socalTECH

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Hollywood-based BUZZMEDIA , the entertainment and pop culture publishing firm founded by Anthony Batt , said today that it has hired on two new sales execs, as part of a push to expand its advertising sales. Tags: buzzmedia buzz media celebuzz celebrity news publishing executive. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 20, 2014

The latest venture out of Los Angeles-based entertainment news site Hitfix is perfect for those with mere seconds to spend on figuring out if that latest movie is worth investing time into. Hitfix said it has partnered with Russ Leatherman , the co-founder of Moviefone, for a new feature called Six-Second Reviews. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2011

Join us tonight live at 8pm PST from UCLA Korn Hall for Digital LA’s Branded Entertainment panel right here on TechZulu. They’ll discuss how content creators and brands work together to create, develop, and market digital branded entertainment. Matt McMahon, Fox Digital Entertainment, VP Mobile. Originals is Yahoo!’s

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2010

What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year? The biggest news was a complete, new launch of a new product, strategy and brand. For us, it was a big departure from social networking and a new commitment to social entertainment. Today, we're sharing the thoughts of Mike Jones , CEO of Myspace.

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socalTECH

JUNE 22, 2018

Los Angeles-based digital advertising provider H Code Media reports that it has signed a new partnership with Peruvian radio and television broadcast company Radio Programas del Peru (RPP). Financial impact of the win was not announced. H Code media is led by CEO Parker Morse. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the venture funded online advertising effort run by Frank Addante, is reporting this morning that advertising CPMs were flat in Q4, even as the firm said it had an 30 percent growth in revenue across its publishers. Tags: project rubicon report advertising. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

APRIL 15, 2010

Media and Entertainment was at $55.5M in investments, IT services--which includes many online advertising firms--was at $35.15M in investments. Other major areas of investment were Medical Devices and Equipment, with $131.46M in investments and Biotechnology, with $77.6M.

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socalTECH

APRIL 23, 2013

One of the folks in media who has been helping to define that shift is Cenk Uygur , the head of Culver City-based The Young Turks (www.tytnetwork.com), and online news and politics show. Cenk Uygur: We do news coverage, and dominate the field online. We operate the largest online news network overall, with about 1.25

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

According to Velocity, Rosen will focus on video, music, social media, publishing, games, and online advertising at the firm. Rosen joins Velocity Interactive from Fox Interactive Media, where she was Senior Vice President and General Manager, Entertainment.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

That will primarily be focused on ad sponsorships, and selling advertising via lead generation, CPC, white papers, and so on, to generate revenue. Back in the early days of LA venture capital, I was first an associate of a fund, and then partner of a fund, Entertainment Media Venture Partners. Robert Flynn: Yes. plus range.

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socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2009

News Corporation said a few minutes ago that it has added two new executives at MySpace , and is tapping Tsavo Media's Michael Jones as Chief Operating Officer and Sling Media's Jason Hirschhorn as Chief Product Officer. The two new appointments follow the recently appointment of Owen Van Natta as CEO at MySpace.

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Advertisers. tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Technology.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 23, 2012

They are, in fact, great news for traditional venture capitalists. This world of local meets retail meets digital advertising portends to technology disruption and with it VC opportunities. The desktop web introduced banner ads that offered “brand advertising” opportunities akin to television. This never existed a decade ago.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 20, 2010

The company was founded in 2007, and the initial emphasis was to deliver to end users a personalized content portal on their smart phone, learning what they like anticipate what they'd like to see, and pay for it using personalized advertising. We did a successful trial in 2008. So carriers are a major customer of yours?

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

The expert host panelists will discuss how hosts can use digital to specialize in areas such as entertainment, fashion, health, news, etc. Join Digital LA and TechZulu on Feb. 15 as we bring you a live panel discussion on Hosts Go Digital: Specialties! Visit TechZulu for full story.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 12, 2016

Any which way, Snapchat has large “reach,” which is a key measure for any advertiser. And if you’re stuck thinking these are just kids sending stupid pictures to each other then you’re stuck in the past and simply won’t understand new media and how it’s changing. Authenticity / Endemic.

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socalTECH

MARCH 27, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Advertisers. tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. Tags: socaltech advertising sponsor. Interesting in reaching Southern California's high tech industry?

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socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Advertisers. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Technology.

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SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Advertisers. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Technology.

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SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

socalTECH

MARCH 20, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on. Southern California's high tech news and companies. Advertisers. tech, new media, entertainment and consumer industries. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Technology.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 8, 2020

It gives us the ability to do what we love, which it to create engagement and content that people find entertaining, informative, and authoritative, and moves an audience, and introduces the right kind of selective sponsors and clients to that engaged audience, in a respectful way. That, of course, is what you're selling to your advertisers.

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Media Report Advertising Content 150

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The Internet thus far has been monetized by display, video, and in-text advertising — but the one place every user’s eye focuses on first are photos. After Tanz had sold his pre-Instagram photo-sharing app called MoJungle, he was intrigued with notion of bringing advertising to photos, and had no idea if it was even possible.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Entertainment has changed. New platforms led by YouTube have emerged to change the dynamic of broadcast media — once dominated by the rigid programming of TV — while the internet has enabled new media stars to engage with their audiences in new, high-touch ways.

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socalTECH

JULY 6, 2009

We're a business that has both advertising revenues and subscription, a blend of both. in 2004, we purchased Buoyweather.com, moved it into our setup, weather department, and marketing department, and in 2005, we added much more multimedia news and entertainment to Surfline. It's a blend of Weather.com and ESPN.com for surfers.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

We have the usual suspects like Kitchenaid, Sara Lee, McCormick, Reynolds but we really focus on entertainment properties like Sony, ABC, Fox Searchlight. We're making money from our advertising, and doing really well. The good news is, we're giving them a run for their money. So you have lots of deals with brands?

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TechCrunch LA

JANUARY 23, 2020

The news is significant because this is the first major music licensing deal signed by TikTok as part of its wider efforts in the music industry. “We are seeing a new generation of music services and a new era of music-related consumption, much of it driven by the global demand for independent music.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 6, 2008

I think we have all seen the news from Sequoia, and there are lots of funds pulling back, just trying to nurture their portfolio through the downturn forecasted in the macro environment. Our team comes from the entertainment industry--we have the entertainment background, and we have done this before. But, there are two things.

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2011

has provided a platform since 2005 for indie producers, distributors and advertisers to provide viewers with this kind of content. In plain English, they’ve redesigned the site so that it is more interactive from a social media perspective and not just for viewers but for their content producers and advertising partners.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2011

Vice President of Brand & Entertainment Sales; Partners with brands, agencies & entertainment studios/networks for live broadcasted events in addition to fulfilling advertising solutions, integrated marketing, & sponsorship opportunities; Formerly worked at MySpace Video & NBCU Digital.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2011

Since then, the two left to start a brand new startup, SendLove.to (www.sendlove.to), which launched Tuesday, focused on allowing users to rate public figures in news stories, blogs, and elsewhere. We've got the name of every politician, entertainer, celebrity, athlete, business person, and brand -- you name it, we have it.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

As lawyers in the social media and Internet law space, this duo brings to the table practical experience counseling clients in real time and explaining breaking legal news in plain English. About The Show: TZLaw Segments are: News You Can Use: a weekly roundup of top tech law headlines and analysis geared towards lean startups.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 23, 2016

This morning, we have Kevin Winston of Digital LA (www.digitalla.net), the organization which is LA's largest digital networking group and which is behind the Silicon Beach Fest, the first and largest tech, startup and entertainment conference in LA. What's was biggest news from you or your‏ firm this year?

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 26, 2013

Squabbler, a video engagement platform for web and mobile publishers has launched new features and the next generation of its video engagement platform in a move that will power engagement for sports, entertainment and news publishers a like. Customized content. Watch video metrics, track performance.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

to work on an entertainment-related technology project and have stayed ever since. Earlier this year I founded a new startup called KlickFu. This is a novel user interaction that embeds casual entertainment directly into the operating system experience, based on some fairly interesting underlying technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 13, 2011

Early adoption is being championed by a lot of the people that have been the earliest users of ShareSquare – specifically the music & entertainment verticals, for a number of reasons. Any particular industry or markets you envision easily adopting more so than others?

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Entertainment Tips Platform Mobile 77

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 25, 2011

But not just novel anymore, when the film Minority Report came out in 2002, these concepts were admittedly a bit scary, eye scanning spider robots, humans being plugged into computer systems, advertisements bombarding you simply by walking into a mall. Phil Lelyveld – Program Manager at USC’s Entertainment Technology Center.

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Entertainment Report IBM IBM 77

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

“We’re adding new celebrity pictures at a rate of approximately 40,000 images per day, with around 2 million photos still to be added. We’ve simplified our pricing, and API partners are now utilizing our technology in unique ways to fulfill a growing demand for entertainment imagery.”.

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