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Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Impact entertainment “accelerator” inks deal with Netflix

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Imagine Impact , the entertainment accelerator launched by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard to try and bring Silicon Valley-style mentorship and project development techniques to Hollywood, has inked a development deal with Netflix and is looking for submissions. we were excited to extend our partnership to Imagine Impact on this new endeavor.

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Sony Online Entertainment Launches User-Generated Content Program

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San DIego-based Sony Online Entertainment announced yesterday that it has launched a new program which allows users to create their own, in-game items for its popular EverQuest franchise. Sony said it will provide sample geometry to players who can then create items using third party art tools. READ MORE>>.

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San Diego Venture Group Summer Social

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Sample some of San Diego’s best craft brews, along with plenty of great food, wine, spirits, live band, and La Jolla sunset. This is a purely fun networking event with food, drink, and entertainment. Spend an afternoon at the beautiful Scripps Seaside Forum and join SDVG for our Summer Social Beer Bash! Shoes Not Required!

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uSamp Names CFO, Promotes VPs

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Woolard's LinkedIn profile shows him serving in a string of consulting CFO positions with DLC Projects, including for MGA Entertainment, Altra Biofuels, Buzznet, OleOle, Dreamworks, and others. Tags: sample united research market sampling panel executive usamp. Courtright was previously at DMS, which uSamp acquired in June.

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Los Angeles-based Ficto launches its Quibi competitor — with Niantic as a content partner

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Consumers now have their first chance to sample the wares of a short-form streaming service — and it’s not Quibi. Ficto , a streaming service without a paywall offering interactive dramas, film adaptations, comedies, documentaries, talk shows, game shows, and news, is now live on iOS and Android.

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Impossible Foods will debut in SoCal grocery stores on Friday as first step in phased national rollout

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To celebrate the debut, Impossible Foods has tapped Chrissy Teigen’s grandmother for a VIP event on Thursday night and will be handing out samples at a Los Angeles-area Gelsons on Friday. Its next stop is going to be another store chain on the East Coast later this month, the company said.

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DoorStat: Using Vision Recognition To Improve Business Analytics

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Many businesses--particularly in sports, entertainment, and retail--don't have a very good idea of the demographics of their clientele. They're using surveys, which become outdated really quickly, or which cover too small of a sample size. How can you get a better handle of who your customers are, by using technology?