Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

But the narrative in the press about Al Gore was that he was a smarmy know-it-all. No matter how smart or knowledgable Gore was he couldn’t get a break in the media. Bush had the opposite narrative in the press. Obviously press narratives of people are characterizations that seldom match reality.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. So we did a one-day fall Silicon Beach Fest at io/LA in Hollywood. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? When's the next one?"

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socalTECH

JANUARY 5, 2015

As founder of Digital LA, I run one to two tech events every week bringing together tech, startups, investors, Hollywood, developers designers, and more. We are thankful for continued support from Demand Media, City National Bank, Richardson Patel, Business Wire, Sheppard Mullin, General Assembly, and others. I like events.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 21, 2013

Nick Tran, Social Media Director for Taco Bell said, “The new entertainment for teens is YouTube. These fans have a personal relationship with the stars unlike traditional Hollywood. It’s like a press junket for online with public access. If they are gonna be there we want to be there as well.”.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

A few companies have aggregated all of that free media out there from those marketing materials. Because things are moving toward streaming, and online, we become an interesting funnel to move people along the chain to actually consuming that media. My background was totally in traditional media and studios.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 12, 2009

I really enjoy his blog and I can't wait to mix it up with him some more on the value of Hollywood money / connections. But to the point here, when we were talking about networking events, Mark and the group generally were hard pressed to say what events were worth attending.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 18, 2012

We just knew that we were onto an idea that no one had thought of and we had better be in the press first because, of course, there is a first-mover advantage. ” Clearly, the right time to trumpet your product is when it can live up to the media hype. Getting press is sales. Flip Burgers. Number one is sales.

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socalTECH

MAY 24, 2011

We have done lots of social media campaigns, and we have really collected with the music ecosystem, such as labels, bands, venues, press, management, and street teams. One thing I do see is that many artists are obsessed with social media numbers, figuring out how many fans they have, how many likes, how many comments.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 19, 2011

LA Games Conference – now in its 4th year – features a lively and fun debate on timely cutting-edge business topics, demos as well unrivaled access to some of the most progressive companies in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond. How Do I Win!

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

We are a city unique in merging the world’s best content with digital media and technology expertise. There are now a second generation of entrepreneurs and companies that have learned from their last successes and are producing great new companies like TopSpin Media , Sometrics and GumGum. photo credit to Brian Solis].

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

should have come out early and say, “we lost the search war to Google but we still have a have a great media business and we’re going to focus on that.&# In stead the press story for 2 years was about how they were losing to Facebook and continuing to hemorrhage revenue and people. A note for industry.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The old saying in Hollywood is that “It’s not what you know but whom you know” but the truth is always more deceptive and the tech industry is a lot more susceptible to this notion than you may think. So Troy and Lady Gaga were amongst the earliest artists that turned to social media and tech platforms to break out.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

We jockey to make sure the press release has our names on it. I’m spending a lot of time looking at video production & distribution because I believe this will form a larger basis of the future Internet and I believe that Hollywood & television will face large, disruptive forces. It is slowly becoming Florida Condos.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 12, 2010

Sure, it was held at the modest (though historical) Wadsworth Theater, and, let's face it, the nominees and winners a little one-sided, but it was achieving its goal of elevating web shows to a new status in Hollywood. Though edgy, it was entertaining. Even Lisa Kudrow's rant about the teleprompter seemed planned. It was professional.

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