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JUNE 8, 2010

Westlake Village-based PurePhoto.com , a new startup headed by former NextMedium COO John Ellis, and whose exec team includes prior executives from ReachLocal, ValueClick, and YellowPages.com, said Tuesday that it has acquired the assets of Los Angeles-based PhotographyMentor , an online photography education and social networking site.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Westlake Village-based In-Three , a developer of 3D conversion technology and services for the movie industry, has been acquired by visual effects house Digital Domain , according to reports. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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JULY 2, 2013

The new service comes thanks to a local company, Westlake Village-based Row 44 , which offers up in-flight entertainment and connectity systems. Row 44, which is now part of Global Eagle Entertainment, is providing all of the systems required to deliver the service.

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JUNE 11, 2012

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the provider of inflight Wi-Fi and entertainment services headed by John LaValle, announced today that it has raised $45M more in financing. The round came from Advanced Inflight Alliance AG (AIA) and prior investor PAR Capital Management.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2011

which has substantial operations in Westlake Village, Beverly Hills-based RealD , Monrovia-based Green Dot , and Woodland Hills-based ReachLocal. Gevo is just the latest in a surge of companies hitting the public markets which have Southern California links. Other recent IPOs with Southern California roots include Inphi Corp.

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MAY 20, 2011

Westlake Village-based PurePhoto , the developer of an online, social commerce site to help photographers sell their photos, said today that it has launched a new, Groups feature to help its users discuss topics in photography with other users. The site is headed by John Ellis.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Southwest Airlines said Friday afternoon that it is officially rolling Wi-Fi out to all of its airplanes, in what is a major win for Westlake Village-based Row 44. Southwest said it will eventually ramp up to 25 installs per month, with all of its 540 planes being fully outfitted with Wi-Fi service by early 2012.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

Southwest Airlines said Thursday that it has priced out its wireless Internet services on its fleet, and will initially charge $5 per flight for any device or flight length for WiFi service. Southwest and Row 44 began testing WiFi on four of its aircraft in 2009, and has now installed the systems on 32 planes.

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JULY 3, 2012

Travelers out on the road over the next few days around the July 4th holiday who are flying Southwest Airlines might notice a new perk in some of the carrier's aircraft: live television, part of a preview of a service Southwest is working on expanding into 20 aircraft by mid-month.

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JUNE 7, 2011

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the provider of in-flight, broadband Wi-Fi equipment, has linked with Lufthansa Technik , the firms said Monday. Row 44 is powering Southwest Airlines' Wi-Fi access service. Lufthansa Technik is a provider of maintenance, repair, overhaul, and modification of aircraft. READ MORE>>.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2009

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , a startup developing a service to help companies sent electronic notices based on physical, postal addresses, reported today that it has signed on Mother Earth News as a customer.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , which is starting up a service to deliver messages electronically based on postal addresses, said today that it has launched its service in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The firm said that the City of Minneapolis is using its service to send public notices and other municipal mail.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Westlake Village-based web advertising firm ValueClick said late Monday that it has divested its Web Clients promotional lead generation business. ValueClick said the move is part of a strategy to grow its core online marketing services and technology. Name of the buyer was not disclosed. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said this morning that it has launched a new Platform Services offering within its ValueClick Media division. As part of the new platform, the firm said it has named Nancy Hall as Vice President, Platform Services, the lead the new offering. READ MORE>>.

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JUNE 1, 2012

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the provider of in-flight WiFi and entertainment systems, reported yesterday that it has been selected by Icelandair , to provide its services on Icelandair's fleet. Financial impact of the win was not disclosed.

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AUGUST 19, 2010

Westlake Village-based ValueClick said today that it has partnered with LucidMedia , a provider of contextual analysis for online advertising. According to ValueClick, it will use the partnership to enable enhanced contextualization services within its online advertising platforms.

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MARCH 29, 2012

In an interesting shift of its strategy, Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the provider of in-flight broadband systems for the commercial airline industry, said this week that it will offer up its new, wireless video-on-demand (VOD) service to airlines--even if they don't want to tap into the firm's satellite broadband wireless services.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Westlake Village-based ValueClick has divested Search213 , the company's European, self-service, paid search business, the company said today. According to ValueClick, it sold Search123 to its former executive in charge of European operations, Carl White.

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MARCH 27, 2012

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the provider of in-flight broadband equipment, announced today that it has linked with MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM) in an in-flight live streaming television and on-demand video entertainment effort.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the developer of in-flight wireless broadband equipment, said Friday that the firm has received FCC approval to offer its services over the Atlantic Ocean. Row 44 is backed by PAR Capital Management, and headed by John Guidon.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

Westlake Village-based in-flight wireless and entertainment hardware provier Row 44 has signed up its second Russian airline customer, the firm said this week. Row 44 said that it has added UTair Aviation , which it called a "leading airline" in Russia, as a customer for its high-speed Internet access and entertainment service.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Westlake Village-based Cynvenio Biosystems , the developer of molecular diagnostics systems for cancer, has spun out a new subsidiary, BioMolded Products , focused on blow molded plastic parts for the biopharmaceutical and life science industries this week. READ MORE>>.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2011

A major competitor to Westlake Village-based Row 44 , which develops Wi-Fi equipment for the commercial aviation market, has scored a big funding round this morning. Illinois-based Aircell , which provides a competing, in-flight Internet access service to Row 44, said it has raised $35M in funding from its private equity investors.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , a developer of satellite-based, wireless Internet connectivity for commercial aircraft, said today that it has created a "walled-garden" portal for airlines. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 24, 2010

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , the startup developing an online mail delivery service based on street addresses, said today that it has partnered with GovDelivery , a provider of a communications platform for goverment-to-citizen communications. Financial details of the deal between the firm was not announced.

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MAY 4, 2010

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , a developer of a digital mailbox intended to replace delivery of mail by the post office, said today that it is now licensing its technology as a white label software offering. The firm said it has created a new subsidiary, Zumbox Software, Inc., which will look to license its paperless mail technology.

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AUGUST 24, 2009

Southwest Airlines is expanding the firm's deployment of Wi-Fi service on the company's planes, the firm said late Friday, with a fleetmwide rollout of wireless systems from Westlake Village-based Row 44. Southwest has been testing Row 44's service since February of this year. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Westlake Village-based Conversant , the online advertising firm which is in the midst of being acquired by Alliance Data, said Tuesday that it has named Jim Rund as its new Chief Revenue Officer for its media business. Conversant was formerly known as ValueClick, and offers up a wide range of online advertising products and services.

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APRIL 11, 2011

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , the digital postal delivery service headed by John Payne, announced this morning that it has scored a licensing deal with New Zealand Post. Financial details of the win were not disclosed.

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APRIL 9, 2013

Westlake Village-based in-flight Wi-Fi equipment provider Row 44 , which is now a subsidiary of Global Eagle Entertainment, reported this morning that it has deployed its systems on 60 Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737-800''s. The provider of satellite-based Wi-Fi services said its systems are now installed on nearly 500 aircraft.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Westlake Village-based Row 44 , the developer of in-flight broadband products, said today that it has hired on Southwest Airlines vet Doug Murri. Row 44's biggest win to date has been with Southwest, where it provides its hardware to power Southwest's in-flight Wi-Fi services. READ MORE>>.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , the online postal mail startup headed by John Payne, said this morning that it has partnered with Crawford Technologies, a provider of software used by companies to print large quantity of bills. Zumbox maintains a service which lets users pull up their mail, based on their postal address.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Westlake Village-based Move announced today that it has appointed David Story as the firm's new Chief Technology Officer, and Scott Boecker as its Chief Product Officer. Boecker was most recently at Ticketmaster, and also has served at KPE Digital Services and eToys. READ MORE>>.

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AUGUST 2, 2011

Well, if you are, a new promotion from online mailbox service Westlake Village-based ZUMBOX is for you. The promotion--which is aimed at drumming up interest and signups to its online mailbox service--launched in June, and runs until December 15th.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Westlake Village-based Zumbox , which provides an online system for sending electronic messages to U.S. Zumbox said it is making its service available to municipal and state governments free of charge, and that it will not charge consumers to receive mail via the service. READ MORE>>.

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

Westlake Village-based Specialists On Call , a firm developing a service to provide physician specialists to urban, suburban, and other hospitals via videoconferencing, has raised around $11.73M in a series of fundings, according to regulatory filings by the firm this week.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Row 44 , the provider of in-flight Wi-Fi and entertainment systems based in Westlake Village, reported Wednesday that it has surpassed 350 aircraft installations of its system.

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