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MAY 4, 2011

Burbank-based Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group said this morning that it is acquiring Flixster , the movie site which also runs Rotten Tomatoes. According to Warner, both sites will continue to operate independently. Flixster has offices in San Francisco, and Rotten Tomatoes has their operations in Los Angeles.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

Burbank-based Be Jane , the angel funded, online home improvement site focused on women, told its users that it has sold the web site to an undisclosed buyer, according to reports. The site had seen some turmoil after the founders of the firm departed, and investors installed their own management last year.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures , the venture capital firm backed by Walt Disney Co., Yoyi Media provides targeted advertising and demographics to Chinese web sites. Yoyi Media provides targeted advertising and demographics to Chinese web sites. Steamboat has offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong in addition to Los Angeles.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

However, Los Angeles-based Postcard On The Run (www.postcardontherun.com) is trying to recapture that sense of value of physical photographs, with its new service, which turns digital photos into postcards. After MySpace, I did the old Burbank to San Jose commute. They're still around. Josh Brooks: Playlist was in Palo Alto.

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