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Netflix employees stage a trans solidarity walkout, pose list of demands

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Netflix employees staged a walkout yesterday in response to the company’s handling of a Dave Chappelle special that premiered on October 5. At the same time, Los Angeles-based trans activist Ashlee Marie Preston hosted a rally in solidarity with Netflix workers participating in the walkout. brb walking out.

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Daily Crunch: Twitter will delete dormant accounts

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Netflix leases New York’s Paris Theatre. Netflix is expanding its theatrical presence by signing a long-term lease for a historic single-screen venue in New York City. This follows reports that the streaming company is also working to buy the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles.

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Yekra | Embedding a Movie Theater on the Small Screen

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Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and other online distributors bring viewers to their portal to watch movies and TV shows. The small startup in Los Angeles created an online movie player to be embedded anywhere on the web. “We The post Yekra | Embedding a Movie Theater on the Small Screen appeared first on TechZulu.

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PortalOne raises $60M as it levels up to launch its hybrid, immersive gaming platform later this year

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The startup — based in Oslo but with a significant presence also in Los Angeles — plans to use the funding to continue building out its platform and operations en route to its first commercial launch: PortalOne Arcade, a journey into a retro “arcade” featuring multiple games.

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How Laudville Is Bringing Your Entertainment Life Together

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One new, Los Angeles startup-- Laudville (www.laudville.com)--recently launched its service to try to tackle that huge task, of bringing your content together. You have Genius on iTunes, NetFlix''s recommended movies, Facebook or Twitter. That''s also one of the things I really love about Los Angeles. Phoebe Scott: It is.

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Interview with Michele Ruiz and Dan Gould, BiasSync

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Los Angeles-based BiasSync (www.biassync.com) was founded by three, very experienced serial entrepreneurs-- Michele Ruiz (broadcast journalism), Robin Richards (CareerArc, Internships.com, NTI Group, MP3), and Dan Gould (former VP of Technology for Tinder). Here, we wanted to build a Netflix-like experience for this.

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Yekra’s Digital Rights Distribution and AffiliateConnect Platform Raises $3M

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Yekra has introduced the first DRM-protected player that can run on any connected device or screen. Yekra also allows creators to establish an exclusivity rights period and set up distribution to other platforms including Netflix and Hulu Plus. by angel investor Maurice Gallagher and UK’s Bray Capital.