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D&B Credibility Builds Executive Powerhouse in Malibu

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On a hillside overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, Internet veteran Jeff Stibel has quietly been assembling a powerhouse team of executives, gathered from his experience building companies like Web.com and United Online. The company has since doubled its worldwide staff to more than 500, and grown its Malibu headquarters by five times.

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CurtCo, Founded By Former Robb Report Owner, Launches Podcasting Venture

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Malibu-based CurtCo a new startup founded by a veteran of the magazine business, is taking on the podcasting market, and has launched what it says is a new "podcast platform". READ MORE>>.

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Google Executive Chairman Buys House In LA, Says Report

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The report--from the New York Post--says that Schmidt bought the former Los Angeles estate of Veronique Peck, late wife of Gregory Peck. In the latest Silicon Valley mogul to buy a house in Los Angeles, Google chairman Eric Schmidt has reportedly purchased a $22 million house in Los Angeles in the Holmby Hills.

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Elon Musk Seen Driving Cybertruck Around LA

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Elon Musk has been spotted driving Tesla's new Cybertruck around Los Angeles, including at what appears to be Nobu Malibu as well as on the 405 South. According to reports, Tesla's new Cybertruck does not meet several requirements for legal driving on streets, including lack of rear view mirrors.

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Wildfire Losses In California To Cost $400 Billion, Says Report

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AccuWeather did not say if it is only including the impact from the devastating Camp Fire in Paradise, California and the Woolsey Fire, which hit Calabasas, Oak Park, Thousand Oaks, Malibu, and surrounding areas, or if it tallied up losses for what have been many large wildfires in California this year.

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Dun & Bradstreet Opens Business Credit Data For July After Brexit

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Los Angeles-based Dun & Bradstreet said today that it is making its business credit reports available at no cost, as a result of the big Brexit vote in Britain to exit the European Union. Stibel, aside from leading D&B's online credit report business, is a major angel investor and advisor to local Southern California startups.

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Robb Report's Bill Curtis On Why Podcasting Is The Next Media Frontier

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For today's interview, we spoke to Bill Curtis , the founder of Malibu-based CurtCo Media (www.curtco.com). all the way through to passions like the Robb Report, which was operated by CurtCo for almost two decades. One division goes along the lines of what we did with the Robb Report for two decades, and is focused on luxury.

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