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  • Los Angeles Based Media Mayhem Corporation Has the Answer to Multi-Media Platform Marketing
  • undrest.(R) Apparel to be Featured in MTV Movie Awards Gift Bag
  • YoungYou Expands Headquarters in Los Angeles and Will Open Rejuvenation Center
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    Scrum Club Starts Pre-sales on Corporate Espionage Game

    Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:53:27 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES — Scrum Club, a not-for-profit organization, announced today that they have begun pre-sales of their first fundraising product, a card game titled “Corporate Espionage.” This game represents a battle between freshly-funded start-up companies who all have similar ideas and are entering the same target market. Each company must ramp up quickly in order [...]

    Recording Artist ‘The G-Man’ Releases a Soundtrack to Burning Man

    Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:40:44 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES — With a mixture of rock, trance, ambient and classical music, composer Scott G (recording artist The G-Man) creates a near-psychedelic journey on “Burning Man Soundscapes.” The 14 instrumental tracks are all influenced by the Burning Man social experiment held annually on the Playa in the Nevada desert. Song titles like “Serpent in [...]

    BETA Records and SoundWave360 Offer Artists First-Ever Premium Upgrade to Audio Files

    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:12:03 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — BETA Records LLC, the expanding international network and community of music artists and fans, will partner with Surroundphones Holdings Inc (SoundWave360), enabling artists to upgrade MP3 music files with a proprietary process giving their music more analog sound, cleaner dynamics, higher signal-to-noise ratio and more depth in playback, particularly in the [...]

    Gameshastra and Sony Europe to Develop PlayStation 2 Game Featuring Traditional Indian Sports

    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:59:22 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Today, Hyderabad and Los Angeles based Gameshastra Inc, announced a partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) to build a game on the PlayStation(R)2 platform for the Global market. The game will feature traditional Indian sports like Kho Kho, Kabaddi, Gulli Danda, etc. SCEE plans to grow the market in India [...]

    Iglesias Nights - An Evening of Salsa Dancing and Latin Culture in Los Angeles

    Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:04:30 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Imagine a night of sensual Latin performers, igniting the dance floor with their passion for life, and their spirit for living. The vibrant strains of the music, combined with the flavors and spicy taste of Tapas and Empanadas, along with the distilled liquid fire of premium Tequila cocktails - this sounds [...]

    Distinguished Animators from Kazakhstan Visit Los Angeles

    Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:29:47 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Four leading animators from the Zhebe Studio in Kazakhstan will be in Los Angeles July 14 - 21 as part of an effort to revive the production of cartoons in their country. While in Los Angeles these distinguished International Visitors will meet with their professional counterparts to gain first-hand knowledge of [...]

    Media Mayhem Creates Unique Opportunities for Advertisers to Reach Horror Enthusiasts

    Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:34:40 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Media Mayhem Corporation (MMC) announces Monday exclusive representation of the multi-tiered horror network of web sites that have film and production studios scrambling for placement of their latest projects on the small and silver screens. MMC is delivering successful campaigns hand over fist for major studios such as Warner Brothers, Lions [...]

    New Novel Portrays How a Woman Escapes an Abusive Marriage in Saudi Arabia

    Mon, 14 Jul 2008 18:33:04 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The recent thriller by author, Mark Biskeborn, “A Sufi’s Ghost,” has won a great deal of attention with its controversial characters. A Sufi’s Ghost, a novel by Mark Biskeborn, dramatizes how a woman flees an abusive, polygamous marriage in Saudi Arabia and reveals secrets of Islam.
    Larry Larson honed his skills in [...]

    China Sage Consultants Provides Logical First Step to Doing Business in China

    Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:53:00 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — China is a global powerhouse and China Sage Consultants, Inc. (CSC) actively assists resource-limited companies to execute business there. They are excited to announce that they have successfully assisted five companies to establish a strong presence in the Chinese market, thereby proving the effectiveness of their China Business Incubator (CBI) model. [...]

    A Ghost Worked on the New Instrumental Album by The G-Man

    Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:42:05 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — When Scott G began to mix The G-Man’s new album, “Audio Takes a Stand” produced by Songs and Soundtracks, he was shocked to see that an unseen entity had completed it for him. “I started to assign levels to the separate tracks of bass, drums, keyboards and guitars — the process [...]

    Jazz Prodigy Eric Reed to Perform at Get a Life Childcare Foundation’s First Annual Jazz to Support Life Event

    Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:18:34 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Get a Life Childcare Foundation, the only non-profit foundation in the nation dedicated to caring for children whose parents or siblings are living with chronic or terminal illness, will be holding their first annual “Jazz to Support Life” event benefiting the foundation’s second child care facility in West Los Angeles. The [...]

    Firebombers Incorporated: The Future of Wildland Firefighting?

    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:53:21 -0700 PDT
    by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — As global warming causes mega-fires to become the norm, as firefighting budgets are slashed, firefighting aircraft are grounded due to thick smoke, and firefighters are overwhelmed by the sheer number and size of wildfires, people are asking: Can technology be harnessed to produce a firefighting force capable of taking on such [...]

    Breakthrough Children’s Video Series Prepares Kids Ages 2-5 for Childhood’s Big Milestones

    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:17:31 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — ThinkBox Inc. today announces the release of “Showy Show! Preschool Show,” the first in a new live action educational video series for 2-5 year olds. The “Showy Show” series is specifically designed to use music and participation to help kids and their parents get ready for the major challenges of childhood [...]

    Music and Social Networking Get Redefined in New Interactive Site from BETA Records

    Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:32:02 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Giving musicians and music lovers more power and flexibility than ever before, BETA Records (betarecords.com) has launched a newly expanded site combining search-and-match music selection, virtual commerce, and social interaction. Technology partners took part in a global 2-year effort to transform BETA Records into a music ecosystem to accommodate the way [...]

    Hip Hop from Spain: Pachecos - Fear Of A Green Planet

    Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:54:18 -0700 PDT
    by Valerie Gotten - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — New album coming from Latin Thug Records: Following up on the success of their debut album “Beat Hustlers,” Barcelona Spain’s production trio - known as Pachecos - return with “Fear Of A Green Planet,” an album that pays tribute to the classic Public Enemy album (Fear Of A Black Planet), while [...]

    New Marinello Spa Academy Location Opens in Los Angeles

    Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:28:22 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Marinello Schools of Beauty is pleased to announce the opening of the new Spa Academy on North Fairfax Avenue in Los Angeles. The Academy is an extended campus of Marinello’s campus location on Wilshire Boulevard. Join us at our grand opening ribbon cutting on Wednesday, June 25th at 10 a.m. Refreshments [...]

    Stickam and Media Mayhem Corporation Sign Exclusive Online Advertising Agreement

    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:23:22 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Media Mayhem Corporation (MMC) has signed an exclusive advertising representation deal with live social networking (streaming) giant Stickam.com. MMC will promote Stickam with the nation’s largest agencies and advertisers helping them effectively reach their target audiences. Stickam.com currently has 3.8 million daily page views as well as 2.5 million live streams [...]

    Media Mayhem Corporation Names Douglas Maher as Public Relations Specialist

    Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:56:10 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Media Mayhem Corporation (MMC) announces Thursday the addition of Public Relations Pro Douglas Maher as the company’s new Public Relations Specialist, creating yet another in a long line of strategic moves to advance the company to greater heights in its goal to become the top online advertising and marketing agency in [...]

    The New Dick and Dee Dee Review: Sunny, Sweet Rock and Roll from Simpler Times

    Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:44:31 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Dee Dee Phelps, the original member of the Warner Bros. Records duo Dick and Dee Dee, and singer/actor Michael Dunn, will re-create the hits of Dick and Dee Dee and other ’60s recording artists on Sunday night, June 22nd at Theatre Palisades, 941 Temescal Canyon Road, in Pacific Palisades, California at [...]

    SolarReserve CEO Terry Murphy to Speak at European Tech Conference

    Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:17:41 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Terry Murphy, President and CEO of California-based solar thermal power company SolarReserve, has been tapped to speak about the future of concentrated solar power at a technology conference to be held later this week. The conference’s goal is to foster European expansion and partnership agreements for select companies focusing on energy, [...]

    California Court of Appeal Finds in Metrolink’s Favor

    Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:10:14 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif.– Today the State appellate court decided in Metrolink’s favor on a question important to Metrolink and commuter railroads across the country that rely on “push/pull” mode of operations to provide rail transportation to millions of passengers daily. The State’s appellate court unanimously granted Metrolink’s request for relief from a trial court’s push-pull [...]

    Environmental Advocate David S. Honda Appointed to Oversight Board of Controversial L.A. Landfill

    Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:51:41 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Los Angeles business leader and environmental sustainability advocate David S. Honda has been appointed to the Sunshine Canyon Landfill Local Enforcement Agency (SCL-LEA). SCL-LEA is a recently created joint powers authority (JPA) formed in part to adjudicate operating issues surrounding the controversial urban landfill at Sunshine Canyon as they arise, while [...]

    Los Angeles Based Media Mayhem Corporation Has the Answer to Multi-Media Platform Marketing

    Thu, 29 May 2008 14:51:22 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Media Mayhem Corporation (MMC) announced Friday that the company has assumed a “tight control” on the war for breaking multi-media platform strategy in a field that chews companies up and spits them out when they cannot produce what the client needs in today’s ever changing online advertising world. True multi-platform media [...]

    undrest.(R) Apparel to be Featured in MTV Movie Awards Gift Bag

    Thu, 29 May 2008 01:11:55 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Los Angeles based apparel company undrest.(R) has been picked to be in this year’s coveted MTV Movie Awards giveaway bag. The ultra premium gift bag has been valued in the past at over $17,000 and has included such exclusive items as the iPod Mini, Givenchy watches and Fendi eyewear. These exclusive [...]

    YoungYou Expands Headquarters in Los Angeles and Will Open Rejuvenation Center

    Thu, 29 May 2008 00:55:49 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — YoungYou Corporation, an international weight-loss and anti-aging research and development company, today affirmed its commitment to enabling its customers to live a healthy lifestyle with the opening of a new headquarters in Los Angeles, CA. The new location will also soon welcome YoungYou’s new Rejuvenation Center. “YoungYou is pleased to expand [...]

    Millions Join First Global Laugh For World Peace

    Wed, 21 May 2008 17:36:14 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Dr. Madan Kataria, creator of Laughter Yoga, has long dreamt of having simultaneous laughter sessions in different parts of the world. “I wished for major television channels like BBC and CNN to telecast all laughter celebrations and reach out to the people in every corner of the globe,” says Kataria. “The [...]

    SolarReserve Hires Top Energy and Technology Expert Tom Georgis

    Tue, 13 May 2008 16:19:23 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — SolarReserve, the Los Angeles-based solar thermal power company, has announced the hiring of Tom Georgis as Vice President of Development. Georgis will be responsible for developing solar power projects in the United States and internationally. SolarReserve holds the exclusive license for the breakthrough molten salt power tower technology with energy storage [...]

    L.A. Lawyer Requests The U.N. and E.U. Impose Trade Sanctions on The U.S. and Arizona for Alleged Human Rights Violations

    Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:34:31 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. and LONDON, England — Los Angeles Attorney, Frederick A. Romero, a decorated United States Marine Corp. veteran, who has been awarded the Purple Heart medal and was previously honorably discharged as a sergeant, has requested the United Nations, European Union and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to impose trade sanctions against the United States and to freeze U.S. assets abroad.

    Metrolink Turns a New Shade of Green on Earth Day with MotivePower MPXpress Commuter Locomotive

    Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:35:13 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Continuing its long history of environmental friendliness, Metrolink marks Earth Day by unveiling its newest locomotive - the cleanest diesel-electric option available - and stressing that riding Metrolink even one day a week makes a difference to the environment. Simply switching to public transit can slim down a commuter’s daily carbon emissions by 20 pounds.

    Lucy Hood to Deliver Keynote Presentation at Private Capital Network Breakfast in Los Angeles

    Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:50:13 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Lucy Hood, former president of Fox Mobile Entertainment will deliver a keynote presentation at the Los Angeles Private Capital Network meeting this month. On April 22nd, the event will kick off at 8:30 a.m. at the Custom Hotel where Hood will share recent experiences pioneering mobile business models and also discuss future plans.

    According to Loquvam Law, Most American’s Wealth is Lost by the Third Generation

    Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:33:01 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Loquvam Law, Southern California’s premier estate planning law firm asserts that traditional “bare bones” estate planning has focused primarily on what happens after death and usually passes on financial wealth outright with no conditions or safeguards. Today’s American families are realizing that these outdated, traditional estate planning methods are failing them and their families, and they are wanting a more holistic approach to deal with today’s real life issues.

    New e-Book Brings Professional Photo-Illustration Effects to Digital Photographers

    Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:06:28 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    Peter iNova eBookLOS ANGELES, Calif. — A new interactive publication brings great flexibility to every photographer using Adobe Photoshop 7 through CS3 running on Windows or Mac. The just-released eBook includes literally hundreds of new, productive and exotic treatments, effects, transformations and conversions of almost any digital image. The work is “Lights…Digital Camera…ACTIONS!” (ISBN: 1-882383-39-7) by Peter iNova, and is the first digital photography eBook available on a USB Flash drive.

    ONEsite Delivers Leading Social Network Scalability with Dramatic Capacity Upgrade

    Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:57:33 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    LOS ANGELES, Calif. — ONEsite, Inc., the leading provider of enterprise community and social networking software, announced today the launch of its new Class A datacenter and a series of wide ranging performance enhancements to the patent-pending technology of the ONEsite Platform.

    MyHollywoodFilm Creates Virtual Studio System and P2P Networking Community

    Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:51:31 -0700 PDT
    by Cindy Holden - Staff Editor

    MyHollywoodFilm MHFLOS ANGELES, Calif. — MyHollywoodFilm, a global virtual studio for the Independent Film production and education industry, has established a unique P2P networking community. Filmmakers can find instruction, establish their careers, create the films of tomorrow and gain worldwide, viewable exposure, 24/7.