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AUGUST 25, 2011

Los Angeles-based Ticketmaster , the ticketing firm owned by Live Nation, said this week that it has launched a new app which shows ticket buyers where their friends are sitting, via Facebook.

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JANUARY 25, 2010

Bay area venture capital firm Mayfield Fund appears to be eyeing more investments in the Los Angeles area, with the addition of Sean Moriarty , the former CEO of Ticketmaster, as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the firm. Mayfield said it hopes to "tap innovative networks in Los Angeles" by working with Moriarty, who is located here.

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APRIL 23, 2012

Los Angeles-based Ticketmaster , the online ticketing service which is owned by Live Nation Entertainment, is looking north to boost its engineering talent, saying this morning that it has opened up a new software development center in Seattle.

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APRIL 18, 2011

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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DECEMBER 14, 2009

Los Angeles-based Ticketmaster , which is the biggest provider of online ticket sales services for sports, entertainment, and other events, said today that it has launched a beta of a new, interactive seat mapping tool. Tags: ticketmaster seat maps web2 interactive software. The new, Web 2.0-style The new, Web 2.0-style

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APRIL 23, 2015

Ocho , a New York-based developer of a mobile video messaging app which lets users share 8-second videos with each other, said Thursday that it has opened up a new office in Los Angeles. Schuon was most recently Chief Digital Officer at Ticketmaster/Live Nationa, and also had served as president of CBS Radio, and GM of Warner Bros.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2011

The firm--which the Tech Coast Angels revealed last week that it had funded in 2010--also has the backing of well known angel investor Paige Craig, who also sits on the firms advisory board. No details on the angel funding for LaughStub have been announced. The firm is headed by Scot Richardson. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 7, 2018

Los Angeles-based Rival , a new startup founded by former Ticketmaster CEO Nathan Hubbard, has raised $30M in funding, the company disclosed over the weekend. The funding came from Andreessen Horowitz, Upfront Ventures, Dick Costolo (Twitter), April Underwood (Slack), and Patrick and John Collison (founders of Stripe).

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AUGUST 11, 2014

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. Moriarty is an active advisor in the Los Angeles technology startup community, and serves on the board of Eventbrite, Metacloud, and TuneIn.

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AUGUST 6, 2019

Los Angeles-based FanDragon Technologies , a startup offering up mobile ticket delivery software, announced this morning that it has hired on three new executives. Machin has previously served at Live Nation and Ticketmaster; Weiss was previously at Staples, Inc.; FanDragon's CEO is Robert Weiss. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

What's the best way to encourage development of the technology industry in Los Angeles?

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

Mulkey is a veteran of Southern California's technology world, and was most recently Chief Product Officer at Aspiration, was CTO of Ticketmaster for five years, and also was at Shopzilla (now Connexity) for 14 years.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

Los Angeles-based online live entertainment marketplace ScoreBig.com has promoted David Goldberg to CEO, and shifted co-founder and CEO Adam Kanner to the role of executive Chairman, the company said Thursday afternoon. Goldberg was previously the CEO of Youbet.com, and also was EVP of Global Music Services at Ticketmaster.

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DECEMBER 10, 2013

Los Angeles-based online art gallery and e-commerce provider Saatchi Online has tapped one of LA''s technology and business veterans as its new CEO today, tapping Sean Moriarty for the position.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2011

Los Angeles-based Live Nation Entertainment said today that Ticketmaster , the firm's ticking division, has agreed to acquire Spanish ticket retailer ServiCaixa. Ticketmaster is buying ServiCaixa from Spanish financial firm "la Caixa". Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

Los Angeles-based Bridg said Tuesday that it has named Mike Horowitz as the company's Chief Product Officer. Horowitz previously served at Ticketmaster / Live Nation, managed producta at Google, and also advised such startups as Applied Semantics, Fetch Technologies, and Abot Labs.

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JULY 25, 2017

Meet the TEDxUCLA Salon Speakers: • Megan Fillinich, Chief Technology Officer, Naval Surface Warfare Center. • Kimberly Jo, Associate Chief Information Officer, County of Los Angeles.

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JULY 23, 2014

Los Angeles-based financial software developer BlackLine Systems said today that it has hired a new, Chief Technology Officer. He also has served at such companies at Stamps.com, Citysearch/Ticketmaster, and TCI/AND Interactive and Packard Bell. According to the enterprise software company, it has named Alain Avakian as its CTO.

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MAY 10, 2012

Los Angeles-based online advertising firm Rubicon Project is significantly boosting its executive ranks today, saying that it has named a new CTO, General Counsel, and SVP of Product Management to the firm.

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MAY 17, 2013

Slavin was previously a developer of real estate in the Los Angeles area, and according to the firm is a managing partner at private equity firm Napias Group. According to Privlo said the new funding will go to expand on its recently pilot of its platform, which helps match up private lenders and mortgage borrowers. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 25, 2013

Los Angeles-based online ticket marketplace ScoreBig.com is bolstering its executive team today, saying it has named two new VPs to help drive growth at the company. Marcus was previously SVP, Worldwide Artist Services at Warner Music Group, and also served at Ticketmaster.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2011

The firm said it will be jointly run by Jean-Francoys Brousseau, owner of Outbox Technology, and former Ticketmaster CEO Frederic D. The ticketing system is the one which is used by the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, and was originally developed for Cirque du Soleil. Financial details of the joint venture were not disclosed.

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MARCH 15, 2013

Los Angeles-based GonnaBe , the startup headed by Hank Leber, rolled out its platform this week, releasing a new iPhone application which the startup says acts as the "crystal ball for your social life.". The firm said it has already partnered with such brands as Anheuser-Busch and Ticketmaster/LiveNation to help users find events.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Los Angeles-based Trigon Digital , the provider of digital advertising anf other services to both the traditional and online radio market, is powering a number of features of the new, free music streaming service from Microsoft, Xbox Music , the company said this week. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Los Angeles-based online advertising technology provider OpenX announced this morning that it has appointed Douglas McPherson, the former General Counsel of Idealab, as its new Chief Legal Officer. OpenX said that McPherson has joined the board of directors of Idealab as part of the move.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Los Angeles-based online ticket marketplace ScoreBig.com said today that it has raised $10M in a new funding round, and hired a new Chief Strategy Officer. Goldberg was formerly an EVP at Ticketmaster, and was also CEO of Youbet.com, and co-founded Tunes.com and Sportvision. CPIF adds a board member as part of the investment.

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MAY 9, 2011

Los Angeles-based Live Nation Entertainment and daily deals site Groupon are launching a new joint venture, the companies announced today. According to the two, they have created a new joint venture called GrouponLive focused on new online ticketing deals. Financial details of the joint venture were not disclosed by the firms. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based Rubicon Project , the online advertising optimization technology provider headed by Frank Addante, said this morning that it has named Brian Barnum as its Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, as well as appointed Mark Torres as Senior Vice President of People and Culture.

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APRIL 5, 2011

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 is a provider of digital services and tools to the radio industry.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

A report today from TechCrunch reports that Los Angeles-based online social networking site MySpace is in the process of acquiring iLike , which operates an online service that allows users to share their music playlists and recommendations with friends. iLike is backed by Ticketmaster.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

Los Angeles-based TicketMaster unveiled its own, social feature just last week allowing users to see where their friends are sitting at events purchase through the ticketing service. Goldstar had said it was approaching five million tickets sold on August 17th. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2010

Los Angeles-based IVT , a provider of web casting software and services, announced today that it has named Jim McGovern as its new CEO. McGovern has also served at Business.com, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, and IBM. McGovern has also served at Business.com, Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, and IBM. IVT recently landed $5.5M

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MARCH 14, 2011

For this morning's interview, we spoke with Scot Richardson , CEO of Los Angeles-based LaughStub (www.laughstub.com), which develops software which helps comedy clubs and others manage ticket sales, online marketing, and customer relationship management. For anyone that small, Ticketmaster doesn't make sense. What is Laughstub?

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

Los Angeles-based Ciena Solutions LLC, a provider of SAP integration management services, has been acquired by NetSol Technologies. NetSol said the acquisition will allow it to launch a global SAP practice; Ciena's customers include such firms as Southern California Edison and Ticketmaster.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Who are the top tech companies to work for in Los Angeles? popped up consistently in an informal (and highly non-scientific poll) of a number of readers, executive recruiters, and others in the Los Angeles area, who cited growth, brand, profitability, and other factors in their suggestions to us of the top companies. Rubicon Project.

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APRIL 29, 2009

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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MAY 2, 2011

Los Angeles-based SaveFans (www.savefans.com) recently raised some funding for its take on secondary ticketing, so we thought we'd speak with founder Wes Brodsky about the company and where it's going. Wes Brodsky: When I was in high school, I used to wait in line for a big ticket broker here in Los Angeles.

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