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Calacanis Drops TechCrunch50 Lawsuit

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Jason Calacanis , the CEO of Santa Monica-based Mahalo.com , and organizer of the recent Launch conference, has dropped his lawsuit against TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington , according to Arrington himself in a news story. Photo: Calacanis and Arrington in happier times, courtesy Techcrunch50-2009 ). READ MORE>>.

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Eight Repeat Entrepreneurs To Watch In SoCal

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Demand Media / Richard Rosenblatt / Los Angeles - Rosenblatt's last big win: MySpace, where he was Chairman, brokering its sale to News Corp. Mahalo / Jason Calacanis - Calacanis, often known better in Silicon Valley than Southern California, had his last success in Weblogs, Inc., which he sold to AOL.

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How to Save MySpace

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Get users immediately into valuable content that engages them in the site: featured video, music, news; video, popular trending items in my network. Work with the studios to have premium Hulu-ish content prominently branded and for sale. Local News Online & More Valuable User Generated Content.