Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 18, 2010

Social networking at it’s finest… I’m sitting at a local brewery watching football with my wife and friends a month back and I get an email from someone who had just visited my Meetup.com site. I never imagined the Food Network would find me there. I created the site to make new friends and to learn things.

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MARCH 19, 2010

Beverly Hills-based online dating operator Spark Networks said Friday afternoon that it has hired Piper Jaffray & Co., as its independent financial advisor, to help the firm consider a buyout proposal from Great Hill Partners III, LP. Great Hill offered to buy Spark on March 2nd, saying it is looking to pay $3.10

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Myspace said today that it has launched a new mobile website and iPhone application. Tags: myspace mobile iphone entertainment portal social networking. The new mobile site works with iPhone, iPod Touch, Android, Palm, and certain Nokia and BlackBerry devices. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Hydra Network , an online performance-based ad network, has been restructured in a deal where an investor group, Hydra Group led by Hydra founder and CEO, Zac Bradenberg, is purchasing the assets of Hydra LLC , the original owner of the ad network. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Beverly Hills-based > Myspace is claiming growth in its users, saying that it has added over 1 million new signups to the service, after it launched a new Myspace Music Player.

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MARCH 3, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Hydra , which operates an online, cost-per-acquisition (CPA) advertising network, said today that it has officially debuted its new campaign tracking software for its advertisers. Tags: hydra online advertising fraud prevention network. The firm said the new software, HN 2.0, READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 10, 2010

Beverly Hills-based cost-per-action (CPA) advertising network Hydra announced today that the firm has cut over 15,000 of its active publishers, as a part of a bid to increase the quality of its network. The firm said it is looking to better serve the needs of its premium advertisers.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

First, I’m a huge Guy Fieri and Triple D fan and in general, the Food Network. An old friend Susie Fogelson works there and I was actually on the Food Network’s Private Chefs of Beverly Hills “Glamping” episode. Not too long ago, Guy did a show in my home town of Santa Barbara.

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AUGUST 4, 2009

Beverly Hills-based Hydra , which operates a cost-per-action (CPA) advertising network, disclosed Tuesday afternoon that the firm is in a partnership with brand monitoring firm BrandVerity. Financial details on the business deal was not disclosed.

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JUNE 30, 2010

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. The deal was first reported by VentureBeat.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Beverly Hills-based Hydra , a pay-for-performance advertising network, said yesterday that it has named Josh Eldrige as the firm's Director of Display Media. Hydra operates an advertising network where advertisers only pay if the firm generates leads or customers. Eldrige has also served at CarParts Technologies, L.

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MARCH 25, 2010

Beverly Hills-based CPA advertising network operator Hydra announced today that it has signed an exclusive deal with Hollywood-based Meteor Games , to help the social gaming firm sign up new players, and to also extend out its ad inventory. Tags: hydra advertising network internet. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Shapiro will be based in Beverly Hills, and report to MySpace Music President Courtney Holt. Shapiro was founder and CEo of Veoh Networks until its bankruptcy filing in February. Los Angeles-based MySpace Music announced this morning that it has hired Dmitry Shapiro , who founded Veoh, as its new Chief Technology Officer.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

New York-based MediaMorph , a developer of technology used to track media rights for film, television, games and other publishers, said today that it has inked a strategic deal with Beverly Hills-based United Talent Agency , and also scored $2M in funding. G4/Style Networks, HBO, Sony Pictures, and Warner Bros.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2012

The full list follows: 13 EdgeCast Networks 21406% Santa Monica Alex Kazerani 15 Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1449% Beverly Hills Michael V. 1193% Santa Monica Scott Painter 116 Network Solutions Provider 1001% Long Beach Phillip Walker 119 BlackLine Systems Software 973% Los Angeles Therese Tucker 131 Kotura, Inc.

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MAY 3, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Hydra , which operates a cost-per-action (CPA) advertising network, said Monday that it has named Michelle Andino to Director of Campaign Management, as part of a new department focused on campaign management. Andino has been at Hydra for the last five years. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2014

One Kings Lane is venture backed by Mousse Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Greylock Partners, Tiger Global Management, IVP and Scripps Networks. One of the company''s founders is based in Beverly Hills, as is a portion of the company''s operations. The firm just announced $112M in funding. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

The funding came from Mousse Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Greylock Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, Scripps Networks Interactive and Tiger Global Management. The company''s LA offices are in Beverly Hills, next to the Beverly Wilshire. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 7, 2010

Beverly Hills-based online advertising network Hydra is targeting the education market, saying today that it has launched a new vertical website, MyDegreeFinder.com , specifically aimed at students looking for higher education degree programs.

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OCTOBER 5, 2009

Beverly Hills-based Hydra , an operator of a cost-per-action (CPA) advertising network, said today that it has linked with Aliso Viejo-based CitizenHawk , a provider of trademark protection and domain name services. According to the firms, the deal calls for CitizenHawk to offer "domain recovery services" to Hydra advertisers.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Hydra has launched a new, proprietary ad campaign tracking software product it is calling HNv2, the firm said Thursday. According to Hydra, the software is a part of its move to eliminate fraud in its network, and employs cookie-less and pixel-tracking and other techniques to remove bot-generated traffic.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

Beverly Hills-based Myspace , the online entertainment site now owned by Specific Media, said this morning that it has released a new music player. The site said its new Myspace Music Player will provide free, unlimited on-demand listening, personalized radio, search, as well as sharing features on both Myspace and Facebook.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 14, 2010

He was up for the Next Iron Chef on the Food Network but lost to grasshoppers. By the way, I’ll be on the Food Network soon, but not as a chef. Look for us on Private Chefs of Beverly Hills (coming soon.) He owns the Foundry on Melrose. He is the master of the grilled cheese amongst other culinary delights.

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JANUARY 22, 2010

Beverly Hills-based Hydra Media , the cost-per-action (CPA) advertising network, has new funding in hand and legal issues behind it, and is now looking upmarket, the firm told socalTECH in an interview Thursday. Tags: hydra media advertising network. How does the firm hope to attract more large brand advertisers?

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Beverly Hills-based MySpace , the online social networking site, is set to debut a new new site design and logo, the firm said late last night. Tags: myspace social networking entertainment hollywood. The firm also said it will launch a new iPhone and Android application later this year to complement the new online site.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JANUARY 21, 2011

Thursday, January 27, 2011 -- Beverly Hills Bar Assoc. Lunch - 3rd Annual State of Evolving Media Address. Leading IP and new media lawyer James D. See [link] (more)

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OCTOBER 31, 2016

Beverly Hills-based movie studio Relativity Media --which is behind such titles as Limitless, Masterminds, and Immortals--scored a big investment from Singaporean Internet company YuuZoo , the two companies said this morning. The two said that YuuZoo will initially buy 33.3

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MAY 28, 2009

Beverly Hills-based Hydra , which operates a cost-per-action advertising network, reported Thursday that it has named Rachel Corcoran as the firm's Director of Compliance. Hydra said that Corcoran was most recently at Experian, managing compliance and contracts at LowerMyBills.com.

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MARCH 25, 2009

Irvine-based Fisker Automotive , a startup hybrid electric automobile manufacturer which is venture funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Palo Alto Investors and the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA), said Tuesday that it has signed up a network of dealers to carry the firm's automobiles. READ MORE>>

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JANUARY 19, 2009

Thousand Oaks-based Xirrus, a developer of Wi-Fi networking hardware, said today that the firm has scored a win at a Beverly Hills music publisher. Xirrus said that Concord Music Group (CMG) has installed the firms 802.11abg+n Wi-Fi arrays at their corporate offices. Financial impact of the deal was not disclosed.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2012

I see it first hand in Los Angeles where given the growth of YouTube networks the worlds of art & technology are colliding. GRP’s offices are near Beverly Hills. Society is at its most dense in rich urban environments where society and technology can inspire each other on a daily basis.”. Our lease runs out in 2013.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

A panel discussion hosted by the Beverly Hills Bar Associations IP, Internet and New Media Section Our panelists will discuss how technical protections and legal enforcement strategies can be applied to protect digital IP during development and upon release and the challenges created as technology gets even more user-friendly.

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JULY 20, 2016

Los Angeles-based GIBLIB , a startup multi-channel-network (MCN) focused on surgery content, said it will be broadcasting a live, public stream of a hernia surgery in virtual reality next week. According to GIBLIB, it will broadcast a 360 degree virtual reality view of a surgery being conducted in Beverly Hills in 4K video.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

First, I’m a huge Guy Fieri and Triple D fan and in general, the Food Network. An old friend Susie Fogelson works there and I was actually on the Food Network’s Private Chefs of Beverly Hills “Glamping” episode. Not too long ago, Guy did a show in my home town of Santa Barbara.

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Eric Greenspan

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

First, I’m a huge Guy Fieri and Triple D fan and in general, the Food Network. An old friend Susie Fogelson works there and I was actually on the Food Network’s Private Chefs of Beverly Hills “Glamping” episode. Not too long ago, Guy did a show in my home town of Santa Barbara.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 7, 2014

Every day my website gets hit by someone looking for Chef Eric Greenspan winner of the LA Grilled Cheese Invitational, owner of the Roof on Wilshire and of Food Network fame. My team wanted to go to Mr. Chow, the place in Beverly Hills where the paparazzi hang out looking for stars. We seem to cross paths often.

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Eric Greenspan

JANUARY 7, 2014

Every day my website gets hit by someone looking for Chef Eric Greenspan winner of the LA Grilled Cheese Invitational, owner of the Roof on Wilshire and of Food Network fame. My team wanted to go to Mr. Chow, the place in Beverly Hills where the paparazzi hang out looking for stars. We seem to cross paths often.

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