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JANUARY 3, 2020

DICE , a game studio owned by Electronic Arts, is setting up a new studio in Los Angeles , to be headed by game designer Vince Zampella, according to an interview with Zampella in the LA Times. Respawn Entertainment was acquired in 2017 by Electronic Arts.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Los Angeles-based gaming startup Midnight announced this morning that it has raised $7.5M in its seed funding round.

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JUNE 29, 2018

In a move designed to attract more customers from the media and entertainment industry, Google said this week that it will be opening up a new Los Angeles cloud region to its cloud computing platform, Google Cloud.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

I've lived in Los Angeles for ten years now. High-end hors d'oeuvres, an open bar with top-shelf liquor and little entertainments throughout the event. The Nextspace @ Amplify campus is an attractive co-working space designed to foster working, learning and networking. Something very, established about it. Amplify.LA

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Sharp Display Company , a unit of Sharp Eectronics Corporation which develops TFT-LCD products, plus Flying Eagle Sytsems , a new company created by Foxconn crated to "drive innovation in the display industry", announced today that they have set up shop in downtown Los Angeles.

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MAY 22, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. BASSETT Executive Search Solutions (www.BassettSearch.com) The confidential source for executive talent -- serving emerging growth company clients in the high tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Technology.

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JUNE 27, 2019

Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment venue giant AEG and ridesharing operator Lyft are in a national, transportation partnership, which will bring exclusive "Lyft Zones" at a number of AEG music properties, and also names Lyft its exclusive rideshare, bike, and scooter partner. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Los Angeles-based venture investor Wavemaker Partners has seen one of its portfolio companies hit the public markets, albeit via an unusual, reverse merger arrangement. Stellar is a so-called "blank check acquisition company" specifically designed to for reverse mergers. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 4, 2017

Los Angeles-based Two Bit Circus , the entertainment startup founded by Brent Bushnell, and non-profit T4G.org announced this morning that they have launched the Two Bit Circus Foundation.

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OCTOBER 3, 2008

Los Angeles-based BridgeCo, a developer of home entertainment related semiconductors, has scored a win with Pioneer, the firm said earlier this week. Financial impact of the design win was not disclosed. BridgeCo said that Pioneer is using the firm's technology in two A/V receivers from the firm, the Eliste SC-07 and SC-05.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capital investment firm DFJ Frontier is bolstering its ranks, and has snagged an entertainment and media veteran as a new Venture Partner at the company. According to DFJ Frontier, it has added Bruce Long has previously served as an executive at such companies as Technicolor, Deluxe, and Ascent Four Media.

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MARCH 30, 2016

The LA Dodgers Sports and Entertainment Accelerator has opened up applications for a new class of startups, as the Los Angeles Dodgers and R/GA Venture said they plan to run another startup accelerator class. Applications are being accepted through June 10th, and the program will run from August 22nd until early November.

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MAY 21, 2014

Los Angeles-based Epoxy (www.epoxy.tv) launched yesterday to help content creators do just that. Juan Bruce: My background is in design engineering. I spent a lot of time in Silicon Valley, working for BMW''s technology office, and design firm Ideo. That was my first, deep dive into entertainment.

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OCTOBER 2, 2012

In a move into creating its own video content, Los Angeles-based Fandango , the movie ticketing and movie information site, said this morning that it plans its first ever, original video development slate. Karger was previously at Entertainment Weekly. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

ImageCollect , the micro-stock photography site owned by Los Angeles-based AudioMicro, said today that it now has over three million photos in its library. ImageCollect is a micro-stock photography site featuring celebrity photos, which provides royalty free access to photos from entertainment photographers. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Irvine-based hard drive maker Western Digital , and Los Angeles-based studios Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group , along with flash storage maker SanDisk, said today they have created a new organization called the Secure Content Storage Association (SCSA).

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

Los Angeles-based movie information and ticketing provider Fandango has booted up a new, research and development group called FandangoLabs , the company said this morning. The new unit also will be working closely with design firm IDEO in its efforts, according to Fandango.

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JUNE 11, 2013

Silicon Beach Fest is gearing up to showcase the most promising startups and visionaries from across LA’s growing startup entertainment ecosystem. Mark Suster of GRP Partners and Launchpad was confirmed to keynote along with Nely Galan of Galan Entertainment, the first Latina president of Telemundo. In 2012 over $3.2

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JANUARY 17, 2013

A new, interactive application, Braindex --designed for the iPad and iPad mini--lets consumers do just that directly on their tablet. The new app is the first application launching out of TouchFrame , a new startup out of the MuckerLab incubator in Los Angeles. How about Andy Milonakis?

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MARCH 20, 2009

Los Angeles-based executive search for emerging growth companies. customer relationship marketing programs designed to preserve your core revenue. tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. socalTECH readers. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com). Technology.

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JULY 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based Total Immersion , the developer of augmented reality software, said this morning that it has launched a new, Adobe Flash module for its software. The firm said its D'Fusion for Adobe Flash Player will allow designers and agencies to develop their own augmented reality apps, without the need for a specific plug-in.

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

K5Launch , which was announced yesterday, is headed up by Amir Banafatemi, Ray Chan, David Cheng, and Kai Tao, four Southern California angel investors. Similarly, the firm is using a Y-Combinator/TechStars model to startups, and covers Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.

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JUNE 2, 2014

Last month, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti created a new program, aimed at growing, assisting and sustaining entrepreneurs in Los Angeles. Krisztina "Z" Holly: The reason I picked that, is because there is a huge opportunity here in Los Angeles. Los Angeles is poised to play a huge role in that area. Also, the U.S.

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JULY 29, 2016

Los Angeles is often thought of as just the city of entertainment and creative industries�but it turns out, it's a lot more. Why is manufacturing important to Los Angeles? He's able to turn around a design in two or three weeks, rather than waiting with no idea when it will come off a container ship from Asia.

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MARCH 22, 2011

I asked the panelists ( David Travers , Brian Norgard , Fouad ElNaggar , & Demian Sellfors ) about the specific challenges that we face down here in Los Angeles as opposed to Silicon Valley. That’s typically not the case in Los Angeles. Simply put LA has a lack of GREAT product, UI/UX, and design talent.

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DECEMBER 15, 2008

Los Angeles-based RealD, which develops 3D projection systems for the theater market, said today that it has shipped a new product used for 3D stereo displays on monitors. The product comes out of the firm's 3D visualization arm, which provides 3D tools to research and development and other applications. READ MORE>>

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DECEMBER 29, 2017

Check out the entertaining video here.) And I'm especially proud to have received our 501(c)(3) charitable designation from the I.R.S. Most Angelenos don't realize Los Angeles is the largest manufacturing center in the country. (We We have four manufacturing jobs for every job we have in film and television!)

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JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. What's the story behind HitFix and where do you fit in the entertainment news landscape? and entertainment as a whole is rapidly changing and growing.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2009

Los Angeles-based Buzznet , the venture-backed operator of a network of entertainment-focused social media sites, is making the rounds with a new feature on its Celebuzz celebrity web site this week. The firm rolled out a "zoom" feature that allows users on the site to magnify celebrity photos on the site.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

For today's youth, it's often hard to figure out what they want to do in life--according to Deborah Ramo , Founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Amavitae (www.amavitae.com). We came together with the idea of designing something that specifically addresses the skills and opportunity gap in our country. How did this start?

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FEBRUARY 4, 2009

The convergence of the Internet and the entertainment business has made Los Angeles a hotbed of activity in the online entertainment industry, attracting companies from all over the country interested in connecting Hollywood with the Internet. Most of what we do is consistently profitable, by design.

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JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

That's what Los Angeles-based Seismic Games (www.seismicgames.com) is looking to figure out, headed by Greg Borrud, Eric Gewirtz, and Chris Miller. At our core, game designers love to come up with something really compelling, to create a great piece of entertainment, and try new things.

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MAY 11, 2011

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Anti-AgingGames (www.Anti-AgingGames.com), a new online game startup, announced a new service to help users improve their memory and concentration, as well as improve brain function. The firm notably has Atari founder Nolan Bushnell as an advisor and serving as its chief game designer.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

A good example of that is Skyhawk Therapeutics, which has built a small molecule platform that enables rational design of small molecules that target specific binding pocket regions of RNA. Having been active now in Los Angeles, is there anything Los Angeles hasn't taken advantage of but should? We discovered them very early.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Jan Zands is the founders of Los Angeles-based phonesheet.com (www.phonesheet.com), a startup which is developing web-based software for tracking phone messages and action items. Jan Zands: I knew this was a great business because I was already selling these to entertainment executives. What is Phonesheet.com?

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MAY 19, 2015

Need something--anything--delivered in Los Angeles? Fetch and Schlep just raised a round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. Fetch and Schlep just raised a round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and the Tech Coast Angels. I'm also an entertainment and music writer.

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