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Games & Esports Experience Acquisition Corp. Raises $175M In IPO

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Los Angeles-based Games & Esports Experience Acquisition Corp., a newly formed special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), says it is raising $175M in an intial public offering (IPO). The company is offering up 17,500,000 units of its stock at $10.00

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MarketCast Buys Fizziology

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Los Angeles-based market research provider MarketCast said on Monday that it has acquired Fizziology , a software developer focused on social insights and analytics for the media and entertainment industry. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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Moviepilot Goes Native, Bets On LA, US Market

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Moviepilot''s web site focuses on film recommendations, film discovery, and the company also helps studios with social media campaigns. Moviepilot set up shop in LA in 2012 , due to the entertainment industry''s base here. moviepilot angeles merger acquisition webedia' READ MORE>>.

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Gorilla Nation's Youthology Acquires TeenSpot.com

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Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. TeenSpot's entertainment and community website is a moderated, social networking and chat site, focused exclusively on teenagers. The site includes message boards about movies, fashion, celebrities, music, and more. READ MORE>>.

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5 Strategies For Business Growth Many People Forget

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For example, Facebook added WhatsApp as a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service to enhance the self-sustaining growth their social media platform before any downturn. He entertains no sense of a static business. Implement a plan of regular strategic acquisitions.

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Interview with Scott Grimes, Stackin

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There are lots of others trying to put content on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and Tiktok, which is more about entertainment around social media. What we do, is we take them from social media into a one-to-one relationship, via text, directly to their phone. Scott Grimes: A lot of it is for new user acquisition.

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Triller Buys Two Companies

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Los Angeles-based TrillerNet, the parent company of social video app developer Triller, has acquired two companies, including a live event and pay-per-view (PPV) company, and a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) company. Financial terms of the two deal were not announced. TrillerNet is led by Bobby Sarnevesht and Ryan Kavanaugh.