socalTECH

JULY 7, 2016

The lawsuit alleges "willful and intentional violations" of the Communications Decency Act by Snapchat in linking to media partners such as Buzzfeed, Vice, and MTV. The lawsuit--filed on behalf of a 14-year old, Los Angeles minor, was filed by Geragos & Geragos in the United State District Court for the Central District of California.

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APRIL 22, 2019

The Chief Marketing Officer of high flying, Los Angeles-based job recruiting technology developer ZipRecruiter has resigned from the company, after a story was published last week by BuzzFeed, detailing alleged sexual misconduct at his prior employer, Uber. Eyal Gutentag reportedly resigned on Friday.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 2, 2019

According to the report, from Buzzfeed, a spokesperson for Tinder's parent company, match, acknowledged that "There are definitely registered sex offenders on our free products." READ MORE>>.

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L.A. Business Journal

JULY 7, 2016

Snapchat hit with indecency class action, J2 Global may be outbid for Gawker Media, Buzzfeed Motion Pictures show tops iTunes, and more.

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socalTECH

APRIL 3, 2018

A report, published by Buzzfeed on Monday, says that Los Angeles-based gay dating and hookup app Grindr had been sharing information on users' HIV status with two app optimization services, coupled with their GPS data and information.

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L.A. Business Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

opens Spectacles store in New York City, across the street from Apple store, NBC Universal plows $200 million more into Buzzfeed, and virtual reality video distribution platform Vrideo shuts down.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Buzzfeed takes a deep dive into the story behind Crowdstrike's investigation , and how essentially Crowdstrike has replaced the FBI in investigating the intrusion. According to the story, Crowdstrike was roped into the deal by literally a random call into its sales desk.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 13, 2016

Los Angeles-based TYT Network has hired on BuzzFeed and Fullscreen veteran Chris Puckett as its new Vice President of Advertising & Brand Partnerships, the company said Tuesday. Puckett joins the company from Fullscreen, where he had been serving as East Coast Director of Brand Partnerships and Sales. He also had served at BuzzzFeed.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 27, 2017

Talks and panels on: AI, VR, IoT, Digital Media, Startups, Venture Capital, Machine Learning, Women in Tech, Company Culture Reps from companies like: Cisco System, Intel, Digital Domain, Vizio, Disney Interactive, Buzzfeed, NBC Universal, the Port of LA, Enplug, Kind Traveler, SoGal, Spokeo and more See [link] (more)

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

A new report says that Los Angeles-based Ring The report , from Buzzfeed, claims that Ring has a group of researchers in the Ukraine, including a "head of face recognition research", despite its long public stance that it does not use facial recognition technology.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 27, 2017

Industry leaders from top companies such as Disney, LA Times, BuzzFeed, and NBC will share their experiences at the conference. Located in Southern California, N3XT CON 2017 will spotlight industries that embody the LA spirit - Entertainment, Technology, and Startups.

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socalTECH

JULY 12, 2016

According to BuzzFeed, the lawsuit relates to harassmen of Bambrogan by Afshin Pishevar.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 12, 2017

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

And as Jon Steinberg of Buzzfeed points out, the CTRs for social media banner ads are just 0.08%. I guess from there we had nowhere to go but down. Nowadays banner ads get on average 0.2% CTR meaning for every 1,000 ads that are served up only 2 people click on them. Holy Shiitake !

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Tech.Co

JUNE 22, 2021

Now, Shopify has apparently approached major publishers including Complex and Vox Media as well as getting Buzzfeed to sign on to the new program. An ecommerce giant with huge clout in bricks-and-mortar store retail, too, Shopify can boast to having more than one million retailers using its platform.

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Tech.Co

MAY 26, 2020

The New York Times now includes a Bookshop link alongside an Amazon one, while BuzzFeed News, Vox, and New York Magazine are all in, and Hearst, Meredith, and Condé Nast will likely start using Bookshop next month. Top Publications: BuzzFeed News, Vox, New York Magazine. Bookshop’s goal isn’t to beat Amazon.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I don’t need to tell you what else is LA … SnapChat, Whisper, Tinder. All great communication companies. And in commerce we have NastyGal, DailyLook, JustFab and many others. KickStarter? Gilt Groupe, AdoreMe, Thrillist, Birchbox? And on and on.

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JANUARY 31, 2015

It’s no wonder Buzzfeed, Vox, Upworthy and others are growing leaps. NYT Metro Desk. NYT DotEarth. NYT Learn How to Use Social Media. Dowd follows 71. She can dish the dirt but she can’t grok the new medium. They get the medium for delivering their content has changed. The NY Times – not so much. Let me say it again.

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MAY 19, 2010

Current round: $20mm in Series C by Accel Partners (Jim Breyer, board member at Wal-Mart, Dell, and FaceBook), KPCB, and DAG Ventures. Total raised: $29.5mm. Read more: CrunchBase profile , TechCrunch. Helps content publishers and advertisers launch campaigns that develop viral distribution attributes and therefore gain “buzz.”.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

Is it any surprise to see Zulily in Seattle, Wayfair in Boston, ExactTarget in Indianapolis, TrueCar in Los Angeles, GroupOn in Chicago or BuzzFeed in NYC? Deflationary Economics now favors us. I think it’s the era of the application.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

s other startup advantages include: A long media history: Companies such as Netflix and Buzzfeed are based in L.A. This is one of the essential ingredients that make up a sustainable startup community. for a reason: Los Angeles offers the best access to seasoned executives and creative talent.

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Tech.Co

JULY 12, 2016

Buzzfeed broke the news , offering an explanation of the Hyperloop lawsuit: “In mid-June Bambrogan requested a temporary restraining order against Hyperloop’s chief legal officer Afshin Pishevar, who also happens to be cofounder Shervin Pishevar’s brother. Today, he’s suing a former colleague for harassment.

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Xconomy

JULY 1, 2016

—Buzzfeed ran a lengthy report Wednesday on the sexual harassment charges against University of Washington vaccine researcher Michael Katze. Buzzfeed reports that Katze is still drawing his UW salary, but his lab has been shut down.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2017

So you have GM investing $500 million in Lyft, BMW starting a $530 million venture fund, Comcast/NBCU investing $200 million into BuzzFeed and even Sesame Street now has a venture capital fund!

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socalTECH

APRIL 6, 2015

One thing with AllSay, is it looke like Buzzfeed did in the early days. Editors use Buzzfeed and read the news, to find proposals and decisions, and use the news as a source. How does your service connect those opinions of your users with the actual decision makers? Geoff Campbell: That''s a great question.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

In the past year, New York has reached a tipping point as consumer-facing startups proliferate and similarly Los Angeles is gaining notice with the success of Snap and Dollar Shave Club among others.

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TechCrunch LA

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

In the past year, New York has reached a tipping point as consumer-facing startups proliferate and similarly Los Angeles is gaining notice with the success of Snap and Dollar Shave Club among others. Read More.

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socalTECH

MARCH 2, 2016

It will be less about celebrities, but more along a Wired or more intellectual Buzzfeed, and we'll also further our reach into gaming, music, and elsewhere in our same format. You'll see us in news, politics, and in food, and next for us is more pop culture and entertainment. READ MORE>>.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 26, 2016

Facebook started with the biggest publishers in the game: BuzzFeed , Huffington Post , New York Times , Washington Post. BuzzFeed has seen their Instant Articles engage more people than any of their standard link posts and Gawker ’s founder tweeted that instant articles boosted daily uniques to their website.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2015

BuzzFeed and other sites have adopted this approach, focusing their site on providing a single unified editorial voice. The fringe voices are still there – Buzzfeed, for example, still has a large community of content creators – but the power of the amplification engine for that content lies firmly in the hands of the editorial staff.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

There are tons of social platforms and he does his best to be on as many as possible because there are people who are only do one social network, maybe only twitter, only tumblr, only chive, only facebook or only buzzfeed. He reads all the comments and replies and tries to touch as many people as he can. He uses Final Cut Pro.

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Xconomy

JUNE 22, 2018

Fridays can be the most productive work day, as you look to shore up everything before the weekend starts. Or, maybe instead, it’s a day filled with long lunches and listless Internet surfing, as you seek out all the interesting articles you missed during the week.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2013

It doesn’t matter who you are; you can be writing long-form journalism for Rolling Stone, doing advertorials for BuzzFeed, or you can be writing the menu for the restaurant down the street. We are handling writing and the relationship between writers and publishers. Any sort of contracted work, you can put through us.

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Xconomy

JULY 20, 2018

You’ve made it to Friday. Time to curl up in your cubicle, pop open one of these in-depth, entertaining reads, and catch up on some of what you missed during a busy week. This week we’re taking a look at all the political stories that are coming out of the tech world.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

Usually I tell them to study Upworthy & Buzzfeed. So my advice to many is to study online companies that understand how to use technology for audience development, engagement, viral distribution and subscriptions. Here is an example. This morning I logged into Facebook. I was seeing the video because I had previously liked Upworthy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

It has Vice, Tastemade, Vox, ESPN, Comedy Central, BuzzFeed and more. The fourth part is “ discover ” and this is the professional media part of Snapchat that you barely knew existed but your younger peers certainly know about.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 13, 2016

In the online world the ecosystem is being fragmented into those that primarily produce content (Mitu, Vice, BuzzFeed) and those who primarily distribute it: YouTube, Amazon, Netflix, Yahoo!, In long-form online video, companies were also broad in nature: Hulu, Netflix, Amazon and Apple TV. AOL and the like.

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