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Blizzard President Out After Employee Walkout

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The president of Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment, J. Oneal has been at Blizzard since January, serving as Executive Vice President of Development, and was previously head of Vicarious Visions; Ybarra has been at Blizzard since 2019, serving as Executive Vice President and General Manager of Platform and Technology.

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Consolidation is coming to gaming, and Jam City raises $145 million to capitalize on it

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Add that to the company’s expansion into new markets with strategic acquisitions to fuel development and growth in Toronto and Bogota, and it’s clear that the company is looking to make more moves in 2019. Meanwhile, games are quickly becoming the go-to revenue driver for the entertainment industry.

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More investors are betting on virtual influencers like Lil Miquela

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Meanwhile, new venture-backed companies like the superstealthy Shadows, SuperPlastic and Toonstar are all developing virtual characters that will launch via social media channels like Snap and Instagram, or on their own platforms. version of this new breed of entertainer, the collective behind the account is far from the only one.

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Venture capitalists ‘like and subscribe’ to influencers

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Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. I feel this responsibility to my industry to put the best business practices I’ve learned along the way into a platform so I can help other influencers.”. We are in phase three of the influencer economy.

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Reflections on 2018: Anna Barber, Techstars LA

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For the second year in a row 8 of the 10 companies selected for Techstars LA were local and we anticipate that trend continuing in 2019. I don't have any predictions, but in terms of goals I'm looking to invest in future of work, media & entertainment, e-commerce and supply chain and social impact companies.

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TikTok inks licensing deal with Merlin to use music from independent labels in videos and new Resso streaming service

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It has inked a licensing deal with Merlin , the global agency that represents tens of thousands of independent music labels and hundreds of thousands of artists, for music from those labels to be used legally on the TikTok platform anywhere that the app is available.

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Inside the Realms of Ruin

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And how are these concerns exacerbated given that these authors’ target audience is too young to buy cryptocurrency on platforms like Coinbase and Gemini? But monetizing fan fiction through online platforms is a trickier matter. Does minting those stories as NFTs affect the copyright of those stories?

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