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SEPTEMBER 1, 2009

San Diego-based RoyaltyShare , a provider of digital royalty accounting for music publishers, said today that it has expanded its royalty services for Canadian music labels. Tags: royaltyshare music royalty tracking content canada itunes. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

San Diego-based LeaseLabs , which provides oline marketing services to the multifamily housing and apartment industry, has been acquired for $103M by real estate software developer RealPage. LeaseLabs provides its services for approximately 800,000 units in the multifamily housing industry.

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JULY 6, 2016

Stocktwits , the stock-focused micro messaging service co-founded by San Diego angel investor Howard Lindzon, said on Wednesday that it has raised $2M in a new funding round, and named a new CEO. Lindzon said he will focus on content and partnerships for the company from his San Diego base. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 10, 2011

Mountain View-based Google has followed the lead of San Diego-based MP3tunes , and debuted its own "music locker" service today at its Google I/O developer conference. The service is a direct competitor to MP3tunes, which offers its own, streaming "music locker" service. com--has been around since 2005.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

San Diego-based online radio station and music streaming service Slacker Radio has been acquired by LiveXLive , the two companies announced on Friday. LiveXLive is a live music streaming service. LiveXLive is a live music streaming service. LiveXLive is based in Beverly Hills, and is led by CEO Robert Ellin.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2009

San Diego-based Rippol , a new startup looking to help people discovery and find online videos, is launching today at the TechCrunch Real-Time CrunchUp in San Francisco. Rippol is headed by Aaron Crayford, who was former CEO of the Vusion Content Delivery Network. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2013

San Diego-based streaming music service Slacker said Friday morning that it has inked a deal with Time Warner Cable , which will provide free access to Slacker''s service via Time Warner Cable''s new web portal. slacker portal time warner cable streaming music content' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

San Diego-based streaming radio service Slacker said late Friday that it has named a new CEO, and has appointed Duncan Orrell-Jones to head up the company. slacker executive streaming music radio content' Orrell-Jones replaces previous CEO Jim Cady, who Slacker said will remain on the company''s board. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

San Diego-based Covario , the search and content marketing agency, is being acquired by Dentsu Aegis Network , the companies said late Wednesday. According to the two, Covario has over 140 professionals offering up paid and organic search, social media, and content marketing services to brands and direct marketing clients.

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MAY 9, 2013

San Diego-based music streaming service Slacker has a message for the industry: you can run a digital music service, and make money. The music streaming service says that--unlike other digital music services--it is making money on every new listener it gets, whether they are ad-supported or a paid subscriber.

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Paul, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver and Washington, D.C. Once added, users can then browse their local news alongside other content they’re interested in, across a variety of topics. Louis Post-Dispatch.

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JUNE 15, 2009

San Diego-based RoyaltyShare , a developer of software-as-a-service for tracking online music royalties, said today that the firm has expanded its service to handle tracking of royalties in the UK. Tags: royaltyshare royalty music tracking content online mcps ascap. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 8, 2010

San Diego-based DivX , which is now owned by Sonic Solutions, said today that it has launched DivX TV, a new entertainment service, on Blue-ray Disc players and home theater systems from LG. DivX said it is offering up content from such sites as Howcast, Funny or Die, Video Detective, and other online sites via its service.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

San Diego-based personalized Internet radio service Slacker has teamed with ABC , to expand out its content, the firm said today. Slacker said content will come from ABC's Good Morning America and other ABC content partners. Financial details of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

And, if you're a social platform, is there a way to monetize all that activity happening on your service? San Diego-based Wildfire Systems , led by startup veteran Jordan Glazier , has developed software which product referrals and automatically transform them into trackable links across email, text messaging, chat, and social messaging.

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DECEMBER 4, 2013

San Diego-based Imagine Communications , a venture-backed developer of video transcoding and other related, IPTV and digital video streaming hardware, has been acquired by Harris Broadcast , Harris said today. Financial terms of the acquisition were not annoucned. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2012

Zui.com , the kid's website focused on providing screened content and information to kids, is expanding its services today, saying that it has launched "Facetube", which combines the best social sharing aspects of Facebook with the channels of YouTube. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 24, 2017

Zesty.io, a San Diego Web development firm, has raised $1.3 million in seed funding to spin out its consulting business, and focus instead on providing its core Web content management technology as a subscription-based software-as-a-service. The company, which now has nine full-time.

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MARCH 23, 2011

San Diego-based personalized radio and music service Slacker said today that it has added content from ESPN Sports to its service. Full access to the personalization features and ESPN content will require a subscription to Slacker's service. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 16, 2018

CEO Gerry Widmer said Wednesday the San Diego-based company is expanding its workforce and extending its Web content management system (WCMS) to international customers. After establishing a partnership with the Google Cloud Platform, Zesty.io founder Randy Apuzzo at the end of 2017.

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

San Diego-based KidZui , the developer of a service which provides kid-safe content via a search engine and browser, announced this morning that it has raised $2.4M in new funding, and will start creating its own, original video content. The firm has hired Adam Jacobs as Executive Producer for the studios.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2018

In a world of digital video, whats the best way to distribute and monetize that streaming video content? San Diego-based uCast Global (www.ucastglobal.com), backed by Gary Winnick, is looking to tackle that entire area of content distribution, and is led by startup veteran Dr. Kanaan Jemili.

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DECEMBER 21, 2011

San Diego-based Zui.com , the online search engine aimed at kids, said today that it has launched a new, browser toolbar called ZUIBAR. The toolbar, which was developed by Conduit, allows Internet users to access Zui.com's games, videos, and other content directly from a browser. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 25, 2012

San Diego-based Slacker , the online radio streaming service, is in a major expansion of its content today, as public radio broadcaster American Public Media said it launched a number of new, interactive stations on Slacker. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

San Diego-based Rio SEO , the local search software development arm of Covario, said Wednesday that it has raised a new round of funding to take the company independent. local automated software content marketing rioseo search funding investment capital venture' READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

San Diego-based Qualcomm confirmed Tuesday evening that it is considering shutting down its FLO TV, mobile television service, after reports that the firm is planning to shut off the service. Qualcomm said it is suspending direct consumer sales of devices, and will continue maintaining the service until Spring 2011.

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APRIL 20, 2012

San Diego-based Chumby , which had developed Internet-connected, alarm-clock like devices and similar technology, has shut down, according to a report Friday. The firm had raised on the order of $25M in funding for its efforts. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 7, 2010

San Diego-based BrightCloud , a developer of Web content classification and security services, has been acquired by Internet security software firm Webroot. According to Webroot, it will add BrightCloud's engineering team in San Diego to its Cloud Engineering team.

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JANUARY 19, 2011

San Diego-based Sorenson MEdia , which develops video encoding and decoding software and online video services, announced this morning that it has added John Greene as Vice President of Worldwide Sales. Greene has previously served at DivX/Sonic Solutions, most recently serving as General Manager for Content Services.

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JUNE 26, 2012

San Diego-based StockTwits , the online stock discussion and micro messaging site run by Howard Lindzon, said Tuesday that it has launched a new site, adding a number of major features to the service. Lindzon said in a blog post that the changes came after a six month effort by its product and engineering team. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 12, 2010

San Diego-based FLO TV , the mobile television arm of Qualcomm, said today that it has inked a deal with Turner Broadcasting to add CNN Mobile to the service. FLO TV said that it will add content from CNN/US, CNN International, HLN, and CNN.com on the FLO TV Personal Television and FLO TV Auto Entertainment offerings.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

San Diego-based StockTwits , the stock-focused micro messaging and discussion startup headed by Howard Lindzon, announced today that it has inked a distribution partnership with Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail. StockTwits has been pursuing partnerships with major content sites, including Yahoo!

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MARCH 23, 2010

San Diego-based Verimatrix , a developer of DRM software used in IPTV and set top boxes, said today that it has added New Zealand telecom TelstraClear Ltd. Verimatrix said that TelstraClear will be using its Video Content Authority System (VCAS) for DVB product, to secure its pay TV services. as a customer. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 4, 2011

San Diego-based cloud storage provider Nirvanix said today that it has tied its cloud storage services into Symantec Enterprise Vault, the enterprise archiving software. Nirvanix said the support will come in Enterprise Vault 10, schedule to be available this summer. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 1, 2012

Beverly Hills-based Mobile Roadie , the developer of tools which make it easy for artists and brands to create their own mobile apps, said today that it has launched a new native iPad app platform, along with a self-service mobile website product. The new iPad service costs $499 per month or $4,999 per year.

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JANUARY 8, 2010

San Diego-based Slacker , the online personalized radio service backed by Mission Ventures, Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds, said Thursday that it is adding ABC News to its Slacker personal radio service. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 18, 2012

San Diego-based streaming radio and music service Slacker has linked its service with MIcrosoft's Bing Bar , the company said Tuesday. Slacker is venture backed by Austin Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures, Rho Ventures, and Sevin Rosen Funds.

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