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DECEMBER 7, 2012

A new report issued today, detailing technology jobs employment concentration in the United States, shines some light on where the highest concentrations of tech jobs are in the region. The top ranked area in the nation, which was San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, had 28.8 percent of jobs in technology. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 21, 2014

Los Angeles-based Beats Music --the heavily backed, streaming music provider spun out of Beats Electronics--is struggling with its launch, and only has subscriber counts in the "low six figures", according to a report today from Billboard. 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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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

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. Jenner will be joining SKKY as a partner, the Journal reported.

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MARCH 2, 2012

Los Angeles-based online content producer Machinima , which produces videogame related content for YouTube, is reportedly seeking $50M in funding, at a $200M to $250M valuation, according to reports today. Report of the fundraising was leaked by PandoDaily, in a scathing post criticizing the quality of Machinima's content.

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JANUARY 9, 2012

Los Angeles-based film, TV, and entertainment site HitFix said today that it has snagged the former General Manager for Digital for The Hollywood Reporter, Alex Boyce, as its new Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategy. HitFix is an online entertainment site led by Gregory Ellwood and Jennifer Sargent.

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JANUARY 15, 2013

Ross Levinsohn , the former head of Yahoo and Fox Interactive Media, has just been appointed CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media , the parent firm of The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Adweek, and other entertainment focused properties.

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OCTOBER 21, 2021

At the same time, Los Angeles-based trans activist Ashlee Marie Preston hosted a rally in solidarity with Netflix workers participating in the walkout. When asked in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter , co-CEO Ted Sarandos didn’t say whether he would meet the group’s demands. brb walking out.

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MAY 17, 2019

The Los Angeles-based company has already launched a beta version of its streaming service, Ficto , and yesterday announced a host of new shows that will appear on the app later this year. The company is reportedly spending $5 million per hour of storytelling for some of its titles.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

According to a report from the New York Times, Microsoft has hired Nancy Tellem to head up a Microsoft production studio based in Los Angeles, which the report said would create programming for both the Xbox 360 and other efforts.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

In a move to shore up institutional support in what’s likely to be it’s last fundraising as a private company, the Los Angeles-based mobile gaming behemoth Scopely has raised $340 million in its latest eye-popping round of funding. “We were excited to crossover and invest in Scopely.” ” .

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JUNE 10, 2014

Malibu and Beverly Hills have long been hot neighborhoods for entertainment execs. But the tech culture of Los Angeles is shifting real estate’s center of gravity. As the line blurs between tech and entertainment, and as Silicon Valley seeks synergy with L.A.’s YouTube is joined by the SoCal outpost for Facebook.

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APRIL 24, 2013

A report today from Bloomberg says that Amazon.com is planning to release its own, set-top TV box later this year, which will bring the company''s streaming video services directly to living rooms. The new set-top box looks to fulfill a role for video that the company''s Kindle e-readers do for books. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 11, 2018

Seed stage investments in Los Angeles area startups was up, year-to-year, according to the Q1 2018 LA Seed Deal Report from investor Amplify LA. According to the report from Amplify, 23 LA startups raised a total of $52.9M in seed funding in Q1, which was up 2.5 percent from Q1 of 2017. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

Los Angeles-based social entertainment firm Fullscreen , which is part of Otter media, is targeting LinkedIn with a new platform management and strategy practice, the company announced this morning. According to Fullscreen, the practice will help help brands successfully increase their LinkedIn presence.

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APRIL 7, 2010

operator of media site Qlipso , according to a report from VentureWire. Qlipso lists its headquarters in Los Angeles, and the firm says it is backed by Jeruslem Venture Partners, with links to Israel. Qlipso is headed by former Foundation 9 Entertainment co-founder Jon Goldman. Details on the sale have not been released.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Snap is trying to lure Instagram advertisers by offering them free ads on Snapchat; Elon Musk explains why SpaceX prefers clusters of small engines for the Falcon Heavy; and digital media drives entertainment employment growth in Los Angeles

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JULY 17, 2017

According to AT&T spokespeople at the company's SHAPE Tech & Entertainment Expo, which was held at the Warner Bros. Studios lot on Friday and Saturday, the company is planning to bolster its operations across Los Angeles, to take advantage of the region's growing reputation as a center of the technology industry.

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JUNE 23, 2009

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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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Los Angeles-based companies MRC , the owner of a independent TV studios and a number of other entertainment companies and holdings--including measurement firm Nielsen Music--and Penske Media Corporation (PMC), announced late last week that they are in a new, joint venture, which will join their ata businesses. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 26, 2016

Los Angeles-based MarketCast , a market research company providing research services to the global entertainment industry, has been acquired by Kohlberg & Company , according to reports. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Los Angeles-based ManiaTV has reportedly laid off 15 of the firm's 33 employees, according to a report in The Deal, as the firm prepares to sell the company. Tags: employment merger layoff hollywood content acquisition entertainment maniatv. The Deal said Revision3 is rumored to be a possible buyer for the firm.

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MAY 13, 2018

On a mild Thursday night at the Los Angeles Forum , Nike’s public relations team and a group of journalists from some of the country’s leading lifestyle, tech, and general interest websites gathered to see the debut of Nike’s most ambitious SNKRS stash drop.

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MAY 13, 2021

TiMi Studios, one of the world’s most lucrative game makers and is part of Tencent’s gargantuan digital entertainment empire, said Thursday that it has struck a strategic partnership with Xbox. In all, TiMi pocketed $10 billion in revenue last year, according to a report from Reuters citing people with knowledge.

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JUNE 22, 2018

Los Angeles-based digital advertising provider H Code Media reports that it has signed a new partnership with Peruvian radio and television broadcast company Radio Programas del Peru (RPP). Financial impact of the win was not announced. H Code media is led by CEO Parker Morse. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 21, 2015

Los Angeles-based DigiTour Media , which produces events and concerts centered on YouTubers and other social media celebrities, has reportedly raised around $10M in a funding round, from Viacom, LionTree Entertainment, and Slow Ventures.

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APRIL 5, 2013

Culver City-based Fullscreen , which operates a multi-channel youTube network, and is led by George Strompolos (formerly of YouTube/Google), has raised $30M in a new round of funding, according to reports today. fullscreen entertainment youtube network venture capital content studio hollywood' READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 23, 2018

Last week, the Los Angeles-based startup led by Trevor McFedries , outed itself as the collective consciousness behind the virtual celebrity Lil Miquela and her less well known contemporaries Blawko22 and BermudaisBae in a choreographed melodrama worthy of Los Angeles’ best reality television. It worked. .

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. invested; Los Angeles had $169.7M, and Orange County $63.1M Nationwide, there was $4.8 in investments.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

BlogWorld and New Media Expo 2011 comes to Los Angeles and its finally here. In this role, he reports directly to Alan Mulally, Ford’s president and chief executive officer. Starting November 3-5 (This week) BlogWorld kicks it off as will TechZulu. Technorati and AdAge rank his site as one of the world’s Top 10 business blogs.

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AUGUST 15, 2018

Daniel Kim and Jay Lee, the two founders of AuditBoard , a Los Angeles-based provider of a risk and compliance software service for large businesses, grew up middle school friends in Cerritos, Calif.

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APRIL 14, 2014

Los Angeles-based wireless provider Boingo Wireless reported a win today with EnergySolutions Arena , the home of the Utah Jazz , saying it will provide its wireless and distributed antenna system (DAS) services at the location. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

A new generation of entrepreneurs is emerging to refashion the Los Angeles studio system for the digital age forming companies that combining live-streamed video, podcasts, and the newfound social media celebrities to craft entertainment for a new breed of consumer. “From our perspective HQ meant nothing to our audience.”

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based BUZZMEDIA , the vast network of entertainment and music related blogs and websites, said that it is now number one in entertainment news, according to rankings from comScore. The firm did not report number of monthly unique users.

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JANUARY 20, 2015

Both Netflix , which has a substantial operation in Los Angeles, and Los Angeles-based Hulu are both considering an expansion into the hotel entertainment market, in a test with Marriott International , according to a report this morning.

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MARCH 13, 2020

The new bill will offer paid sick leave, stronger unemployment benefits, free virus testing and more money for food assistance and Medicaid and was approved only after 13 phone calls between the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, according to a report in The New York Times. billion emergency funding package.”

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The Los Angeles-based startup Canoo has finally unveiled its first model, the eponymously named canoo. Canoo has beta cars on site at its Los Angeles headquarters where prospective partners and customers can test out the vehicles, which were made by an undisclosed contract manufacturer based in Michigan.

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