socalTECH

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based Raw Science , a new startup in the content area, said that it has launched a new online network aimed at content in the areas of science and technology. The startup was founded by Keri Kukral and Raj Singh.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Los Angeles-based MySpace has been among the most visible of Southern California's Internet era success stories, although the site--now owned by News Corporation--has had its own share of ups-and-downs, as well as questions about its future. Here are four startups of them, and what they're doing: Demand Media. www.demandmedia.com).

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2011

This morning, Pasadena-based Perfect Market (www.perfectmarket.com) announced a new, $9M round of funding for the firm's technology, which is used to help publishers monetize their content. When you see a story from the LA Times, you know there is a certain level of quality, and that it's written by a news publication you know about.

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Tech.Co

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

However, since Amazon closed the platform in 2015, online shopping has exploded and the coronavirus pandemic has amped-up the demand for essential (and non-essential) online shopping. But Amazon faces a serious problem: Consumer demand is changing. App required. ?. App required. App required. See Deals*.

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socalTECH

JULY 19, 2010

Altadena-based Perfect Market , the Idealab startup which develops software which helps traditional publishers monetize their archival and current content, said today that it has unveiled a new tool it is calling The Vault. Pricing on the new tool was not released. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JUNE 17, 2010

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.COM , the online health and fitness site run by Demand Media in a partnership with Lance Armstrong, said today that it has partnered with RadioShack Corporation for an iPhone app. Financial arrangements between LIVESTRONG and RadioShack were not released. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 25, 2011

Santa Monica-based LIVESTRONG.COM , the health and wellness site run by Demand Media, is trumpeting two pieces of app news today.

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Santa Monica Coach News Demand 184

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 11, 2021

eCommerce for example grew 39% just last year - so there’s simply more demand. Think of it as Bloomberg for marketers, in a way that gives smaller companies and teams as much firepower as larger organizations to help them optimize spend across channels and identify new, high-performing opportunities.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

KFC had originally launched a one-day test to gauge consumer demand at a location in Atlanta last August. The response in Atlanta continues to underscore the growing consumer demand for high-quality, delicious plant-based meats. Kentucky Fried Chicken goes beyond chicken in partnership with Beyond Meat.

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Yahoo Demand Los Angeles Report 222

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2012

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the provider of in-flight broadband equipment, announced today that it has linked with MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) in an in-flight live streaming television and on-demand video entertainment effort. As part of the deal, the two said that MLB Advanced Media will take an equity stake in Row 44.

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Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Well, after all the disappointments, pressure and outright failures, this is NEWS. One thing a senior manager can count on is that someday, something will go right, very right. So we tend to go overboard a bit. Email readers, continue here…] A moment, please….

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 19, 2018

In startup-land, however, the presumptions about where housing demand is going looks a bit different. A Crunchbase News analysis of residential-focused real estate startups uncovered a raft of companies with a shared and temporary housing focus that have raised funding in the past year or so. Seeking roommates and venture capital.

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Startup Los Angeles Demand Social Network 272

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 26, 2020

In Canada, INKSmith , a startup that was making design and tech tools accessible for kids, has now moved to making face shields and is hiring up to 100 new employees to meet demand. “I After that, we’re going to meet the demands of Canada,” INKSmith CEO Jeremy Hedges told the Canadian news outlet Global News.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment is aiming to boost digital streaming and downloading of its content, through a new program the firm announced this morning. The entertainment firm, which is a subsidairy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation/News Corp.,

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Entertainment News Demand Google 172

socalTECH

JULY 17, 2013

According to the LA Times, the two are now in a "bitter fued", with Beachmint demanding a formal retraction of the story--and considering a lawsuit--after the PandoDaily hedged its coverage, and refused to retract and correct the story to the satisfaction of Beachmint. ecommerce news retraction rumor content publishing pandodaily beachmint'

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 8, 2012

In what can only be good news for the ecosystem of content providers and startup firms here in Southern California, Google's YouTube said Sunday that it is expanding into Europe, and adding more than 50 original channels to the 100 it introduced last year. READ MORE>>.

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Content Southern California Mahalo News 159

socalTECH

APRIL 4, 2013

A Santa Monica-based domain venture, Plan Bee LLC , has selected domain name auction site NameJet--a joint venture of Santa Monica-based Demand Media and Web.com--along with domain marketplace AfterNic--to power initial distribution for its new top level domain,BUILD.

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Santa Monica .Net News Demand 174

socalTECH

JULY 7, 2010

Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Getting lots of notice--and controversy--at Demand Media for its use of writers to create content specifically to attract web traffic.

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Southern California Entrepreneur SoCal Mahalo 228

SoCal CTO

MARCH 11, 2013

Not Really At first you may be thinking that this is all bad news. However, the good news is that for most investors, you can certainly change the question and get a lot more information without ever building the MVP. Investors demand more than that. That's an even tougher hurdle. Yes, that's correct.

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socalTECH

JULY 20, 2011

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based HitFix (www.hitfix.com) an online news site focused on entertainment, announced it had raised $2M in a funding round. We spoke with Jennifer about what HitFix is looking to do, her own background, and how HitFix is different from the many celebrity gossip and news sites out there.

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News Entertainment Startup Bertelsmann 173

socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

Singh was most recently EVP of Product, Technology, and Operations at News Corp.'s Sean Rad, founder of Ad.ly, told socalTECH that the company will be using the new funding round to scale its business, and field the impressive demand the firm has been seeing. s Fox Audience Network.

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GRP Partners SoCalTech Advertising Venture Capital 154

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

SkyWest Airlines has informed Santa Barbara Airport officials that it plans to discontinue direct flights to San Jose in June, due to lack of demand. The news was first reported by local Santa Barbara publication the Daily Sound.

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Santa Barbara Technical Review High Tech News 133

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Row 44's systems used a satellite network to connect users in-flight with the Internet, and also include entertainment and video on demand and streaming services. Row 44 , the provider of in-flight Wi-Fi and entertainment systems based in Westlake Village, reported Wednesday that it has surpassed 350 aircraft installations of its system.

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Westlake Village Entertainment News Demand 124

Eric Greenspan

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Finally, we started talking about the event on our radio show, Tech News, powered by Make It Work who is a co-sponsor now. Through the use of social networking, we have sold out all 150 spots available for this event two weeks before the date and recently added another 50 to accommodate the demand. We are expecting a full house!

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Social Network Networking Social Media Yahoo 196

socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2020

The on-demand scooter company said it laid off 30% of its staff, saying "Layoffs are never easy or comfortable to do" and saying that the layoffs were done as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Santa Monica-based Bird reportedly let 400 of its employees go on Friday, via a pre-recorded Zoom meeting, according to a report.

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Layoffs Santa Monica News Report 124

socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2011

Santa Monica-based Mahalo , the online human-curated news and search site headed by Jason Calacanis, has cut 10 percent of its staff, according to reports. According to a report by CenterNetworks, the changes were a reaction to the search algorithm and quality changes made by Google last week. READ MORE>>.

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Mahalo Report Santa Monica Guide 133

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2018

The news comes as Lime apparently is raising $250M of its own, led by GV (formerly Google Ventures). The two are in the rapidly expanding fight for the streets, as they deploy on-demand, electric scooters which users can unlock and use with their smartphone, for "last mile" transportation in dense urban environments.

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Santa Monica News Demand Google 133

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

Heal is formally announcing the after the Thanksgiving holiday with more details and other news. Heal is led by Nick Desai, and offers up in-home, on-demand house calls by doctors. Los Angeles-based Heal has raised $14.8M

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InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Good News Bad News. Number two (was) to create end-user demand and drive it into our sales channel. We had been pricing our graphics cards to be a low-cost provider. These people were telling us we had permission, if we made the fastest board around, we can charge anything. The first thing I did was raise our prices.".

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socalTECH

JUNE 7, 2013

Jordan Ramer: The primary one is demand from drivers at a particular location. That''s enough for a property to see that there''s demand there, so that they start to look around, and understand to deal with those--that''s when they turn to us. Some of the big industry news recently was the Better Place bankruptcy.

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Help Startup Demand Customer 233

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

High unemployment, wage stagnation, lowering real estate prices and the lowering of demand for products may lead to deflation (where prices of goods & services decrease each month – i.e. the opposite of inflation). and has recently come back down to 122% (said David Brooks on The PBS News Hour). I expect this to continue.

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Entrepreneur Venture Capital Technical Review Startup 298

socalTECH

JUNE 14, 2019

In more bad news for Los Angeles-based videogame maker Riot Games , the company is now facing an investigation by California officials , over its refusal to provide information on its pay practices.

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Riot Games News Demand Los Angeles 113

Berkonomics

MARCH 2, 2023

Well, after all the disappointments, pressure and outright failures, this is NEWS. One thing a senior manager can count on is that someday, something will go right, very right. So, we tend to go overboard a bit. A moment, please… [Email readers, continue here…] Remember to think of the many steps in the supply chain.

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Guide News Demand Email 156

socalTECH

DECEMBER 10, 2010

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2010

What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? I left a great firm, Redpoint Ventures (after 11 years), to start a new firm, Archer Venture Capital. Not to be coy, but I think the top influencers of 2011 are secretly working on the next great applications of the internet that will drive disruptive new business models.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2010

What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? Instead, they're going serial by returning to the market with revolutionary new companies. Examples: After successful sales of their prior companies to Google, Ryan and Chad Steelberg are back with BAT, while Gil Elbaz is making big news with Factual. More are on their way.

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Miramar Southern California High Tech Clearstone 140

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Hulu's Live TV option provides live and on-demand programs from more than 50 popular cable and television channels, including those from CNN, Fox News, ESPN, TBS and local ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC channels. Hulu also said it will be launching Discovery Networks on Hulu with Live TV later this year. READ MORE>>.

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