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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Los angeles-based sell-side advertising platform operator Magnite announced this morning that it has agreed to acquire SpotX, a video advertising platform provider, in a deal worth $1.17 billion in cash and stock. Magnite is acquiring SpotX from RTL Group. Magnite is led by President and CEO Michael Barrett.

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JUNE 3, 2011

Los Angeles-based Gaikai , the cloud-based game streaming service backed by Benchmark Capital, TriplePoint Capital, Rustic Canyon Partners, Limelight Networks and Intel Capital, said Thursday that it is powering a game site, "The Escapist". Gaikai said the deal is the first in the launch of an "Affiliate Network" for the company.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Josh was formerly the President of Pandemic Studios, and helped co-found the company, merge it with Bioware, and eventually sell the combined firm to Electronic Arts for $860M. Mobile was just obviously the best platform that, because the smart phone has essentially become a ubiquitous device. What's the idea behind the ntro?

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APRIL 25, 2011

Scott Lahman is co-founder of Los Angeles-based GOGII (www.gogii.com), the developer of group text messaging application textPlus. Lahman is also one of the co-founders of JAMDAT Mobile, the immensely successful developer of mobile games, which had an IPO in 2004, and eventually became part of Electronic Arts in 2006.

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