Upon the launch of YouTube’s new music subscription service, the most powerful man in the music industry is threatening to pull 20,000 songs off of YouTube, citing inadequate underlying deals for the compositions managed by Azoff’s publishing company, Global Music Rights. According to The Hollywood Reporter, artists affected include The Eagles, Pharrell Williams, Boston, Foreigner, John Lennon, Smokey Robinson, Chris Cornell, and…
INC magazine just released their annual 30 Under 30 list,… Read more For the second year in a row, an LA-area company… Read more
This is kinda huge — Mobcrush, the live mobile streaming platform for mobile games, has hired Apple App Store game lead Greg Essig and former Google Play games lead Koh Kim to join as co-heads of business development, bringing together two influential names from each of the leading platforms. Mobcrush has additionally brought on former Xbox strategist Eric Doty who is Mobcrush’s…
NBCUniversal will be hosting a hackathon at the Sheraton Universal Hotel, in order to drive New Forms of Storytelling Driven by Technology. The event runs from 9a-7p Saturday & Sunday November 15 & 16. Developers can apply now for the opportunity to compete for up to $25,000 in cash and prizes. Choose from among our many partner challenges and vie for the…
Variety reports that Snapchat CEO Evan Speigel has purchased a home in Brentwood for $3.3 million. The house is a 1920’s Spanish-style home, just under 3000 square feet, a nicely modest space for the CEO of a company worth billions, in a quiet neighborhood about 5 miles away from Snapchat’s headquarters. Congrats!
LA’s growth in the global tech scene should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed the progress Silicon Beach for the past couple years. Yet for all the headlines that areas like Santa Monica, Venice, and Playa Vista grab, downtown LA has been attracting a strong base of up & comers, including Nasty Gal, Hyperloop, Nationbuilder, FEM Inc, and Seedling.…
When you say the words JIBJAB, chances are the first thing you think about is “This Land,” one of the company’s biggest, most visible creations. Or you think of the numerous music videos which feature you & your friends’ faces pasted to funny-moving bodies, such as for “Happy” or “All About that Bass.” But rarely do you hear about the company’s ups…
The US Army cut the ribbon to officially open their west coast research hub at the Playa Vista-based USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT). The Institute, long known for its innovative work which has lead to huge leaps in usage and adoption of technologies such as 3D, Virtual Reality, and Augmented Reality, takes another step forward by being home to over 70…