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What Jonah @Peretti, CEO of BuzzFeed, Sees in the Future of Digital Media

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Some, of course, agree with me that BuzzFeed has been and continues to be the gold standard innovator in digital media to emulate. Or perhaps you think Donald Trumps assessment that BuzzFeed is a “ Failing pile of garbage is correct?” In fact, the platforms weren’t always so quick to crack down as many of them benefitted financially.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

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Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Many people don’t realize that the majority of the monetization of the Internet originated in Los Angeles but was perfected in Silicon Valley. LA By The Numbers.

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Why The Next Generation of Online Video Companies Will be Vertical

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Founded in Los Angeles by Latinos to address the growing demand for short-form online video for Millennials it is probably single-handedly improving the diversity of the tech industry as the employee base is overwhelmingly Latino and proud. AOL and the like.

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AllSay: Using Mobile Apps To Engage Users With Decisions, with Geoff Campbell

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One thing with AllSay, is it looke like Buzzfeed did in the early days. Editors use Buzzfeed and read the news, to find proposals and decisions, and use the news as a source. How do you contrast this to the latest news on how very few people actually bother to vote in Los Angeles? Geoff Campbell: That''s a great question.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

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Our guest this week on #TWiVC was Dana Settle , partner at Greycroft Partners , a venture capital firm with offices in New York and Los Angeles. Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. Provides an enterprise collaboration and storage platform. Go Boulder!