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AUGUST 21, 2013

Santa Monica-based advertising analytics startup SHIFT launched a new product Wednesday, aimed at helping marketers analyze social advertising campaigns. The startup, led by James Borow, said its new product, SHIFT Media Analyzer, is aimed at helping marketers with in-depth analysis of their paid social campaigns.

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JULY 22, 2014

El Segundo-based Pk4 Media , which develops adveriting technology, said this morning that it has acquired Santa Monica-based Prosperio , a developer of a programmatic direct platform for the display and video ad market. pk4media prosperio launchpadlad programmatic advertising merger acquisitoin platform marketing software'

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Adconion Media Group , the European advertising network firm which as significant operations in Los Angeles, said today that it has acquired smartclip , a European digital video advertising firm. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Smartclip adds around 500 new publisher sites to Adconion's network. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 6, 2012

Cracked.com , the online humor site which is owned by Santa Monica-based Demand Media , said this morning that it has launched a new advertising product which it says connects advertisers with content "the moment it goes viral." Financial details of the win were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 3, 2016

Santa Monica-based Pathmatics , a startup developing analytics software for analyzing the programmatic advertising market, has raised $3M in a Series A funding. BDMI's Sim Blaustein joins the company's baord with the funding. Pathmatics is led by Gabe Gottlieb, and was founded in 2010. READ MORE>>.

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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 26, 2014

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said this morning that it has linked up with Healthline , a provider of health information and technology, in a digital advertising partnership. demand media healthline health healthy advertising online livestrong' Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Santa Monica-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising exchange operator, is powering female content network Glam Media , Glam Media said Tuesday. Glam Media said it is using REVV Connect, Rubicon Project's real time advertising trading platform as part of an invite-only, premium ad marketplace.

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MARCH 9, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media announced this morning that it has inked a deal with Buddy Media , developer of a Facebook management system for advertisers, on a new version of Pluck. Pluck is Demand Media's social media application.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Looking to enhance the advertising units on its network of sites, Santa Monica-based Demand Media said today that it has launched a new set of "social feed ads" to its advertisers. Demand Media said the new tools integrate custom, real-time social feeds into rich media ads featuring video, audio, Flash, and HTML5.

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AUGUST 27, 2015

Santa Monica-based GumGum , the developer of digital advertising and marketing tools which tie advertising into online photographs and visual content, has rolled out a new social media analysis tool. Pricing on the new tool was not announced. GumGum is led by Ophir Tanz.

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AUGUST 8, 2014

Santa Monica-based Demand Media reported a steep drop in revenues for the last quarter, saying that it had $89.8M According to Demand Media, the drops were the result of a 24 percent decline in content and media revenue, which came despite a slight increase in traffic. demand media content traffic revenues'

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AUGUST 31, 2021

Santa Monica-based H Code, which provides digital advertising services to the Hispanic market, said Monday afternoon that the company has received a new, capital investment. The funding came from private equity investor Falfurrias Capital Partners (FCP), which invests in growth-oriented, middle-market companies.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Santa Monica-based contextual advertising technology developer GumGum says it has acquired JustPremium, a rich media and video ad marketplace in Europe. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. JustPremium is based in Amsterdam, and has approximately 150 employees.

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OCTOBER 4, 2013

Santa Monica-based online advertising analytics firm Adomic has scored the top prize--and $160,000 in cash plus services--as part of the annual Siemer Silicon Beach Summit awards. READ MORE>>. startup award conference wavemaker siemer adomic'

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MARCH 6, 2015

Santa Monica-based Demand Media said Thursday that it has named a new CFO, appointing Rachel Glaser to the position. The announcement came as part of Demand Media''s quarterly results announcement, where the company reported 2014 revenues of $172.4M. demand media executive' READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2019

Santa Monica-based advertising startup VideoAmp said on Wednesday that it has raised a big $70M funding round, led by the Raine Group, and also included Ankona Capital, Mediaocean, and RTL Group. As part of the funding, Peter Liguori (former CEO of Tribune Media) joins the company's board of directors. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2017

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software used by multi-location brands to manage consumer experience interacting with their locations, has enhanced its Paid Media Manager software.

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MAY 29, 2019

Santa Monica-based GumGum , which develops artificial intelligence-driven advertising software, has partnered with ad safety firm White Ops , to provide anti-fraud protection to GumGum's programmatic advertising exchange, the two said this morning. Terms of the deal between the companies were not announced.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

The surge of technology, advertising, and media companies flocking to Silicon Beach has meant a huge win for real estate investors, particularly in Playa Vista, according to a report today. real estate investment playa vista west angeles realestate technology media growth jobs' READ MORE>>.

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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, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing empire run by Richard Rosenblatt, said Tuesday afternoon that it has acquired two companies, plus renewed a deal with Google. As part of that effort, Demand Media said its inventory will be included in the premium Google Display Network Reserve. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 13, 2018

Santa Monica-based GumGum Sports , which helps advertising agencies measure the media value of sponsorships of sporting events using computer vision technology, has agreed to provide media valuation for the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, being held later this year. Financial impact of the win was not announced.

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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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MARCH 24, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the Internet content publishing company run by Richard Rosenblatt, is applying its crowdsourced content model to eNom , the domain name registrar it owns. According to eNom, it has put up a new content portal focused on the.ORG domain name, which is powered by Demand Media's creative studios.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the internet publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, reported its fourth quarter and fiscal 2010 results today, the first as a public company. Demand Media said it had revenues of $73.6M for Q4 of 2010, up 33 percent from the $55.5M in revenues from Q4 of 2009. for all of 2010.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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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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MAY 22, 2017

Santa Monica-based Webspectator , the operator of a real-time Internet advertising market, has named Andy Batkin as its CEO. Batkin has served as CEO of Social Summits, a digital and social media consultancy, and also served at TVPlus, Prolink Media, and Interactive Marketing. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 16, 2017

Santa Monica-based Leaf Group Ltd. , 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.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Santa Monica-based GumGum Sports , the arm of GumGum which develops technology to measure the social media value of sponsorships for sports teams, says it has just signed the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets as a new customer. Financial details of the win were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 21, 2017

Santa Monica-based GumGum , which is using computer vision in the programmatic advertising market, sports, and social media, said today that it has just passed up the $100M in revenues mark. GumGum's software is used for analyzing visual contents in the social media, publishing, and other areas.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

For our profile today, we had a chat with Jonathan David , the CEO of Los Angeles-based Tapstone (www.tapstone.com), a company providing media buying and optimization. We spoke with Jonathan about the company and where it fits into the advertising market. Jonathan David: We''re essentially a media buying and optimization platform.

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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. Jetpack's founders were previously at Spin Media/Buzznet. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 9, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , which develops software that helps national brands keep information on their stores up to date across mapping and mobile services, has named Nick Hedges as CEO of the company, MomentFeed said this morning. Hedges also previously has served at Bain & Company, Accenture.com, and Ogilvy & Mather.

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MAY 25, 2016

Santa Monica-based image advertising technology developer GumGum is in a deal, which will bring its in-image ads to publications In Touch Weekly, Life&Style, J-14, Closer Weekly, Woman�s World, Twist, and M Magazine, according to the company. The deal is part of an expanded partnership with publisher Bauer Xcel Media.

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