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Steuer was most recently Chief Research Officer at Omnicom Media Group (OMG). The company says Steuer has been in media research and audience-based media planning for nearly two decades. VideoAmp is backed by Raine Group, Ankona Capital, Mediaocean, and RTL Group. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

Check out some of the recent positions posted to socalTECH's Job Board in recent days: Senior PHP Developer , Los Angeles, Oversee.net. Director of Research & Analytics , Santa Monica, Adconion Media Group. Postings are free to premium members of socalTECH! The high tech industry in Southern California is hiring.

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AUGUST 4, 2021

Irvine-based ThoughtWorld, a new market research and social media platform, says it has raised $2M in an angel investment round. The company, led by CEO Robert Ming, says the round gave it a valuation of $10M. The company says it launched the Alpha version of its platform on July 21st.

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OCTOBER 14, 2008

Santa Monica-based ContentNext Media, the parent company of digital media publisher paidContent.org, said this morning that it has hired Lauren Rich Fine, CFA, as Research Director at the firm. ContentNext said that Fine will author research reports and briefing notes on the digital media industry for the firm.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Los Angeles-based media and entertainment research firm MarketCast says it has acquired data science services provider Deductive. According to MarketCast, Deductive--formerly known as Dativa--will help expand its data science services for media and entertainment companies and brands.

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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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JULY 26, 2019

Los Angeles-based MarketCast Group , which provides market research and consumer analytics services to the media, entertainment, sports, and lifestyle industries, has named a new CEO, and shifted its current CEO to Chairman. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Los Angeles-based MarketCast Group , which provides market research and data analytics services, said on Monday that it has acquired Turnkey Intelligence , a sports research and advisory firm headquartered in Philadelphia. Financial details of the buy were not announced.

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MARCH 25, 2021

Los Angeles- and Palo Alto-based MaC Venture Capital has launched a new, $103M seed stage investment fund today, saying it plans to invest in technology startups across the fintech, e-commerce and marketplaces, interactive media, connectivity, enterprise SaaS, space and aerospace, logistics, and other sectors.

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JANUARY 11, 2013

The USC Marshall Institute for Communication Technology Management --which focuses on research in technology, communications and media--said this week that it has hired on a Cisco veteran to head up its strategy, research, and industry relations.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Los Angeles-based market research provider MarketCast said on Monday that it has acquired Fizziology , a software developer focused on social insights and analytics for the media and entertainment industry. Fizziology's software uses social media sites (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Sina Weibo, etc.)

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JANUARY 5, 2009

San Diego-based Brickfish, an online advertising network focused on social media, announced this monring that it has hired Becky Carroll as the firm's Director of Social Media. Carroll has also served at Peppers and Rogers Group, Hewlett Packard, and NASA/Ames Research Center. Mangrove Capital Partners, and OCA Ventures.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Valencia-based Sanguine Biosciences , a startup developing a service around blood sample collection for research and development, said Thursday that it has closed on a seed financing round. Size of the round was not announced. The funding was led by INVENT Ventures and Heliant Ventures. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 6, 2017

The funding came from Newport Beach-based Acacia Research Corporation, along with others. According to Acacia Research, the new funding will go towards delivering "Flippy" the robotic kitchen assistant to the market. Zito was previously at Goto/Overture, Socialvibe/TrueX Media, Cramster, and PayMyBills.com. in a funding round.

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JANUARY 15, 2018

SpaceX successfully returned its Dragon capsule to earth, with around 4,100 pounds of scientific research and hardware on Saturday, after nearly a month parked at the International Space Station. The static fire test window opens at 4pm ET, according to local Florida media. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 14, 2018

Checci was recently Chief Marketing Officer at YP, and also previously had been at Bain & Company, where she had been Principal in Bain's Technology, Media and Telecom practice, where the company said she spent nearly a dozen years. The company recently announced a $60M funding round.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

Hollywood-based social media research company Fizziology said this morning that it has launched a new, U.K. research arm, which will help provide customers with tracking of online conversations in that country.

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JULY 24, 2017

Hulu said Campbell will oversee the company's brand marketing, performance marketing, media, content marketing, creative, entertainment publicity and consumer research teams. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 29, 2014

Los Angeles-based uSamp , the developer of market research products and services, said yesterday that it has named Joe Jordan as its new Vice President, Panel Operations. Jordan was most recently Strategic Account Director, Media & Entertainment, for Networked Insights. He also has served at Troy Research and other companies.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

San Diego-based FLO TV , the subsidiary of Qualcomm providing the FLO TV live mobile TV service, said this week that it has inked a deal with media measurement firm Rentrak to provide comprehensive viewership and advertising impression reporting on its viewers.

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JUNE 6, 2018

Utah-based The VOID , which operates location-based "experience centers" focused on new technology, said this morning that it received a funding round sometime last year which was led by Fidelity Management and Research Company, and also included Qualcomm Ventures, Verizon Ventures, Disney, Cinemark, and Genting Malaysia, plus Shanda International (..)

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JULY 16, 2019

According to the firms, the effort will combine biotechnology entrepreneurship and scientific research experience from Bellco Capital to boost real estate development efforts from Tishman Speyer in a new company, Breakthrough Properties. Bellco's founders previously founded Kite Pharma (acquired by Gilead Sciences in 2017, for $11.9

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MARCH 14, 2017

SoftBank Ventures Korea said the investment came via its SB Next Media Innovation Fund. SoftBank says it will help link ObEn into its global network, to connect with major players in the space domestically and overseas, with the funding also going towards market research and outreach. Size of the investment was not announced.

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APRIL 23, 2019

San Diego-based BlueNalu , a developer of cellular technology being applied to the aquaculture and sustainable seafood industry, said it is expanding in San Diego, with a move to a larger research facility. According to the company, the move will help it on its efforts to commercialize its technology.

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APRIL 24, 2015

Instantly offers up a service which helps brands access market research and sampling. Bourque also has served at Buddy Media, Say Media/Six Apart, Nielsen Online, Catalina Marketing, Rapt, and Jupiter Media Metrix. Bourque had been the CEO of Smartify, the marketing automation and analytics company. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 23, 2016

Newport Beach-based Veritone , which is developing artificial intelligence software used for sentiment analysis for media firms, political campaigns, corporations, and the government, said it has closed on a $50M funding agreement. The funding comes from Acacia Research.

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AUGUST 20, 2009

Last Week, Calabasas-based Masher Media announced it had received a round of angel funding from the Tech Coast Angels to fund its development of MyMiniPeeps (www.myminipeeps.com), a virtual world for children. Tags: entrepreneur startup kids children video videogame game content world virtual myminipeeps media masher gunther sherry.

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JANUARY 20, 2016

Virtual reality hardware and software developer Jaunt --which is backed by The Walt Disney Company, Evolution Media Partners, China Media Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Google Ventures, Redpoint Ventures, Axel Springer, ProSiebenSat.1 READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

How do you get technology developed by researchers deep within a university, and make that visible to to the public? The day ended with live demonstrations of technologies discussed during the event, as well as additional projects under development at USC. USCs Image Courtesy of USC News). READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Los Angeles-based venture capitalk investor Upfront Ventures is expanding its Los Angeles firepower this morning, adding longtime digital media veteran Hamet Watt as a venture partner. Upfront says Watt will focus on startup companies in digital media and health sectors including the quantified self. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 5, 2015

Los Angeles-based movie information and ticketing provider Fandango has booted up a new, research and development group called FandangoLabs , the company said this morning. Fandango said it hopes to release the first products from the FandangoLabs efforts in 2016. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

presidential elections in the summer of 2016, a year before social media companies admitted that those accounts were tied to the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency. New Knowledge said it identified the fake accounts behind the large-scale Russian effort to influence U.S.

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DECEMBER 9, 2014

Los Angeles-based Fuhu , the maker of the popular nabi children''s tablets , is planning a big launch into the streaming movie, music, and media market this week, according to reports. According to research firm NPD, Nabi sold over 1.5 According to Time, Nabi is planning to launch a $4.99 The company is led by Robb Fujioka.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

the automotive electronics arm of Research in Motion. According to QNX, which supplies its operating systems, middleware, development tools, and more to firms such as Cisco, Daimler, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, and Siemens, QNX's automotive platform--the QNX CAR Application Platform--now supports Chumby's rich media Internet content.

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JULY 30, 2019

The two said that the 14-week course will allow students to propose interactive experiences to help the IMVU community, through a series of research assignments, investigative field trips, and workshops. The collaboration also includes an ability for students to test and iterate their design in real-time within IMVU's live platform.

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APRIL 6, 2012

He also has served at Captive Media, Ascent Media Group, and Technicolor Digital Cinema. The center's current projects include a number of 3D content development and research efforts; social media projects; cloud computing; and more.

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OCTOBER 31, 2013

Alcatel-Lucent said its DMS unit develops technology for the areas of advance television, new media, digital advertising, retailing services, and health. As part of the acquisition, NantWorks has opened up a new, research and development center in Haifa, Israel.

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