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MAY 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based viral video company Jukin Media has raised a strategic funding round, for that company''s video entertainment network on YouTube, according to the company. Jukin Media''s YouTube channels include viral video channels FailArmy, JukinVideo, and CutiesNFuzzies. Jukin Media was founded by Jonathan Skogmo.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Los Angeles-based Youtube network StyleHaul has been acuqired by European entertainment network RTL Group , in a deal that values the company at over $205M if earn out goals are met. RTL said it would acquire a controlling stake in StyleHaul for $107M plus up to $54M of earnout.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2010

Shaw Ventures and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI). Emotive had raised over $13.95M in funding, and had itself acquired venture-backed Sennari Entertainment, a developer of loyalty programs for the mobile market, in 2008. Emotive was venture backed by Mayfield, D.

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DECEMBER 10, 2008

Los Angeles-based Emotive Communications, which is developing ringtone-based, entertainment products for the mobile market, said today that it has scored $6.25M in a second round of venture financing. Shaw Ventures and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments. Financial terms of the acquisition of Sennari were not disclosed.

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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? What's the story behind HitFix and where do you fit in the entertainment news landscape?

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