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FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Santa Monica-based Activision Blizzard said late Monday that it has received clearance from the South Korean Fair Trade Commission, on its deal to acquire King Digital Entertainment. The companies are still waiting for clerances from the EU, among other conditions. billion deal, which was announced in November.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 26, 2016

The company said that it already has pre-registered a large number of.game domains from major brands, including.game domains for all of Blizzard Entertainment's games (Warcraft, Starcraft, Hearthstone, Diablo, etc)., Activision (Call of Duty), Take-Two Interactive (Grand Theft Auto), and many others.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Santa Monica-based Activision Publishing is estimating a sell-through of more than $500M in the first 24 hours of launching Call of Duty: Black Ops II. The company said the numbers came via Chart-Track, retail customer sell-through information and internal company estimates. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

Los Angeles-based 3BLACKDOT --founded by Machina Vets Angelo Pullen, Luke Stepleton, Adam Montoya, and Tom Cassell--said Tuesday that it has snagged another Machinima vet, Marwan Abderrazzaq, to head up game development at the company. The company said that he worked with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 19, 2012

The team -- made up of veterans from local, Silicon Beach technology companies -- said it is developing Club Caveman , a mobile app that combines movie-quality animation with all the interactivity of an iPad or iPhone. and Demand Media.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

What started with an esports team is now quickly becoming an esports empire, backed by some of the biggest names in sports and money managers for entertainment family dynasties and Hollywood power brokers.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Entertainment has changed. A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans. Developments like live streaming, social media and more have made the stars of today more relatable and more easily reachable than those of yesteryear.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Social and mobile technologies are unleashing unprecedented amounts of opportunity for companies willing to embrace this new era of customer personalization and employee empowerment. Sr VP Technology - Fox Entertainment Group, 20th Century Fox Colin Schiller ? For this annual event we?re Cindy McKenzie ? Managing Partner ?

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AUGUST 3, 2021

The president of Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment, J. Allen Brack, is out, and will be replaced by two executives, who will co-lead the company, following an employee walkout over the company's handling of sexual harassment issues.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. Josh Yguado - President SGN. More speakers to be announced soon.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. Scot has 15+ years experience developing product integration and interactive campaigns for major sports, entertainment and consumer brands. Josh Yguado - President SGN.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

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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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. I quietly watched their success from the sidelines and kept spending time with and telling the CEO, Scott Lahman, that I wanted to invest in his next company.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

All three of us have been working together for quite awhile, since Activision, fifteen or sixteen years ago. Because of that, we were excited to start a new company, focused on one aspect of social gaming, on Facebook. Companies are incredibly risk adverse, for good reason. Greg, thanks for talking with us today.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2012

Speakers From Startups/Entertainment/Tech Include: Howard Marks, StartEngine Co-Founder, formerly Activision Founder. The first ever Silicon Beach Hackathon will commence at 6pm at Cross Campus featuring CTO coaches from some of the top companies in LA. William Hsu, MuckerLab , Co-Founder. Adam Lilling, Launchpad LA, Director.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Companies in the accelerator can walk upstairs, talk to someone who's already been funded, and get counsel on how they went through that process. In addition to the companies, we're leasing space to companies who have already gained capital, and second and third time entrepreneurs. Can you talk about that space?

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Founder and CEO since starting the company back in 1999, Miller has led Cornerstone through 11 years of consecutive growth. Adam Miller transformed his company into one of the world’s leading software-as-a-service companies, specifically in the HR world. magazine and the LA Business Journal. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media.

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AUGUST 27, 2012

We had the chance to speak with William Volk , Chief Creative Officer of Playscreen (www.playscreen.com), who talked how his company is looking to crack the code with Crickler 2: Daily Word Puzzle , which is among the most popular puzzle games on iTunes, and recently number one in free educational games. Talk about your other titles?

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

From investments and business, Robin Kaminsky , Entrepreneur in Residence at Rustin Canyon Partners, and former EVP of Publishing at Activision. These same companies who are making huge bets on taking tv/online properties are also looking for new ways to increase their marketing budgets. Mixing History with Technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 2, 2012

He recently produced the Silicon Beach Fest along with Kevin Winston of Digital LA , and his mobile ad optimization and re-engagement company PageWoo came out of the 1st graduating class for the new Los Angeles accelerator Start Engine (developed by serial entrepreneur of Activision fame, Howard Marks). On the Develop.la

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