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Kim Kardashian becomes a private equity dealmaker in collab with ex-Carlyle partner

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Kardashian is launching private equity firm SKKY Partners in conjunction with ex-Carlyle consumer head Jay Sammons to invest in business across consumer products, hospitality, luxury, digital commerce and media, the Wall Street Journal first reported. Serena Williams’ next act in venture capital is essential in this moment.

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UK-based women’s networking and private club, AllBright, raises $18.8 million as it expands into the US

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AllBright , the London-based women’s membership club backed by private real estate investment firm Cain International , has raised $18.8 Coupled with the launch of a new networking application called AllBright Connect and the company’s AllBright Magazine, the women’s networking organization is on a full-on media blitz.

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Mail.com Buys Entertainment Blog

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Los Angeles-based Mail.com Media Corporation , which operates the email service Mail.com, said today that it has acquired an entertainment focused blog, DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com. DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com was founded by Nikki Finke, a former Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, and New York Magazine writer and reporter.

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Robb Report's Bill Curtis On Why Podcasting Is The Next Media Frontier

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We have published 74 different magazine titles over the last 30 years. We get to take what we love best, which is create uniquely entertaining and authoritative, informative content, and put that in a medium people are actually enjoying and receptive to. On the fun side, we have different show in the entertainment world.

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LA's Innovators Get Spotlight, But Investors Cautious

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The magazine turned its attention this month towards the Los Angeles innovation and technology economy in a section guest edited by StartEngine co-founder Howard Marks , including a reception held Wednesday evening at the Viceroy in Santa Monica.

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The makers of the virtual influencer, Lil Miquela, snag real money from Silicon Valley

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i am deeply invested in the drama surrounding lil miquela and now you all have to be too. It’s less well-known that the company is backed by some of the biggest names in venture capital investment — firms like Sequoia Capital. Around this time McFedries also began investing in companies, according to AngelList.

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How Yapert Puts All Your Interests In One Mobile App, With Phil Kelly

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Phil Kelly: We''re an interactive, mobile magazine, which I think is probably the best way to describe it. What we''re doing, is curating the most popular interests, brands, and entertainers, which comprise the interest in the social web, and putting in on one platform. Phil Kelly: Before Yapert, I was angel investing.

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