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AUGUST 18, 2009

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the social media firm headed by former MySpace Chairman Richard Rosenblatt, said this morning that it has made a minority investment in Toronto-based CoveritLive. CoveritLive develops live blogging tools and related products for creating live, online events. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 15, 2010

Santa Barbara-based Make It Work , the in-home computer and electronics service and help firm headed by Eric David Greenspan, said this week that it has launched a new web and social media services arm. Tags: makeitwork services social media. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2016

HelloSociety develops tools to help marketers reach influencers on social media, including on Instagram, Pinterest, Vine, YouTube and blogs. Los Angeles-based HelloSociety , the influencer marketing agency which is part of Science, Inc. , has been acquired by the New York Times, the company said late Friday. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 18, 2014

near real-time automated intelligence gathering systems that scour public and private data sources like websites, blogs, social media and email to unearth information businesses can use for competitive advantage. Bitvore, led by Jeff Curie, said that it has developed a.

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MAY 9, 2011

San Diego-based Stocktwits , the stock-focused, online social media site headed by Howard Lindzon, has inked a new content deal with CNNMoney , the firm said today. Financial detail fo the deal were not disclosed.

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APRIL 1, 2014

ReachLocal''s SEO product includes keyword identification and optimization, content optimization and publishing, social media integration, local search tools, and more. The offering starts at $999 per month for six motnhs, and provides one blog post created per week as part of the content optimization. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

For this afternoon''s Insights and Opinions section, we''re sharing a recent blog post from Mark Suster of Upfront Ventures. In today''s uber-connected, social media, everything-is-public, people tell you there''s killing it with these new features, investor & mentor whiplash - it''s hard to avoid the latest thing.

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

Hip hop artists and rock stars, comedians, TV and film talent and Internet-born celebrities will show how they have used new social media technologies and services such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Yahoo and Google to promote their own brands and reach new audiences. Special 500ff discount for socalTECH readers: [link].

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DECEMBER 10, 2008

Hip hop artists and rock stars, comedians, TV and film talent and Internet-born celebrities will show how they have used new social media technologies and services such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Yahoo and Google to promote their own brands and reach new audiences. Special 500ff discount for socalTECH readers: [link].

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DECEMBER 9, 2008

Hip hop artists and rock stars, comedians, TV and film talent and Internet-born celebrities will show how they have used new social media technologies and services such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Yahoo and Google to promote their own brands and reach new audiences. Special 500ff discount for socalTECH readers: [link].

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JUNE 14, 2013

Followers of the company''s Facebook page, blog, and Twitter feed are familiar with the steady drumbeat of cute dog and puppy photos that the company is always sharing--and, might now be familiar with DogVacay''s online peer-to-peer marketplace. kennel boarding media social dogvacay photos cute' READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based Lunch.com , the online social media and networking site run by J.R. According to Lunch.com, the new feed can be added to blogs, personal sites, or elsewhere to help users promote their content. Johnson, told its users today that it has unveiled a new, personal RSS feed feature to the site.

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MARCH 29, 2012

What's the best way to get the word out about your brand on social media? Amanda MacNaughton: PromoJam is an enterprise, social marketing technology platform. Matt MacNaughton: Our mantra, is to reach social media users everywhere. We're kind of a one stop shop for social media marketing.

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JUNE 27, 2013

The investment firm also had a high visibility partner in the form of Mark Suster, who has helped drive awareness of the formerly quiet investment firm via his extensive blogging, social media, and conference appearances.

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JUNE 27, 2013

We caught up with Mark Suster , one of Upfront''s General Partners and a well known blogger and technology personality, the new fund, and how his blogging is now driving the firm''s investment activity. How has your broad social media presence affected your dealflow? Tell us about the new fund? Mark Suster: It''s a $200M fund.

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OCTOBER 15, 2008

El Segundo-based AdEngage, an online advertising network, has been acquired by blog and Internet search site Technorati, Technorati said today. According to Technorati, it has acquired AdEngage to launch a new self-service advertising network for blogs and social media sites.

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AUGUST 30, 2012

and co-founder Sean Percival is a MySpace vet and a familiar face in Southern California's social media circles. How has the transition from social media and the Internet to hard goods been for you? I definitely am more well known for social media and blog content. Wittleebee is backed by Science Inc.,

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APRIL 14, 2010

Lolita was founder of ModernMom.com, which she sold to Richard Rosenblatt's Demand Media last year, and we caught up with Lolita to learn more about her newest venture. Lolita Carrico: Social media had a lot to do with it, for sure. Being one of the first in the mom media area has helped. What is Gloss Network?

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MAY 24, 2011

We have done lots of social media campaigns, and we have really collected with the music ecosystem, such as labels, bands, venues, press, management, and street teams. We also have a very popular blog on our site, where we only mention one band a day, and we have lots of bands, artists, and labels vying for that position.

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OCTOBER 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based digital media publisher BUZZMEDIA looks to be revving up its hiring on the editorial end of its business, saying Tuesday that it has hired nine staffers across its sites Celebuzz, and SPIN. The firm said the expansion of its staff will further expand the brands.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2008

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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NOVEMBER 13, 2008

Hollywood-based Buzznet, a venture-backed operator of social media websites, said Thursday that it has launched a new site called Just Jared Jr. The site is being launched in a partnership with Buzznet and celebrity blog Just Jared. focused on tweens and teens.

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DECEMBER 4, 2008

According to ClipBlast, users of KickApps' video player and widget software can use its technology to search and embed videos from other video sharing sites onto their blogs, message board posts, and member-to-member messages. Financial details of the win were not disclosed. ClipBlast indexes and allows users to search for and find videos.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

It's like WordPress, but instead of blogging, it provides an online community, which is self-hosted. That's funding our new product, FanMix, which is a a social media tool. Early on in college, we built a product called Blog Hoster, which allowed you to create white label blogs. We scaled that to almost $1.4

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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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MARCH 4, 2010

He is a former Southern California high tech executive, and recently penned this post on his blog, which he gave us permission to reprint here. For our Insights and Opinions section today, we have this opinion piece by Scott Fox , author of Internet Riches, the best-selling guide to starting a business online, and also e-Riches 2.0:

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DECEMBER 22, 2016

With the advent of social media, open publishing platforms, and instantaneous communication, the world is flatter and more interconnected than anyone can truly grasp, and the next great wave of innovations can and will come from anywhere. Cody Simms: Locally in LA the Snapchat IPO will have a huge impact on our local startup ecosystem.

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MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups.

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APRIL 14, 2011

He was also the founder of Wallstrip, which he sold to CBS back in 2007, is an investor in a significant number of web and social media companies. Howard Lindzon is CEO and Co-founder of StockTwits (www.stocktwits.com), the financial micro-messaging service. Howard is based in San Diego, and spoke to us about StockTwits.

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JANUARY 9, 2014

It''s not just coupons and deals, we''ve also launched a blog with helpful shopping information, which helps introduce consumers to new brands they might not have heard of before. Particularly in the coupon and deal case, it''s the content that surrounds that deal information.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

Streaming media. Social media. Social networking. Social games. blog comments powered by Disqus. Blog Software. Electric cars. Hybrid cars. Renewable energy. Streaming video. Smartphones. Windows Phone. Google Plus. Interviews. Advertise on VentureBeat. most popular. most shared. Digital Cameras.

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JULY 23, 2010

Matt Edelman: The last company I ran and co-founded PeopleJam, which was a social media business for people interested in self improvement. There are many style and fashion blogs, and are in a space to become influencers for women, however, none of them as of yet have as much influence as people who actually influence those bloggers.

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

One, is it makes it easy for businesses to embed that video on their own website, on blogs, and Facebook, and they can also link to that video on their Google Places page. There's been a huge push to engage local businesses, to get them involve din social media, but video has yet to catch up. How is the company funded?

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MARCH 24, 2010

We allow them to have virtual store fronts, portable stores, which they can place on their social networking profiles, on their own dot com, on their blogs, and so forth--anywhere fans already interact with the artist. There's a convergence between the paradigm of the music business, and the business of social media.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

Developments Blog. There is a feeling that techies are the new celebrities," says Eric Kuhn, an agent who heads the social-media department at United Talent Agency. These days, there are more Internet guys at the Vanity Fair Oscar party than traditional media players.". socaltech socalcto » More. Real Estate.

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