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MARCH 11, 2020

These days, most of the games developed need to be social, multi-platform and extensible, but there are only a few developers with the expertise to bring those toolsets to the profusion of new games that crop up every year. In the game industry, a game can stay in beta for years as developers work out the kinks.

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DECEMBER 28, 2016

the parent company of Snapchat, has reportedly acquired Israeli startup Cimagine Media. Cimaging Media develops augmented reality technology. Venice-based Snap, Inc. , The deal is reportedly worth between $30M and $40M. The acquisition was first reported by a local Israeli financial daily. Cimagine was founded in 2012.

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JANUARY 5, 2017

San Diego-based Lynx technology , a developer of software for managing media libraries and smart home devices, said today that it has launched its first product, called SmartLynx 1.0. Lynx said it is backed by San Diego-based J.M. Driver, LLC.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Irvine-based Adaptive Medias , the developer of programmatic advertising technology which acquired StartEngine''s Ember back in December, said Thursday that it has named Bryan Nguyen as its Chief Technology Officer. Adaptive Medias is traded OTC. adaptive medias programmatic advertising startengine padnos'

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APRIL 22, 2013

Los Angeles-based PublishThis , the developer of publishing technology which is headed by Matt Kumin, is powering the content for a new Cox Media site, the firm said today. PublishThis develops technology used to curate and distribute content, and help manage publishing of content for web publishers. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Another, Southern California technology company has ended up in the middle of increasingly divided U.S. politics, after Culver City-based Jukin Media issued a takedown request for a misleading, manipulated video that has been retweeted by Donald Trump. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , the developer of advertising technology for the audio streaming market, reported that it has been selected by Connoisseur Media. Triton Digital said Connoisseur Media will use it to stream and measure their digital audio content. Connoisseur Media owns and operates 39 radio stations.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Which NBA team is winning, on social media? Los Angeles-based GumGum , the image recognition, computer vision, and advertising technology developer, has rolled out a new service called GumGum Sports Scoreboard , a new tool which helps benchmark and analyze media value generated from NBA team-owned social media accounts.

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OCTOBER 24, 2014

Santa Monica-based interactive video technology developer Fuisz Media and IP licensing firm Intellectual Ventures said yesterday that the two are in a intellectual property licensing agreement. recognition video licensing patent ventures intellectual media fuisz' READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 8, 2016

Calabasas-based audio technology developer DTS --which is now owned by Tessera Holding Corporation--said this morning that it has acquired All In Media , a developer of smartphone apps and broadcast systems for the radio industry. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Los Angeles-based Prime Focus Technologies , a developer of ERP software for the media industry, says it has received its first round of funding from private equity investor Ambit Pragma. Size of the investment was not announced.

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JULY 30, 2015

Santa Monica-based Fuisz Media , which develops interactive video technology, has raised $10M in a Series A funding, the company disclosed today. The funding came from Evolution Media Partners. Ross Levinsohn and Ian Doddy have both joined Fuisz Media's board with the funding.

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JUNE 9, 2021

Santa Monica-based Luxury Travel Hackers said today that it has launched a new company, focused on helping the "mobile millennial" book "influencer-curated" trips via social media, with a seed funding. Size of the funding was not announced. According to Luxury Travel Hackers, the funding was led by Thomas B.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based digital advertising technology developer Social Reality said this morning that it has raised $25M, and acquired display and mobile ad company Steel Media. Terms of the Steel Media acquisition were not disclosed, however, the company said Steel Media expected $10M in 2014 revenues. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Los Angeles-based mobile messaging firm Mogreet is expanding into the telephony API market, telling its users that it has just opened up a new suite of APIs which allow users to send SMS and MMS messages, look up user information, and trancode media. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 28, 2012

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , the developer of video encoding and decoding software, said today that it has licensed its Sorenson Spark Video decoder to semiconductor firm Renesas Electronics Corporation. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Sorenson's decoding software is used to play videos from the Internet.

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JULY 22, 2014

El Segundo-based Pk4 Media , which develops adveriting technology, said this morning that it has acquired Santa Monica-based Prosperio , a developer of a programmatic direct platform for the display and video ad market. Financial terms of the merger were not disclosed. Prosperio was part of LaunchpadLA. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The Los Angeles-based commerce and content platform StackCommerce has been acquired by the Integrated Media Company, a holding company set up by the massive private equity fund, TPG, to acquire new media businesses. As a part of Integrated Media, StackCommerce will join properties like Fandom and Goal.com.

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AUGUST 24, 2017

The United Talent Agency is one of the investors today in ART19 , a San Francisco-based startup developing a podcast hosting platform and technology. ART19 said today that it has raised $7.5M

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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? It might look a little like Demo Day for Warner Media Camp , the startup incubator program being run out of Los Angeles by Turner/Warner Bros. at the intersection of technology and media. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Los Angeles-based audio advertising technology developer Triton Digital announced this morning that it has been selected by radio station owner NRG Media.

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APRIL 14, 2016

Los Angeles-based cloud software developer BeBop Technology , which provides software for the media and entertainment industry, said today that it has expanded its operations in both Canada and Europe. BeBop Technology, led by Bruck K. Long, develops cloud-based software for handling post production.

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JULY 12, 2017

According to Mitu, its ACCELERATOR program will provide hands-on training and mentorship to multicultural digital creators, teaching those creators every aspect of the digital media industry in a boot camp-style environment. The new effort is also tied into Mayor Garcetti's L.A.

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MAY 28, 2016

I’ve been online for nearly 30 years (yes, there was CompuServe and Prodigy before the www), blogging for 10 and using social media tools since the earliest days. Facebook had an elegant solution to the “half life” problem in that it developed an algorithm that determined what users saw in their feeds. Will that continue?

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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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JUNE 9, 2016

If you wanted to find someone who truly understands the convergence of the media and technology, you need to go no further than Peter Csathy , the CEO of newly launched CREATV Media (www.creatv.media). Peter Csathy: CREATV Media is a very different kind of firm. I came to Manatt to build digital media companies.

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MARCH 3, 2015

Los Angeles-based advertising technology developer Vantage Media said this morning that it has rebranded the company, and has changed its name to Katch , as a new focus on its software platform. katch vantage media bidding marketplace advertising rename real time' Katch also licenses that platform to others. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

In a move that further bolster''s Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti''s reputation as LA''s "tech mayor", Garcetti has announced that he has appointed Peter Marx as the city''s first Chief Innovation Technology Officer yesterday, to help oversee the implementation of technology across LA''s city government. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

The University of Southern California is looking to tie together technology and media, saying Thursday that it has launched a new Annenberg Innovation Lab as part of the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism. Tags: networking social journalism communications media annenberg. READ MORE>>.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

operations of the wildly popular social media app, TikTok, according to a report from Bloomberg. has been looking to curtail the operations of several Chinese technology companies on the grounds that they pose security threats to the U.S. technology companies has reportedly widened to include many of the top U.S. And the U.S.

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AUGUST 6, 2014

Rapt Media , a startup developing technology to help create interactive videos, said today that it is setting up an office in Los Angeles, in order to be closer to where brands, agencies, and production companies thrive. software video expansion angeles capital venture media rapt' The startup said it raised $3.1M

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AUGUST 12, 2014

has figured out one way -- which is to run a startup accelerator, Warner Media Camp (www.mediacamp.com)--which pulls a class of startups into the company for an intense, twelve week program every year, and helps those companies tap into the resources of the studio. For those not familiar with s Warner Media Camp, what is it all about?

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

based media company angling to be the conscious consumer’s answer to Refinery29. Mogul Millennial — this Dallas-based company is a digital media platform for black entrepreneurs and corporate leaders. SketchAR — this Lithuanian company is developing an AI-based mobile app for teaching drawing using augmented reality.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Lake Forest-based Newport Media , a developer of wireless semiconductors for the broadcast media industry, has received $10M in a venture loan, according to the firms providing the financing. The loan came from Horizon Technology Finance Corporation and Bridge Bank. Newport Media is headed by Mony Abdelgany.

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JANUARY 15, 2018

My first cofounder, Eric Olson, and I launched “Tech Cocktail” events to connect the Chicago startup and technology ecosystem before products like Eventbrite, Twitter, and other social and organizational tools were readily available, yet we quickly amassed crowds of hundreds at each event. Needless to say, very little of it was easy.

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JUNE 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based Jukin Media (www.jukinmedia.com) thinks it has figured that out, and instead of trying to create viral videos, has been buying up the rights to those videos--before they really go viral--to create not just a one-hit, viral video wonder, but a sustainable business. What is Jukin Media?

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DECEMBER 20, 2010

Los Angeles-based Miso Media , a developer of music education software, said Friday that it has raised a $600,000 round of seed financing. Miso Media provides technology to help users learn the guitar and ukelele. The round came from Google Ventures, Keith Rabois, Laura Ziskin, and other un-named seed investors.

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