L.A. Business Journal

JULY 11, 2016

Burbank-based Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has settled charges with the Federal Trade Commission after reportedly failing to adequately disclose an online marketing campaign for the late-2014 release of role-playing video game Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, the FTC announced Monday.

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Burbank Entertainment Report Marketing 100

socalTECH

JANUARY 26, 2010

Burbank-based UNX , a developer of technology for the electronic trading and institutional investing market, raised $7.6M its recently announced strategic funding round, according to data from the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA report this week. UNX had announced the deal with Goldman, Sachs & Co.

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Vernon Burbank Venture Capital Equity 140

socalTECH

JULY 27, 2010

Burbank-based Walt Disney Company said today that it has acquired social gaming firm Playdom , in a deal worth $563.2M, plus earn-out of up to $200M. Playdom develops games such as Social City, Sorority Life, Market Street and Bola. Pleasants will report to Steve Wadsworth. READ MORE>>.

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Burbank Acquisition Content Report 154

Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 24, 2016

We met on Twitter, Seth David and I, during an event I hosted at Yahoo in Burbank. I had no issue with this and actually helped him by marketing his offerings. That said, it was very challenging to get reports of the company’s cash flow or other financial information that was needed to build the fledgling startup.

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