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Sizmek Bolsters Digital Advertising Staff In LA

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Sizmek , a developer of digital advertising technology, said this week that it has named Patrick Meehan as head of Sales in its Los Angeles office. The company--which is based in New York--has around 40 employees in Los Angeles. sizmek online digital advertising executive agency doubleclick' READ MORE>>.

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ReachLocal Up 15 Percent After IPO

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Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal , which helps small and local businesses place Internet advertising, was up 15.2 Tags: reachlocal advertising small business exit merger acquisition. percent after its IPO Thursday, closing at $14.98, up $1.98. The firm sold 4,166,667 shares of stock at $13.00 during the day. READ MORE>>.

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Rubicon Project Sets Tech Veteran David Day As CFO

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Los Angeles-based online advertising marketplace operator Rubicon Project said Thursday morning that it has named David Day, who has served as interim CFO since May of last year, as its Chief Financial Officer. Day had been Chief Accounting Officer at Rubicon Project since March of 2013. READ MORE>>.

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Rubicon Project In Huge Executive Growth Push

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In what might easily be the most number of executives announced at once in Southern California, Los Angeles-based online advertising marketplace The Rubicon Project announced ten new executives across engineering, data, administrative and operational strategy, legal, financial and business development. READ MORE>>.

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Internet Brands Brisco: Deal Will Allow More Focus On Long Term Growth

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Los Angeles-based Internet Brands , which operates a suite of online, advertising driven websites across a wide range of verticals, said Monday that it would go private in a $640M, private equity deal, bucking the trend of Southern California companies filing to get to the public markets.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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Los Angeles. There are no $600 million funds in Los Angeles. Many of the Valley tech firms saw advertising as “beneath them&# and many VCs in the first boom encouraged people to focus on eyeballs rather than dollars. Zorik Gordon built & IPO’s ReachLocal. Let me use LA as an example.