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APRIL 1, 2020

The companys said it acquired the Snake River Tower, which was constructed in 2012. The company said the tower is strategically located close to the center of town and in close proximity to Eastern Oregon University, and that it currently has a "top-tier wireless carrier" as a tenant on the site, with space for additional customers.

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APRIL 17, 2018

The company intends to build a manufacturing facility on an 18-acre site at Berth 240 and use waterways to transport the massive rocket. SpaceX has used the port for its west coast recovery operations since 2012. SpaceX says the BFR is simply too big to be transported by roads. This announcement confirms those reports.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Mission Viejo-based Lifescript , which operates an online women's health site, claimed that it saw strong growth in 2012. The firm says it now has more than 28 million registered users, and saw a 38 percent increase in advertising and sponsorship revenue from 2011 to 2012. million unique visitors a month. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 27, 2011

Torrance-based Swagbucks.com , an online site which allows users to earn virtual currency or other rewards from taking actions online, has now given away $15M in prizes since its launch in 2008. The site--which is headed by Scott Dudelson--also said it is on track to have $25M in revenues this year. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2017

Match Group owns Match.com, OkCupid, Tinder, and a number of other dating sites. Bumble was founded by former Tinder executive Whitney Wolfe, who left Tinder in 2012 she alleged sexual harassment by one of Tinder's founding executives. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Tapiture , the visual, social discovery site aimed at males (which has been billed "Pinterest for men"), says it is showing early traction and engagement monetum, and released some growth and engagement numbers today. The firm, which is led by John Ellis, said that it has just passed one million "taps" of content on its site.

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JANUARY 2, 2013

Los Angeles-based Fandango , the online and mobile movie ticketing service which is a unit of NBCUniversal, said today that its 2012 was its "best year in company history". Fandango said it was seeing around 41 million monthly unique online and mobile visitors in its peak months of 2012. Fandango is run by Paul Yanover. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 25, 2014

Moviepilot , the online film review and publishing site led by Tobias Bauckhage, has sold off its German website, moviepilot.de , to French publisher Webedia. Moviepilot''s web site focuses on film recommendations, film discovery, and the company also helps studios with social media campaigns. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Pasadena-based people search engine provider Spokeo is up to 150 employees in its Pasadena headquarters, almost double the number of employees it had in 2012, the company said today. The site--which is led by Harrison Tang--said the growth compaes as it saw 159 percent revenue growth between 2012 and 2014.

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JULY 17, 2014

Los Angeles-based Moviepilot , the online film review and publishing site which recently sold off its German operations , has hit the hiring accelerator here in Los Angeles as it has shifted its plans to here in the U.S. The startup--which moved here back in 2012 --offers up a wealth of movie related content on its site.

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APRIL 10, 2019

She currently serves as CEO of ShippingEasy.com, which Stamps said grew to a $30M business within 5 years before it was acquired by the company; she has been CEO of ShippingEasy since 2012. Before ShippingEasy, May was the founder of Kidspot.com.au (sold to News Corp) and she was also involved at job site SEEK.com.au.

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JANUARY 27, 2016

FACEIT , a online, competitive gaming site founded in London in 2012, says that it has set up shop in Los Angeles, and raised $15M in a Series A funding round. FACEIT offers up an online site for competitive gaming and esports, allowing players to compete against each other and to win prizes.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles launched its Precelerator Program in 2012, offering up legal services, co-working space, mentorship, and a number of other benefits; the program says it has seen 39 companies graduate from its programs, 27 of which have received funding so far for a total of $12.5M invested in those firms. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Online women's publishing site SheKnows has bumped into the 50 largest web properties in the U.S., the site said this week. Citing numbers from th ecomScore July 2012 report, the Los Angeles-based site--which is part of AtomicOnline--said it now has nearly 25 million readers.

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AUGUST 4, 2014

SpaceX has been looking at Texas for a commercial launch facility since 2012 , when it told the FAA it would seek private site in that state. from its Texas Enterprise Fund to bring the SpaceX commercial rocket facility to the sate, in addition to $13M to help spaceport development in Cameron County, where the site is located.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Business Insider cited a leaked pitch deck from Interactive Media Holdings, which also showed Specific Media and MySpace estimating 2013 revenues of $328M, with MySpace generating $15M in revenues in 2012, and the site generating and estimated $58M in 2013. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 18, 2016

Los Angeles-based local search site YP said today that it has named a new CEO, Jared Rowe. Former CEO David Krantz, who has led YP since its spinoff from AT&T in 2012, will continue as a Strategic Advisor to the company. Rowe had been at Cox since 2010.

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JANUARY 17, 2013

OpenX develops online ad serving software, used by web publishers to serve up advertising on their web sites; the firm also offers up a real-time bidding exchange, OpenX Market, used by advertisers and publishers for deciding what advertising to serve up to consumers.

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MARCH 14, 2013

According to Kilar, Forssell helped grow the company from 2 content partners and no revenue to over 450 content partners and approximately $700 million revenue in 2012. Kilar also said that Disney and News Corporation are still working on "forward-looking plans" with the site. READ MORE>>.

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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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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.

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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. Editor's note: Deloitte is a sponsor of this site, although that does not affect our coverage. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

Hulu , the online video streaming site headed by Jason Kilar, detailed its 2012 numbers today, saying that it will close the year with approximately $695M in revenues, a growth of over 65% since 2011.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

The Honest Company , the online brand offering up natural products for babies and families founded by Jessica Alba, has teamed up with daily deals site Zulily , the two said Wednesday afternoon. Lee also headed up LegalZoom, and also runs ShoeDazzle. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 31, 2012

What was Southern California's technology community most interested in 2012? Exits Down in 2011 - One of the most popular stories to be read on the site--perhaps. numbers should be released in the next week for 2012. SpaceX Plans Launch Site In Texas - In April, SpaceX announced plans to set up a launch. As 2012 turned.

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OCTOBER 1, 2012

San Diego-based local events site Eventful is powering a big concert award with music publication and brand Billboard. The companies said that nominees for the Eventful 2012 Fans' Choice Award will come ia a combination of Billboard's Boxscore chart and Eventful's fan Demands; those awards will be presented in New York in November.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

Two local venture capital funds here in Southern California have backed Janrain , a developer of user management software tools used by websites to better manage registration and site visitors. Janrain said the funding will go towards growth, after it more than doubled its revenues in 2012. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2012

The service uses your answers to help people compare their views with the 2012 presidential candidates, and explains why and how their views agree or disagree with the candidates. The site is the brainchild of Taylor Peck and Nick Boutelier. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 9, 2012

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 -- VC in the OC. Even more VCs have been added to VC in the OC 2012! You can view all updates, including VC bios, keynote speakers, investment presentation companies and agenda at our site. The Largest Gathering of VC's in Southern California this Year. Keynote by John Balen Canaan Partners See [link].

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JANUARY 30, 2014

Lynda.com , the online video education site which offers up a large library of video tutorials in computer software, business skills, design, and other areas, is in a big expansion today, saying that it has started offering up its products in Southeast Asia. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Glendale-based Disney Interactive Media and online video sharing site YouTube , which is part of Google, announced today that they are spending up to $15M on developing original videos series. The content will be produced by Disney and distributed via YouTube and Disney.com.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based SocialVibe , the online advertising firm run by Jay Samit, said today that it has launched a new, political advertising solution ahead of the 2012 elections. SocialVibe's campaigns have previously been for major brands. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 10, 2012

Rubicon reports that the the July 2012 comScore ranking found that Rubicon Project now reaches 96.2% Rubicon's advertising network and tools are used by web publishers to optimize the return on their online advertising, by automatically steering ad space to the best ad network for their site. of the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 20, 2014

Michael Robertson , the founder of online music site MP3Tunes.com --and another related, cloud music storage service Sideload.com , has been found liable in a copyright infringement lawsuit against him filed by Capital Records.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Santa Monica-based GotCast , the online casting site headed by Alec Shankman, said today that it has launched a new social media campaign with Mercedes-Benz. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Deadline in the casting is December 23rd. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2012

Thursday, September 6, 2012 -- Intro to Search Engine Optimization. This class is designed to teach you how to drive more traffic to your web site and increase sales, by using tools suited for anyone! Coloft Academy. What is Search Engine Optimization?

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

Flinja was co-founded by Victor Young, Rebecca Bahr, and Calvin Shen, and was part of the Summer 2012 class from Howard Marks' StartEngine effort. The firm showed off its service at the DEMO conference today, saying that its service is now available at both USC and UCLA, and will soon launch at Stanford.

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