Fri.Jan 19, 2018

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Will Packer Media Buys xoNecole

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Los Angeles-based production and content firm Will Packer Media said on Thursday that it has acquired women's lifestyle site xoNecole , a lifestyle site aimed at "urban millenial women". Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Will Packer Media said it will accelerate growth of xoNecole, adding video, social and mobile offerings, plus a newsletter and event series. xoNecole was founded by blogger Necole Kane, and was created to promote positive images of women of color, featuring

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Silicon Beach Report Jan. 19: Snap Lays Off Two Dozen Employees

L.A. Business Journal

Snap lays off two dozen employees; Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg leaving in March; and California legislators move forward bill to create California Aerospace Commission.

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Disney Links With Twitch On Content Distribution

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Disney Digital Network , part of Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media (DCPI), is in a content deal with videogame streaming service Twitch , where Disney will provide content from four Disney content creators to Twitch. According to Twitch, four of the largest Disney-managed digital content creators Jacksepticeye, LuzuGames, Markiplier, and Strawburry17--will create exclusive, video-on-demand and live broadcast content on Twitch.

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7 Guidelines For Funding New Research & Development

Startup Professionals Musings

As an advisor to new business owners, and an occasional angel investor, I see new business proposals daily, many seeking investors to fund early research and development (R&D) of a new product idea. Unfortunately, most entrepreneurs don’t realize that the words “research” and “development” are red flags to investors, and all such proposals are routinely discarded.

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Can You Ask for Office Rent Relief? How to Manage Your Lease During COVID-19

Office leases are one of companies’ largest expenses, and if your whole team is working from home with no clear end in sight, you may be wondering what to do about your lease.

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Chrome River Claims Record Revenues, Sales

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Los Angeles-based expense and invoice management software developer Chrome River said on Thursday that it has had another year of record revenues and sales growth. The company--which did not release any of its financials-said it grew its revenues by more than 32 percent year-over-year. The company has consistently made the Deloitte Fast 500 list of fastest growing companies, but has not disclosed its financials publicly.

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Dell Med’s DeSalvo Discusses Health IT Now, and in Years to Come

Xconomy

Karen DeSalvo has experience working in the public sector, but she’s hardly what you’d call a government bureaucrat. DeSalvo, who is trained as a physician, served as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology from 2014 to 2016 under President Barack Obama. During some of the time she headed the ONC, as the office is known, DeSalvo was also Assistant U.S.

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Tougher “Immigration” Policies On Foreign Tech Crossing U.S. Border

Xconomy

It’s not only people from other countries that are struggling harder to get into the United States these days, it seems. Technology from foreign nations may also be subject to stricter “immigration” rules. The national origins of tech devices and services wasn’t a front-burner question—at least for the general public—until the issue came up at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in May on Russia’s suspected hacking of the 2016 presidential election.

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Bio Roundup: Spark’s Road Ahead, Juno Rumors, Merck’s Big Day & More

Xconomy

The most overblown health story of the week was President Trump’s health exam. America learned Trump is in perfect health and has “ great genes.” He takes Propecia. He doesn’t have heart problems, had a perfect cognitive test score, and is one pound shy of obese. This scintillating information led to a new social media phenomenon, the “ girther ” movement, and a number of articles questioning the findings of longtime White House physician Ronny Jackson.