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Demand Media Buys Saatchi Art, Appoints Sean Moriarty As CEO

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Santa MOnica-based Demand Media made a surprise move this morning, saying it has appointed former Ticketmaster CEO Sean Moriarty as its new CEO--and also acquiring Moriarty''s startup, Saatchi Art. According to Demand Media, it paid $17M for Saatchi Art, in a mix of cash and stock, in a deal which will add revenues of $0.5M

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MarketShare, Ticketmaster Partner On Pricing Tools

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Los Angeles-based MarketShare , a provider of marketing analytics software, and Ticketmaster , the ticketing firm, said Monday that they have partnered. The companies said they expect to offer the products this year, via LiveAnalytics, a newly launched Ticketmaster company focused on developing rich-data analytics products.

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Demand Media Shuffles Execs

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Santa Monica-based Demand Media has had another shuffle in its executive ranks, saying late Thursday that it has named Brian Pike, currently its Chief Technology Officer, to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Pike had joined Demand Media in November of 2014 from Rubicon Project, where he also served as CTO. READ MORE>>.

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Moriarty Joins Triton Media Group Board

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Sean Moriarty , formerly the CEO of Ticketmaster, and currently Entrepreneur in Residence for venture capital firm Mayfield Fund, has joined the board of Los Angeles-based Triton Media Group. Triton Media Group said Moriarty will serve as non-executive Chairman of its board.

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Buzz Media Names Citron President

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Los Angeles-based Buzz Media , which operates a network of online media sites focused on celebrities and music, disclosed this morning that it has tapped former TMZ general manager Alan Citron as its new President. According to Buzz Media, Citron will oversee programming, marketing, engineering, and product development at the firm.

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Samsung Looks To Hollywood For Mobile Revenues, Says Report

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Pleasants--who has served at Walt Disney managing its mobile and gaming services, and also had been CEO of Ticketmaster--apparently joined Samsung in June as Executive Vice President of Media Solutions.

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SoCal's Cloud Dreams Surface At OpenStack Summit

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Among the area companies showing their interest in the cloud are Dreamhost , the ISP and cloud services firm, which announced its DreamCompute service Monday; Media Temple , the ISP and hosting services company headed by Demian Sellfors, with its own cloud service; Morphlabs , the cloud deployment software firm run by open source startup master Winston (..)