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JUNE 29, 2011

Santa Monica-based Demand Media , the online publishing empire run by Richard Rosenblatt, has inked a partnership with outdoor retailer REI. Trails.com is Demand Media's online adventure site, providing trail guides, topographic maps, articles, and other outdoors-related content. The companies announced the deal today.

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APRIL 23, 2013

The world of media is in the midst of a major transition, where radio and television are no longer the powers they used to be--and there''s a clear shift towards some unknown future online. Unfortunately for the rest of media, it''s also allowed us to be honest with our audience, which they are not doing much at all. Just do it.

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JUNE 29, 2018

In a move designed to attract more customers from the media and entertainment industry, Google said this week that it will be opening up a new Los Angeles cloud region to its cloud computing platform, Google Cloud. according to Google , it is specifically targeting the media and entertainment companies in Los Angeles with the new service.

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MAY 21, 2019

Venice-based social media app developer Snap said late Monday that it has named a new Chief Financial Officer and Chief People Officer, in a shuffling of its executive staff. Anderson has been at Snap since July of 2018, and previously served at Amazon.com and Fox Interactive Media.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has launched a brand new, craft-focused channel on its how-to site, eHow , featuring resources and information on all kinds of arts and crafts. ehow crafts channel resources video instruction learning creativebug instrucitons tutorials' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 12, 2016

Santa Barbara-based enterprise resource planning software developer QAD says this morning that it has signed up a new customer in the UK, Snell Advanced Media (SAM), to manage its business processes company-wide. Financial impact of the win was not announced. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Disney has traditionally maintained its own computing and storage resources in-house. Microsoft and Disney said that part of the Azure effort is being enabled by video editing tools provider Avid; the companies said they had already been producing several essential media workflows through Avid in the cloud. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Los Angeles-based Internet services and publishing giant j2 Global has acquired two companies, saying this morning that it acquired Ekahau , a company in the digital media space, and Castle Connolly , a company in the digital media and healthcare industry.

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APRIL 24, 2015

In the world of sports, getting high school sports scores have always been an issue for local media, such as newspapers and television stations. The next thing was our exit partners on my prior firms had all been media companies, and I had worked with those media companies for many years, and know how they work.

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APRIL 24, 2015

In the world of sports, getting high school sports scores have always been an issue for local media, such as newspapers and television stations. The next thing was our exit partners on my prior firms had all been media companies, and I had worked with those media companies for many years, and know how they work.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Musk reportedly has ordered existing employees to work more than 84 hours per week as he looks to reshape the social media service. The move comes even as Musk told his employees at Twitter they must commit to "working long hours at high intensity".

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AUGUST 9, 2018

Irvine-based property and insurance information provider CoreLogic announced this morning that it is launching a new resource, HazardIQ , to provide better information on the risks that natural catastrophes pose to properties across the country.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2016

The program, which is run in Burbank, includes both early and venture-backed startups in the area of media and entertainment. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Burbank-based Disney said this morning that it has acquired Babble Media, Inc. , Disney said that Babble will become part of the Disney Interactive Media Group, and provide an online resource for moms and fmailies. an online site features over 200 "mom bloggers". Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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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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JULY 24, 2014

According to RealD, Yang will head up both the company''s Legal and Human Resources departments. Yang was previously SVP and GEneral Counsel for CityGrid Media, and also served at Time Warner, eCompanies Wireless, Sony Pictures, and Latham & Watkins. RealD is a developer of 3D movie projection equipment and technology.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Los Angeles-based Break Media said it has produced a number of original videos and editorial content in support of the charity; Huntington Beach-based free web conferencing service AnyMeeting said it is running a contest to see who can grow the best mustache; and LIVESTRONG , the online health site run by Demand Media, is working with Movember to provide (..)

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MARCH 7, 2014

Disney is inviting a select number of founders and entrepreneurs, who have interests in the media and entertainment space, to visit with its team at those locations.

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AUGUST 12, 2014

has figured out one way -- which is to run a startup accelerator, Warner Media Camp (www.mediacamp.com)--which pulls a class of startups into the company for an intense, twelve week program every year, and helps those companies tap into the resources of the studio. For those not familiar with s Warner Media Camp, what is it all about?

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MAY 29, 2018

International Space University, and Planetary Resources. Jeffrey was previously Chief Product Officer at TargetClose, and as a for-hire CTO and Chief Product Officer, had such clients as ThisNext/Glossi, Blurb, MAKER Media, SkyZONE, and many other local startups.

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JULY 16, 2012

With the proliferation of social media, how do you--as a brand--manage all of those various websites, content, and media? The firm already has seed funding from such investors as Kelly Perdew, Sugarmaker Media, and support from talent agency ICM Partners. Gocke told us more about the company and what it's doing. What is Fliptu?

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MARCH 17, 2011

The firm, headed by Adam Miller, develops software-as-a-service for human resources and talent management. The firm is just the latest in a string of well received IPOs in Southern California, including Demand Media, RealD, Inphi Corp., after its IPO debut a $13.00 Cornerstone is trading on the NASDAQ Global Market as CSOD.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Tragos is a veteran of technology industry here, having come from Spin Media (formerly, Buzznet) with his two other co-founders. At Spin Media, we tried to do that ourselves, but that really sucked up product and development resources, who really should have been working on building the user experience, rather than ads.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2011

Start Engine, started by Activision co-founder Howard Marks and investor Paul Kessler, said today that it is looking to provide mentorship, funding, and other resources to startups in the area, starting with a first class in January.

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OCTOBER 9, 2015

The Disney Accelerator takes ten, startup companies, and pairs them with mentors from The Walt Disney Company and elsewhere, to provide technical assistance, guidance, business advice, and other resources--and also helps those company link up with internal Disney resources that might help those companies succeed.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

Hydra said the new site will provide information and resources for those students, including a directory of schools and information on schools that might interest them. Tags: hydra media advertising education mydegreefinder. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 24, 2012

The startup--headed by serial entrepreneur Rudy DeFelice--helps kids to start their company, figure out the goods or services they want to offer, collect payment, and arms them with social media and email tools, free business cards, and other resources.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Chuka Ikokwu: We focus on both the media and technology industry, and we don't just focus on engineering. We're in a raise now to scale and make some quick improvements, and enable us to grow the platform without having resource constraints. Our technology has to grow fairly quickly, and in part that is a resource constraint.

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OCTOBER 4, 2010

Burbank-based Walt Disney said this weekend that it has promoted John Pleasants, the former CEO of Playdom , as co-President of its Disney Interactive Media Group , along with James Pitaro, most recently of Yahoo! Pitaro will oversee Disney Online, which runs's Disney's branded web and social media sites. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

We are hoping to continue to discover amazing entrepreneurs, give them resources and strategic guidance, and watch them take off. Scott advises clients across a number of industries, including software, technology, digital media, interactive entertainment and video games, cyber security and life sciences. It is incredibly exciting!

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DECEMBER 17, 2012

Entangled Media , one of the startups out of the current class at MuckerLab , has developed Younity (www.getyounity.com), a service which hopes to do just that--make your files available from anywhere. We use AWS too, and those companies are able to use resources created for cloud storage and processing.

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MAY 3, 2010

and also was President and CEO of ComScore Media Metrix. Daboll also has served at MarketTools, Advertising.com, MediaPlan, Information Resources Inc. Daboll was most recently CEO of Bunchball, a firm developing consumer incentive and reward systems for brands and websites. He also had served at Chief of Insights at Yahoo!,

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I also learned about this amazing resource in Chicago called BuiltInChicago which I intend to use for my trip there in November. It also has a built-in advantage in telling the world how awesome it’s doing – it’s the center of the media world. Seattle has GeekWire , LA has SoCalTech and so on. Maker Studios.

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MAY 28, 2009

Aliso Viejo-based Memeo , which operates an online media backup service, said this week that it has named George Northup as the firm's new President. Northup joins from AuctionDrop, and has also served at LiveCapital, Online Resources Corporation, Intellicall, and SMS Data Products Group.

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DECEMBER 26, 2019

Dynamic entrepreneurs attract talent and outside capital, both vital resources to every startup. Prior to starting Crosscut, Brett was a serial entrepreneur who built, operated, and sold a number of internet media companies including Myspace.com. Brett Brewer is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at Crosscut Ventures.

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MARCH 21, 2012

Bricault was the founder of The Mailroom Fund, which was focused on early stage investments in Southern California digital media, and prior to that spent significant time at William Morris Agency. whereas in Los Angeles, there's sort of a paucity of those kinds of resources. That's all obviously relevant to the LA ecosystem.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

Los Angeles-based mobileStorm has bolstered its engineering resources, saying today that it has named David Pedowitz as the firm's new Director of Engineering and Principal Architect. Pedowitz joins the firm from Fox Interactive Media, where he headed up re-architecture and re-engineering of the MySpace MyAds platform.

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