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Sophoi Acquired By Oracle

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Los Angeles-based Sophoi , a developer of media IP mananagement software, has been acquired by Oracle, Oracle said Monday. Oracle said that Sophoi's products will become available as Oracle Media Intellectual Property Management. Sophoi was backed by Oracle which had funded the firm to the tune of $17.5M

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Spotlight Sees Growth At New HQ

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Spotlight , the venture backed provider of software-as-a-service for managing sports and entertainment tickets, said this week that it has moved from Woodland Hills to Calabasas, in expectation of growth in its staffing. The firm--which recently raised $2.5M The firm did not say how many employees it is looking to hire. READ MORE>>.

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Congrats To All The Winners and Thanks To Our Speakers at #REACHNeXT!

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Without further adieu, I present to you the winners of the 1st annual REACH NeXT conference: Entertainment: Storygami. Prior to Sphero, Rob was SVP of Global Creative at Disney Interactive, the digital entertainment and games segment of The Walt Disney Company. DigiSynd manages Disney’s brand presence in the social media space.

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LA Tech Startup Innovators and Fun Facts

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Mark Douglas, Steelhouse President and CEO, is formerly from Oracle and was the VP of Technology at eHarmony. Entertainment Tech: Atom Factory. Social Media: Snapchat. Silicon Beach Fest is Digital LA’s bi-annual startup entertainment festival featuring panels, showcases, hack-a-thons, and more.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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And we’re left with a city with idyllic weather, major commerce, the media center of the world, and a great emerging technology scene. But ultimately we’re on the Internet to communicate, buy stuff, become informed and be entertained. Los Angeles. People either love it our hate it.

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IBM’s Watson Analyzes Kanye West’s VMA Speech for Character Defects

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Your social media feed was probably filled this morning with information about the 13-minute speech Kanye West made during the 2015 VMA broadcast, but only the objective big data behind Watson can really break it down scientifically. And this small box that we are as the entertainers of the evening, how could you explain that?

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IBM’s Watson Analyzes Kanye West’s VMA Speech for Character Defects

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Your social media feed was probably filled this morning with information about the 13-minute speech Kanye West made during the 2015 VMA broadcast, but only the objective big data behind Watson can really break it down scientifically. And this small box that we are as the entertainers of the evening, how could you explain that?