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Greycroft Adds New Los Angeles Partner: Mark Terbeek

Mark Terbeek is joining Greycroft Partners as a new venture partner in its Los Angeles office. He joins Dana Settle there, and will focus on online video. Terbeek comes to Greycroft from MK Capital, where his investments have included Machinima, ZEFR and Kontiki. Previous to that, he was co-founder of Jamcracker, an early software-as-a-service startup.

Smoshed! Alloy Digital Raises $30 Million for Web Video That Makes Money.

The guys who brought you Ian and Anthony — you know Ian and Anthony, right? — want to buy more Web stars.
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YouTube Programming Investors Back YouTube Tools Startup Epoxy

The people backing video networks like Machinima and Maker Studios back a company that’s supposed to help video networks like Machinima and Maker Studios.
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Demand Media Vets Launch Tastemade, a Machinima for Food Videos

There are plenty of food and recipe videos on YouTube. But these guys, backed by $5 million in venture money, think there’s room for more.
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YouTube’s Show-Me-the-Money Problem

YouTube made a big push to get video makers to deliver higher-quality clips. Now some say Google’s site isn’t delivering on its end.
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Another Big-Media YouTube Bet: Bertelsmann Invests in StyleHaul’s Fashion Videos

It’s like Machinima, except the people who watch it are into Tory Burch instead of Halo.
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YouTube Is Ready to Invest in Vevo, but the Deal Isn’t Done

A deal will let YouTube hang on to its most popular content, and provide real money for Vevo and music label owners.
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Kamcord Gets Backing From Top Investors to Record Mobile Game Play

Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures and Tencent are just three of the investors backing a small San Francisco start-up called Kamcord.
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As Yahoo Sales Reorg Proceeds, Former Interclick CEO Katz Departs

The well-known ad exec’s exit from the Silicon Valley Internet giant was less than amicable.
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Chernin Group Invests in Latino YouTube Channel

Lots of interest in Spanish-language stuff on the world’s biggest video site.
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Is YouTube’s Ad Pitch Working?