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Amazon.com Takes On the Movie Business

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screenwriter and chair, Writing Division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts ("Top Gun"); Mark Gill, former President of Miramax and Warner Independent Pictures; screenwriter Mike Werb ("Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" and "Curious George"); and Michael Taylor, producer and chair, Production Division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

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Interview with Noah Auerhahn, Extrabux

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Noah Auerhahn: We got started right out of USC. The site started as a concept that Jeff Nobbs, my co-founder, and myself developed while we were operating a cash-back and coupon website while we were attending USC. Noah Auerhahn: We just had too much free time at USC. How did the company start?

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Interview with Tom Grasty, Stroome

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Last week, Los Angeles-based Stroome (www.stroome.com), a new startup originally spawned out of a project at the USC Annenberg School of Communications, won $200,000 in the 2010 Knight News Challenge. Tom Grasty: Essentially, we started off as a graduate school project at USC. A few months later, we won the USC New Venture Competition.

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Moving Analytics | Sitting Kills, Moving Heals

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While we have become more productive as a society, with the advent of computers aiding our work, physical inactivity has become a high risk factor in contributing to chronic illnesses. It is built out of 5 years of research at USC. This was run out of USC? It could be a lot worse than just comfort.

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Learning The Ropes Of Internet Video With Michael Tringe and CreatorUp

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An example is Melissa Rundle, who was been writing for the industry doing FunnyOrDie type comedies. Michael Tringe: I went to USC film school, and graduated with a MFA in film production. I started writing, doing production, and wrote a winning student short, and also worked at Creative Artist in film distribution and sales.

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CreatorUp Links You With Top Filmakers & YouTube Creators To Make Awesome Web Series

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Aspiring creators learn by connecting with top web filmmakers and YouTubers on a topics specific to the web: developing a web series, producing web series, writing for genres like comedy & sci-fi, directing, editing, camera, Kickstarter funding, show hosting, distribution, and marketing. Who are its founders? What inspired you?

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Interview with Sunil Rajaraman, Scripped

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to the business of script writing, and is looking to combine a free online tool for writing scripts with matching those scripts with content producers. Zak went to the Peter Stark Program at the USC Film School, which is a very prestigious program. Are you targeting Hollywood and existing script writing software?

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