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JUNE 11, 2018

For our interview this morning, we caught up with Scot Lawrie , the President and technical Co-founder of Los Angeles-based Coverfly (www.coverfly.com), and John Rhodes , Coverfly's head of Marketing and Business Development, to learn a bit more about the early stage, bootstrapped startup focused on Hollywood script writers.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Hard to believe another Digital LA Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood is happening this week back-to-back with the new LA Tech Summit produced by Cornerstone. LA Tech Summit takes place the following day and takes a more comprehensive look at the entire tech eco-system in Los Angeles, not just Hollywood.

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MARCH 3, 2020

That’s what the Los Angeles-based extended reality technology developer Talespin did — and it just raised $15 million to grow its business. . “ Talespin ‘s immersive platform has transformed employee learning and proven to be an impactful addition to our training programs. .

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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. The two said ZEFR will make the platform for Fuisz available to its partners. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

What do you get when you combine a technology investment demo day with a Hollywood-style story pitch session? According to Debra Baker, Senior Vice President, Global Business Development at Warner Bros., warner media camp demo demoday content hollywood' the camp is the second in the Los Angeles area. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 5, 2011

West Hollywood-based CityGrid Media , the unit of IAC formerly known as CitySearch, said today that it has acquired BuzzLabs , a social media monitoring and sentiment analysis software developer. The company explained that it would be integrating BuzzLabs' technology into its platform over the next three to six months.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

If you''re a large, Hollywood studio, how do you tap into the energy and ideas of the startup community? We caught up with Debra Baker , Senior Vice President, Global Business Development at Warner Bros., These companies were each offering a product or platform that really addressed one of those areas. Warner Bros. Warner Bros.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

We had the notion that we could create a service that was aimed at the mass market, which was really user friendly, which provided a service to the consumer, and that helped bring back the fun in the entertainment experience, so that we could help the consumer bridge the digital divide. That''s how content deals work in Hollywood.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Now the company is launching a true crime podcast, to tap into another potentially high-growth market, on the iHeartMedia and Apple platforms. Solve began as a series developed within the mobile-focused entertainment studio, Vertical Networks. The current pace of production means that Solve is making 18 original episodes per-month.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Next she took to Instagram, a new social media platform that quickly became the most effective tool in a blogger’s toolkit. A company like Moe will help legitimize the industry,” Bernstein tells TechCrunch. “I The first phase was the rise of the media platforms: YouTube, Instagram, etcetera, that allowed creatives to build audiences.

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Los Angeles-based Frequency , the developer of a cloud-based video distribution and curation service, said this morning that it has inked an agreement with TiVo Corporation , to bring the company's video service and programming to TiVo's pay TV and consumer platforms. Financial terms of that deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 15, 2017

Our interview this morning is with Milana Rabkin , co-founder of Stem , a new startup which is developing a financial application which helps musicians and other content creators automate payments to members of their creative team. Milana Rabkin: As a platform, we work on a consensus model. How did you start the company?

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JULY 21, 2010

Friendgiftr , Hollywood - looking to allow Facebook users to send actual gift cards to their friends. Favrav , Westlake Village - FavRav has developed an online tool to help small businesses to promote and gain referrals from facebook users. Backed by Facebook's fbFund. Founded by Rob Carpenter. Headed by Ian Swanson.

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JUNE 13, 2018

Los Angeles-based MovieCoin , a blockchain startup which says it is developing a platform to help investors finance major motion pictures using tokens, has named Jeff Ivers as its Chief Operating Officer. Ivers was previously COO, CFO and EVP of Business Affairs and M&A at Participant Media.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Despite the proximity to Hollywood and the entertainment world, in the world of Southern California startups, actually combining the two world is quite difficult. Sara Bordo: My co-founder, Brad Sexton and I, both come from the Hollywood studio world. We spoke with Sara Bordo , the firm's founder and CEO, about the company.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Build platform services that provide more value to our startups than just money (putting our fees into our ecosystem and not just our pockets). Investing early in the lifecycle of a startups history where we can have the biggest impact on strategy & team development and deliver the highest returns if we are successful.

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JULY 27, 2015

One of the side effects of the war over Flash, has been with advertisers--particularly in Hollywood--who rely on Flash to help display their advertising banners and video to users. We make websites, and we make banners, primarily for the entertainment industry and Hollywood. It worked so well, Hollywood abandoned the 40K format.

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JULY 30, 2009

According to EQAL, its new platform is focused on helping those producers and talent to create their own web sites, with features such as blogs, discussions, forums, and user profiles, as well as links to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2012

The startup--created by Robert Earl (Founder and CEO of Planet Hollywood), Grant Hosford (formerly of eHarmony), and Connell (formerly of Nokia)--is using the Internet to arrange group dates at local restaurants, to connect people in person and offline. We wanted to use the Internet to make things easy and help create initial connections.

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JULY 10, 2019

Spencer Price: Halla is the only software company to dynamically profile human tastes so we can help people make better choices. Halla exists to help people understand a more curious world. When you say you help people make better choices, what does that look like to a user? Spencer Price: That's a fair question.

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JANUARY 27, 2016

Tongal offers up an online platform which helps brands, studios, and creators develop video content, including advertising and short films; the company says that it now has powered more than 1,000 campaigns. Malko was previously CMO of digital marketing agency 360i.

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JUNE 9, 2014

We then help push those videos through social media channels, and help them go viral. We''re taking that content, and publishing it on our licensing platform, which is much like a Getty Images for video. going to put it on their channel on Youtube, or maybe their website platform. Those two pieces helped feed each other.

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TechCrunch LA

MAY 26, 2018

A producer with MTV Networks, the founder of the collaborative game development platform Squarepushers Inc. From haptic platforms and motion floors that simulate the ability to walk around a space, the location based experience will offer a more fully immersive platform that can lend itself to more interesting narratives, says Bennett.

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MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? Tobi Bauckhage: We are a movie recommendation and discovery platform. We really help them understand what their audience is all about. What is the idea behind Moviepilot?

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JANUARY 5, 2016

We helped talent with O&O (owned & operated websites) and with ad sales. YouTube AND other platforms. The platforms are expanding and fragmenting. But the future won’t be dominated by Hollywood. When we were acquired by Disney we had a product & engineering team of 55 people. We sold brand integration.

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APRIL 17, 2010

We want to give our brightest new startups the connections and interactions they need to help streamline success. We’ll be conducting a series of educational programes covering: fund raising, team building, product development, sales, marketing, business development and how to prioritize your time as a CEO.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I called this trend “ Torso TV ” because the “head” of consumption (largest number of views) was dominated by platforms that had massive distribution (think TV stations, radio or retail outlets that sell CDs and DVDs. easy sharing (through social networks or platforms like YouTube). think Apple. and again here.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

The firm said it will work with creative talent to "produce television formats with a web sensibility" and also help develop digital platforms into TV and digital projects. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 16, 2015

Los Angeles-based FameBit (www.famebit.com) has developed a new platform which lets any content creator connect with brands, without the need for an agency or MCN, to help them grow their content and network. We have a 98 percent approval rate on our platform. How big of a following do YouTubers need to use your platform?

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MAY 7, 2013

Anyone who reads this blog frequently will know that I am a big believer in low-cost video content and specifically the power of YouTube as a content creation & distribution platform. At the right time we would like to work with you to bring in the appropriate leader to help us build this company to the next level.”

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JULY 1, 2010

He eventually applied his lessons learned in these experiences when he founded Zag, a company that helps consumers buy cars over the Internet at pre-negotiated prices with nearly 4,000 dealers across the country [disclosure: my firm GRP Partners is an investor in Zag]. Hollywood Walk of Fame. Competitors: Gowalla. See: TechCrunch.

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MAY 10, 2012

How do you help aspiring actors and actresses break into the film industry? Now, anyone with a digital camera and access to the Internet to Hollywood. We spent several years developing the software to do it, and we have had all the scenes and scripts professionally written for us, and launched in December.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 14, 2019

How do you create a tool to help address unconscious bias in the workplaceand why would you create a new startup in that area? We have developed a tool that takes scientific, validated methodologies from academia, and use that to assess unconscious bias around race, gender, age, and other personality attributes, in the workplace.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

So without my weighing into the pro’s / con’s of this I can say that I believe it will capture a large segment of the market but leave room for “open platforms&# to play a big role. Google balances the universe and helps all of the hardware, software and media companies ensure it isn’t a “one horse race.&#.

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JANUARY 21, 2009

Since the, EQAL has inked a number of deals--the most recent with CBS on the show "Harper's Island"--to develop online shows which take full advantage of the Internet medium. Greg Goodfried: If it's multi-platform TV, that will usually be th emodel. Second, the quality of the video itself helped. That was a big factor.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 14, 2014

The film revolves around Manolo, a hero who sets out to three magical worlds to help him face and conquer his fears to fulfill his parent’s wishes and win the heart of Maria, his one true love. The chance SGN’s took into creating a movie-related puzzle game shows the continual collaborations between movie studios and video game developers. “In

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OCTOBER 14, 2011

The company is employing a network of documentary filmmakers and high quality, Hollywood production capability here in Los Angeles to produce small business videos in HD for the web and YouTube. Sam Rogoway: We use YouTube as our hosting platform, for a variety of reasons. Sam Rogoway. Yes, that's definitely one of the reasons.

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