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Popbase helps YouTube stars build closer relationships with their fans

TechCrunch LA

Entertainment has changed. New platforms led by YouTube have emerged to change the dynamic of broadcast media — once dominated by the rigid programming of TV — while the internet has enabled new media stars to engage with their audiences in new, high-touch ways.

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Club Caveman Takes To Kickstarter To Bring App To Life

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The team includes entertainment and tech vets who have worked on computer games from Activision, animation from Dreamworks and Disney, and who have worked at Yahoo! and Demand Media. The team is pitching the game with an animated pitch, showing off some of its animation chops and a preview of its caveman.

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Sports stars, franchises and Hollywood agencies are betting $38 million on an esports revolution

TechCrunch LA

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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TZ & GR Present REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming

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Speakers: [Moderator] Scot Rubin - Owner NITROPOD /SVP Digital Media Big Door /Cofounder G4TV. Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. He also leads mergers and acquisitions and ran the acquisitions of SGN, MindJolt and HallPass Media.

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Guarding your Ones and Zeroes - Securing Intellectual Property Rights in Digital Content

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A panel discussion hosted by the Beverly Hills Bar Associations IP, Internet and New Media Section Our panelists will discuss how technical protections and legal enforcement strategies can be applied to protect digital IP during development and upon release and the challenges created as technology gets even more user-friendly.

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REACH | Disruptive Technologies Impacting the Future of Gaming [Live]

Tech Zulu Event

Speakers: [Moderator] Scot Rubin - Owner NITROPOD /SVP Digital Media Big Door /Cofounder G4TV. Scot has been an entrepreneur and executive responsible for the launch of several interactive entertainment ventures. He also leads mergers and acquisitions and ran the acquisitions of SGN, MindJolt and HallPass Media.

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Interview with Howard Marks, Start Engine

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Marks is the co-founder of Activision, and Kessler a prolific investor in the region. Don't forget, as you know, I moved Activision from Silicon Valley to Los Angeles, which is why we were able to make it a number one company. Our mission was to build the best online entertainment company in the world. Howard Marks: Yes.

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