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OCTOBER 3, 2012

It turns out there's (at least) one, run by a local Venice, California-based company, Resignation Media, called Tapiture. Resignation Media recently tapped John Ellis (PurePhoto, Webxu, NextMedium) as CEO of Tapiture.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Miso Media. Miso Media's guitar learning app is changing how people learn music, listening to musicians, letting them know if they're playing the right notes, and teaching them how to play a guitar, all from their iPad. Earbits is in Venice, and is headed by Joey Flores. Do you wish you could learn how to play the guitar?

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

Venice-based JibJab Media , the online humor and greeting card company, made its name with its well known animation of talking and singing Presidents. Since its "This Land Is Your Land" video hit the web in 2004, the company''s humor--and greeting cards--have been based on its signature video animation style.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Venice-based Snap is deepening its ties to major media companies, saying on Thursday that it will expand its Our Stories feature to allow those companies to pull user-submitted videos to create their own stories.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Venice, California-based Snapchat , the developer of the popular social media app, has added $4.5M snapchat venture capital filing social media mobile' in venture funding--and three new investors--as part of its Series C funding round, according to a regulatory filing by the company today. READ MORE>>.

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MAY 23, 2018

Venice, California-based Snap , the parent company of Snapchat, is launching a new startup accelerator, named "Yellow", the company disclosed on Wednesday afternoon. The accelerator said it will invest $150,000 into ten different "creators" and startups focused in the media area. READ MORE>>.

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OCTOBER 28, 2008

Venice Beach-based Access 360 Media, which operates an out-of-home advertising network, said today that it has raised $8M in a Series B funding round. Access 360 media operates a content-based network of programming for physical retailers, focused on the youth market.

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APRIL 17, 2013

Venice Beach-based Bitium , a new startup out of LA''s Amplify accelerator, announced this morning that it has raised $2.4M in a seed funding round.

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MAY 7, 2013

Our industry just took one big step towards legitimacy with the hiring of renowned media exec Ynon Kreiz to run Maker Studios. You can’t change media consumption patterns easily. Ynon Kreiz is a force of nature in the media and tech sectors. hours of TV / day. hours of TV / day. They read less than 30 minutes.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Tapiture, which is based in Venice, announced this morning that it has raised $825,000 in a new funding round, which will help it accelerate its existing traction, launch its e-commerce solution, and help drive development of new mobile apps. Tapiture is led by John Ellis, and was founded by John and Leo Resig of Resignation Media.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Venice, California-based social media app developer Snapchat has made a significant, high visibility hire, saying this week that it has hired Peter Magnusson, a former engineering director from Google, as its new Vice President of Engineering. The high profile hire comes as Snapchat ramps its recruiting efforts.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

Venice-based Mogreet , the mobile marketing and services firm headed by James Citron, has launched a new, mobile service today called moShare. The firm said the service is built on its media messaging platform, and can deliver any type of content to mobile phones, regardless of wireless carrier or device type. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Venice, California-based Snapchat said Tuesday that it has settled a dispute with Reggie Brown , the fellow Stanford University student who had claimed that he came up with the idea for Snapchat. snapchat lawsuit reggie brown legal settlement social media' Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 11, 2016

Venice, California-based Rally Networks , a startup which uses free charging stations in public locations to help spread the word about mobile apps, has been selected for the new Virgin Media Accelerator that is launching in London.

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DECEMBER 18, 2012

Venice-based Tapiture , an online, male-focused site which bills itself a "Pinterest for Men", has raised $450,000 in what looks like a convertible debt funding. The company is a spinout of Resignation Media. The funding came via an SEC filing. Tapiture has not yet announced the funding, which has a target of $1.0M READ MORE>>.

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MAY 22, 2012

So, if you happen to read this and want to meet me, just reach out directly.

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

Stubbs Alderton joins recent Santa Monica addition--and Silicon Valley law firm and rival--Cooley LLP in putting an office in the area, about a block away.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

Venice-based Snapchat is facing another big crisis Friday, as word spread that at least 100,000 compromising, Snapchat photos and videos have been leaked to online hacking sites. 4chan video photo media social hacker service terms hack leak image snapchat' READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 9, 2011

Venice, California-based Topspin Media , the venture backed developer of music marketing software and applications, has released its venue ticketing software to the Apple App store. The app allows music venues to scan paper and smart-phone tickets sold through Topspin's software using their iPhone.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Venice-based Fuisz , a developer of software to automatically identify objects and people in any video, has just partnered with AwesomenessTV , the company said Thursday. fuisz media awesomeness product software link video youtube' Financial details of the deal were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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MARCH 5, 2013

To that end, Venice-based Epoxy announced this morning that it has raised $2M in a funding round, to help build out its product suite to help grow, engage, and monetize online video channels. The new round was led by GRP Partners, which adds Mark Suster to Epoxy's board of directors.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Venice, California-based ZEFR , the online content distribution startup founded by Zach James and Richard Raddon, has some new experience in its corner: Ross Levinsohn, the former interim CEO of Yahoo. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 10, 2012

It’s becoming harder to distinguish tech companies from media companies. These days it’s Santa Monica and Venice. In LA the VC shift is clearly to Santa Monica / Venice, home of Rustic Canyon, Greycroft, Anthem and just about every incubator (Amplify, Launchpad, Mucker, Science). And make-up artists. And sound engineers.

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JULY 6, 2016

Venice, California-based OpenMail , a developer of data warehousing products used for marketing analytics and targeting, has acquired the Infospace business from owner Blucora. OpenMail is led by Chuck Ursini, former EVP, Platforms at Demand Media; Ursini also has served at Amazon, Morgan Stanley and UBS. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 21, 2020

Venice, California-based Snap Inc. The investigations are allegedly over "whitewashing" within Snap, and disparagement of Block representation in media, according to the report. has reportedly launched an investigation into accusations of racism and sexism in the company, according to a report from the Business Insider.

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OCTOBER 3, 2011

Venice, California-based Tecca , the online and mobile site providing articles, reviews, how-to articles, and other information about electronics products, said Monday that it is now reaching over one million unique visitors a month. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2014

I was running the largest deals in the media and entertainment video area across many different Google products. I also lead our media and entertainment vertical practice. Rachel Payne: I was working at Google for about eight years, most recently in global strategic alliances.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Neville Spiteri is co-founder of Venice-based WEMO Media (www.wemomedia.com), a new, digital studio whose flagship product is TheBlu (www.theblu.com) an online, interactive experience focused on the world's oceans. Our focus is really what we refer to as globally shared media.

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DECEMBER 27, 2012

Kevin Winston , is the organizer of Digital LA , the popular and widely attended networking organization for the Los Angeles startup, web, movie, music, marketing, and social media community. What was the biggest news for you/your firm this year?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Venice, California-based Snap , the parent firm of Snapchat , has sued social media influencer and actor Luka Sabbat for failing to promote the company's Spectacles in posts.

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MAY 30, 2013

In a world where media empires are built off the back of the appeal of celebrities, those celebrities themselves often don''t benefit from that fan interest in their lives. We''re building, and have been in the process of building a media company and business by, with, and for celebrity influencers. What is WhoSay? What does that mean?

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MAY 21, 2019

Venice-based social media app developer Snap said late Monday that it has named a new Chief Financial Officer and Chief People Officer, in a shuffling of its executive staff. Anderson has been at Snap since July of 2018, and previously served at Amazon.com and Fox Interactive Media. READ MORE>>.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Venice, California-based Snap, Inc. , the parent company of Snapchat , said on Tuesday that it has not established a new international headquarters in London--despite media reports. The company said it has "one HQ, in Venice", and the changes in London simply involved billing advertising revenue in the UK through a UK entity.

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JANUARY 31, 2018

Vubiquity to be acquired for $224 million by Amdocs; Santa Monica-based Hawke Media picks up Execute LA of Venice; and Scopely raises $125 million.

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JULY 7, 2016

Venice-based Snapchat has been sued in a class action lawsuit , over what the lawsuit says are obscene news stories published via Snapchat Discover. 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. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Venice, California-based StackCommerce, which develops a white-label marketplace which is used by publishers and brands to help connect people with products, has been acquired by Integrated Media Company (IMC), itself owned by private equity investor TPG. Financial terms of the acquisition were not announced.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2012

Demand Media. Demand Media consistently popped up near number one in the list of "companies to work for" from our readers. (Readers in San Diego, Orange County, Ventura County, and elsewhere, please comment or send us your comments!). The now-public.

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