The viral comedy boom made Lil Dicky famous. Here’s how he weathered the crash

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“He certainly loves YouTube and the way the fans were able to interact with the material and share the material, and the way it was just him in his apartment in Santa Monica uploading a video and then people on the streets are talking about it. That was all cool, but the endgame was never: Let’s make stuff for YouTube.” Now, as TikTok ...
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Legal fight over Quibi’s mobile technology gets ugly

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Eko, a subsidiary of Israeli JBF Interlude Ltd., believes Quibi stole its technology after becoming aware of it through demonstrations it showed to Katzenberg and Quibi employees when they previously worked with Eko’s partner, Santa Monica camera and social media company Snap. In 2015, Eko filed an application for a patent for its technology ...
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The Secret Sex Workers’ Database That Brought Down a Plastic Surgeon Accused of Rape

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She didn’t report it to police but took an in-home drug test, which found benzodiazepenes in her system, and she visited the Rape Treatment Center at the UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica, where she had a rape kit exam performed. Both tests were later obtained by the FBI. The FBI investigation revealed that employees had suspected Gupta as ...
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Threat of Mobile Gaming Looms as Activision Revenue Drops by $1 Billion

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One year after laying off nearly 800 staff members in a bid to cut costs, Activision Blizzard Inc. is struggling to regain its footing in a shifting industry. The Santa Monica-based game developer saw revenue drop by $1 billion in 2019, its first dip since 2015, and entered 2020 with several challenges, including competition from other mobile ...
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Amazon cancels AWS Summit in San Francisco over coronavirus

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FILE – This Sept. 6, 2012 file photo shows the Amazon logo in Santa Monica, Calif. Amazon has signed a lease for a new office space in Manhattan that will house more than 1,500 employees, less than a year after pulling out of a deal for a larger headquarters in the borough of Queens after politicians and activists objected to nearly $3 ...
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Ring Introduces Two New Video Doorbells and Its New, Innovative Pre-Roll Technology, A First-to-Market Feature for Battery-Powered Doorbells

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Ring also announced its next generation Ring Chime and Chime Pro, which enable customers to hear audible Ring notifications throughout their home. SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ring, whose mission is to make neighborhoods safer, today unveiled the new Ring Video Doorbell 3 and Ring Video Doorbell 3 Plus, as well as its new Pre-Roll ...
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Inside Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon's Real-Life Love Story

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"And then Judd called my manager and was like, 'Hey, does Kumail have any ideas?' So I went and met Judd at 7 a.m. out in Santa Monica, and I told him some ideas and then was like, ‘Well, there’s also this real-life thing that I think could make a good movie…’ and he liked it. He said, ‘Go, figure out a pitch, and come and pitch it to ...
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