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FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Los Angeles-based online publisher Demand Media and celebrity Tyra Banks said Tuesday that they have officially named the new fashion and beauty site the two are working on together, as TypeF. Demand Media and Tyra Banks said in June of last year they would be partnering on a new fashion and beauty site.

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JUNE 13, 2012

Los Angeles-based online publisher Break Media is delving into that question this morning with the launch of a new site, called Acumen , focused on pulling insights and analysis on the behavior and trends driven by men. What makes men tick? READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 13, 2010

Los Angeles-based Break Media , the online video and content firm headed by Keith Richman, said this morning that it is targeting Hispanic males with a new site, TuVez.com. According to Break, the new site will provide content focused on entertainment, gaming, sports, and culture, all in context of Hispanic males.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Adconion Media Group , the European advertising network firm which as significant operations in Los Angeles, said today that it has acquired smartclip , a European digital video advertising firm. Smartclip adds around 500 new publisher sites to Adconion's network. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online media site run by Richard Rosenblatt, said Friday that it has updated its eHow web site, the firm's questions and answers site. Tags: ehow demand media question answer video help. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 11, 2011

Los Angeles-based Break Media , the online digital video site run by Keith Richman, and Scripped.com , the online screenwriting site headed by Sunil Rajaraman, have named a winner in a contest sponsored by the two companies. The two sites said they received more than 300 submissions in the contest.

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MARCH 1, 2011

Los Angeles-based Demand Media , the online publishing firm headed by Richard Rosenblatt, along with food and cooking celebrity Rachel Ray , said this morning that they are in a multi-year, exclusive partnership to develop co-branded content in the food category. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Woo Media , the operator of the online dating site WooMe.com, has been acquired by San Francisco-based Zoosk , the company said Thursday. Woo Media--which had offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and London--did not disclose financial terms of the deal.

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JUNE 27, 2013

Santa Monica-based Demand Media has made an interesting move this morning, launching a brand new, subscription fitness and nutrition program. Demand Media said it new Stronger program is part of a "key initiative" to expand its paid content porfolio. Stronger is an offshoot of Demand Media''s LIVESTRONG.COM site.

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MARCH 28, 2011

Los Angeles-based SheKnows , the women's media site run by Evolve Media, said this morning that it has launched a new social media, community features for the service.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Los Angeles-based Spreeify , the developer of social marketing software headed by Ruben Dua, is launching a new social marketing product it calls Social Swag this week. The company said its site helps run campaigns offering promotional items for people to discover, share, and win. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Los Angeles-based EQAL , the social entertainment and media firm known for lonelygirl15, is powering a new web site for Earth Balance and Whole Foods Market. It appears that the new holiday baking community is also tied to two other sites being run by EQAL, one for Alicia Silverstone and the other for Alison Sweeney.

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OCTOBER 1, 2010

Los Angeles-based Break Media , the online video site run by Keith Richman, has scored a win with NFL.com , the firm said Friday. Tags: hollywood content highlights video sports football media break. Financial details of the partnership between the two companies were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 27, 2010

Los Angeles-based Break Media , the online entertainment site run by Keith Richman, said today that it has launched a new, 3D video channel--and will also produce its own, original 3D series. Tags: break media content publishing hollywood. The channel will also feature other, 3D videos from across the web.

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MARCH 25, 2013

Irvine-based Brand Affinity Technologies announced last week that it is in a partnership with the Los Angeles Angels. According to Brand Affinity Technologies, it will provide a "fan photography service" for the angels and fans. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 29, 2013

Online viral news and media site BuzzFeed is further expanding its operations in the Los Angeles area, and has set up a "social studio" in Los Angeles to help "influencers, thinkers and celebrities" to create videos for the social web.

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OCTOBER 3, 2014

In Los Angeles, it seems like everyone has either a script or a startup idea in their back pocket. This is an interesting combination of media and online website, can you talk about the strategy there? However, until recently, the two rarely intersected. It''s been a year in the making. In some cases, it will be a full time job.

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JANUARY 20, 2012

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media Corp. , the parent firm of AtomicOnline, SheKnows, and a network of other digital media sites, announced this morning that it has acquired two sites-- RealityTea.com , focused on reality entertainment, and WebEcoist.com , a green living site.

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OCTOBER 14, 2014

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media --the parent company of CraveOnline and TotallyHer--has rolled out a brand new video ad product, the company said today. The company said its new advertising offering will reach over 100 million monthly impressions across its enthusiast sites. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Online advertising provider Real Media Group , which is part of 24/7 Media, said today that it has launched three new video formats. The Social Slide Bar links users to social media sites like Facebook; the Action Button links to retailers like Amazon.com; and the Click-to-Long Play format features links to longer, branded content.

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MARCH 7, 2012

Continuing its push into original content, Los Angeles-based Break Media said today that it has launched a comprehensive redesign of Game Front , its online video game site, to add new, original editorial content, videos, and commentary to the site. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 23, 2013

Online publisher Resignation Media , the publisher of the humor site TheChive is leaving Los Angeles, and is moving its operations to Austin, according to a report Tuesday. Resignation Media was based in Venice Beach, and publishes a series of mostly male-focused (women, funny videos, humor) websites. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

I did a presentation about the use of Social Media to a great group of people who mostly are different kinds of service professionals (attorneys, accountants, consultants, etc.). Over the past 12 months, I've had roughly 284,000 people come visit that site and get exposed to things I write. But the web site visitors are accurate.

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JUNE 16, 2020

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media Corp , which operates such sites as CraveOnline, totallyher Media, GameRevolution, and LiveOutdoors, said today that it has launched a new online advertising product. The company said its INgage product semantically maps site content and helps online advertisers reach site visitors.

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DECEMBER 20, 2012

A new startup Silicon Beach LA , focused on creating a community portal for the Los Angeles and Silicon Beach community, launched Thursday, saying that it has launched a Kickstarter campaign to create a Silicon Beach themed-bus (nicknamed "Monica"), which will help promote the region at events.

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MAY 10, 2013

Four years ago, Los Angeles-based Adly (www.adly.com) launched to much fanfare as one of the first local startups to tie into the brand-new, Twitter micro messaging platform. We''re really focused on driving engagement with brands, and leverages the real-time conversations that happen in social media. Millenials?

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JUNE 21, 2012

Los Angeles-based online coupon and deal site Savings.com has been acuqired by Cox Target Media , Cox announced Thursday afternoon. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed. The deal includes Savoo.co.uk, and will add Savings.com to Valpak, the provider of those ubiquitous blue coupon envelopes distributed to U.S.

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DECEMBER 19, 2012

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media Corp. Evolve Media said that it originally acquired SheKnows.com in 2006, when it was a five person company with 600,000 unique visitors per month. Evolve Media said the proceeds for the sale will go into acquiring new websites, and investment in technology.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

Los Angeles-based production and content firm Will Packer Media said on Thursday that it has acquired women's lifestyle site xoNecole , a lifestyle site aimed at "urban millenial women". Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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AUGUST 8, 2011

Los Angeles-based Break Media and production firm Reveille , the company behind The Office and The Biggest Loser, said Monday that the two have inked a development deal. The two companies said that Reveille will develop a slate of original, digital pilots for Break, aimed at that site's comedy audience.

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JULY 18, 2012

Los Angeles-based Media Temple , the web hosting firm, is partnering with Virb to help small businesses, artists, musicians, and others to create their own web sites, the firms said this morning.

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JULY 24, 2012

WhoSay , which operates an online, media management platform used by agents, celebrities, and studios to manage celebrities, has raised $12M in a funding round, the company said today. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based Fullscreen , the video content network operator, said Friday that it has acuqired video game media site ScrewAttack. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced. According to Fullscreen, the acquisition will significantly increase its presence in the game industry news and entertainment space.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

Los Angeles-based Evolve Media , the parent company of CraveOnline and TotallyHer, said late last night that it is in a partnership with Moat , where Moat will help to audit the viewability of all of its properties. Evolve says its family of sites now reach 95 million people each month. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 6, 2011

Southern California is already establishing a reputation as the home of one of the biggest online publishers, Demand Media. Based on events in recent days, it might be Los Angeles-based Breitbart.com , the controversial online publishing venture of Andrew Brietbart. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

Los Angeles-based online publisher Evolve Media said yesterday that it has acquired AfterEllen.com , a lesbian-focused community website, from Viacom Media Networks. AfterEllen becomes part of Evolve Media''s TotallyHer unit. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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