InfoChachkie

JULY 9, 2012

Mark Suster , fellow venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur, has written extensively about YouTube’s evolution from dogs-on-skateboards to its current status as an entertainment medium rivaling cable television networks. Better videos engage more viewers, which attract additional advertising dollars. .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

(Hint: 60 million US Latinos driving US growth engine) I am beyond excited to announce the Herb Scannell has agreed to move from NYC to Los Angeles to take on the role of CEO at mitú, the fast growing Latino digital media company, serving more than 100 million monthly unique viewers. Advertisers, wake the f**k up. Yes, with a “B.”

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Media Content Course Technical Review 269

socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. What's the story behind HitFix and where do you fit in the entertainment news landscape? Basically, that disruption is 18-34 year olds have changed how they consume media.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 16, 2012

Coull Offers Advertisers Video Skimlinks. As noted in YouTubers Come Of Age – Google Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund , many YouTube personalities are sensitive to the nature of the ads associated with their content. Apologies: an incomplete draft of this article was inadvertently sent out previously via RSS.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Roberty Flynn: We are building what we see as the next generation of business to business media. However, as we have seen in the last few years, traditional media has been failing. That will primarily be focused on ad sponsorships, and selling advertising via lead generation, CPC, white papers, and so on, to generate revenue.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2009

In what looks like a continuing consolidation for the out-of-home media industry, Los Angeles-based Channel M has been acquired by PlayNetwork. Channel M is a producer of content for in-store TV networks; PlayNetwork is a developer and distributor of entertainment to retails. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Los Angeles-based Agility Studios said Wednesday that the firm has launched a new entertainment studio focused on digital media. According to the firm, it was founded by Scott Ehrlich, Larry Tanz, and Keith Quinn, and will focus on transforming digital media firms into viable businesses.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 21, 2012

Speakers will introduce their new shows debuting this spring, including shows that were pitched at the NewFronts, YouTube-funded shows and other original shows. We’ll discuss how content studios are monetizing this content via advertising, sponsorship, show integration and more. Scheduled Speakers Include. VP & GM, Digital.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 29, 2013

We uploaded the photo to Instagram and Facebook, told our friends and family what an amazing flying experience we had, touting the airline, yet we missed the interaction with the brand itself and any response or kickback for their recommendation and advertising on their behalf. Have you received any funding yet? How does it work?

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InfoChachkie

JULY 5, 2012

Coull Offers Advertisers Video Skimlinks. <JG <JG change the link in first sentence to the infoChachkie post> As noted in YouTube Scores A Solid Return On Its Video Development Fund , many YouTube personalities are sensitive to the nature of the ads associated with their content. Coull Entrepreneurs Get More Customers.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. How big of a fund is this?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 1, 2008

In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. How big of a fund is this?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The Internet thus far has been monetized by display, video, and in-text advertising — but the one place every user’s eye focuses on first are photos. The old media companies were resistant to change. Advertising is approaching $50 billion dollars online, whereas licensing is maybe $1 billion on a good day,” said Tanz. “It

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

There are obvious reasons the industry has had less-than-desirable returns, including: massive over-funding of the sector, huge increases in inexperienced venture capitalists that took a decade to peter out, and the massive correction in the value of the public stock markets that closed many exit opportunities for half a decade.

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APRIL 23, 2011

He then worked in consulting which gave him a broad base of business experience working with the newspaper, cable, and advertising industries. Yes an online video startup in ‘99 that helped large media companies encode and distribute their videos through portals. What’s your point of view on next generation video entertainment? (34:30

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 7, 2013

Entertainment." margins offered by YouTube, MCNs must drive fans to purchase merchandise, experience videos on wholly owned (non-YouTube) sites and directly negotiate sponsorships with advertisers, rather than solely relying on YouTube''s ad network. Next up was Nick Tran, Taco Bell''s "Social Media Lead." Never heard of VidCon?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

The company was founded in 2007, and the initial emphasis was to deliver to end users a personalized content portal on their smart phone, learning what they like anticipate what they'd like to see, and pay for it using personalized advertising. How is the company funded? We did a successful trial in 2008.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

in a seed funding round. The funding was led by Moonshots Capital, and also included Techstars and Luma Launch. Patrick Ip: My background is I spent the last three years at Google, working on advertiser retention for small and medium businesses. What's your background? Jacobo Lumbreras: Techstars LA was a huge driver for us.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

It’s always fun debating companies with Dana because she’s always so knowledgeable on deals – particularly those in the digital media, ad-tech and eCommerce spaces. Their first fund was a $75 million fund raised in 2006 and they very recently announced a brand new $130 million fund. Greycroft is an early-stage VC.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

This morning, Los Angeles-based Mogreet (www.mogreet.com) announced it had raised a Series B funding round for the firm's mobile greeting services. We caught up with James to hear more about the company, how he managed to get funding even in this economy, and his view on the mobile market. So tell us about this new funding round?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This morning, we have Kevin Winston of Digital LA (www.digitalla.net), the organization which is LA's largest digital networking group and which is behind the Silicon Beach Fest, the first and largest tech, startup and entertainment conference in LA. You'll be able to see all the many 2016 reflections here as they are posted.

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Marina Del Rey Dollar Shave Club Beverly Hills Startup 100

socalTECH

APRIL 12, 2011

Derek Norton is head of Los Angeles-based Watertower Group (www.watertowergroup.com), a firm which helps companies raise funding, one of the rare companies which has a track record and good reputation helping companies with fundraising, and also runs its own investment fund. That's a byproduct of the entertainment industry.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2012

It was a portal, and partnered with ISPs so that those ISPs could generate ad revenue, and create stick entertainment for customers. We made it easier for local businesses to acquire customers through search and social media We sold that to Deluxe Corp. There were also opportunities for me down here, as I was running the venture fund.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

It's structured so that they get funding, office space, all of the Internet resources, tools they need from mentors. Los Angeles is an amazing place, and we have fashion, e-commerce, advertising, games, media, entertainment companies which I think make Los Angeles a phenomenal place. That's our mission. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Peter Marx: I think what we are seeing for most consumers, particularly through smartphones, is that shopping, ride services and transportation, and mobile advertising--all of those take place in the urban environment. What do you say to them? That urban environment is managed and governed by the city.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 1, 2013

Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. Any competition in LA?

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Njoku in April this year closed an $8m funding investment round from Tiger Global and another $2m from a Swedish firm, Kinnevik and still he says more is yet to come. Tell us about funding rounds you have had? We closed on the final round of funding earlier on this year with Swedish-based hedge fund, Kinnevik. Profitable?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Speakers listed: Brock Pierce – Digital currency pioneer investing in Bitcoin, games, and online gambling businesses; Clearstone Global Gaming Fund. Peter Csathy – CEO Manatt Digital Media Ventures, accomplished media and digital media entrepreneur. Peter Csathy jumps in to answer questions about content.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

As a young African entrepreneur with little funding, you may want to meet new people on social networks that may help in the growth and development of your new internet start-up. Myspace is a social entertainment network that suggests new musical acts to you and keeps you updated with new releases of your favourite musical acts.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

For those who may be living under a rock and have no idea what SXSWi is, its five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. Funding: The New Indie: BONA FIDE film. Social Media: My Social Community is Bigger than Michael Jordan.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology. and also to local advertisements. Details coming soon!) How did you do that?

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socalTECH

MARCH 3, 2011

How is the company funded and backed? About one quarter of all of the searches on Google are for entertainment related content, and studios are not playing into that at all. Once people are engaged with a sound bite, they're most likely a user who wants to engage further with that media.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

We have the usual suspects like Kitchenaid, Sara Lee, McCormick, Reynolds but we really focus on entertainment properties like Sony, ABC, Fox Searchlight. How are you funded and backed? Babette Pepaj: When we first started, we were totally self-funded. We're making money from our advertising, and doing really well.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

Left to Right: Joichi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab; Mitch Kapor, Partner, Kapor Capital; Trabian Shorters, Founder and CEO, BMe Community; Van Jones, Co-Founder and President, Rebuild the Dream; Former Special Advisor to The White House; Chris Tucker, Actor and Comedian; Founder, Chris Tucker Foundation; Laura Weidman Powers, ?Co-Founder

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. How startup can leverage social media to get investors attention. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD., Producer of Mixergy & AsAble.com. The Startups.

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Social Media Technical Review Mixergy Tech Coast Angels 71

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

We would like give a huge thank you to Social Media Week and the supportive startup community here in Los Angeles. Topic discussion: Impact of social media on startups and on funding leads for investors. Investment trends in startups that are about or related to social media. Moderator: Giang Biscan , PhD., The Startups.

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