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BUZZMEDIA Boosts Sales Efforts With Hires

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Hollywood-based BUZZMEDIA , the entertainment and pop culture publishing firm founded by Anthony Batt , said today that it has hired on two new sales execs, as part of a push to expand its advertising sales. Wiedre joins from Heavy.com, and had also worked at Veoh Networks and Flavorpill. READ MORE>>.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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What’s your point of view on next generation video entertainment? (34:30 Initially it was a UGC site that competed with sites like YouTube and Veoh. Why do you think Veoh didn’t succeed? (40:30 He appreciates aggressiveness have been occasional cold phone calls and he believes that is a lost art. 34:30 – 37:00). 37:00-40:30).

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Report: Veoh Assets Go To Qlipso

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The assets of ill-fated online video site Veoh have reportedly been sold to 2Peer Ltd., Qlipso is headed by former Foundation 9 Entertainment co-founder Jon Goldman. Qlipso is headed by former Foundation 9 Entertainment co-founder Jon Goldman. Tags: qlipso 2peer acquisition merger veoh. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Ventures

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Haim's background is in media and the entertainment industry, for several decades. For example, our existing portfolio is content related--Next New Networks, which is in online video, creating content for super distribution on multiple sites like YouTube, Metacafe, AOL Video, Veoh, and others--happens to be a content company.

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Interview with Richard Yen, Saban Capital

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Haim's background is in media and the entertainment industry, for several decades. For example, our existing portfolio is content related--Next New Networks, which is in online video, creating content for super distribution on multiple sites like YouTube, Metacafe, AOL Video, Veoh, and others--happens to be a content company.

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