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Three Southern California Firms Building Blog Empires

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News today that AOL has acquired technology news blog TechCrunch highlights the growing place of blog publishers in the online world. Here are three, Southern California blog networks which have quietly growing their network of properties: BUZZMEDIA. Did we miss your favorite, Southern California blog empire? Let us know!

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Calacanis: First Angels In New Angel Group

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Calacanis--who started the group as an outgrowth of his crusade against pay-to-pitch angel groups like The Keiretsu Forum--said in his blog today that he has signed up Matt Coffin , Sky Dayton , and Bill Woodward as members of his group.

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Report: Buzznet Chops Staff

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Hollywood-based, music-related blog and content firm Buzznet has reportedly cut employees, according to a report from Digital Music News. Buzznet operates an online social networking and social media site focused on music and bands, and is backed by Anthem Ventures, Interscope, Redpoint Ventures, and others.

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Buzznet Targets Tweens, Teens With New Celebrity Site

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The site is being launched in a partnership with Buzznet and celebrity blog Just Jared. Buzznet is venture backed by Sutter Hill Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Anthem Ventures, NEA and Universal Music Group.

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Buzz Media Inks Deal with Magazine

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Buzz Media--which was formerly known as BuzzNet--is a venture backed operator of a network of pop culture, celebrity, and music-focused web content properties and blogs. Buzz Media is venture backed by Focus Ventures, Anthem Ventures, New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures, and Sutter Hill Ventures. READ MORE>>

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Buzznet Puts Focus On Celebrities

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Celebuzz is one of a number of sites owned by Buzznet, which is venture backed by Interscope, Universal Music Group, Anthem Ventures, NEA, and Redpoint Ventures.

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This Week in VC with Om Malik & Paul Jozefak

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Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Current round: $5.0mm in Series A by NEA and Anthem Venture Partners. -Real-time search engine. Search leverages selective filtering via XMPP versus site indexing; only real-time search player to do so.