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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch LA

While Google just launched its LA hub, Microsoft has operated a cloud region in Southern California for a while, and started wooing Hollywood last year at the National Association of Broadcasters conference, according to Tad Brockway, a general manager for Azure’s storage and media business. We open these doorways.”

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Gimlet Media and Anchor: What Spotify’s Acquisitions Mean for Podcasts

Tech.Co

It reportedly paid a hefty $230 million to acquire the podcast publisher and network startup Gimlet Media, and has also acquired the podcast monetization platform Anchor for an undisclosed price. Spotify Acquires Gimlet Media and Anchor. The podcast will look even more like an on-demand version of radio than it already does.

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7 Keys To A Winning Business As A Phone App Developer

Startup Professionals Musings

The ideal business model is to establish a direct-to-consumer service that enables you to bill the customer directly. Through a free base product, you give the first taste of the service or game away for free, get users hooked, and then convert as many as possible to paying customers. Build your own marketplace platform.

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Central Desktop Sees Growth, Boosts Hires In 2009

socalTECH

Pasadena-based software-as-a-service developer Central Desktop reported today that the firm had 44 percent, year-over-year growth, and boosted its staff by 50 percent in 2009, as a result of demand for the firm's online project collaboration tools. The firm said its customers now include such companies as Netflix, U.S.

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7 Lessons For Mobile App Developers To Beat The Odds

Startup Professionals Musings

The ideal business model is to establish a direct-to-consumer service that enables you to bill the customer directly. Through a free base product, you give the first taste of the service or game away for free, get users hooked, and then convert as many as possible to paying customers. Build your own marketplace platform.

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How to Out Amazon, Amazon

Both Sides of the Table

This is true whether it’s physical products or media products. Think about the tension between media companies and cable operators like last year when Viacom threatened to pull Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, etc. Ariel understood her customer?—?the from Charter’s subscribers. So Why Does This Matter?

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Interview with Darren Litt, MarketerHire

socalTECH

It's a talent marketplace that connects marketers with customers, from big boys like Netflix, to startups like Allbirds, and all kinds of other companies. 500 business, and number one in the media category. How did you solve the problem that marketplaces have of supply and demand? That's why we built MarketerHire.

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