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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

The latest ranking of the top, YouTube Partner Channels from internet measurement firm comScore shows that the entire segment continues to be dominated by Los Angeles companies, with the region holding six of the top slots in the list. The August 2012 ranking by comScore ranks Machinima at number three on YouTube, with 21.8M

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JULY 17, 2014

According to Aaron Kelly, Director of Content and Community, the company is looking for writers, video producers, social media mavericks, marketeers and ultra passionate movie fans to help the company grow from what is just fifteen people at the moment in LA. moviepilot hiring movie content producer community' READ MORE>>.

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Steve Reich

JUNE 26, 2012

.” That was the understatement of the week, as I learned by attending YouTube’s Premium Partner conference, YouTube Access 2012. It’s a huge ecosystem–YouTube has 800 million users, and 72 hours of content is uploaded every MINUTE. And YouTube is doing everything it can to expand professional content.

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DECEMBER 19, 2013

Los Angeles-based streaming television site Hulu said Wednesday that it will reach $1 billion in revenue this year, up from the $695M in revenues it had in 2012, and also now has 5 million subscribers on its Hulu Plus premium service, six years after the company''s launch in 2008. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Santa Monica-based content delivery network (CDN) provider EdgeCast said this morning that it doubled its revenues in 2012, and now has more than 225 employees. The firm provides edge network services to help deliver content from such customers as Twitter, Pinterest, Sony, and Hulu to end users. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 14, 2013

Los Angeles-based Hulu reported Thursday afternoon that it will appoint Andy Forssell as acting CEO of the company, when current CEO Jason Kilar leaves at the end of the month. Kilar also said that Disney and News Corporation are still working on "forward-looking plans" with the site.

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MAY 1, 2013

The acquisition is one of the fastest exits ever for a local, content-meets-online company--AwesomenessTV had only just raised $3.5M awesomenesstv merger acquisition dreamworks exit content hollywood youtube comedy network' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

The annual ranking of the fastest growing companies by Deloitte , the 2012 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, was released today, showing a healthy list of Southern California companies in growth mode. Also, we'll publish the full list of Southern California companies in the 500 later today). READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2013

Los Angeles-based Plug.dj , an online music and video sharing service, has raised $1.25M in a funding round, to bolster the company''s product. Plug.dj''s social service lets people curate video and music content, sharing that with friends and others, working with a user''s Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus accounts. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

In yet another expansion of content on Hulu Plus , the subscription television streaming service from Los Angeles-based Hulu , the company said Monday that it has licensed over 5,300 episodes of programming from CBS , including Cheers, Taxi, The Brady Bunch, Melrose Place, and other television series. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Los Angeles-based Hulu released some new numbers on the use of the company''s streaming video today, saying that it has set new records for revenue, video streaming, and subscribers to Hulu Plus. hulu streaming video merger acquisition content hollywood' READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

San Diego-based personalized Internet radio service Slacker has teamed with ABC , to expand out its content, the firm said today. Slacker said content will come from ABC's Good Morning America and other ABC content partners. Slacker said content will come from ABC's Good Morning America and other ABC content partners.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

The content will be produced by Disney and distributed via YouTube and Disney.com. The companies said that the content will be made available on both Disney.com and YouTube in early 2012, and that Disney Interactive will produce and program the co-branded video destinations for both Disney.com and YouTube.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 19, 2011

TechZulu is heading out to CES and we have tons of products/gadgets/games/companies to review and interview. Hear from key influencers and investors about trends shaping the connected TV market, mobile and web apps, iPad, content discovery and hybrid TV standards and opportunities for advertising and marketing campaigns.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

during 2012 from the Investment Group of Santa Barbara. Mindflash develops software used by such companies as McDonalds and Lufthansa, to create online courses based on existing content, for employee and other training uses. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

The company says it saw around 4.6 billion average views per month on the content it is managing. The royalty payments are nearly triple the $5 million in royalty payouts the company in 2013, and nearly ten times the $1.4M in royalty payouts the company had in 2012. in royalty payouts through its service.

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APRIL 3, 2014

The company had a $3.0M Series A funding back in 2012. AwesomenessTV''s acquisition by DreamWorks was one of the fastest and most profitable exits of a company ever in Southern California. awesomenesstv awesomeness youtube content channel network merger acquisition bigframe video' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 24, 2012

The company--one of the premium content partners for Google-YouTube's new original content efforts--said that, last year, it broadcast over 500 high school football games via its YouTube channel , and expects to grow that to over 4,000 hours of content for the 2012-2013 season.

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AUGUST 7, 2012

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online content publishing firm run by Richard Rosenblatt, reported its second quarter 2012 financial results on Tuesday afternoon, saying that both its revenues and pageviews grew from year to year. for the three months ended June 30, 2012, up 17 percent from the same quarter last year.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 7, 2012

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 -- LAVA Investment Capital Conference. Bringing companies and capital together for an afternoon of content-rich discussions with real companies and their investors. See [link] (more)

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JUNE 24, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has acquired Society6 , an online e-commerce marketplace centered around artists, the company announced Monday afternoon, as part of an effort to expand its content and media platform. According to Demand Media, it paid $94M for Society6, including $75M in cash and approximately $19M in its common stock.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Entertainment Game Changers: Who is Transforming Content and Consumer Experiences for the Better? Cult of Celebrity: When Stars Align with Technology Companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 15, 2012

One company sent multiple emails, one of which that had a twinge of bitterness for not hearing back. This same company sought us out as we were leaving, after being told we didn’t have time to talk, followed us out as he pushed the iPad in our faces. That being said, I met some great people and companies at TCDisrupt.

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JUNE 5, 2015

Diffbot , the developer of artificial intelligence, visual recognition, and natural language processing software for interpreting web pages which is backed by Sky Dayton , has scored $500,000 more in funding, the company said this week. The funding--a continuation of the firm's seed funding--came from Bloomberg Beta. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Wednesday, October 3, 2012 -- Digital Music Forum West. This year's event is packed with great content, stellar people and a lot of companies that are new on the music-tech scene so come on out and join us! See [link] (more)

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AUGUST 12, 2014

has figured out one way -- which is to run a startup accelerator, Warner Media Camp (www.mediacamp.com)--which pulls a class of startups into the company for an intense, twelve week program every year, and helps those companies tap into the resources of the studio. Our sister company, Turner, began Media Camp San Francisco in 2012.

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JULY 11, 2014

The really amazing this, is those deals are all user generated content, from our users finding the best deals on the Internet. The content is really amazing, and leverages the power of social, and applies that towards e-commerce and deals. We''re doing what Reddit does for content, and Google does for search.

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JUNE 5, 2013

Glossi , which develops tools to help publishers create digital magazines for the web, said today that it has launched a brand new set of features aimed at rich media content publishers. Glossi was originally started as a project at ThisNext; the company is now independent of ThisNext, having spun out independently in December of 2012.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Source: hibobbie.com The company also raised an impressive $70 million in funding in June to acquire the legacy pediatric nutrition brand Nature’s One, bringing its total kitty up to $142 million and helping to secure its competitive advantage in the industry going forward. Organic milk formula product Bobbie. Gumroad homepage.

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DECEMBER 21, 2011

Culver City-based Sony Pictures has inked a multi-year, content streaming deal with LOVEFiLM , the European online movie streaming service owned by Amazon.com. Financial details of the content deal were not disclosed.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Thursday, October 4, 2012 -- Digital Music Forum West. This year's event is packed with great content, stellar people and a lot of companies that are new on the music-tech scene so come on out and join us! See [link] (more)

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 19, 2020

The spotlight this week is back on Tencent, which has made some interesting moves in gaming and content publishing. When it comes to making money, TiMi has from the outset been a strong proponent of game-as-a-service whereby it continues to pump out fresh content after the initial download. That’s finally changing.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

As you may know we co-lead the first round of financing of Maker Studios, the largest overall producer for online video content, along with Greycroft Partners. Every politician in the country knows this as well as every consumer brand, every retailer, every restaurant and every media company. In fashion and shopping you have StyleHaul.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

The deal apparently comes after Mashable failed to raise additional funding for the company, despite a round valued at around $250M in March of 2016. J2 Global acquired Ziff Davis back in 2012. In recent years, Mashable has focused mostly on popular culture, entertainment, and popular consumer technology products and services.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

Culver City-based Enplug (www.enplug.com) is looking to change those one way digital displays into social, interactive content. We spoke with CEO and co-founder Nanxi Liu about the company''s software. We want our software to get you to be more engaged with the content on those displays. What''s the story behind the company?

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MARCH 12, 2013

What is it about the content delivery network market which has enabled Santa Monica-based EdgeCast to go from startup to over $100M in revenues in only a few, short years? We caught up with James Segil , the firm's President, to hear the story behind that big growth at the company. We've grown really fast.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 18, 2012

TechZulu is proud to announce that we are a sponsor of the Variety 2012 Venture Capital & New Media Summit and will be there in full force bringing you all the action. Entertainment Game Changers: Who is Transforming Content and Consumer Experiences for the Better? Cult of Celebrity: When Stars Align with Technology Companies.

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