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For today's Insights and Opinions section, where we share the thoughts and insights of local technology thought leaders, we have an article from Tony Greenberg , CEO of Ramprate on A Cynic's Prediction of IT and Media in 2011. Everyone who furiously cheered on the acquisition in 2011 will say it was obvious in hindsight.
billion in IT exits in 2011, the highest since 2000, for Southern California IT firms. According to the report, the biggest exit during 2011 was for Greent Dot , which provided liquidity of $2 billion for its pre-IPO investors, the highest of any exit since 2000. A new report released today tallies up $7.7
Ahead of its IPO, Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online domain name and media publishing business run by Richard Rosenblatt, updated its IPO filings Thursday, saying that it has granted $30.8M million of its shares, upon the completion of an IPO before March 31, 2011. READ MORE>>.
Monday, January 31, 2011 -- 2011 MEMES Week Conference @ UCLA - 01/31 to 02/05 - [link] Management of Enterprise in Media, Entertainment and Sports Industries. See [link] (more)
Saturday, November 5, 2011 -- BlogWorld and New Media Expo. Learn how to create better content, grow your brand, audience and revenue online from the worlds most successful New Media experts and Social Media innovators. See [link] (more)
Friday, November 4, 2011 -- BlogWorld and New Media Expo. Learn how to create better content, grow your brand, audience and revenue online from the worlds most successful New Media experts and Social Media innovators. See [link] (more)
Thursday, November 3, 2011 -- BlogWorld and New Media Expo. Learn how to create better content, grow your brand, audience and revenue online from the worlds most successful New Media experts and Social Media innovators. See [link] (more)
Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, announced its third quarter 2011 financial results on Monday, saying that it had a loss from operations of $3.3M, with a rise in revenues to $81.5M. Revenues were up 25 percent compared with Q3 of last year, when it had revenues of $65.4M.
It was especially influential in my mind in thinking about media. At the simplest level you can think about markets in terms of the number of times media is consumed and/or purchased by people plotted against the total number of content of that media type that is available. Why is that? That was the only way.
Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it has come up with a name for its domain name services group, which it is in the midst of spinning off into an independent company. Demand Media said the new company will be named Rightside Group, Ltd. , Naidu has been head of Demand Media''s domain business since 2011.
Demand Media , the online media publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, reported record revenues and profitability, the firm said Monday afternoon, as its released its third quarter results. The firm's total revenues grew to $98.1M, up 20 percent from Q3 of 2011 when it reported revenues of $81.5M. READ MORE>>.
Westlake Village-based ValueClick Media , the ad targeting division of ValueClick, said today that it has opened up two new offices. The firm said the move was made to serve clients and agencies in the two markets, with Minneapolis representing a $1 billion online advertising and $300M mobile marketing opportunity by the end of 2011.
Online advertising provider Real Media Group , which is part of 24/7 Media, said today that it has launched three new video formats. The Social Slide Bar links users to social media sites like Facebook; the Action Button links to retailers like Amazon.com; and the Click-to-Long Play format features links to longer, branded content.
Los Angeles-based True(X) Media --which was most recently known as SocialVibe--disclosed this week that it has raised $6M in a new funding round. truex media socialcibe svnetwork venture capital online advertising technology' The company has now raised over $50.85M in funding since 2008. READ MORE>>.
The latest numbers from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/National Venture capital Association MoneyTree survey, which is based on data from Thomson Reuters, tallies $738.34M invested in Southern California in Q4 of 2011. The category of perennial interest in Southern California, Media and Entertainment, only saw $55.3M
Burbank-based Beachfront Media , the developer of video distribution tools, applications, and other infrastructure--and operator of video discovery site MeFeedia.com --said this week that it has racked up 3 billion video views across its properties, resulting in 1 billion ad impressions for its partners. READ MORE>>.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 -- 2011 Siemer Silicon Beach Summit. Attendees will include investors from leading growth equity funds as well as media executives. Invite only. Email lauren.jenkins@siemer.com.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 -- Making Money Off Media: The Future of Creativity in the Digital Age. See https://www.softec.org/groups/softec_board_of_directors/Events/Event/131.aspx.
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>>.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011 -- Tablets: The New Media Platform. How will we use tablets next? How will they evolve? How will carriers need to adapt? What will the evolution of apps look like? Will next-generation processors spawn super tablets? See [link] (more)
April 25, 2011, Irvine, Calif — Tech Coast Venture Network (www.tcvn.org) is hosting the OC Technology Influencer Mixer & Summit 2011, an historic two-day event with partners CompTIA, the world’s largest technology association, the Technology Leadership Political Action Committee and Ingram Micro. Media Contact: Jan Johnson.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 -- DIGIDAY:ON MEDIA: February 23, 2011: Where THE digital media moguls caucus on the business of buying and planning and advertising across digital platforms. Join us for this one of a kind meeting of the digital media moguls in Los Angeles. See [link] (more)
Tuesday, January 11, 2011 -- Harness the Power of Social Media. HR Social Media-Attention HR Professionals! Harness the power of Social Media. Leverage Social Media to Recruit, Attract and Retain top Talent while managing Your Organization's Reputation-Thought Leader-Cara Stewart,President Remarx Media.
Thursday, April 7, 2011 -- S.M.A.S.H. Social Media Advanced Skills Huddle). SMASH is an interactive conference designed to help you make better decisions about deploying social media for marketing, public relations and corporate communications. socalTECH readers get $100 off using code socaltechsmash. See [link] (more)
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 -- Investment in Digital Media. Panel discussion exploring current investment trends in digital media. Sponsored by DLA Piper and Silicon Valley Bank.
Monday, April 18, 2011 -- Media Leaders Santa Monica Bootcamp. An interactive presentation by Josh Ochs that will show you how to utilize Twitter and Facebook for your business. See [link] (more)
Thursday, February 24, 2011 -- DIGIDAY:MOBILE: Publishers, Agency Executives and Brand Marketers are set to come together and discuss one of the hottest markets in digital content and advertising: Mobile. Plus, the event offers VIP networking opportunities which are designed to land you great deals and contacts for 2011 and beyond.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 -- Social Media Breakfast. Network and mingle with marketers, PR pros, entrepreneurs, bloggers, podcasters, new-media fanatics, future SMBLA speakers and more. See [link] (more)
Tuesday, October 11, 2011 -- Social Media, Social Art and TheBlu. Wemo Media and ACM SIGGRAPH invite you to a special behind the scenes look at The Blu, a new on-line social media experience in collaboration with Hollywood and Academia. A special beta code for [link] will be given to meeting attendees.
Saturday, February 5, 2011 -- Social Media Bootcamp. Media Leaders. This event is perfect for small biz owners, bootstrapped startups, motivated corporate ladder climbers, real estate agents, restaurant owners, or anyone wanting to wear the social media hat in their organization. See [link] (more)
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 -- SEO in Social Media (Panel). Come to the SEO in Social Media panel moderated by a former MySpace VP and founder of Lalawag.com, Sean Percival, on Tue, Sept 20, 2011 at BLANKSPACES in Santa Monica. Wanna learn how search engines rank web pages and optimize yours to out-rank competitors?
Los Angeles-based Break Media , the online video content publisher, said today that it has partnered with actor Zachari Levi, on a set of original videos and events. The deal was inked with Levi's firm, "The Nerd Machine", and is tied to the 2011 Comic-Con International Convention in San Diego being held in July. READ MORE>>.
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 -- DOES SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING WORK? Tired of hearing you have to use Social Media? Join TechBiz Connection to hear real life people, who use social media to grow their brand awareness and in their businesses. Techbizconnection. HEAR REAL LIFE SUCCESS STORIES AND LESSONS LEARNED.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 -- Social Media and Gaming. Get your tix now to the Social Media Breakfast Los Angeles August event! Here are just a few exciting things to expect: Topic: Social Media and Gaming Speaker: Pauline Malcolm-John, Executive Vice President of Strategic Partnerships for WeeWorld. See [link] (more)
Friday, July 15, 2011 -- The Lazy Mans Way to Social Media. How often do you feel overwhelmed by the thought of Managing your social media on a daily basis? In the ever-changing landscape of social media, with the right tools and skills you can save hours by learning how to manage your entire campaign from one dashboard.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011 -- Social Media Breakfast Los Angeles. The Topic: Public or Private? We've all had this dilemma when deciding whether or not our business contacts should see all of the photos from our extravagant night out in Hollywood. Peg Samuel is the Social Diva and the queen of networking.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 -- Social Media Breakfast LA. Jason Pollock (founder of Boom Content), will discuss how social media is changing the landscape of the entertainment industry.
Saturday, April 30, 2011 -- Media Leaders Culver City Bootcamp. Join Media Leaders at NextSpace, LAs newest coworking location, on April 30th for our next Twitter and Facebook Bootcamp. See [link] (more)
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 -- Titans of Media Tech. Broads Circle. 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. See [link] (more)
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