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Why Online / Offline Mobile Integration is Going to be a Huge Business

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When I first got into VC I decided I better have some investment themes. My background was 8 years of telecoms & mobile and 8 years of cloud computing & SaaS – so these two themes were a given. Of the $300 billion spent annually on advertising, 90% of it ($270bn) is still offline and not measurable. (1).

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HitFix Launches Six Second Reviews With Moviefone's Leatherman

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The latest venture out of Los Angeles-based entertainment news site Hitfix is perfect for those with mere seconds to spend on figuring out if that latest movie is worth investing time into. The new feature features--as advertised--six second reviews of current films in a very (very) short video. Leatherman is best known as "Mr.

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Robb Report's Bill Curtis On Why Podcasting Is The Next Media Frontier

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Curtis is the former publisher of the Robb Report, which he sold back in 2015, and has a long history of operating media companies that have published such titles as Home Office Computing, Home Theater, Mobile Computing, Worth, and many others. That, of course, is what you're selling to your advertisers. It ends up being good for both.

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Digital Media Investments & The Future of Los Angeles Startups with Manatt Digital Media

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We have been based in LA for around 45 years and we have deep roots in entertainment and media. On the legal side, my practice in North California and we have an advertising and media group in New York City. More interest and money invested in LA. HG: I think everything is going to mobile.

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Interview with Patrick Kennedy, Sidebar

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For this morning's interview, we thought we'd talk with Los Angeles-based Sidebar (www.sidebar.com), a venture backed startup in the mobile space, to learn more about what they are up to. Patrick Kennedy: Sidebar is a company that was founded to bring consumers personalized content, focused on mobile delivery of that content.

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Interview with Jennifer Sargent, HitFix

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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? and entertainment as a whole is rapidly changing and growing.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

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Looking ahead at the next decade I am excited by what I believe will be viewed as one of the best and most rational investment periods for venture capital due to seven discrete factors: 1. Mobility really changes everything. According to Google data 30% of all restaurant searches now come via mobile devices. And the future?