L.A. Business Journal

AUGUST 3, 2018

Warner Music buys Uproxx Media; SpaceX sets deadline for NASA launch; Hyperloop Technologies in consideration for Cupertino line

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JULY 23, 2013

Online publisher Resignation Media , the publisher of the humor site TheChive is leaving Los Angeles, and is moving its operations to Austin, according to a report Tuesday. Rick Perry recently touring Southern California--and not a small number of its technology startups--trying to convince them to move away. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 1, 2013

Los Angeles-based Triton Digital , which develosp technology for digital audio advertising and publishing, reported a win with Varick Media Management, a provider of programmatic streaming audio ads. advertising audio streaming management media varick digital triton' READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 15, 2013

Ross Levinsohn , the former head of Yahoo and Fox Interactive Media, has just been appointed CEO of Guggenheim Digital Media , the parent firm of The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Adweek, and other entertainment focused properties.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In more continuing turmoil at Twitter, new owner Elon Musk is reportedly ending the ability to work remotely at the social media company, and is demanding employees put in "at least" 40 hours in person at the office each week. The report--from Bloomberg--said that the new rules kick in immediately.

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MAY 10, 2021

The former CEO of a Southern California communications services company has plead guilty to charges that he fraudulently obtained $5 million in bank loans from one of Southern California's big startup and technology banks. Lewis was the CEO of Blue Wave Media. According to the U.S. Lewis now faces up to 30 years in federal prison.

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JUNE 30, 2009

A report released Tuesday afternoon by publisher Greentech Media says that green technology investments hits $1.2 According to the report, there were 85 deals in Q2 versus 59 deals in Q1. Tags: greentech media green technology energy venture capital. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? In a classic book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Where are the young social media users going? When the glass is only.04%

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JUNE 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based web hosting and cloud services firm Media Temple has tapped two technology vets as President and COO, and Chief Technology Officer, the company announced this morning. Redder reports to CEO Demian Sellfors. The firm said it has named Russell P. Reeder as its President and COO, and Albert Lopez as CTO.

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TechEmpower

JULY 24, 2023

Do you have a custom algorithm or other technology? Do you need to process user-contributed media? What about reporting and moderation? Reporting What needs to be reported? Reporting can be endless! What are some sites or companies in the same space? How will you differentiate from these? will you leverage?

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AUGUST 27, 2014

The surge of technology, advertising, and media companies flocking to Silicon Beach has meant a huge win for real estate investors, particularly in Playa Vista, according to a report today. real estate investment playa vista west angeles realestate technology media growth jobs' READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

A new report released today tallies up $7.7 The report--compiled by Ocean Road Partners--included both venture-backed and self-financed information technology companies. Green Dot's backers included Sequoia Capital, Total Technology Ventures, and the Tech Coast Angels. billion in liquidity was generated in the sector.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 26, 2022

The cuts, which amount to around one-third of Glossier’s corporate workforce, will primarily impact the company’s technology team. “[W]e W]e are shifting our technology strategy to leverage external partners for parts of our platform that we’re currently maintaining internally,” Weiss wrote in the email announcing the layoffs to staff.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2022

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? In a classic book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Where are the young social media users going? When the glass is only.04%

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OCTOBER 21, 2014

What''s unique about it, it is stream live social media, and actually puts that social media content on the display right in front of you. Nanxi Liu: In 2010, an industry report came out that predicted that digital signage was going to be a $4 billion market in 2014. We''ve now grown to thirty five people in our LA headquarters.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Although I’m not an aficionado of checklists in general, I really appreciate one he has included for keeping up with the latest technological trends that are reshaping business strategies, which should be the driver for startups to fill in the gaps. Social Media. Are you driving the technology, or is it driving you?

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MAY 17, 2011

A report today from Greentech Media says that Pasadena-based Idealab 's sale of portfolio firm RayTracker was worth $44.8M. in funding in RayTracker a developer of solar tracking technology. Idealab, Quercus Trust, and Phoenix Fire had invested $3.5M RayTracker was a spinout of Idealab's Energy Innovations.

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MARCH 27, 2014

A number of Southern California angel investors, and one of its venture firms, have scored an exit over at social media influence measurement startup Klout , as the San Francsco company said Thursday that it is being acquired by Lithium Technologies. The deal is reportedly worth $200M. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Santa Monica-based TV Time , a developer of an app which lets users report information about their engagement with TVs and movies, has acquired New York City-based Mediamorph , according to the two companies. TV Time is led by longtime Southern California technology veteran Richard Rosenblatt.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

A new report today released by PwC finds that the market for initial public offerings (IPOs) has jumped significantly in 2010, with volumes exceeding both 2008 and 2009 levels. PwC did not detail specific IPOs, however, Southern California's technology industry has seen its own share of IPOs this year, including RealD, Inphi, and Green Dot.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Live Shopping is an integral part of the “social commerce” phenomenon – a general term for ecommerce experiences within which customers don’t even have to leave social media platforms to buy items – but other tech companies like Meta, as well as TikTok, have struggled with it in the US and Europe so far. A Mountain to Climb.

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JULY 5, 2012

A report Thursday says that Hulu 's Jason Kilar , and interim Yahoo chief Ross Levinsohn are considered the top prospects for a permanent replacement for troubled Internet portal Yahoo. Regardless of who does gain the CEO post, it's clear that they will have quite a job cut out for them to reverse the ailing fortunes of Yahoo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Technology is so key to every business these days that experienced business-smart but non-tech entrepreneurs are feeling deeper and deeper in the hole. Startups succeed most often when the founding partners know how to build and run a business, rather than how to build and run technology.

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AUGUST 16, 2016

Los Angeles-based broadcaster and media company Univision has reportedly won the deal for bankrupt online publisher Gawker , and will pay $135M for the company, according to reports on Tuesday afternoon. READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Statistical models, simulations, social media outreach, and the capacity to analyze big data sets—you’d think by now that technology would have delivered election forecasts that more reliably predicted Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential race. There were exceptions.

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Technology News USC Social Media 91

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2013

Isn’t it frustrating to think you understand something new in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? Jim should know, since he is the president Ignite Social Media , of one of the best known social media marketing agencies.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

The company--which owns such brands as IGN, Mashable, Humble Bundle, Speedtest, PCMag, Offers.com, Everyday Health and What To Expect, plus eFax, eVoice, Campaigner, Vipre, KeepItSafe and Livedrive--reported a 5.4 percent increase in its revenues between Q2 of 2017 and Q2 of 2018 in its quarterly results on Thursday afternoon.

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TechCrunch LA

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Jason Rowley is a venture capital and technology reporter for Crunchbase News. We’ve called these nine and 10-figure deals, which shine brightly in the media and are hefty enough to bend the curve of VC fund sizes upwards, “ supergiants ” after their stellar counterparts. Jason Rowley. Contributor. Although U.S.-based

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2015

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? In a recent book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Where are the young social media users going? When the glass is only.04%

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

Swadia was most recently CEO of White Ops, a company in the digital advertising fraud prevention area, and according to The Trade Desk, has more than 20 years of experience in the technology and media industry. Swadia reports to The Trade Desk's founder and CEO, Jeff Green.

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TechCrunch LA

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The Facebook parent-company saw its stock price get bludgeoned after a bad earnings report showcased that Apple’s ad-blocking changes are shaving billions off its books and the company’s crown jewel — the Facebook platform — has stopped growing and actually shrank this quarter. Image Credits: Facebook. the big thing.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2013

As we reported earlier, Built in L.A., has been datamining and tracking all the local startup action and has released the “2012 Los Angeles Digital Startup Report.”. 2012 was another record-setting year for digital technology companies in Los Angeles,” said Tony Pritzker, Partner, The Pritzker Group and Built In L.A Built In L.A

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2023

Use your favorite search engine and keywords describing your solution to find online sales reports, trade association statistics, and online newsletters with the latest statistics. Pay particular attention to the titles discussing the latest issues having big opportunities, like alternative energy, global warming, and technology trends.

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OCTOBER 14, 2010

Venture capital investments in Southern California in Q3 totaled to $464.18M, according to the latest numbers released by the PricewaterhouseCoopers/NVCA Money Tree Report this evening, based on data from Thomson Reuters. raised, and Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies , a. Nationwide, there was $4.8 in funding.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Isn’t it frustrating to think you finally understand something in business, like marketing with social media, only to realize that the landscape changed while you were looking at other priorities? In a classic book on social media by Jim Tobin, “ Earn It. Where are the young social media users going? When the glass is only.04%

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

According to local media reports, the accident was ultimately blamed on the human driving the semi truck. The NAVYA Arma shuttle bus, run by French company Keolis, apparently smashed into a semi truck pulling out of alley shortly after it started making its rounds about Vegas. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2021

It works best through effective use of social media, mobile apps, societal initiatives, becoming an influencer, and providing a modern easily-found web site with credible customer-focused content. According to relevant reports , 93 percent of online experiences start with a search engine. Don’t just monitor – engage customers.

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Customer Custom Marketing Social Media 172