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Esports Overwatch League heads to hipster Brooklyn for its finals

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Heading from sunny Burbank, Calif. to the hipster heartland of Brooklyn conjures up echoes of the famed Dodger franchise move (in reverse) while tapping into one of the few other markets in the U.S. Those games are set to begin July 11th and will take place in Burbank at the company’s “Blizzard Arena Los Angeles.”

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CareerArc Grows In LA, Names New VPs

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Burbank-based CareerArc , which develops social recruiting and outplacement. The company said, as part of that growth, it has named Jason Blais as Executive Vice President of Sales, Linda Souza as Senior Vice President of Marketing, and also promoted Yair Riemer to President of its Career Transition Services Division. READ MORE>>.

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Surf Air Expands To Hawthorne, Palm Springs

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The startup airline said the move adds nearly 50 percent more capacity for the company, and also makes it easier for people on the Westside of Los Angeles to access the company''s services. Surf Air is catering to Southern California''s high tech, startup community with all-you-can-fly service to the San Francisco Bay area.

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OpenAirplane Targets Los Angeles With Airplane Rental Service

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OpenAirplane said Monday that it has launched in Los Angeles, letting pilots join and rent aircraft, and aircraft operators to list their aircraft, starting with Long Beach Airport (LGB). The addition of Los Angeles as a market came as OpenAirplane also added service in new York, Chicago, San Jose, Kissimmee, and Detroit.

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Disney Accelerator Returns For Third Year

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The Walt Disney Company said Thursday that it will run its startup accelerator program, the Disney Accelerator , for the third year, with applications for the next session due on April 10th. The program, which is run in Burbank, includes both early and venture-backed startups in the area of media and entertainment.

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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

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Other Disney startups such as Atom Ticket , a new movie ticketing app, partnered with the next Star Wars movie and will continue to work with Walt Disney Studios on major film releases. This corporate partnership has proven well for these startups in helping them launch their products and services into another galaxy.

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Disney Parks Checks In With Gowalla

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Burbank-based Walt Disney's amusement park arm, Disney Parks , is getting on board with the location based check-in trend, and has inked a deal with Gowalla , one of a number of location-based check-in firms. Southern California's closest competitor in the sector is Geodelic , the Clearstone- and Shasta backed startup headed by Rahul Sonnad.