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Twitter Takes Aim At Ad.ly, Bans In-Stream Ads

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Micro-messaging service Twitter said this morning that it is banning third-party advertising in its stream, taking direct aim at Los Angeles-based Twitter advertising service Ad.ly. is backed by GRP Partners, Greycroft Ventures, and LowerMyBills founder Matt Coffin.

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Advertising Wants to be Measurable – An Investment Thesis

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When I started investing the US advertising market was $300 billion with only 10% of it ($30 billion) of it being online and measurable. One recession later and the US advertising market is about $245 billion – but still only 10-12% is online and measurable. And it turns out that we click a lot.

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Ad.ly, Diversifying From Twitter, Looks To Facebook

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Los Angeles-based Ad.ly , the Twitter advertising startup, is further looking to diversify its service from Twitter, saying this week that it has added support for Facebook. had added support for MySpace in June, shortly after Twitter said it would not allow other companies to automatically include advertising into Twitter. Both Ad.ly

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Mark Suster, Nely Galan to Keynote Silicon Beach Fest

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Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo. June 17: Silicon Beach Fest: Pasadena Day , Hosted by Idealab. Silicon Beach Fest takes place June 19-22, 2013 in Santa Monica.

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This Week in VC – Scott Painter, CEO of Zag & TrueCar

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Scott’s first big foray into industry-changing companies came with CarsDirect, an IdeaLab company where he was the initial founder & CEO. A demand side advertising platform which allows advertisers to bid on individual ad impressions in real time, based on the site and who would see it. And it carries no inventory.

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Silicon Beach Fest Celebrates Tech Startups and Hollywood in LA | Pics, Highlights and What’s Next!

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Panels were based at hubs including Leadership, Branding / Advertising, Social Media, Entrepreneurs, Community and more. Thank you all for helping make SBF happen, including engaging attendees, smart panelists , amazing volunteers, up-til-3a organizers , supportive partners and sponsors , and gorgeous hotels Erwin and Viceroy.