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FEBRUARY 23, 2015

According to reports from the Hollywood Reporter, Machinima cut 14 percent of its staff on Friday, immediately following the announcement of the new funding round from its backers. investment employment jobs layoff warner capital venture machinima' The company has now raised nearly $100M in funding over its lifetime. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

The removal of Machinima's content from YouTube follows a major layoff and restructuring of Otter Media in December by AT&T. That move resulted in layoffs of employees across Otter Media, the removal of many Machinima creators, and shifting of many contracts to Fullscreen. Machinima had been part of Warner Bros.

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MAY 7, 2009

Los Angeles-based 60Frames , an online entertainment studio developing professionally produced, online content, has reportedly shut down , according to The Hollywood Reporter. Tags: 60frames online entertainment content hollywood studio layoff shutdown. 60Frames had raised $3.5M READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 18, 2018

The Augmented Reality industry has seen some setbacks lately, including layoffs and abandonment of VR content development efforts at Jaunt VR, and a shutdown of the VR enters at IMAX last week. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 15, 2012

News of the layoffs first trickled out via Twitter from many of the firm's former employees. High flying, YouTube network Machinima has laid off 10 percent of its staff, as part of a reorganization, according to reports Friday evening.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

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APRIL 28, 2009

Hollywood-based Buzz Media the venture backed content, media, and community site, has made more cuts , this time at the firm's Idolator blog. Tags: buzz media buzznet employment jobs layoff blog blogging idolator music content. Buzznet bought music blog Idolator in April of last year. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2009

TheWrap --focused on Hollywood and entertainment news-- announced funding from Maveron on Monday. In other funding new, Slacker has apparently raised a bridge financing worth $5M--no comment yet from the firm's investors.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Hollywood-based, music-related blog and content firm Buzznet has reportedly cut employees, according to a report from Digital Music News. According to the publication, citing a representative of the firm, Buzznet has eliminated 10 employees, from a total of 89 staff. This publication has not yet confirmed the cuts with the firm.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Machinima , which had been the poster child for Southern California's multi-channel-network (MCN) boom, has laid off most of its employees and ceased its operations , according to reports. The shutdown comes after a reorganization of the digital properties of AT&T, as well as its Otter Media subsidiary.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

Virtual reality studio and content producer Jaunt --which has a virtual reality content development effort in Los Angeles--said on Monday that it is "winding down" a number of its virtual reality products and content services, and switching its focus to augmented reality.

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OCTOBER 13, 2015

Venice-based Snapchat has shut down its original content efforts, and laid off around 15 people who were working on the Snap Channel, according to Deadline. Snapchat had launched its original content efforts in January, to develop its own original content and music for the service. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Culver City-based Fourth Wall Studios , a developer of interactive content backed by LA billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, has laid off the majority of its staff, and stopped production, according to a report from the LA Times.

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