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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Venice-based Snap announced the third class of its Yellow startup accelerator class on Wednesday, naming ten companies to participate in its annual 14-week program in Los Angeles.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2012

Venice-based ZEFR , the online content provider headed by Zach James and Richard Raddon, has reached 1 billion monthly views of its content, the firm revealed Monday, as part of an invite to supporters to celebrate the milestone. ZEFR's content is primarily distributed through YouTube.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Venice-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat , is continuing in its quest to add hardware to its products, with the introduction of its third generation Spectacles , the Spectacles 3. Snap has started taking pre-orders for the pricey glasses, capable of capturing 3D content, for the price of only $380.

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JUNE 3, 2020

Venice, California-based Snap said it will no longer promote posts by Donald Trump on Wednesday, making the President's content harder to find, and no longer featuring it in Discover. According to Snap, "We will not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

Venice-based Snap and Burbank-based NBCUniversal have partnered to form a new, Snapchat-centered, Hollywood studio, which will specifically create content for Snapchat, the two said this week. According to the two, the new studio's ownership will be split evenly between Snap and NBCU, and will be based in Santa Monica.

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AUGUST 18, 2014

Venice-based Radical.FM , the online, add-free music streaming service, has begun accepting Bitcoin. radicalfm music streaming service donation content bitpay bitcoin' READ MORE>>. radicalfm music streaming service donation content bitpay bitcoin' Radical.FM is led by Tom McAlvey. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

Venice, California-based ZEFR , which helps brands and content owners monetize use of their assets on YouTube, said Monday that it has linked with Fuisz Media , to include direct purchase links on video or people in any video. Fuisz Media is also based in Venice, and is led by Justin Fuisz. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 20, 2014

Venice, California-basd Epoxy --which was built by former executive from Team Downey--has launched a brand new set of tools aimed at helping online video creators use social media, and also disclosed a funding round. capital venture tools media social youtube video online television epoxy content hollywood teamdowney downey robert'

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JULY 23, 2018

Venice-based Snap is shutting down the Snapcash payment feature of Snapcash , which had offered up peer-to-peer payments on its network. Snapchat's main adopters of Snapcash appear to be adult performers using the service to pay for erotic content. The feature will be shut down on August 30th. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based Fandango has acquired the assets of MOVIECLIPS from Venice, California-based ZEFR , the two said this morning, along with the team supporting the MOVIECLIPS service. According to Fandango, it will use the acquisition of MOVIECLIPS to expand its product offerings in the area of video, content, and movie discovery.

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DECEMBER 15, 2016

Venice, California-based ZEFR , which develops software to identify, filter, and organize content for brands and content owners on YouTube and other online video sites, said today that it has hired two new executives to its senior team.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

What do you get when you take the creative minds behind JibJab.com , the Venice-based online humor content developers--known for its hilarious videos of everything from politics to everyday life--and apply that to kids entertainment?

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AUGUST 15, 2012

Venice-based Movieclips , the online movie clips site and content site founded by Zach James and Richard Raddon, said today that it has raised $18.9M The company said the name change comes as it begins to expand into television, music, and sports content, and starts its international expansion and further invests in new technology.

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

As more and more revelations of abuse of advertising systems at Google and Facebook by Kremlin-linked advertisers continue to surface--Venice, California-based Snapchat has managed to keep itself free of "fake news" using a secret weapon: humans.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

Venice, California-based Wevr has raised $25M in a funding round, for the company's virtual reality studio efforts, the company announced Friday. WEVR is led by VR content veteran Neville Spiteri. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Venice, California-based ZEFR , which develops technology for helping movie studios, music labels, and others identify, claim, and manage content on YouTube, said today that it has launched a new product. ZEFR said its new BrandID Suite is aimed at brands, to help them better understand and harness the power of YouTube. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Venice-based ZEFR , which helps brands to better identify their fans on YouTube, said today that it has raised $30M in a new funding round. The funding was led by Institutional Venture Partners, and also included U.S. Venture Partners, Shasta Ventures, First Round Capital and Richmond Park Partners. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Venice, California-based ZEFR , the content monetization and protection provider, said this morning that it has named Tom Furukawa as its new Head of Product. The company's software and services helps content owners identify their content on such sites as YouTube, in order for them to monetize or control the usage of that content.

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MARCH 8, 2016

Venice, California-based ZEFR , the content monetization technology developer, has raised $5M more in what appears to be a convertible debt funding. According to a regulatory filing by the company, the debt funding came from 10 investors. The company has yet to announce details on the funding.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

Recognized by Hollywood insiders, digital influencers and industry leaders throughout the world as a "must-attend" event, now in its 5th year Digital Entertainment World (DEW) is where you want to be if you are in the business of creating or monetizing digital entertainment content. DEW 2018 focuses on "The FUTURE of."

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JANUARY 30, 2018

Recognized by Hollywood insiders, digital influencers and industry leaders throughout the world as a "must-attend" event, now in its 5th year Digital Entertainment World (DEW) is where you want to be if you are in the business of creating or monetizing digital entertainment content. DEW 2018 focuses on "The FUTURE of."

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Mock The Vote , the mobile, political satire application developed by Venice-based Laffster , has just launch on Android, giving political news fans another platform to get the latest, humorous take on politics.

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APRIL 3, 2018

A report, published Tuesday by CNBC, says Venice, California-based Snap is in advanced talks to set up a new office in Saudi Arabia. The report said the move is related to an effort by Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to help train Saudi youth to develop content for the market.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Venice, California-based ZEFR , the online content distribution startup founded by Zach James and Richard Raddon, has some new experience in its corner: Ross Levinsohn, the former interim CEO of Yahoo.

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APRIL 26, 2013

Venice, California-based ZEFR , formerly known as MovieClips, is expanding out its partnerships today, saying that it has added Universal Music Group, Sony Music, Ultra Music, and NASCAR as partners for the company. nascar music publishing pirated hollywood studio content movieclips zefr' ZEFR is backed by U.S. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Venice, California-based Snap has acquired the assets of ill-fated augmented reality (AR) hardware developer Daqri , according to a report today. Financial details of the asset acquisition were not announced. According to Protocol, the acquisition was of "certain Daqri assets" and around two dozen employees.

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JUNE 14, 2013

Venice-based ZEFR has rolled out a new product today, BrandID , which it says will help brands identify their fans on YouTube, provide visibility into how those fans are responding and engaging, and provide data on a brand''s competitors. zefr brandid branding brand monitoring youtube video content' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 23, 2013

Resignation Media was based in Venice Beach, and publishes a series of mostly male-focused (women, funny videos, humor) websites. resignation media thechive publishing online content relocation texas' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2020

Los Angeles-based mobile streaming video startup Quibi will not be launching a series about Venice, Californi-based Snapchat , according to a report from Variety. Quibi had said last year at SXSW that it would film a series based on the script "Frat Boy Genius" by Elissa Karasik.

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APRIL 9, 2015

Venice-based ZEFR , the provider of rights management services for YouTube, said today that it has linked up with SoundCloud , to help ZEFR''s music partners better understand sharing of content on SoundCloud. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Venice-based Mogreet , the mobile marketing and services firm headed by James Citron, has launched a new, mobile service today called moShare. The firm said the service is built on its media messaging platform, and can deliver any type of content to mobile phones, regardless of wireless carrier or device type.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Venice-based disappearing messaging service Snapchat stepped into a brief controversy over the weekend, over changes to its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

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JUNE 27, 2012

Venice-based Mogreet , the developer of mobile messaging and marketing related products and services, said today that its moShare web-to-mobile sharing services has partnered with ShareThis. million websites to share web content to mobile devices via a text message. The firm said the deal will enable users across 1.4

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OCTOBER 4, 2012

ZEFR , the online content provider which runs MovieClips.com and has recently expanded into sports content, has picked up a contingent of engineers from BetterWorks, and opened up an office in London, the firm said Thursday afternoon. ZEFR is based in Venice, California. The firm recently raised a $18.5M READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Venice, California-based anonymous messaging app developer Whisper said Tuesday that it has named Shelby Huston Haro as the company's Vice President of Sales. Haro is from the entertainment industry, and has served at Maverik Digital, GetGlu, Penske Media Corp, along with Flixster, Rotten Tomatoes and Fandango.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

Rachel Payne: FEM is a video discovery platform that provides quality, relevant video recommendations for any website, app, or content network that is seeking to drive more engagement around video. Other people have worked on content recommendation before, how are you different? A lot of people have done content recommendations before.

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JANUARY 29, 2015

Los Angeles-based Takehollywood , a new startup offering up online short form videos around different topics about acting, said Wednesday that it has linked with Venice-based Mobli , the developer of a social sharing app. The two said the move will help offer up Takehollywood''s content library to Mobli''s users.

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