Scott Painter, known as a founder of automotive websites, now is taking a chance on a Beverly Hills technology company that specializes in online poker sites. It’s a gamble because federal law prohibits interstate online wagering. However, individual states can authorize it under the same legal doctrine that permits lotteries. His company’s prospects brightened last [...]

Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill became fans of online video games in college. And after they watched one of their favorite titles attract more than 7 million players in just a few years, they decided to design a game of their own. So in 2006, they hired two of that game’s developers and launched their [...]

After Traci Morrow had her fourth child, she decided to lose some weight. Using a 90-day workout program called Power 90, she shed 15 pounds. That was in 2003. Her enthusiasm later led her to become one of the first coaches for the Beachbody LLC company. She now earns as much as $16,000 in commissions [...]

Believe it or not, one of the most popular games on Apple’s iTunes store was developed by a 14-year-old boy in Kuwait. The game, “Doodle Destroy,” has been downloaded more than 900,000 times. And a registered nurse in Los Angeles has made enough money from her iPhone games to start a development studio. How are [...]

Consumers long ago grew accustomed to seeing name-brand products pop up in films and videos. But now, that hit song on the radio may have a paid advertisement embedded in it. Kluger Agency, based in Beverly Hills and Miami, arranges to get brand names mentioned in pop song lyrics – sometimes even in the title. [...]

Has buying postage stamps over the Internet finally caught on with consumers and businesses? It appears so, looking at Stamps.com, the L.A.-based online seller of postage. For the last three quarters, Stamps.com’s earnings have beat analysts’ estimates as the company has boosted its subscriber base among large businesses, and reduced the rate of cancellations among [...]

When Mike Jones walks through the hallways at Myspace these days, he’s on the lookout for the company’s old logo on signs or equipment or documents. They’ve all got to go. For Jones, the social network’s president and chief executive, stripping the Beverly Hills headquarters of the old logo is the culmination of an eight-month [...]

The store of tomorrow is ready for business today. It’s prosaically called the Retail Center, and it’s at InterPublic Group’s Emerging Media Lab, a high-tech market research and demonstration showroom on the Miracle Mile. InterPublic, which owns ad agencies around the world, hosts presentations at the lab to show retailers and product marketers how they [...]