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MAY 8, 2012

Once high flying social networking site MySpace --now a unit of Specific Media--has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over privacy issues, according to the FTC. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. They're looking for deeper social networking, and more of a gaming element on sites.

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MAY 4, 2011

Norgard is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded NewRoo (acquired by Fox Interactive Media/MySpace) and co-founding Twitter advertising startup Ad.ly. We started with the initial idea of building vertical, B-to-B social environments, and soon figured out that was a terrible idea. And, it is a social network.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

GraphEffect develops marketing analytics tools which tap into the world of social networking and media. The company said it has become a Strategic Preferred Marketing Developer (PMD) by Facebook, which it says is the "highest distinction" offered by Facebook to its marketing partners.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Santa Monica-based Focused Labs , which provides social media marketing services, said Thursday that it has renamed itself GraphEffect , and raised $2M in funding. GraphEffect provides a social advertising platform which helps advertisers gain Facebook fans and Likes. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 18, 2012

One way is to create your own, custom video clip which you can share via email, text message, or through a social networking site like Facebook. Allison Dollar: SnapCuts is a digital media marketing platform, which uses social video messaging. They can then share that across a social network.

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MAY 27, 2011

TeenSpot's entertainment and community website is a moderated, social networking and chat site, focused exclusively on teenagers. Gorilla Nation said its Youthology arm will provide marketers with integrated marketing programs, including mobile, video, social media and rich display products, on the newly acquired site.

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JANUARY 18, 2011

We caught up with Julie Schoenfeld , the firm's CEO, to hear about how the firm's offerings have evolved, an interesting comparison of the firm's software to what Demand Media is doing, and what this new funding will go towards. It's some of the kinds of things Demand Media does, except, for the newsroom. Congrats on funding.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. What's the idea behind Sometrics?

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

As companies figure out a way to monetize social media, one of the areas which has been lacking is a way to measure the impact and effectiveness of social media advertising. Ian Swanson: Sometrics is a social analytics and advertising company. What's the idea behind Sometrics?

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JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic. Less known--a healthy domain name registration business.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

The reason for this business, is folks are always going on social media to recommend products to their friends, but they're not making any money from it. If you're a big influencer, you might get paid by a brand, but every day, people are providing word-of-mouth advertising, posting about their favorite things.

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AUGUST 10, 2009

Our interview this morning is with Babette Pepaj , CEO and founder of BakeSpace (www.bakespace.com), a local Los Angeles startup focused on social networking around food. Babette Pepaj: BakeSpace is a food social network and recipe swap. So very much a social network involved? What is BakeSpace?

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APRIL 15, 2016

To get a discount, we ask customers to share information on the brand on Twitter and in the future, other social networks, and that discount is based on how influential they are for that brand. Any plans to expand this to other social networks? The first set of discounts is a set, $50 off at Helix Sleep.

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APRIL 14, 2011

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. We've just added a layer on top of all the social networks particular to finance. Advertising is one of our revenue streams right now, but not our core focus.

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OCTOBER 20, 2015

David Dundas: Decisive analyzes images and videos on social networks, to help brands understand what makes their fans want to share and not share. David Dundas: When you are scrolling through a social media feed, there are certain things that make you stop when you're viewing that feed. What is Decisive?

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JANUARY 24, 2012

Cooley was previously General Manager at Buddy Media, and also served at Collective Media. Pollet joins from [x+1], and also served at Bankrate.com and Andover.net, along with Bank of America and LendingTree.com. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

That's different from most games on Facebook, and on social networks as a whole, which are relatively simple games, with the same gaming mechanics over and over again. Zac Brandenberg: I've been in the advertising space, and in online advertising and interactive for much of the last ten years. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

In association with some of the regions top trade associations/social networking groups and industry hosts, DFR '09 promises to be the largest holiday party of the season and help weave our various communities of interest into the larger collective family of professionals working in and around the technology industry.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Santa Monica-based GraphEffect , the provider of Facebook and social media marketing services, said over the weekend that it has hired Stephano Kim as its President and GM, New York. Kim was previously COO and President of [x+1], and was a co-founder of Blackboard. Kim was also previously an angel investor in GraphEffect itself.

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MARCH 1, 2012

Shortly after that, the CEO of NBCi and myself started a venture fund, invested in a handful of companies, had a couple of good exits, and then I went on to become part of the founding team at ZeroDegrees, the social networking platform focused on the jobs space. We sold that to IAC. After I met the team here at Idealab, we hit it off.

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JUNE 27, 2011

To do that, the firm has combined the world of social networking and personal finance with its newly launched service. Part of our advertising, is we are sending people checks in the mail for $25, or $50. Ultimately, we expect those to be ad-funded by different advertisers involved in our platform.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

Streaming media. Social media. Social networking. Social games. Advertise on VentureBeat. It covers a range of technology trends, from social media to mobile, clean technology, games and chips. socaltech socalcto Electric cars. Hybrid cars. Renewable energy. Streaming video.

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MAY 15, 2010

SocialVibe – Social media monetization platform that benefits non-profit organizations and social causes. Users participate by performing tasks, taking surveys or watching advertiser videos. Addressable advertisements are capable of being targeted to the individual household. OTHER DEALS.

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APRIL 28, 2010

My co-founder, Michael Steuer and myself both came from Twistbox, which was later acquired by Mandalay Media. We thought about where else we could apply it to, and thought about the various social networking services, and specifically, Twitter. We've obviously toyed with advertising and sponsorship as well.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

We do no advertising on that part of the site, and make sure it is fair and balanced. The big picture, is we are providing a site that combines social networking with products, to create a whole new niche--social product networking. Tags: shopping tibesti social startup interview mike hale.

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