Remove disney
article thumbnail

Disney Shutters Parenting Blog Site, Babble

socalTECH

Burbank-based Disney has shut down parent blog site Babble , according to the site, which did not say why it was shutting down. Disney had owned Babble since 2011. Disney had paid $40M for Babble in 2011, one of a number of parenting sites acquired in the era by Disney Interactive. READ MORE>>.

Blogging 113
article thumbnail

Brand Affinity Technologies Taps Disney Exec For Board

socalTECH

Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT) , the online celebrity endorsements startup headed by Ryan Steelberg, said today that it has tapped al Weiss, the former President of Worldwide Operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, to its board. Weiss retired from Disney in 2011.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

StartEngine Chalks Up 25 Companies Raising Funding Since Start Of 2017

socalTECH

Howard Marks was previously founder and CEO of Acclaim Games (now part of Walt Disney), and was co-founder of Activision; he created StartEngine with co-founder Ron Miller in 2011, initialy as a startup accelerator, and later transitioned the incubator into the online equity crowdfunding area. READ MORE>>.

Startup 124
article thumbnail

Hulu Sells Off Japanese Business

socalTECH

Hulu had only launched services in Japan three years ago, in September of 2011. Hulu is jointly owned by NBCUniversal, 21st Century Fox, and The Walt Disney Company. Nippon TV said it would use the acuqisition to enter into the subscription, video-on-demand business.

Hulu 138
article thumbnail

Southern California Internet Sites In Top 50 In March

socalTECH

A number of Southern California ranked in the top 50 most visited Internet sites in March, according to the latest, March 2011 numbers released by comScore today. Other highly ranking Southern California Internet sites were Break Media , at 34 with 31.34M unique visitors, and Disney Online , at 45 with 25.8 million unique visitors.

article thumbnail

Titans of Media Tech

SoCal Tech Calendar

Tuesday, February 22, 2011 -- Titans of Media Tech. Panelists: Sandy Barger, most recently at Walt Disney Studios; Andrea Belz, Belz Consulting Group; Hilary DeCesare, Everloop; Michele Martell, Cinedigm Entertainment Group; Dana Settle, Greycroft; Megan Lisa Jones, Hadley Partners. Broads Circle. See [link] (more)

Media 100
article thumbnail

India Rising

SoCal Tech Calendar

Thursday, March 17, 2011 -- India Rising. A conversation with Studio Heads Andy Bird and Michael Grindon; Andy Bird, Chairman of Walt Disney International Chairman; Michael Grindon, former President of Sony International. TiE SoCal in conjunction with Asia Society. Moderated by Navneet Chugh.

SoCal 113