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JANUARY 3, 2014

In the world of many online television, movie, and video sites, scores of music streaming services, and other entertainment content, it''s often a difficult task to find what you really want to watch, listen to, or read. Phoebe Scott: I started Laudville, because I consume a lot of entertainment of all kinds. What is Laudville?

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JUNE 7, 2016

Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment and Facebook said on Monday that the two are in a new collaboration, where Blizzard will link its games into Facebook, via Facebook Login. The deal will also help drive more social activity and integration within Blizzard's games.

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DECEMBER 1, 2014

Culver City-based Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired a cyber security company to help it clean up and track the massive hacking of the company''s corporate network, and also has the FBI on the case, according to reports today. Mandiant is the company which handled the breach over at Target last year. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

The intersection of Hollywood and online publishing looks to be helping grow jobs in Los Angeles in the online content area. The latest move in that area comes from online viral content publisher BuzzFeed , which is apparently ramping its operations in Los Angeles, as part of effort by the site to expand into entertainment coverage.

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MAY 22, 2012

Van Nuys-based Audiolife , the startup which provided product fulfillment for the music industry and artists, has been acquired by Florida firm Alliance Entertainment. According to Alliance Entertainment, Audiolife's founders will remain in Los Angeles, but the company will be moving its fulfillment operations to Shepherdsville, Kentucky.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Calabasas-based software developer Final Draft , which develops screenwriting software, has been acquired by Burbank-based Cast & Crew Entertainment Services. Cast & Crew said the buy will help expand its suite of technology solutions. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2010

Los Angeles-based DTS , which develops surround sound technology, said today that it has signed on as an Executive Sponsor of USC's Entertainment Technology Center, an effort at the school to link entertainment, technology, and consumer electronics firms. Tags: entertainment technology center sound. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

Please help me congratulate him by Re/Tweeting this post (and following him if you don’t already). Helping be the VC “presence” at key events. Associates often shadow partners at board meetings so that they can help follow up with the company on important initiatives between board meetings. Industry reviews.

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MAY 21, 2014

Los Angeles-based Epoxy (www.epoxy.tv) launched yesterday to help content creators do just that. Right now, what that means is a set of apps for distributing video out to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and some tools to help engage and build audiences on the back end. That was my first, deep dive into entertainment.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Entertainment has changed. A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans. Popbase is an app that operates almost like an interactive forum for new media.

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JUNE 8, 2010

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online content network headed by Richard Rosenblatt, said today that it has launched a new "Talent and Expert Network," which will highlight entertainment personalities through its site. Demand said it is working on two additional projects with Potts for its various media properties. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 2, 2021

As video commerce becomes the norm and entertainers, brands, businesses, and franchises of all sizes and stripes look to cut out the middle man, the array of services on offer from Maestro may be the scissors these entities need to cut the cord. Sales, Sony Music Entertainment, in a statement. . ”

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FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Demonstrating the sheer money making power of the online gaming space, Irvine-based Blizzard Entertainment is making a $1.1M donation to the Make-A-Wish Foundation, the nonprofit which helps to grant wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions. Blizzard Entertainment is a division of Activision Blizzard.

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AUGUST 15, 2011

A trio of United Talent Agency execs said Friday that they have launched a new, media company focused on the intersection of Internet and entertainment. 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.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

We want to help you monetize your knowledge, your skills, and your social media. It's all set up to help users monetize the following they already have, and what they're spending their time on. Right now, we're helping people every day make money on their favorite social platforms. How long has this been available?

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

According to Digital Domain, Magenta VR bundles the best VR content from the fields of sports, music and entertainment. Los Angeles-based Digital Domain said late Thursday that it has partnered with Deutsche Telekom , to create a new virtual reality destination called Magenta VR.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Santa Monica-based MGID , which provides native advertising, says its move from New York to Los Angeles earlier this year helped drive "dramatic growth" at the company. MGID said it saw a 21.7 The company also said it benefited from mainstream adoption of native ads.

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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. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Catalog (www.catalog.cc), a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, announced it raised $1.5M One, is it helps our customers get that content instantaneously, when they need it. in a seed funding round.

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DECEMBER 10, 2012

As an executive at the National Basketball Association (NBA), Adam Kanner saw those issues--plus the industry's own desire to sell its unsold inventory--so he created ScoreBig (www.scorebig.com), an online marketplace aimed at connecting consumers with awesome deals on below-face value, live entertainment tickets. ScoreBig is a channel play.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The 2023 SoCal Startup Day will feature startups, VCs and Angel Investors from all over Southern California, to meet, network and help startups raise capital. Featuring new panels, guest speakers, networking, entertainment, demos, prizes, along with AMAZING food and beverages. Oh, and of course, our surprise keynote speaker!

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JANUARY 19, 2017

To help fix that, the startup has created a mobile app to guide people through their strengths, interests, key skills, and more to guide them along the way to a career they'll love. Deborah Ramo: It's interesting, but my background is actually in the entertainment world. What is your app all about? How did this start?

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

And if you work in the entertainment industry, you have Stage 32. by providing cutting-edge online education to a global population of people looking to make it in the ever-evolving entertainment industry. Throughout the 90s he ran a consulting business with his brother that helped traditional companies establish an online presence.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based media and entertainment research firm MarketCast says it has acquired data science services provider Deductive. According to MarketCast, Deductive--formerly known as Dativa--will help expand its data science services for media and entertainment companies and brands.

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MAY 2, 2012

The funding came from DEV (Digital Entertainment Ventures), a newly launched New York investment firm headed by Alan McGlade and Michael Yang. Los Angeles-based startup StageIt , which operates an online web platform which lets musicians interact with their fans through live broadcasts from their laptop, has raised a round of funding.

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JANUARY 27, 2022

MarketCast said the acquisition will help it grow its entertainment research and content testing for streaming and broadcast content. Los Angeles-based market research provider and software developer MarketCast said on Wednesday that it has acquired Invoke, a provider of market research focused on video streaming services.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2013

On Friday, February 22, USC’s Business and Entertainment Association (BEA) is hosting its 4th annual E2: Evolution of Entertainment Conference at the Town & Gown Hall at the USC Campus. It’s focus is on the evolving changes in technology that have had an influential impact on the business of entertainment.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Culver City-based Amazon Studios , the arm of Amazon which is focused on creating content for Amazon's streaming video service, says it is continuing a program it runs with Howard University , intended to help increase diversity in the entertainment industry. Howard University, located in Washington D.C., READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 28, 2018

This week, both Microsoft and Google made moves to woo Hollywood to their cloud computing platforms in the latest act of the unfolding drama over who will win the multi-billion dollar business of the entertainment industry as it moves to the cloud. “I n media and entertainment there are lots of isolated studios around the world.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The company said the buy will help it expand its product portfolio. Clubspeed says it provides its software to family entertainment centers. Irvine-based venue management software developer Clubspeed announced on Monday that it has acquired Vantora, a developer of online booking and waiver management software.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Whether you’re an older gamer who remembers the Atari 2600 and Sega Genesis with great fondness or a doting grandparent who doesn’t remember exactly what the grandkids wanted (the Nintendo Swamp or something?), the new AtGames portable consoles will either excite you to no end or cause deep disappointment.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Whether you’re an older gamer who remembers the Atari 2600 and Sega Genesis with great fondness or a doting grandparent who doesn’t remember exactly what the grandkids wanted (the Nintendo Swamp or something?), the new AtGames portable consoles will either excite you to no end or cause deep disappointment.

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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. laudville entertainment content startup advisory board oversee executive' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 2, 2014

Santa Monica-based venture capital investor Siemer Ventures is one of the backers of a new, Japanese mobile video entertainment startup, Breaker. According to Breaker, it has raised $2M in a seed funding round, to help bolster its efforts to produce and distribute mobile video entertainment in Japan. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

Los Angeles-based GumGum Sports , which develops artificial intelligence powered software which helps sports team measure advertising being presented in sports coverage of their teams, has rolled out a new analytics module it says streamlines sponsorship analysis and reporting.

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JUNE 29, 2018

In a move designed to attract more customers from the media and entertainment industry, Google said this week that it will be opening up a new Los Angeles cloud region to its cloud computing platform, Google Cloud. according to Google , it is specifically targeting the media and entertainment companies in Los Angeles with the new service.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Los Angeles-based programmatic advertising provider Causal IQ said last week that it is expanding into Las Vegas, as part of an expansion to serve the casino-entertainment market. The company said the move will help it serve the tourism and gaming industry. Causal IQ is led by CEO Farshad Fardad. and Westlake Village, California.

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