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JANUARY 23, 2013

GumGum , the developer of in-image advertising technology headed by Ophir Tanz, is bolstering its sales efforts, and has hired an Amazon veteran to head up western sales. According to GumGum, Matt Weisbecker has been appointed Vice President, Western Sales for GumGum, a new position for the company.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the publisher of online content, said late Tuesday that it is changing its advertising strategy to exclusively focus on premium programmatic ads. Demand Media also did not say if those sales people would move to other efforts in the company or would be let go. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Selectable Media , a digital advertising firm which lets users unlock digital content in exchange for interacting with brand advertising, said today that it has expanded to Los Angeles, as part of a growth in its footprint. The expansion came alongside the opening of a new office in Chicago. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 11, 2013

Two, Los Angeles online advertising firms have linked up in a technology deal today. The two companies said that OpenX will provide United Online Media Group with its full monetization platform, including its real-time-bidding, ad network, direct sale, and other tools. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 22, 2021

Los Angeles-based media measurement and optimization software developer VideoAmp has raised $275M in funding, giving it a $1.4 VideoAmp said the funds will go to accelerate rollout and adoption of its platform, and also to scale its enterprise sales, engineering, data science and client success teams.

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DECEMBER 22, 2008

Irvine-based Specific Media, which operates an online advertising network, said Monday that it has hired four for the firm's sales and client relations teams. According to Specific Media, it has hired Kathy Benigo, Jolene Ortiz, Ray Duncan, and Matthew Donner for the firm's sales team. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2008

Irvine-based Specific Media, a major online advertising network, has rolled out a new product geared at offline sales reporting, the firm disclosed today. According to Specific Media, the new tool will help reveal the correlation between online advertising campaigns and offline purchase behavior. READ MORE>>

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Westlake Village-based ValueClick Media , the ad network division of ValueClick, is taking advantage of the runup to the Presidential elections with a new product. ValueClick said it has launched GoVote, a new advertising product aimed at political marketers. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

Santa Monica-based GraphEffect , the venture-backed developer of social marketing software, said today that it has hired both a Sales and Marketing VP. The firm said it has appointed David Pollet as Vice President of Sales, and named Jennifer Cooley as Vice President of Marketing and Business Development. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 14, 2008

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has hired a new executive to head up the firm's advertising sales, the firm disclosed Tuesday. Demand Media has appointed George Stewart as the company's Executive Vice President of Advertising Sales, heading up sales for all of the company's sales channels.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

For today's interview, we spoke to Bill Curtis , the founder of Malibu-based CurtCo Media (www.curtco.com). We spoke to Bill about CurtCo's move into the podcasting area, and why he thinks podcasting is the next frontier in media. For an advertiser, you have to look at whether or not the message is even available to the audience.

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AUGUST 12, 2009

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project has signed a New York company, Katz 360 Sales, to give Katz access to its inventory of premium display ads, the firms announced today. Katz 360 Sales said it is using Rubicon Project's Internet advertising infrastructure to customize content and audience selections for its advertisers.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

Los Angeles-based fintech startup FastPay , which offers up faster access to advertising revenue for media companies, said this week that it has named Michael Wehner as its General Manager and Senior Vice President of Payments. FastPay says that Wehner will be based in New York City. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Santa Barbara-based RingRevenue , the pay-per-call advertising firm headed by Jason Spievak, announced today that it has named Monty Hudson as the firm's Executive Vice President of Sales. Hudson joins the firm from AudienceScience, where he was VP of Sales and Media. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based VideoAmp, a developer of software used to manage advertising across linear TV, streaming and digital media, says it has raised $50M in a debt financing. The company said the new funding will gotwards hiring executives, and to expand its sales, client success, and engineering teams.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2011

Encinitas-based Verve Wireless , which develops mobile applications for local publishers, said today that it has acquired Deconstruct Media , a mobile advertising technology firm. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Verve said that Deconstruct's team will be based of it its Washington, DC office.

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MAY 7, 2010

A report Friday afternoon from the WSJ's Kara Swisher says that Santa Monica-based Demand Media has snagged yet another Yahoo executive, this time, Yahoo VP of Brand Packaging Erika Nardini. Advertising Sales Joanne Bradford. Tags: demand media executive yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 9, 2013

What really, is happening when you place that online advertisement, and where does it go, who looks at it, and what''s really happening? All too often, those ads disappear into a maze of middlemen, and advertisers don''t really know who is seeing their ads, and why. What''s your background, and how did you get into online advertising?

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Irvine-based Specific Media , which operates an Internet advertising network, announced today that it has added three new members to its advisory board. The firm said it has added Larry Goodman, Bill Burke, and Ed McCarrick as advisors to its executive team.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Santa Monica-based Adconion Media Group , an online advertising network, announced today that it has acquired certain assets of Joost , the online video site founded by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom. Tags: adconion media group advertising joost merger acquisition skype.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Los Angeles-based SVnetwork , which operates SocialVibe and other pay-for-performance advertising sites, said Monday that it has named Anna Seibert as its SVP of Sales Development. Seibert was most recently at AOL, where she was VP of Agency Development for AOL Advertising. Seibert is in SVnetwork's New York office. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 16, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online content publishing empire of Richard Rosenblatt, has tapped Joost --now owned by Adconian--for its pre-roll advertising inventory. Joost is now Adconian's business for providing in-banner and in-stream video advertising. Tags: demand media joost advertising video.

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MAY 19, 2021

Los Angeles-based VideoAmp, a developer of software used to manage advertising across linear TV, streaming and digital media, says it has raised $50M in a debt financing. The company said the new funding will gotwards hiring executives, and to expand its sales, client success, and engineering teams.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Hollywood-based BUZZMEDIA , the entertainment and pop culture publishing firm founded by Anthony Batt , said today that it has hired on two new sales execs, as part of a push to expand its advertising sales. Tags: buzzmedia buzz media celebuzz celebrity news publishing executive. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish , a developer of social media and networking software being used by brands, reported today that it has hired on a Paul Botto, most recently Head of Analytics for the North American Sales Organization at Google, as its Vice President of Sales. Brickfish is venture backed by DCM, Draper Richards L.P.,

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AUGUST 24, 2011

Department of Justice Wednesday, over the use of Google's AdWords to advertise Canadian pharmacies, has shed some light on the types of issues that were facing Santa Monica-based eNom , the domain name registration and wholesaler owned by Demand Media , last year. According to the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Los Angeles-based LiveXLive Media said this morning that it has named two new executives at the company. According to LiveXLive, it has named Jason Miller as Global Head of Sales and Brand Partnerships and Kyle Hoedl as Vice President of Marketing.

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MAY 5, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media reported its results Thursday, saying that it had a net loss of $5.6 Demand Media said the revenues numbers were driven by continued momentum from its owned and operated sites. Demand also mentioned strong direct brand advertising sales helped its results. million on revenues of $79.5M.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Patrick Quigley: People often have the wrong perception of Vantage Media. We started looking to see if we could use technology disrupt the agency business, for companies serving the performance marketing area, the cost-per-sale area. We sat down and spoke with Patrick about the business and its pivot.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Venice, California-based anonymous messaging app developer Whisper said Tuesday that it has named Shelby Huston Haro as the company's Vice President of Sales. Haro is from the entertainment industry, and has served at Maverik Digital, GetGlu, Penske Media Corp, along with Flixster, Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.

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MAY 16, 2017

the firm that runs Livestrong.com, eHow, Society6, Saatchi Art, and other sites, said on Monday that it has named Jay Ku as Senior Vice President, Advertising and Brand Solutions, and Ruben Baerga as General Manager of Society6. Leaf Group was formerly known as Demand Media. Santa Monica-based Leaf Group Ltd. , READ MORE>>.

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MAY 17, 2011

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media Corp. , The firm said its new Globetrotting Digital Media (GDM) division will focus on managing sales for online travel publishers. Globetrotting Digital Media will be headed by Tim Springstead, who was previously at IAC at its Travel Ad Network. million unique global visitors monthly.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based rich media advertising technology developer Jetpack is expanding in New York, saying this week that it has opened up a new office New York City, and hired a new VP in the location. Carlin was most recently Director of Sales at Sizmek, and also has served at Innovid and VIdeology. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2016

Los Angeles-based Internet advertising company Social Reality announced this morning that it has named Kathy Ireland as its new Chief Branding Advisor. According to the firm, Ireland will also help the company link with other executives in the media, entertainment and advertising industries to serve on an Advisory Board.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Irvine-based Specific Media said this morning that it has launched a new ad platform, which it says will simplify management and delivery of advertising. The firm said the offering can be used to highlight different products, business locations, and sales incentives based on distinct audience profiles.

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

El Segundo-based Ripple, which operates a network of retail digital displays featuring content and advertising, said earlier this week that the firm has partnered with On The Go Media Network. According to Ripple, On The Go Media Network will serve as its exclusive local/regional sales agency for selling advertising on its network.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Los Angeles-based MediaAlpha , a developer of programmatic advertising software, said today that it is expanding into the European market. Goldsmith was previously a Sales Director at KAYAK. MediaAlpha said the value of media transacted through its platforms in 2017 was worth $250M. MediaAlpha's co-founder and CEO is Steve Yi.

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