa Monica, CA. first vertical to launch by 2010 Holiday Season. Software provides intelligent, real-time data analytics across a wide variety of disparate, unstructured enterprise content types.

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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.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 24, 2016

So by the time people started using Facebook for more business purposes or general “social networking” in 2010-2015 I really didn’t have any interest. Twitter was my public chat board, my place to share blog content, my place to ask public questions and to debate. It was my public square.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

This continues my series of posts: Top 30 Startup Posts for July 2010 Top 30 Startup Posts in June 2010 Top 29 Startup Posts May 2010 Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March Here they are: How to Minimize Politics in Your Company - Ben's Blog , August 24, 2010 “Who the f@#k you think you f$&kin’ with.

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