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Activision Ties With Flurry

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Santa Monica-based Activision , via its subsidiary Activision Publishing, said today that it is in a strategic relationship with Flurry , a provider of mobile application, advertising, and analytics software. According to Activision, Flurry will help the firm to establish a new mobile publishing initiative.

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AdColony Acquired By Opera

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Los Angeles-based mobile video advertising firm AdColony has been acquird by Silicon Valley mobile ad company Opera , the two said Tuesday. Before AdColony, Kassoy had been at Activision Blizzard. The deal is worth up to $350M. AdColony is led by Will Kassoy. AdColony was venture backed by Insight Venture Partners. READ MORE>>.

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StartEngine Debuts Eight New Startups At Demo Day

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StartEngine's founders are Howard Marks, who co-founded Activision, and investor Paul Kessler. StartEngine , the startup accelerator headed by Howard Marks, is launching its newest class of startups today in a private event in Santa Monica.

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Break Media Taps Doyle, Subar as CFO, CTO

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a game development firm that created titles for Activision, Interplay, and IBM. Doyle joins the company from Activision-Blizzard, where he was Chief of Staff to the CEO. Subar was most recently CTO at Oversee.net, and also has been at PeopleLink and Interthinx. Subar also had founded Interna Ltd.,

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Popbase helps YouTube stars build closer relationships with their fans

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While the primary goal is to help grow the fan-creator relationship, Popbase is also aimed at enabling YouTubers to monetize their brand through in-app purchases and advertising around content. Creators take a 60 percent cut of all revenue with the remainder going to Binary Bubbles, the Los Angeles-based startup behind the service.

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What Mattered in 2012: Howard Marks, StartEngine

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Howard Marks is co-founder of Activision , and head of Los Angeles-based startup accelerator StartEngine. In your opinion, what events, companies, or people made the biggest impact on the technology world this year? 7 years, 100 companies. What are the technologies, companies, or things we ought to watch in 2013?

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Interview with Howard Marks, Start Engine

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Are you an entrepreneur hoping to startup a company in the Los Angeles area? Marks is the co-founder of Activision, and Kessler a prolific investor in the region. Are there specific kinds of companies who would apply? We want to include companies that illustrate what LA does best. Howard Marks: Yes.

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