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MAY 17, 2019

The Los Angeles-based company has already launched a beta version of its streaming service, Ficto , and yesterday announced a host of new shows that will appear on the app later this year. Jemisin’s book is another feature in the Ficto slate. The series from Ficto will concentrate on the first book in Lu’s trilogy.

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JUNE 26, 2013

Fans.lu , the Los Angeles- and Detroit-based startup providing e-commerce stores for brands, said this week that it has launched a new e-commerce store for the videogame Verticus, in partnership with Los Angeles mobile entertainment publisher Moonshark. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based mobile game studio Jam City is continuing to enhance its popular game title, Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery , saying this morning that it is launching a new "side quest" within the game, called the Celestial Ball. Rowling's immensely popular Harry Potter books. Jam City--which has partnered with Warner Bros.

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JUNE 4, 2013

Los Angeles-based Daqri , a developer of augmented reality technology, announced this morning that it has raised $15M in a private equity funding. DAQRI says its customers include Twentieth Century Fox, Matchbox Twenty and SONY, who hae used the company to bring to life a "4D" experience on their DVD covers, books, and more.

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JUNE 24, 2013

Los Angeles-based BOOM! Studios , a venture-backed comic book and graphic novel publisher, has acquired a fellow comics firm, Archaia Entertainment , the firms said today.

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MAY 26, 2011

million impact on Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau, the millions of dollars already includes 28,000 total hotel room nights already booked for the event. According to LA INC.,

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 2, 2016

Los Angeles-based Loot Crate announced this morning that it has raised $18.5M in a Series A funding round, for the company's subscription, "fan boxes"--which feature custom, tailored mystery boxes delivered to fans from their favorite entertainment and pop culture brands, every month. Downey Ventures, M13, and SterlingVC.

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MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies.

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JUNE 23, 2010

Los Angeles-based Total Immersion , the developer of augmented reality software, has snagged another win in the entertainment industry with 'Iron Man 2'. The firm said its is providing augmented reality features for a digital promotion around the film, as part of a marketing campaign from LG. LG Ally is LG's first U.S.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Entertainment has changed. A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans. Creators take a 60 percent cut of all revenue with the remainder going to Binary Bubbles, the Los Angeles-based startup behind the service.

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MARCH 18, 2013

Can booking live bands and music for your party or event be as easy as it is to find a room to rent via Airbnb? A Los Angeles startup, Gigit --still in early beta--thinks so, and has begun offering up event planners and others a way to tap into a marketplace of bands and other musicians who will play live.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Los Angeles-based WOWIO , which launched last week with the acquisition of comic strip site WEvolt, said today that it has acquired web comic community DrunkDuck. DrunkDuck was owned by Platinum Studios, an entertainment firm focused on comic book characters. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 31, 2011

Marc Nager (Global Director, CEO of Startup Weekend) made a quick announcement of the release of the new Startup Weekend book (which is in stores now!) followed by Chris Dumler (Co-founder of LA Startup Foundation ).

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APRIL 6, 2009

Los Angeles-based Planetwide Games , a publisher of entertainment software and web sites, has raised $3.6M Planetwide Games published the title Comic Book Creator, and runs the MashON web site, which allows users to create and shore their own graphic novels and comic books.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

Techstars (www.techstars.org) has a long history and record of success as a startup accelerator, with programs across the country and world--and recently opened up its third, Los Angeles program, Techstars LA. Three years ago, I had started to explore launching a new accelerator, to support women entrepreneurs in Los Angeles.

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AUGUST 5, 2022

From Los Angeles to Silicon Valley , a trend emerged among social media influencers and startup founders alike: move into a mansion with 10 or so collaborators, work day and night together to build fame and wealth, and hope that your new roommates do their dishes. Image Credits: Robiiiworld (Brandy Merriweather via BStarPR).

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APRIL 29, 2010

In the newest bid for revenue at the Los Angeles Times, the paper said this week that it will begin adding green, affiliate revenue links within its news stories.

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JUNE 3, 2010

Los Angeles-based WOWIO said this morning that it has raised $1.7M in a funding round, and acquired online social networking site WEvolt , focused on comic books and creative content. WOWIO said that part of its plans are to license and create branded entertainment based on content submitted on the site. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2013

The new set-top box looks to fulfill a role for video that the company''s Kindle e-readers do for books.

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TechCrunch LA

AUGUST 23, 2018

Since launch, Survios has generated plenty of notice from entertainment big wigs. Students get a special rate of just $45 when they book here. Before co-founding the company, President Nathan Burba served as the director of Project Holodeck, a USC project aimed at creating a full-body 360-degree VR experience.

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MARCH 3, 2018

He told the story of the young artist, Ramiro Gomez who was born in San Bernardino, near Los Angeles. If you want to understand the critical importance of demographics and immigration read the seminal book, “ The Accidental Superpower. From Los Angeles. Jessica is also from Los Angeles.

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JULY 22, 2019

This morning's interview is with Matt Kozlov , the Managing Director of the new Techstars Starburst Space Accelerator , which just got started in Los Angeles. Right now, we're in the beginning of the mentorship phase, where our companies have moved here from all over the world to spend three months in Los Angeles.

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JULY 1, 2013

Already live, the service is available in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., Business Entertainment Coupon Deals Discounts groupon OpenTable Savored' with more cities coming by year end. Up to 40 Percent Discounts on Reservation. Premium Deals.

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JANUARY 8, 2009

Los Angeles-based kidthing, which makes digital media software focused on children, has inked a deal with MrsP.com, a children's entertainment site focused on reading and books. and kidthing said that Mrs. P's video will be available for purchase and download as part of kidthing's service, beginning today.

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APRIL 13, 2015

Shelon Douglas, based out of Greater Los Angeles, is known as the Innovation Strategist, Businesspreneur of Influence, Author of ‘Turnkey Your Business Model™ Book Series, and the Creator of the Ownership Circa Model™!

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

She created and launched an overall brand and a swim collection , then came the book deal ( “This is Not a Fashion Story: Taking Chances, Breaking Rules, and Being a Boss in the Big City” is expected out May 2020). With new followers — today her account, @weworewhat , has 2.2 Now, everyone wants to become an influencer.”.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

SIGNIFICANCE PASSING-MENTION. --> Tech Titans Hit the Beach As Silicon Valley moguls go on a home-buying spree in Los Angeles, theyre reshaping the real-estate landscape. Tech entrepreneurs and executives from Silicon Valley are moving south and buying up luxury homes in the Los Angeles area. the entertainment industry.

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MAY 30, 2013

Steve Ellis: We''re building an entertainment magazine create by entertainers themselves, on their smartphone. We''re creating a place where fans who are interested in our clients movies, books, TV shows, and whatever they are creating, and what they''ll be doing next, and can get involved and get more information than anywhere else.

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OCTOBER 10, 2012

He is the author of various best selling books including Practical Information Architecture, Web Dogma ’06 and Usable Usability. Attending his speaking events is not only educational and useful to your business but it has often been described as very comical and entertaining. Reiss is a world-renowned usability expert.

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JULY 16, 2013

As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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MAY 15, 2009

Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive. an enterprise social networking platform provider located in Los Angeles, CA. He has written several books on intellectual property law. He has also sailed a boat across the Atlantic.

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JULY 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based Fliptu (www.fliptu.com), headed by Jeremy Gocke , thinks it has this figured out, by providing a central place to access a brand's content, across social networks. What were supposed to be five minute cook and book sales calls ended up becoming ten minutes calls.

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TechCrunch LA

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Lu’s books, which are set in the future, foreshadow impending climate catastrophe , so her readers are clued into the discussions around the environmental cost of minting NFTs.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

For today's youth, it's often hard to figure out what they want to do in life--according to Deborah Ramo , Founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based Amavitae (www.amavitae.com). Deborah Ramo: It's interesting, but my background is actually in the entertainment world. That's what we're trying to do.

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MAY 28, 2013

Dave has authored 13 books on computing, the latest of which is Cloud Computing and SOA Convergence in Your Enterprise, a Step-by-Step Approach. He lives in Los Angeles. Before co-founding Bitium, Scott was VP of Product for Fastpoint Games, a sports and entertainment gaming company that sold to WePlay in 2012.

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JUNE 5, 2013

You can price a procedure, check on a dentist''s reputation, and book online. You often hear complaints that Los Angeles companies are too much about e-commerce and entertainment. It''s a testimony to Los Angeles as a great startup community. Why the shift away from membership plan? It''s a huge opportunity.

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MAY 14, 2013

That one thing, in the case of Los Angeles-based FamousBirthdays.com , is creating an online resource all about--you guessed it--famous birthdays. That might be good if you''re writing a book report, but people love quick facts. You often hear the advice: do one thing, and do it well. That''s definitely on our roadmap.

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