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OCTOBER 10, 2014

Venice-based Snapchat is facing another big crisis Friday, as word spread that at least 100,000 compromising, Snapchat photos and videos have been leaked to online hacking sites. 4chan video photo media social hacker service terms hack leak image snapchat' READ MORE>>.

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JULY 2, 2014

Venice-based music service Radical.FM says it compensates artists, composers, and labels for all the music streamed on the site using a "pay what you can" donation model. says it compensates artists, composers, and labels for all the music streamed on the site using a "pay what you can" donation model. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

In the case of Tapiture , you create a Pinterest-inspired, visual, social discovery service which surfaces photos of men's fashion, food, motorcycles, funny videos, and more, and inspires those men to learn more about those products. Tapiture is led by John Ellis, and was founded by John and Leo Resig of Resignation Media.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Venice, California-based ZEFR , the content monetization and protection provider, said this morning that it has named Tom Furukawa as its new Head of Product. The company's software and services helps content owners identify their content on such sites as YouTube, in order for them to monetize or control the usage of that content.

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JUNE 27, 2012

Venice-based Mogreet , the developer of mobile messaging and marketing related products and services, said today that its moShare web-to-mobile sharing services has partnered with ShareThis. The firm said the deal will enable users across 1.4 million websites to share web content to mobile devices via a text message.

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MARCH 18, 2009

Venice, California-based Mota , a venture backed startup developing a web site to help users buy and sell used cars, announced this morning that it has hired two automotive industry executives. Fleet Services as its CEO. The firm said that Charlie Vogelheim has been named Chief Trust and Transparency Officer, and Steven J.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

company operates a number of content-focused sites, including LIVESTRONG, eHOW, Cracked, and a domain name registration business, eNOM. positions on its site, ranging from software, sales, marketing, to finance. apps, and more, it continues to be a major force in automotive information and services. Demand Media. The now-public.

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MAY 23, 2012

How do a bunch of German moviemakers end up in Los Angeles, running a site helping studios to market and promote their films via their venture backed startup? MOviepilot is starting to bring its movie recommendations and discovery site to the U.S., Do you see a lot of competition from current US services?

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JULY 19, 2016

We recently launched booking experiences and services in L.A. I saw that there was a combination of technology and the surfing industry in Venice. What's the advantage of your app over forecast sites? After I arrived here in L.A.,

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). It wouldn't be a twenty two minute television show, where you'd site down at some time to watch. So, for all this year, we've been head downs creating StoryBots.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2011

I do energy and materials investment, Internet investing, digital media investing, and financial services investing. Fouad ElNaggar: I think that what we offer to companies is a different level of service, even at the early stage, than super angels can provide. I am different, in that my areas of focus is quite broad.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

The narrow, 3-mile strip of land that runs from Santa Monica through Venice, and is now stretching down to Playa Vista, has been dubbed "Silicon Beach" due to the heavy concentration of Internet companies and executives there. VENICE RISING. Venice: 13% | L.A. More than 600 tech start-ups have sprung up in L.A. Derek Wooden.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

It might look a little bit like StoryBots (www.storybots.com), the new kids educational and entertainment service just launched by JibJab (www.jibjab.com). It wouldn't be a twenty two minute television show, where you'd site down at some time to watch. So, for all this year, we've been head downs creating StoryBots.

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MARCH 21, 2011

Your background is Internet services  howd you decide to instead sell what seems like a more traditional product? Yes, we have a physical product and a crossover, but it's not just slapping a web site on a consumer products good. We live in Venice, and our back house is sort of our operations center. Gordon Gould: Yes.

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