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Report: Activision's Kotick Eyes MySpace

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A report today from AllthingsD says that an investor group, which includes Santa Monica-based Activision 's Bobby Kotick, is in the last legs of negotiating a deal to acquire MySpace , the beleaguered, once-high flying social network. to a bevy of buyers, with no deals yet inked.

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StartEngine Launches New Class of 14 Startups

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Los Angeles startup accelerator StartEngine has launched its third class, a new batch of fourteen startups which have set up shop in the incubator's Westwood Village space under the watchful eyes of Activision co-founder Howard Marks and investor Paul Kessler. READ MORE>>.

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United Online Acquired By B. Riley For $170M

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The sale of United Online came after a long and tortuous path, where United Online spun off flower delivery firm FTD , sold its Classmates unit, and its StayFriends social networking site, and battled both with B. Riley and Activision Howard Marks over the company's management and strategic plans. 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 provides $20,000 to $100,000 in funding to promising startups, and also offers up mentoring, office space, and help in getting those startups to the next stage.

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Popbase helps YouTube stars build closer relationships with their fans

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Developments like live streaming, social media and more have made the stars of today more relatable and more easily reachable than those of yesteryear. They dominate the media, have accrued millions of fans on social networks and have branched into retail, fashion, production and more.

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China Roundup: Tencent’s new US gaming studio and WeChat’s new paywall

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” Call of Duty: Mobile is developed by Tencent and published by Activision Blizzard (Image: Call of Duty: Mobile via Twitter) . All eyes are now on TiMi’s next big move, the mobile version of Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty. . “TiMi didn’t succeed in China because of WeChat and QQ.

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Interview with Howard Marks, Gamzee

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Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Gamzee (www.gamzee.com), a new game company founded by Howard Marks, the co-founder of Activision and Acclaim Games, announced a seed round of funding. There is a tremendous opportunity to be early in this market, to be first in the mobile social games market. What is Gamzee all about?