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What I Learned in 2014: Kevin Winston

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My most significant event of 2014 is definitely Silicon Beach Fest, the multi-day tech community fest, which just keeps getting bigger. Silicon Beach Fest 2014 attracted more than 2,000 attendees, with more than 350 speakers, of which more than one third were women. What was your biggest lesson learned this year?

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Vertical Networks Acquired By Whistle

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Santa Monica-based Vertical Networks , a "mobile-first" content studio which was backed by Snap , has been acquired by New York-based entertainment and sports media company Whistle. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Whistle, the acquisition will help its expand its lifestyle video content efforts.

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Netflix Buys Night School Studio

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Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Netflix, the acquisition will help it expand its games team. Night School Studio was founded by Sean Krankel and Adam Hines in 2014. Night School Studio is best known for the title OXENFREE.

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Google partners with Sony Pictures Imageworks to launch an open source VFX render manager

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That includes the launch of its Los Angeles cloud region last year, as well as its acquisition of the Zync cloud renderer back in 2014. Sony Pictures Entertainment/Imageworks wasn’t a founding member but joined a few months after the foundation got off the ground.

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MarketCast Acquired By Kohlberg & Company

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Los Angeles-based MarketCast , a market research company providing research services to the global entertainment industry, has been acquired by Kohlberg & Company , according to reports. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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Let’s Get Weird, a SXSW Interactive Recap (2014)

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As we know, long gone are the days of experiencing SXSW Interactive with just 9,000 other tech entrepreneurs and business brights – with 30,000 registrants in 2013 and the final numbers for 2014 still in the works. Addison McCaleb – Mediahound , making it easier for you to discover entertainment.

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TechZulu Presents: The Annual Startup Forecast

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TechZulu is excited to invite you to the 2014 Startup and Entrepreneurial Forecast taking place on Tuesday Jan. We will have a line up of amazing panelist who will share their insights and forecast for startup trends in 2014. He has raised more than $200 million on behalf of his companies and led more than 30 acquisitions.

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