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MARCH 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online media venture of Richard Rosenblatt, has apparently scored a high profile executive from Yahoo, according to reports. According to AllThingsD, Joanne Bradford, most recently Yahoo's SVP of U.S. Tags: bradford joanne yahoo executive media demand. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 6, 2012

Los Angeles-based Hulu has one word for Yahoo : hands off our CEO! According to a Hulu spokesperson, as reported, its CEO, Jason Kilar, has been a focus of Yahoo's CEO search committee. The spokesperson told socalTECH that Kilar has "graciously declined to be considered." READ MORE>>.

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JULY 30, 2012

Yahoo , which finally has a new CEO, former Googler Marissa Mayer, has brought back one of the most cherished startup institutions: free lunch, at least in Sunnyvale, according to AllthingsD. In the article, AllThingsD said that Ross Levinsohn, who had been serving as interim CEO at Yahoo, is apparently planning to leave the company.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The new owner of former Los Angeles startup Tsavo Media , Canadian-firm Cyberplex , said today that it is looking for "strategic alternatives" for the unit of the firm, after a fiasco involving Yahoo's traffic quality reporting system. Cyberplex said that Tsavo Media was informed that it will be required to pay Yahoo approximately $4.8

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AUGUST 8, 2012

Internet portal Yahoo is continuing its makeover back into a Silicon Valley style workplace, and apparently has extended its free food offer to employees at two of the company's New York locations, according to reports today. However, it looks like--so far--that revolution has skipped Yahoo's Southern California operations.

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MARCH 15, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online media venture of Richard Rosenblatt, announced Monday afternoon that it has hired on Joanne Bradford, most recently Yahoo's SVP of U.S. Bradford reports to Rosenblatt. Tags: bradford joanne yahoo executive media demand. Revenue and Market Development, as its Chief Revenue Officer.

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MAY 18, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the user-generated content venture of Richard Rosenblatt, has new competition this afternoon, from Yahoo , after Yahoo announced it would acquire content publishing firm Associated Content. Reports from AdAge place the acquisition of Associated Content at over $100M.

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AUGUST 19, 2009

San Diego-based DivX reported Wednesday that it has reached a settlement with Internet portal Yahoo!, DivX sued Yahoo in November of 2008, after Yahoo backed out of a deal to offer its toolbar to users who downloaded video software from DivX. Tags: divx yahoo toolbar lawsuit legal contract. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 20, 2022

According to reports, the swatting occurred the week of November 7, 2020, after two alleged swatters compromised the Yahoo Mail accounts of the owners of 12 Ring cameras.

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AUGUST 1, 2014

Ian Rogers , the CEO of Beats Music , is set to head up iTUnes Radio , according to a report from the WSJ Friday afternoon. Rogers is no stranger to runnning the music service of a large, public company: he was previously General Manager of Yahoo! Music, before a number of positions across the Los Angeles music startup scene.

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socalTECH

JULY 22, 2011

In the latest rumor swirling around Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu , a number of reports last night say that Apple Computer is now bidding for the firm. The report came from Bloomberg, which cited "two people with knowledge of the auction". So far, Hulu apparently has been shopped to Yahoo, AT&T, Microsoft, and Google.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 31, 2012

Ross Levinsohn the then interim CEO has today left Yahoo. Levinsohn has left Yahoo and has not revealed his next task yet. He leaves after the Yahoo board chose Marissa Mayer as new CEO by passing him again. I am proud of Yahoo. I wanted to let you know that my time at Yahoo has come to an end. His compensation.

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OCTOBER 7, 2013

Los Angeles-based Beats Electronics , fresh off of a big investment from The Carlyle Group , is getting set to launch its new music streaming service, according to a report Monday.

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socalTECH

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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socalTECH

MAY 28, 2013

Los Angeles-based video streaming site Hulu is entertaining offers from at least five different bidders, according to a report over the weekend, including one that values Hulu at between $600M to $800M.

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JULY 1, 2011

A report Friday from the Los Angeles Times says that Google is in preliminary talks to buy Los Angeles-based Hulu. and Yahoo Inc. According to the LA Times--citing "people familiar with the situtation"--Hulu has also been shopped to Microsoft Corp.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Goldman will be responsible for Yahoo!’s s global finance functions including financial planning and analysis, controllership, tax, treasury, and investor relations and reporting directly to CEO Marissa Mayer. I look forward to working with Marissa and the rest of the executive team as we define Yahoo!’s s future.”.

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JULY 10, 2012

According to a report> Tuesday afternoon from the New York Post, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook , is "eyeing" Kilar for a top job at the social networking firm. The rumor comes only a few days after Hulu said that Kilar had "graciously declined" to be considered for a job as CEO of Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

MAY 18, 2017

Social Native raises $8 million, former Yahoo interim CEO joins SteelHouse board, and DogVacay to shut down and transition customers to Rover.

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 29, 2020

and across Kentucky, according to multiple reports. On Wednesday, Beyond Meat said that 66 restaurants will receive chicken products and chief executive Ethan Brown told Yahoo Finance that he expects his company to have enough capacity to potentially meet demand from all of KFC’s locations. Charlotte, N.C.,

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APRIL 3, 2017

She also has served at Yahoo, AOL, Sharecare, and Everyday Health, along with working as a news anchor and reporter at CBS and ABC affiliates in South Carolina and New York. Independa said that Willey was previously Senior Vice Prisident of Consumer Strategy and Partnerships at WebMD Health Corporation.

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MARCH 15, 2017

Barrett was most recently CEO of Millennial Media, and also had served as Chief Revenue Officer at Yahoo!, The shift in leadership came as Rubicon Project reported a drop in Q4 revenues, with a loss of $21.2M For the year, Rubicon Project reported a loss of $18.1M in revenues the company reported in 2015 for the year.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

According to the report, Levinsohn was accused of sexual harrassment in the past--with two settlements--and also rated the relative "hotness" of female colleagues and used vulgar epithets against gays, among other behavior.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Day reports to Rubicon Project's founder and CEO, Frank Addante. Before joining Rubicon Project, Day had been Chief Accounting Officer at ReachLocal, and also served at Overture and Yahoo Search Marketing, co-founded SignJammar, and also served at Spot Runner, in addition to a long career at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Arthur Andersen.

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APRIL 23, 2013

The issue of whether or not to allow remote workers has come to the forefront after a highly publicized effort by Yahoo''s new CEO, Marissa Meyer, to force that company''s entire workforce to come into the office. Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer put the company''s new policy in place in February, igniting a firestorm of controversy.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 25, 2013

Be Great Partners , a Los Angeles technology incubator, has recently released a report on the startup community in LA and the information shows a positive growth for startups here in LA. With Yahoo!, The post LA Startup Report 2013 | A Rising Forecast appeared first on TechZulu. Not enough money flows in LA.

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socalTECH

JULY 14, 2010

Pasadena-based online dating site eHarmony is moving its headquarters from Pasadena to Santa Monica, according to reports from local community papers. eHarmony is reported to be moving to a space in the Yahoo! Center, taking with it 250 employees to the new location. No date for the move was given.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Jeff Dossett , the former CEO of adventure travel site AdventureLink and former SVP at Yahoo, has reportedly joined Demand Media as SVP of Content Partnership Development. According to a report from the WSJ's AllThingsD, which first reported the move, Dossett will focus on content distribution.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2012

A report published Sunday by Variety says that Jason Kilar , the CEO of Los Angeles-based online video site Hulu , is set to cash out as much as $100M after the site's management buyout funded by Providence Equity Partners. READ MORE>>.

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APRIL 15, 2010

Irvine-based WebVisible has released its latest quarterly advertising report, saying this morning that Bing's share of the search spending market was up 10 percent in Q1 over the previous quarter, and that the average small business advertisers spent $2,201 in search advertising in Q1. The firm--which has begun tracking trends in its U.S.

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APRIL 13, 2011

He also has served as SVP Finance and Operations at Veoh Networks, and roles at Yahoo!, Wiseman reports to Adconion CEO Tyler Moebius. Wiseman was most recently EVP and CFO at Fox Audience Network. Disney, and PricewaterhouseCoopers. Adconion has been in major expansion mode in Santa Monica, as it scales out in North America.

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AUGUST 28, 2013

Santa Monica-based Edmunds.com , the provider of car shopping and auto information, reported Wednesday that it has settled a lawsuit against Humankind Design Ltd. Edmunds.com said it is also working with fifteen other review sites, including Google+, Yelp, Foursquare, Yahoo!

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2022

As an advisor to entrepreneurs and a technologist, I’m happy to report that the tide may be turning, and we are experiencing a new era of opportunity for entrepreneurs, and a new appreciation of the power of the digital world. In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: In his classic book, “ Digital Context 2.0: Norton, Ph.D.,

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

The firm's back end software is used to power the no-hassle, automobile purchasing programs from American Express, Yahoo Autos, AAA, USAA and Consumer Reports, among others. According to TrueCar, its 700,000th vehicle sold was a new 2013 Mazda CX-5 purchase in Elgin, Illinois, using GEICO Car Buying Service, powered by TrueCar.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Los Angeles-based Leads360 reported today that it has linked its sales lead management software with offerings from web-based mortgage software firm Optimal Blue. Leads360 is backed by Rustic Canyon Partners, and is headed by Dan Morefield, who was CIO of Overture Services before its acquisition by Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 30, 2010

The deal was first reported by VentureBeat. billion to Yahoo. Beverly Hills-based Baroda Ventures , the venture capital firm of GeoCities founder David Bohnett , has invested in gay social networking site Fabulis. Baroda Ventures Partner Peter Lee confirmed the investment in the New York company, which was worth $250,000.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 24, 2012

We reported here last week when former Google number 20 employee Marissa Mayer was appointed Yahoo CEO and said what it meant for Yahoo, Marissa Mayer and the then interim CEO Ross Levinsohn. Today we bring you what Scott Thompson is up to after he left the Yahoo! Thompson was CEO for Yahoo! unceremoniously.

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