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Warner Media Camp Graduates Second Class

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What do you get when you combine a technology investment demo day with a Hollywood-style story pitch session? It might look a little like Demo Day for Warner Media Camp , the startup incubator program being run out of Los Angeles by Turner/Warner Bros. at the intersection of technology and media. READ MORE>>.

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UTA Targets Early Stage Investments With New Hire

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The United Talent Agency is ramping up its outreach to early stage, digital media companies, with a new hire from the Los Angeles technology industry. united talent agency hollywood content venture capital investment betterworks docstoc' READ MORE>>.

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How ZEFR Is Helping Hollywood And Brands Understand YouTube

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We had gone out to all of the Hollywood studios, and licensed clip content, short segments of filmed. But, what that really did, is it allowed us to use that network to incubate the software we are building now for YouTube. Tell us a little bit more about where ZEFR''s main focus is nowadays? Plus, they''ve invested in Los Angeles.

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NewTV Names Silicon Valley Veteran Meg Whitman As CEO

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Los Angeles-based NewTV , a brand new mobile media startup being incubated by Jeffrey Katzenberg's WndrCo , announced on Wednesday that it has named Meg Whitman as its CEO. Whitman--most recently, the CEO of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)--will relocate to Los Angeles as part of the appointment.

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Why Warner Bros. Is Tapping Into The World Of Technology Startups

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If you''re a large, Hollywood studio, how do you tap into the energy and ideas of the startup community? to hear about how the program is both helping the studio tap into the energy and ideas of the startup community, as well as helping those startups find new customers in the media and entertainment business. Warner Bros. READ MORE>>.

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What Mattered in 2012: Aber Whitcomb, io/LA

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Aber Whitcomb is a partner at startup co-working and incubation community io/LA , CTO of SGN , and former co-founder and CTO of MySpace. At io/LA we launched a new 8000 sq/ft co-work and incubator space in Hollywood. Media and Entertainment has seen more barriers to entry being broken down.

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Mike Jones Echoes Hollywood | If You Build It, They Will Come

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He’s had multiple exits and also advises private startups (his company Userplane sold to AOL for nearly $40 million and Tsavo Media drew a cool $75 million from Cyberplex ). Mike Jones may be known for his most recent role as CEO of MySpace , but this Internet entrepreneur is no stranger to the startup world.

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