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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

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Andrew & Petri posited that a modern media company would build lovable characters that span video games, online digital media, lovable plush physical toys and then ultimately find its way to the big screen. If you can engage massive online audiences they will come en masse to bigger budget theatrical releases.

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Interview with Neville Spiteri, TheBlu

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Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans. Our focus is really what we refer to as globally shared media.

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The Talent Tourniquet | Making Los Angeles Startup Friendly

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Some refer to it as “brain drain.” With unrivaled weather, a host of high-profile universities and unlimited array of daytime and nightlife entertainment, Los Angeles seems like a dreamland for young tech professionals and the companies hoping to employ their talents. And for good reason. But it is the L.A. But as long as L.A.

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Why Hollywood is Joining the Video On-Demand Market

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What he was referring to is how Hollywood only focuses on producing “broad spectacles” that usually cost at least $80 million. Indie movies are promoted by building them up around a virtual distributed version of a screening event through social media. Read more about Movies & Entertainment here on Tech.co.

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REACH Connected Future: Gaming Recap

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Our builders included Jason Yim , CEO of Trigger Global; and Daniel Busby , Lead Engineer at Two Bit Circus ; with Scot Rubin , Founder of G4TV and Nitropod, to represent media and consumers. Scot references Words with Friends, one of the defacto pioneers in the social gaming space. Social Gaming. Not 100% perhaps, but mostly.

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How to Solve the Biggest Frustration Marketers Have With Social

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When polled 88% of marketing professionals said they couldn’t accurately measure the effectiveness of their marketing campaigns and the majority said lack of ROI measurement is their single greatest frustration with social media (Forbes). Here’s a screen shot of my home page on awe.sm. End of story. Or Likes – LIKES!

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The Future of Television & The Digital Living Room

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Dana Settle & I are hosting a dinner tonight (10/20/10) with some of the biggest companies in entertainment to talk about the future of television, film & digital media. This is where the digital media puck is going. Michael Ovitz , the co-founder of CAA will be the keynote speaker.

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