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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. Bradford reports to Rosenblatt.

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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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AUGUST 5, 2009

Further details on the deal between Yahoo and Microsoft have come out in a filing by Yahoo with the SEC, with Yahoo saying that Microsoft will hire at least 400 Yahoo employees, and potentially another 150 employees to help with the transition, as Microsoft takes over the search engine features of Yahoo's sites.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Burbank-based Walt Disney said this weekend that it has promoted John Pleasants, the former CEO of Playdom , as co-President of its Disney Interactive Media Group , along with James Pitaro, most recently of Yahoo! Pleasants joined Disney in July, when Disney paid more than $760M for social games developer Playdom. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 31, 2014

Los Angeles-based MarketShare , the developer of marketing analytics software led by Wes Nichols, has bolstered its advisory team, saying today that it has added Ross Levinsohn, Tom Davenport, and Pat LaPointe to its advisory board. Levinsohn is the best known of the three, having most recently been interim CEO at Yahoo!, READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Carpinteria-based Procore , which develops construction management software, has named Pat Wadors as the company's new Chief People Officer. Wadors was most recently Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) at ServiceNow, and also was SVP, Global Talent Organization at LinkedIn, in addition to serving at Plantronics and Yahoo!

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MAY 18, 2017

Los Angeles-based advertising software developer SteelHouse announced on Thursday that it has named Ross Levinsohn, the former CEO of Yahoo!, Levinsohn, who is a well known advisor and investor in the digital media and technology market, has previously served as CEO of Yahoo!, to its board of directors.

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JUNE 30, 2021

Santa Monica-based Quizizz, a developer of software which gamifies teaching with quizzes and interactive lessons, said on Wednesday that it has raised $31.5M The funding was led by Tiger Global Management, and also included Nexus Venture Partners, GSV Ventures, Eight Roads Ventures, plus Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang.

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DECEMBER 14, 2018

He also has served at Microsoft, IBM, and Yahoo, and has more than 20 years of sales and business development experience in the digital media area. FastPay said that Wehner joins from The Rubicon Project, where he was Senior Vice President of Agency & Brand Sales. FastPay says that Wehner will be based in New York City.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Santa Monica-based MomentFeed , the developer of software that helps multi-location brands manage the mobile experience for their customers, has named Avik Dey as its new Senior Vice President of Engineering, the company said this morning. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Santa Monica-based GumGum , which develops artificial intelligence software for the advertising and media market, has raised $22M more in a funding round, the company said on Thursday. She previously also served as CMO at Live Nation Concerts, and also served at Mattel, 20th Century Fox, Hasbro and Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2014

Los Angeles-based Vyu , which is developing a personalized, mobile entertainment guide service, said this morning that it has raised $825,000 in a seed funding round. Nassef was previously Vice President and Managing Director of Yahoo! As part of the funding, the company said that it has added former Yahoo! READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 23, 2017

Spotlite said its executives come from such companies as Google Music, Yahoo! Music, Microsoft, Atom Factory, and Warner/Chappell, and that its development and tech teams are in Beijing, with marketing, A&R, and business development based in Los Angeles. The company's offices in Los Angeles are listed in Walnut.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Gradient X , the online mobile marketing and advertising technology developer backed by GRP Partners, Rincon Venture Partners, Crosscut Ventures, Founder Collective, Double M Capital, Baroda Ventures, Siemer Ventures, and others, has snapped up some talent from OpenX with its latest hire. He was at Overture before it was acquired by Yahoo.

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MAY 3, 2018

Los Angeles-based OpenX , which develops advertising technology, in addition to running its own ad exchange, said this morning that it has named three new executives. Chung, who will be responsible for OpenX's mobile app development initiatives, was previously at AdColony, and also served at YP.com. Ho had served at Hulu and Yahoo.

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OCTOBER 30, 2021

Here is some data from Wikipedia: Microsoft – Bill Gates founded Microsoft in 1975, to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. In April, 1996, Yahoo! Amazon.com and Yahoo! Based on a small sample of household names from Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, he is an optimist. million, by selling 2.6

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

Los Angeles-based advertising technology developer The Trade Desk said today that it has named Susan Vobejda as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Vobejda also had served as GM of Bloomberg's Media Distribution division, and had been at Yahoo, Gap Inc., and Walmart.com.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Los Angeles-based Spreeify , the developer of display ad technology which is led by Ruben Dua, has rolled out a new product aimed at the mobile market. Pricing on the new tool was not announced. READ MORE>>. server advertising technology display network mobile spreeify'

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OCTOBER 25, 2013

Calabasas-based network testing equipment and software developer Ixia said late Thursday that the firm''s CEO, Vic Alston, has resigned, after the company''s audit committee determined that Alston had mis-stated his academic credentials. According to Ixia, Alston had incorrectly claimed to have received a B.S. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Irving was most recently CEO of GoDaddy, and also served at Microsoft and Yahoo, and sits on the board of Docusign. Choi is currently VP of Corporate and Business Development at Coinbase, and was previously VP of Corporate Development at LinkedIn, and helped oversee the acquisition of Lynda.com, and also sits on the board of Naspers.

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MARCH 29, 2017

OpenX said it has named Dominic Trigg as Vice President, EMEA, and promoted Richard Kidd, Commercial Director, Germany, to the position of Vice President, Head of Business Development, EMEA. Trigg is based in London, and most recently was at Rocket Fuel; he also served at Tradedoubler, Infospace, and Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 17, 2013

Los Angeles-based Laudville , a startup developing an online platform to help users share entertainment like movies, books, TV, and music with friends, has added Gene Chuang to its board of advisors, according to the firm. Chuang is currently Chief Technology Officer at Oversee.net,and also has served at such companies as Yahoo!

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Csathy is the Chairman of CREATV Media, which provides digital media strategy, advisory, and business development services. Csathy has formerly served as CEO of Manatt Digital Media, CEO of Sorenson Media, CEO of SightSpeed (acquired by Logitech), President of MusicMatch (acquired by Yahoo), among other experience.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Pasadena-based UberMedia , the Idealab-backed developer of mobile and desktop messaging and social media apps, is announcing this morning that it has hired Ken Rudman as its Vice President of Developer Relations. Rudman joins the company from AT&T Interactive, where he was Director of the Developer Program and Platform.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Beats Music , the streaming music service which is being developed by Santa Monica-based Beats Electronics, officially launched this morning on the web and via an iPhone application. Beats Electronics is being run by Ian Rogers , the former head of Topspin Media and GM of Yahoo! The service, which costs $9.99 READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Rogers had been CEO at Beats Music, and previously had run music marketing technology developer Topspin Music, which was acquired by Beats back in 2014. Prior to Topspin, Rogers had headed up Yahoo Music. It's unclear if Rogers will remain in Los Angeles. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

Louis-based ShipWorks , a developer of subscription-based e-commerce shipping software, the company announced Monday. ShipWorks develops shipping software, which is used by online sellers to manage shipping and sales on such marketplaces as eBay, Amazon, Yahoo, and elsewhere. El Segundo-based Stamps.com has acquired St.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Santa Monica-based Topspin Media , the developer of music and band marketing software headed by former Yahoo Music GM Ian Rogers, said over the weekend that it has added Andrew Mains as its new VP Artist Relations and Services. Topspin is developing software tools to help musicians market and distribute their music. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 28, 2017

Los Angeles-based advertising software developer SteelHouse is in major executive expansion mode, saying late Monday that it has named Boris Bronshteyn as its Chief Technology Officer, and David U. Smin was previously Chief Marketing Officer at SocialFlow, and also served at Point Roll, Yahoo!, Simon as its Chief Marketing Officer.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Lissner joined Facebook as the firm's first Los Angeles salesperson in 2006, and also previously served at Yahoo, both in the Bay Area and in Los Angeles on Yahoo's entertainment efforts. MomentFeed said that Lissner will help in product development, recruiting, and building a sales team; Lissner has also joined the company's board.

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JUNE 30, 2016

Los Angeles-based HomeMe , which develops an app to pre-approve renters for apartments, has named two executives, the company said earlier this week. Chauhan has previously served at Adslot Technologies, OpenX Technologies, Rubicon Project, Move, and Yahoo!, and had founded online ad networks Banner Brokers and ClickAgents.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Santa Monica-based Event Farm , which develops event marketing software, has acquired Boston-based event software company Attend , as an expansion of the company's reach. Event Farm counts such clients as Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Lamborghini, WIRED, SpaceX, and NASCAR. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based SOA Software , the developer of enterprise API software, said today that it has unveiled a new product, providing OAuth capability to enterprises. SOA said its new product, SOA Software OAuth server, extends existing enterprise identity and access management systems to partner and cloud applications. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 26, 2012

Factual said that the data adds specific neighborhood information to details on places retrieved from its database, which is used by mobile app developers, web programmers, and others to retrieve information about nearby businesses and locations. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 9, 2018

Santa Monica-based Cornerstone OnDemand , which develops cloud-based learning and human capital management software for the enterprise, said late Tuesday that it has nominated a trio of new members to its board of directors. Steele was most recently CEO of Jive Software, and also had served at Microsoft, Skype, and Yahoo!;

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Santa Monica-based CHNL , a startup which is developing a social content browser for smartphones, tablets, and PCs, said today at CES that it has launched a new daily deals feature into its product. The company says its goal is to become the "Yahoo!, CHNL is headed by John Wander. MSN, or Google for the social media age."

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OCTOBER 22, 2019

Clients include Yahoo!, As part of the round, Mitsui and EV Connect have agreed to develop new business models around EV charging infrastructure. Its also sells a cloud-based software platform that businesses can customize. ” .

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