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Report: Veoh Files For Bankruptcy

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San Diego- and Los Angeles-based video sharing site veoh Networks has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, according to web site Mashable. Veoh had raised over $67.5M in funding from such firms as Goldman Sachs, Intel Capital, Shelter Capital Partners, Spark Capital, The Tornante Company, and Time Warner.

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Veoh Claims Win Over Universal Music

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Los Angeles- and San Diego-based video sharing site Veoh is claiming a major win today over Universal Music group, saying that a federal judge has thrown out a copyright infringement lawsuit against the firm. Veoh had been sued over user videos using music from the label in September of 2007. READ MORE>>.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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He was introduced through mutual friends to Highland Capital. At the time consumer internet venture capital was still suffering from the collapse of the Tech Bubble. But it was an attractive time to enter because the successful internet companies were scaling and in need of capital. Why do you think Veoh didn’t succeed? (40:30

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Report: Veoh Planning Major Layoffs

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San Diego- and Los Angeles-based online video site Veoh is reportedly in the midst of a "major restructuring," according to a report from VentureBeat. An email to Dmitry Shapiro, CEO of Veoh, this morning, asking for comments on the rumor was not returned. Veoh laid off 20 percent of its employees in November.

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Anybeat Rolls Out Chat Roulette Feature

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Taking a chapter out of the popularity of sites like Chatroulette in connecting up strangers with one another, Los Angeles-based Anybeat , the alternative social networking site run by Dmitri Shapiro, said Friday that it has rolled out a new feature called "Interest Roulette".

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Facebook Competitor Altly Becomes Anybeat

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The firm said it will look to help people meet others who they would not naturally meet in their day-to-day life; help people gauge the reputation of others on the service; and will avoid making the site a place for "personal branding,", instead looking as a place to socialize, converse, and enjoy.

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Altly Reveals Seed Investors

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Altly detailed its plans to create an alternative to Facebook last week, complaining in a lengthy manifesto from Shapiro that an alternative to Facebook was sorely needed due to privacy and other issues with the social networking site. Shapiro was the former founder of Veoh Networks and head of MySpace Music. READ MORE>>.

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