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OCTOBER 21, 2014

What''s unique about it, it is stream live social media, and actually puts that social media content on the display right in front of you. Nanxi Liu: In 2010, an industry report came out that predicted that digital signage was going to be a $4 billion market in 2014. We''ve now grown to thirty five people in our LA headquarters.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

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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MARCH 21, 2017

Los Angeles-based conference and digital media events operator Beautycon Media , which operates conference and events focused on fashion and beauty, has raised $9M in a Series A funding round. The company last raised funding in 2014. The funding came from A+E Networks, Live Nation, and Main Street Advisors. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 4, 2014

It''s the season to celebrate the technology and media industry''s success here with the Join us to honor the socalTECH 50 , our list of the "ones to watch" in the local tech community, and network and drink, eat, and celebrate with the local technology and media community!

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MAY 29, 2020

Los Angeles-based mobile app developer Maple Media says it has acquired the mobile application NOAA Hi-Def Radar , which provides weather information, from The E.W. NOAA Hi-Def Radar had been acquired by Scripps in 2014, after Scripps acquired WeatherSphere. Maple Media is backed by Shamrock Capital. Scripps Company.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 28, 2018

Keeping the focus squarely on tools for artists and designers the company talked up its tools like Zync Render, which Google acquired back in 2014 , and Anvato, a video streaming and monetization platform it acquired in 2016. “I n media and entertainment there are lots of isolated studios around the world. in Los Angeles.

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MAY 22, 2015

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has had another shuffle in its executive ranks, saying late Thursday that it has named Brian Pike, currently its Chief Technology Officer, to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Pike had joined Demand Media in November of 2014 from Rubicon Project, where he also served as CTO.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

It''s the season to celebrate the technology and media industry''s success here with the Digital Family Reunion on December 10th at the Skirball Cultural Center. Last year, we had over 700 people at the Digital Family Reunion/1st annual socalTECH 50 event.

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MAY 4, 2016

Los Angeles-based Giant Media , a native advertising company which is part of Adknowledge, said this morning that it has named John Cobb as its CEO. Giant focuses on native video advertising for brands.

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socalTECH

MARCH 6, 2015

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said Thursday that it has named a new CFO, appointing Rachel Glaser to the position. The announcement came as part of Demand Media''s quarterly results announcement, where the company reported 2014 revenues of $172.4M. demand media executive' Glaser was most recently the CFO of Move, Inc.

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TechCrunch LA

JUNE 26, 2018

During an event in Los Angeles today, Google specifically positioned this region as ideal for the media and entertainment industry in the area. But as Google announced today , the new Los Angeles cloud region will go live in July, making it the company’s fifth region in the U.S. That’s not what Google is focusing on today, though.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Miss our big technology and media industry holiday party last week, the Digital Family Reunion ? Here are some photos from the event, which brought together over 800 people from the industry to rub elbows, meet old friends, network with others, and honor the socalTECH 50 for 2014.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2015

Santa Monica-based Demand Media is continuing to see a steep drop in revenues from its content and media efforts, reporting Thursday afternoon that it had $15.9M in revenues from its Content & Media segments, compared with $33.6M in the same quarter in 2014.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

We’re excited to share the exciting Indiegogo SXSW Tech Cafe 2014 lineup of events with you! We will be set up at the Indiegogo Tech Cafe at 102 Trinity St, Austin, TX 78701 and will be joined by our campaigners Misfit Wearables , Breathometer and URB-E , along with our media partners The Wrap and Alamo Draft House.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? In a recent book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Where are the young social media users going? When the glass is only.04%

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TechCrunch LA

JULY 3, 2018

“It’s now possible to open up a whole new scalable media channel by leveraging the same data driven insights and quantitative approach as digital.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” in 2014 the data seems pretty conclusive because LA has now become the fastest growing tech startup region by numbers of companies being started and those of us here have noticed this pace accelerating. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. for $565 million to Excite.

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socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2017

Creativebug , the online educational video site for the arts and crafts market which was last owned by Otter Media , the joint venture between AT&T and The Chernin Group, has been acquired by Jo-Ann Stores , the arts and crafts retailer. Creativebug had been acquired by Otter Media in 2014, for $10M. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2022

Founded in 2014, Glossier is widely touted as one of the earliest breakout successes of the DTC model, and raised its Series E last July at a $1.8 The company built its own point-of-sale system and commerce APIs in-house, allowing them to deliver a “seamless” customer experience, former Glossier CTO Bryan Mahoney said in 2018.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2014

rolled out the new device at an industry conference for Salesforce.com, Dreamforce 2014. said the new device will also offer up a "intelligent personal assistant"--courtesy Nuance COmmunications--which will dictate text and emails, play music, post to social media, and more. The new smart band also will include a fitness application.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Be open & transparent (mimicking the greater social order changes that have come with blogs & social media). He is already increasing our deal flow in key areas in “the quantified self” and digital media and begun working operationally with existing companies.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2014

The event attracted over 500 distinguished attendees from around the world in the digital media and technology industry including advertising, media, data, eCommerce, software, social and gaming. The event also showcased a variety of promising startups from digital media, mobile, cloud, entertainment, advertising, and eCommerce.

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socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2017

the domain name spinoff of Santa Monica-based Demand Media, the company announced on Wednesday. Rightside spun out of Demand Media back in 2014. Donuts Inc. , the global, top level domain (gTLD) registrar and domain owner has Rightside Group Ltd. , The deal is worth approximately $213M, or $10.60 per share in cash.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Argyilan previously was Senior Vice President of Media at Target, having been there starting in July of 2014, and also served at Mediabrands. The company said that Kristi Argyilan, current SVP of Brand Innovation at Bed, Bath and Beyond and former Target executive, will join its board of directors.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 4, 2019

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. Whistle is venture backed by WndrCo, NBC Sports, Sky Sports, Liberty Global and TEGNA, and says it has raised more than $100M in total since launching in 2014.

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socalTECH

JULY 2, 2015

Los Angeles-based streaming media site Pluto TV has inked a deal to stream free content from Hulu, Jukin Media, and a number of others , to bolster the content lineup for the service. The company raised a $13M funding round back in November of 2014. The deal with Los Angeles-based Jukin Media gives Pluto.TV

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 18, 2013

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. Peter Csathy - CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures. He continues to sit on the board of Sorenson Media.

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socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2017

Garlington was at Walt Disney Imagineering for more than 20 years, most recently as Vice President and Executive Creative Director; he retired in 2014. Kai Huang; The Venture Reality Fund, and Youku Global Media Fund and CRCM VC. SPACES is venture backed by Comcast Ventures, Songcheng Performances Development Co. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

If you attract names like these you’re bound to attract some media attention and then Chad Hurley dropped the bomb that he was leaving YouTube while he was at the f.ounders event. I know that people want a chance to say hello to somebody they know through the media and when you have a checkbook even more so.

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socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2014

The latest numbers are out on venture capital investments in Southern California from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association, finding that the region had nearly $762.88M invested in companies in the region during Q1 of 2014. in investments in companies considered Media and Entertainment compnaies.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Fullscreen, which is led by George Strompolos, is now part of Otter Media, which is backed by AT&T and the Chernin Group. Fullscreen was acquired by Chernin Group and AT&T in September of 2014, and since then has been busy buying up other, online video and streaming companies. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2014

This is especially true in a booming market (like 2014) where PR firms can charge premiums and be super selective about whom they work with. And you need somebody who is committed to keeping up your presence in blogs, social media and other online forums. Just don’t spam people.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The startup was lauched in May of 2014, and was founded by Bryan Baum, Leo Seigal and Andrej Pancik, who had met as students at Oxford University. Represent helped actors, musicians, celebrities, Youtubers, and others run social media campaigns centered around selling t-shirts and merchandise. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

The rate of new entrepreneurs increased about 10 percent, from 280 out of 100,000 adults in the 2014 Startup Activity Index, to 310 out of 100,000 adults in the 2015 Index. 275 IPOs were completed in 2014, topping the 2013 total of 222 by more than 23%. Social media is a boon for entrepreneurs and startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

As we’ve ramped up direct sales over the last few years our need to have relationships with the major media & advertising companies has become critical. So we first turned to solve the question of how to better meet the needs of our growing customer base of large brands and media companies. And here’s the thing.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Represent was founded in 2014. Represent operates e-commerce sites for celebrity clients, and counts such clients as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ed Sheeran, Jennifer Lopez, and Kendall Jenner, among many others. Cameo--worth now over $1 bihllion--is backed by Amazon, Google, UTA, and others.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Created in 2014 and acquired by Dentsu in 2019, MuteSix was recommended to TechCrunch by Rhoda Ullmann, VP Consumer at Sense, a Boston-based startup building a home energy monitor. At the time, it was doing Facebook media buying for e-commerce companies. And then bit by bit, we grew the organization.

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