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OCTOBER 16, 2012

Los Angeles-based web hosting firm Media Temple , which is led by Demian Sellfors, has launched a new cloud service around the OpenStack cloud standard, the firm said this morning. Media Temple said its new Helix private cloud service--powered by Morphlabs and Dell--lets businesses run their own private clouds. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Beachfront Media , the developer of video publishing tools, said today that its Beachfront Builder software now supports HTML5 applications. The firm said the new support allows companies to support the mobile web, in addition to the company's existing, native apps for the iPhone, iPad, and Android. 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. CityGrid Media operates the Citysearch, Insider Pages and Urbanspoon web sites. BuzzLabs was based in Seattle.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

San Diego-based venture investor Avalon Ventures has backed a developer of video advertising products, Selectable Media , to the tune of $2M. Selectable Media, which is based in New York, lets users opt into branded video advertising in exchange for free access to content on web and mobile apps. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, along with food and cooking celebrity Rachel Ray , said this morning that they are in a multi-year, exclusive partnership to develop co-branded content in the food category. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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AUGUST 8, 2011

Los Angeles-based web hosting firm Media Temple said today along with web analytics firm Webtrends , that Media Temple Ventures, its investment arm, has sold real time analytics firm Reinvigorate to WebTrends. Culver City-based Reinvigorate is a developer of web visitors tracking and anaytics software.

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OCTOBER 15, 2015

Los Angeles-based web and cloud hosting service provider Media Temple said Thursday that it has launched a new, shared hosting solution, which is based on its existing shared hosting platform, Grid. The company said the new offering specifically is targeted at freelance web designers, developers, and small and medium agencies.

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JUNE 24, 2011

West Hollywood-based CityGrid Media , the unit of IAC which operates CitySearch, Insider Pages, and Urbanspoon, said Thursday that it has rolled out three new advertising APIs for developers. The new APIs allows any developer to build and display ads from CityGrid's inventory of ads from local businesses. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 5, 2014

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. According to Warner Media Camp, all of the startups went through mentoring from Turner/Warner Bros. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 18, 2013

Media Temple , the web hosting provider headed by Demian Sellfors, is already well known for its customer service and premium hosting services. According to Media Temple, the new tools are aimed at enhancing the experience of its customers. media temple managed hosting hostingcon' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 19, 2010

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , a developer of video encoding software, said today that it has been selected by Internet domain and web hosting firm Go Daddy. According to Sorenson Media, its products will be used to power Go Daddy's Quick Blogcast web blogging software for Mac users. READ MORE>>. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has named Lisa Kraynak as head of the firm's new fashion web site, typeF.com , which it is launching with Tyra Banks. Kraynak was most recently SVP of Digital Media for NBC Unviersal, and also has served at Viacom, City of New York, Intuit and iVillage.com. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 31, 2010

On Monday November 1, 2010 TechZulu will present Web TV Workshop Pro-Panel Series live at 9pm PST. You will hear from some of the most successful professionals of the new media space. Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2020

One of the quickest ways to become an entrepreneur these days is to develop and publish a smartphone app. According to Tim Cook at Apple, there were over 20 million registered developers in 2018. This freemium model has been used for years by web apps. Even a conversion rate of one percent can build a healthy business.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2012

If you're a web publisher, or even a brand developing your own outreach to customers through a newsletter or microsite, how do you efficiently gather and curate all of the news and information out there? It's all about what is happening on the realtime web. Is this a subscription or do these publishers buy software?

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JUNE 29, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online media firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, announced today that it has inked a partnership with celebrity model Tyra Banks , to create a new site focused on fashion and beauty. Financial details of the partnership between Banks and Demand Media were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 8, 2020

For today's interview, we spoke to Bill Curtis , the founder of Malibu-based CurtCo Media (www.curtco.com). We spoke to Bill about CurtCo's move into the podcasting area, and why he thinks podcasting is the next frontier in media. Talk about what CurtCo is working on?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Wednesday, February 10, 2010 -- Digital LA: The Actor Producer Panel, Digital Deals, Development, Distribution. Our panelists include: - Jodi Binstock - Producer Web Therapy starring Lisa Kudrow; (formerly at E! Networks, Disney ABC TV) - Amber J.

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MARCH 2, 2010

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , which develops video encoding software and a related content delivery network, said today that it has released a new application programming interface (API). According to Sorenson Media, the new Sorenson 360 API helps developers to integrate video into their web sites. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud services firm Media Temple has tapped two technology vets as President and COO, and Chief Technology Officer, the company announced this morning. Lopez is also from LIbreDigital, where he was CTO and VP of COrporate and Business Development. The firm said it has named Russell P.

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JUNE 21, 2010

San Diego-based Sorenson Media , a developer of online video hosting and encoding products, announced today that web performance firm Gomez has selected the firm's online video platform, Sorenson 360. Sorenson is providing Gomez with development and delivery of marketing videos to its customers. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Los Angeles-based Kixer (www.kixer.com) has figured out one way--which is to connect those mobile users with ads from app developers, who have the opposite problem of trying to boost their user base. Right now, half of Facebook''s revenues comes from app developers getting users to install their products. What''s your background?

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Aliso Viejo-based Evolver , the online avatar software site developed by Darwin Dimensions, said Thursday that it has launched a new web site that allows end users to create avatars for social media sites like Facebook and MySpace. Tags: evolver darwin dimensions avatar animation social media animate. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 23, 2010

A report today says that the latest updates to Demand Media's S-1 are a result of government scrutiny over how the firm is accounting for content developed for its sites. AllThingsD said the accounting questions have delayed Demand Media's roadshow until the beginning of the year. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 19, 2010

San Diego-based Sorenson Media has launched its own, video URL shortener, saying today that it has launched Vid.vu , a URL shortener specifically aimed at online videos. Sorenson Media is a developer of video encoding and decoding products. Tags: sorenson media video shortener. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2010

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy said today that it has unveiled a new, online web site which highlights prizes the U.S. government is offering to help solve the nation's "most pressing" challenges. According to U.S. Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra and U.S.

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MARCH 10, 2011

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media Corp. , The online advertising firm said it has developed its own, proprietary ad-supported video player technology, which it is delivering to over 160 mid-tail web publishers. Drescher has previously served at Video Egg and ScanScout.

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JUNE 2, 2017

The world of mobile apps has added serious challenges for software developers, who don't just have to deal with crashes�they have to deal with slow performance, strange hangs, multiple carrier networks, and more. More importantly, the tools that already exist on the web, just don't exist on mobile. How are developers doing this today?

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MARCH 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online media venture of Richard Rosenblatt, announced Monday afternoon that it has hired on Joanne Bradford, most recently Yahoo's SVP of U.S. Revenue and Market Development, as its Chief Revenue Officer. Tags: bradford joanne yahoo executive media demand. READ MORE>>.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 16, 2010

Thursday, April 22, 2010 -- CommNexus Presents: Build Native Mobile Apps Using Your Web Skills. Appcelerators Titanium platform translates your hard won web skills into native mobile applications that perform and look just like they were written in Objective-C [iPhone] or Java [Android]  but using your JavaScript, HTML, and CSS skills.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. Do you need to process user-contributed media? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Wireframes?

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MAY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the user-generated content venture of Richard Rosenblatt, has new competition this afternoon, from Yahoo , after Yahoo announced it would acquire content publishing firm Associated Content. Both firms develop "evergreen" articles about popular topics, which they then sell advertising against.

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SoCal CTO

AUGUST 4, 2011

Many of these founders have talked with several developers or development firms about their plans. Still, if you've not heard these questions from a developer, they are not helping you as much as they should. Do you need to process user-contributed media? Beyond simple web analytics, what is needed? Wireframes?

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 10, 2010

First, I believe that Seesmic has an excellent product – especially the web version of their product and that having another senior and experienced exec like Loic Le Meur would be great for Twitter. The other thing that Salesforce is genius at is using these seminal events to market success stories of their developers.

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JULY 8, 2019

Los Angeles-based health messaging startup Curogram , a new startup developing a web-based, SMS app for the healthcare market, has been selected as a finalist for the Publicis Health Media Disruption Garage Competition, according to the company.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Los Angeles-based CrownPeak has set its sights on the social media space, saying this morning that it has launched a new product which publishes content into social networking sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. Tags: crownpeak social media publishing facebook software saas. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 30, 2013

Yet, it seems like there''s no easy way to specifically advertise on those games, or a way for those game developers to monetize that audience. However, Mobigirl Media (www.mobigirlmedia.com), a new mobile advertising network, is looking to change that by specifically creating an ad network focused on girls. What are you all about?

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