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DECEMBER 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media Corp , which operates such sites as CraveOnline, totallyher Media, GameRevolution, and LiveOutdoors, said today that it has launched a new online advertising product. The company said its INgage product semantically maps site content and helps online advertisers reach site visitors. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Los Angeles is looking to prove it is a center of the social media universe next week, with a roster of events for Social Media Week Los Angeles. According to local event organizers, the Los Angeles Social Media Week events--75 in all--are expected to have well more than the 4,000 who participated last year.

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MAY 12, 2017

Earlier this week, Los Angeles-based Donut Media (www.donut.media) announced a seed funding round, for its efforts to create a online, video-focused brand centered around car enthusiasts. Donut Media is venture backed by Techstars Ventures, 3311 Ventures, Fontinalis Partners and professional driver Ryan Tuerck. What is Donut Media?

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JUNE 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based Jukin Media (www.jukinmedia.com) thinks it has figured that out, and instead of trying to create viral videos, has been buying up the rights to those videos--before they really go viral--to create not just a one-hit, viral video wonder, but a sustainable business. What is Jukin Media?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

According to the New York Times, the workers are "most likely protected under the National Labor Relations Act, which gives them the right to self-organize and band together for collective bargaining" and "mutual aid and protection."

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JUNE 19, 2013

Overall, the event organizers say there are 150 speakers participating in over 30 panels. Disclaimer: socalTECH is a media sponsor of Silicon Beach Fest). The festival even includes a number of beach events on Saturday. READ MORE>>. silicon beach fest siliconbeach conference event week startup technology entertainment content'

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Orange-based Apace Systems , a developer of media storage systems focused on the broadcast market, said this morning that it has rolled out a new product targeted at serving up video for business organizations. Tags: apache media serving youtube utube video storage data.

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JANUARY 5, 2011

Access 360 Media , a New York-based digital advertising firm with operations in Los Angeles, said Wednesday that it has raised $12M more in a Series C funding round. The firm said the funding will go towards acquisitions, new hires, and organic growth. Access 360 provides out-of-home advertising on kiosks and screens at retailers.

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JUNE 10, 2013

Organizers of the conference (disclaimer: socalTECH is a media sponsor), which runs from June 19-22nd, said today that the keynote speakers for the event will include Mark Suster of GRP Partners, and Neil Galan of Galan Entertainment.

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APRIL 28, 2010

Los Angeles-based Digital Media Wire , the entertainment and technology conference organizer, said today that it has added Peter Levin, founder of GeekChicDaily, to its advisory board. Digital Media Wire is run by Ned Sherman. Digital Media Wire said Levin will help advise the firm on new business initiatives.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

In his post, he mentions the following events / event organizers, and you should visit his post for a bit more on each of them. And here's where you can find more events: SoCalTech Calendar – A great aggregation of events around Southern California that has been pulled together for years by Ben Kuo.

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JULY 30, 2021

Powers also previously served at General Manager of Vantage Media, where the company said she ran the Education division of the business, as well as building the company-wide Customer Success organization. Powers was most recently SVP, Business Operations at TeleSign.

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APRIL 30, 2013

However, Mobigirl Media (www.mobigirlmedia.com), a new mobile advertising network, is looking to change that by specifically creating an ad network focused on girls. Jennifer Noonan: Mobigirl Media is the only mobile ad network targeting girls. The organization that oversees children''s protection and privacy. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

The newly combined companies will operate under a new umbrella organization, Whip Media Group. Rosenblatt was previously CEO of Demand Media, and also had been Chairman of MySpace. Whip Media originally got its start as WhipClip, an app which had allowed users to share their favorite TV clips.

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DECEMBER 9, 2013

The award recognizes a person whose leadership, technical innovation, business acumen and community involvement have made a significant impact on Southern California’s digital media community. Digital Family Reunion has officially partnered with Ben Kuo and SoCalTech to acknowledge the next generation of true technology influencers.

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APRIL 22, 2009

Demand Media , the well funded online media firm run by former MySpace chairman Richard Rosenblatt, has a new solution to the recent doom, gloom, and stress brought on by the economy: a new iPhone app it is calling " The Daily Puppy." Tags: content application wireless mobile apple iphone puppy media demand. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Evvnt develops a software platform which helps event organizers manage and promote events across event listing sites, calendars, directories, ticketing, social networks and search engines. newspapers earlier this year, including TBC Media, Trib Total Media and Sun Coast Media Group.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Los Angeles-based BeautCon , which organizes conferences and runs a website focused on beauty and fashion as it intersects with online media, has raised $5M in a seed funding round. beautycon conference fashion beauty online media seed funding venture capital' READ MORE>>. The funding came from Hearst Corp., READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 3, 2019

Thousand Oaks- and Shanghai-based Thousand Oaks Biopharmaceuticals , a new contract manufacturing organization fort he biotech industry, said it has received $45M in a Series A financing round. The funding came from New Alliance Capital, plus ADDOR Capital, Tenyall & Sumin, Broadhi Capital, QianRong, Ji Lin Ao Dong, and Bluebay Capital.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

TicketSauce sells its software to media organizations, associations, and event organizers. The company said the funding goes towards sales and marketing. TicketSace is led by Travis Fisher, who serves as President and CEO of the company. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 6, 2014

hashitit hashtag search engine tool searching social media twitter instagram facebook pinterest' The company said it was founded by Laurie Paolone, who was formerly the CIO of MagnaFlow. HashItIt.com''s website creates Pinterest-like results pages which pull content from across all or just one of those social services. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

NBCUniversal and Comcast is planning a technology hackathon this weekend in Universal City, in hopes of tapping local technology innovators to apply their technology know-how to the media business. software hollywood media tech city universal hackathon technology comcast nbcuniversal' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 24, 2012

Los Angeles-based Gobbler , an online media storage service focused on media creators, has raised $7.5M Gobbler provides services to back up, organize, and transfer media files like music and video. Gobbler provides services to back up, organize, and transfer media files like music and video. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Organizers of the annual Siemer Silicon Beach Summit said this week that they''ve created a new prize, worth $160,000, which it will award to a startup, in a combination of cash and services.

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MARCH 16, 2011

Santa Monica-based eHow , the online question and answer site owned by Demand Media, has revealed a new site redesign today, saying it has launched a new look-and-feel plus additional site enhancements. eHow said the new organization makes the site more useful to advertisers. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 30, 2016

Silicon Valley Bank is big supporter and has been a sponsor of socaltech for many, many years. Other examples include media tech companies ZEFR and GumGum � both having record years and positioned extremely well for continued growth in 2017. Here, we have the thoughts of Rob Freelen of Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Vision Esports said its funding round was led by Evolution Media (backed by the Creative Artists Agency, CAA) and TPG Growth, and also included a number of organizations and athletes from the professional sports field, including Odell Beckham Jr., the New York Yankees, the St.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

According to the two, Covario has over 140 professionals offering up paid and organic search, social media, and content marketing services to brands and direct marketing clients. UK-based Dentsu Aegis Network said that the acquisition will help build out its organization on the West Coast.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

Coloft , the co-working space in Santa Monica, said Wednesday that it has launched its own series of seminars aimed at startups, ranging from help on social media, to business development, to pitching investors.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2016

The funding came from Evolution Media Partners and Taylor Fresh Foods. Nomva was founded by Caroline Beckman and Nina Church, and sells a blend of organic, probiotic, dairy free fruit snacks. Santa Monica-based food startup Nomva (Phenomenal Foods LLC) said last week that it has raised $3M in a Series A funding.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Our mission is to organize all of the world''s real time location information. You can press a button, and it scans the social media chatter and organizes highlights aroundyou, of relevant conversations around a particular location and particular time. What is Tilofy about? My degree is from USC in big data.

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MARCH 13, 2013

The firm said the latest version of its platform is aimed at brands, retailers, media companies, and trade associations, to help them scale their content efforts across digital channels. PublishThis , the Los Angeles startup headed by Matt Kumin, has enhanced the firm's online, content marketing and curation management tool.

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MARCH 19, 2013

Quanstrom joins the company from Sorenson Media, where he was Chief Operating Officer. Nimble, which is headed by Jon Ferrara, the former founder of Goldmine, is developing a relationship management software product which helps users organize and update their contacts, including email, social communications, and more.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

According to OpenX, it has appointed Fuelling to the post of Chief Financial Officer, to oversee the company''s accounting, financial planning and analysis, and talent and organization functions.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Zucker will join a new venture cpaital firm, OCV, which is being organized by j2's Chairman of the Board, Richard Ressler. Shah was previously CEO of Ziff Davis, LLC, the digital media arm of j2 Global, and had been there for five years. According to j2 Global, Shah will take over the CEO role from Zucker on January 1st, 2018.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

(Editor's note, TuesdayNights is running its Impact Conference in Santa Monica on Friday, where we are a Media Partner) Photo: Left, Melinda Moore and Right, Justine Lassoff. We actually started the organization in 2013. Justin Lassoff: Part of our organization is we have founding advisors. What is TuesdayNights?

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MARCH 27, 2012

Ehrlich was formerly Executive Director at Attention, and also is well known for her role working with the Social Media Club and other tech organizations in Los Angeles. The company, which is headed by James Citron, said today that it has hired Serena Ehrlich as Director of Marketing, and Anthony Ward as Director of Sales for the firm.

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