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Big tech companies are looking at Hollywood as the next stage in their play for the cloud

TechCrunch LA

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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Why an Atlanta-based Black influencer collective swapped their collab house for a studio

TechCrunch LA

What if an influencer collective could be truly collaborative, rather than fodder for a depressing Netflix reality show ? In the same way that Black founders are unfairly overlooked in venture capital , Black content creators have had their work stolen and earn fewer brand deals than white creators, studies have shown.

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Interview with Zach James and Rich Raddon, MOVIECLIPS.COM

socalTECH

We've seen the proliferation of streaming through Netflix, Amazon, and others, and as people get into the streaming features business, that income can help make up the income being lost in DVD sales. Rich Raddon: When Zach and I came together, I had been working in LA for fifteen years in entertainment and traditional media.

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Room Service by Robot And Other Ways Tech is Changing The Hotel Stay

Xconomy

More days than not, Michael Colaneri’s home is a hotel room. So innovations like “geolocation” sensors that automatically unlock his room door and adjust the thermostat when he’s nearby make the constant change easier—sometimes. “My My experience has been exceptionally inconsistent,” he says.

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Tech Titans Peter Thiel, Matt Jacobson, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, Mich Mathews, Elon Musk Buy Homes in Los Angeles

SoCal Delicious

In growing numbers, Silicon Valley executives—long based in tech strongholds like Santa Clara and Palo Alto—are buying homes in Los Angeles, as the lines between the technology and entertainment businesses grow blurrier. the entertainment industry. WSJs Lauren Schuker Blum shows us around. than in other parts of the city.

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What Can You Learn From Ring’s Astounding Success?

Both Sides of the Table

The minute your company reaches its peak acceleration in terms of growth is when all of the sleeping giants wake up to compete with you and will spend massive amounts of money to keep you from capturing a growth market and other talented entrepreneurs will raise large amounts of venture capital as people start to see value in the market.

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How I Use Visualization to Drive Creativity

Both Sides of the Table

As a VC it’s how I think through which markets will be attractive in the future, which ones I want to be in now and how the technology & business world will likely evolve. I started to build this into a media & entertainment value chain that broke down the components of the industry into discrete parts.

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