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Fandango: Best Year Ever

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Los Angeles-based Fandango , the online and mobile movie ticketing service which is a unit of NBCUniversal, said today that its 2012 was its "best year in company history". The company said it had a 12-year record high in ticket sales, web and mobile traffic, and app downloads. Fandango is run by Paul Yanover.

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Fandango: Mobile Drives Best Summer, Ever

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Mobile consumers drove what Los Angeles-based movie ticketing and information site Fandango says is its best summer in its history today, as mobile purchases drove a 26 percent year-to-year increase in ticket sales on the service. The company reports that it saw more than 26 million downloads of its various mobile apps.

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Fandango Sets Another Ticketing Record With The Avengers

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Los Angeles-based movie site Fandango reports that it hit another ticketing record this weekend, after the debut of The Avengers. Fandango said it set a new record for the most tickets sold for any opening weekend in the company's 12-year history, surpassing its recent record breaking opening of The Hunger Games. READ MORE>>.

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Swagbucks Hits $200M In Cash Back, Gift Cards To Members

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El Segundo-based online rewards site Swagbucks --which is owned by Prodege, the company run by Chuck Davis, the former CEO of Fandango and Shopzilla--said today that it has now paid out more than $200M in cash and gift cards to its members. Prodege also operates such sites as MyPoints.com and ShopAtHome.com. READ MORE>>.

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Swagbucks Hits $50M In Revenues, Expands Executive Team

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Los Angeles-based Prodege , the company which runs the Swagbucks rewards site, reported today that the firm passed $50M in revenue in 2013, is profitable, and has expanded its executive team to include a new Executive Chairman, Chuck Davis, the former CEO of Shopzilla and Fandango; a new CFO, Brad Kates; and a new CTO, Shane O''Neill.

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Swagbucks Raises $60M, Sets Davis As CEO

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Los Angeles-based Swagbucks , the web-based rewards and offers site, said this morning that it has raised $60M in funding--the company''s first, external capital round--and also appointed Chuck Davis as CEO of the company. Davis was Chairman and CEO of Fandango, and is also an early investor in Swagbucks.

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DocStoc Links With New HP Printers

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Santa Monica-based DocStoc , the online professional document sharing and marketplace startup headed by Jason Nazar, is one of the web services features on HP's new line of web-enabled printers. No other details on the new printer app from DocStoc were detailed by HP. READ MORE>>.

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