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DECEMBER 9, 2016

Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , the audio advertising technology developer, and San Diego-based streaming radio service Slacker said this week that the two have expanded an existing relationship.

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MAY 7, 2010

Two Southern California firms have made Advertising Age's annual list of the largest search marketing agencies, released last week. Santa Monica-based The Search Agency , which is headed by David Hughes, was listed at number 12, and San Diego-based Covario , which is run by Russ Mann, was listed at number 25.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

San Diego-based Vionic , a developer of technology for helping companies create social media deals and promotions, said Wednesday that it has raised $900,000 in a funding round. vionic social offers venture capital angel media software advertising' The funding came from angel investors. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 25, 2014

San Diego-based Sightly , which develops video advertising technology, said Thurday that it has launched a new platform aimed at delivering personalized, video ads from local businesses to prospective customers. Sightly said its video ad platform provides micro-target audiences in hyper-local areas for advertisers.

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APRIL 21, 2010

San Diego-based OpenCandy , a developer of products which software publishers can include to recommend other software products and services to their users and which earns those software publishers advertising revenue, has raised $5M in a Series B funding round. 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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JANUARY 28, 2014

San Diego-based Sightly said this morning that it has raised $1.7M in a seed funding, to go towards its video advertising technology. Sightly said it is developing video advertising technology to help target video ads with locally relevant messaging, delivering them to users across different kinds of devices. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2010

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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JANUARY 12, 2010

San Diego-based Covario , a developer of search advertising and web site optimization software and services, said today that it has acquired Netconcepts, LLC , a website search engine optimization firm based in Madison, Wisconsin. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 7, 2012

The highest ranked was San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos , with 11.1 According to the report , issued by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, three areas in Southern California ranked among the top 25 metro areas for high-tech employment concentration. percent of jobs in technology, ranked at 20. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 29, 2012

San Diego-based WhatRunsWhere , a startup which develops advertising tracking technology, said this morning that it has acquired Mobile Ad Spy , a UK-based mobile ad tracking startup. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has backed a developer of video advertising products, Selectable Media , to the tune of $2M. Selectable Media, which is based in New York, lets users opt into branded video advertising in exchange for free access to content on web and mobile apps.

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MARCH 20, 2014

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology developer Rubicon Project set the pricing range for its initial public offering Thursday, saying that it hopes to offer 6,770,995 shares of its common stock at between $15.00 rubicon project advertising merger exchange exit technology rubi' and $17.00 Mayfield, as well as others.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

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. Internet Brands had gone public just three years ago.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

San Diego-based Covario , the search agency and search marketing technology provider, is bolstering its advisors today, saying it has added Bloomberg TV host and former Kodak CMO Jeffrey Hayzlett to its advisory board. Covario, which is run by Russ Mann, provides search advertising services and software. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

San Diego-based Covario , a developer of search engine marketing and search engine optimization software, said today that it has launched a new product focused on creating mobile web sites. According to the firm, its new product--Mobile COntent Optimizer--helps advertisers create mobile-friendly web sites.

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JULY 7, 2014

San Diego-based Adtile Technologies , a mobile ad technology company led by Nils Forsblom, has raised $4.5M fruugo finland investment capital venture advertising mobile tenfarms technologies adtile' in a Series A funding. The company did not announce the names of investors in the round. founded by Forsblom. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2013

San Diego-based Ezoic announced this morning that it has raised $5.6M in a funding round, for the company''s software for automatically improving site layout and advertising revenue. ezoic automated website layout software advertising venture capital' The company''s product is currently in private beta. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 10, 2012

San Diego-based Verve Wireless , which develops mobile publishing and advertising tools, reported today that it has hired Chris Nicotra, the former Chief Technology Officer of comScore, as its new Executive Vice President of Product and Technology. Verve said Nicotra has also served at AOL Advertising and Advertising.com.

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JUNE 8, 2011

However, San Diego-based Deal Current (www.dealcurrent.com) appears to have found a sustainable niche in the industry--not providing daily deals, but powering those multiplying deal sites, including a number of major newspaper groups. In the meantime, Groupon came along, and our media customers started to lose advertising.

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MARCH 20, 2014

Phunware , a developer of mobile advertising, application, analytics, and other tools for brands which has operations in both Newport Beach and San Diego, said this week that it has raised $26.25M in a Series E funding. phunware venture capital mobile advertising analytics software' The company is headquartered in Austin.

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AUGUST 11, 2009

San Diego-based Covario , a provider of search engine marketing and SEO automation software, said Tuesday that the firm has launched a new services arm, focused on agency services. The firm said that it has created its own, SEO delivery team to compliment the firm's technology offerings. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

San Diego-based Verve Wireless , the developer of mobile publishing tools for the Associated Press, McClatchy, Belo Interactive, and other publishers, said this morning that it has raised $7M more in additional funding. Tags: content news newspaper publisher android iphone software mobile advertising wireless verve. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

San Diego-based FLO TV , the mobile television arm of Qualcomm , announced today that it is launching a Super Bowl ad campaign. The firm said that it will launch three separate advertising spots, which combines a remix of The Who's "My Generation" by Black Eyed Peas' will.I.am, and CBS Sports' personalities Jim Nantz and James Brown.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

San Diego-based Underground Elephant , a startup focused on the CPA-based, performance based advertising market, said today that it has opened up an office in Santa Monica. Tags: underground elephant advertising network executive. Underground Elephant is headed by Jason Kulpa.

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

San Diego-based Frontline Direct , which is owned by Adconian Media Group, said today that it has acquired Objective Loyalty , a provider of data management and direct marketing solutions. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. Frontline Direct is headed by Kim Reed Perell. Frontline Direct is headed by Kim Reed Perell.

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MAY 10, 2011

Carlsbad-based Scentsa , a developer of an out-of-home advertising network, has scored a Series A funding from San Diego private equity fund Huntington Capital , Huntington said Tuesday. Size of the equity funding deal was not disclosed.

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MARCH 11, 2013

Are you trying to figure out where your competitors and running in-app advertising on Android? San Diego-based WhatRunsWhere said today that it has launched a brand new service, which helps advertisers track what ads competitors are running into mobile apps for the Android operating system.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

San Diego-based Covario , a provider of paid search and search engine optimization software, reported this week that its analysis has found that major U.S. advertisers have upped their spending on paid search by almost 8 percent in Q3. Tags: covario paid search engine advertising. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 13, 2011

San Diego-based Verve Wireless , the developer of mobile publishing and advertising applications, announced today that it has hired two executives. Verve said that it has appoint Dan Hodges as Chief Revenue Officer, and Aimee Irwin as SVP Business Development and Publisher Network.

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish , which provides online marketing campaigns for brands, has raised another $3.0M Tags: brickfish venture capital advertising marketing. in funding, according to a regulatory filing by the firm last week. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Andrew Connell is the CEO of DinnerDate.com , a startup which has been in beta in San Diego for the last few months, and is just now expanding out to new markets. They can choose to go to a dinner that is advertised, and if they've previously expressed interest in a person, we let them know if that person is going.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

San Diego-based private equity firm JMI Equity has backed Internet advertising firm Adknowledge , as lead on a $200M debt and equity financing round for that firm. Adknowledge, which is based in Kansas City, MO, said today that it raised $200M in debt and equity to fuel its growth and for future acquisitions, led by JMI Equity.

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JUNE 13, 2012

San Diego-based Tealium , the developer of enterprise tag management software, announced today that it has been selected by News International , the UK publishing division of News Corporation for its online media network. The firm raised a $1.1M Series A in January from angels. 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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MAY 9, 2013

San Diego-based music streaming service Slacker has a message for the industry: you can run a digital music service, and make money. Slacker apparently has figured out a different model than the other streaming music providers, by directly licensing content from record labels and music publishers.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2008

Los Angeles- and San Diego-based Veoh (www.veoh.com), an online video sharing site, has laid off 20 people, or roughly 18-20 percent of the firm's employees. Veoh said that the firm, although doing well financially, could not predict how soft the online advertising market will become, given the economic challenges of today.

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