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SoCal TechNews - Monday, January 18, 1999
http://www.socaltech.com/
Copyright(c) 1999 by Benjamin F. Kuo

   - VC Firm Tries Hand At Franchising
   - EBN Coverage of Vitesse Acquisition
   - Warner Brothers and FortuneCity.com Launch ACMEcity Community Network
   - Psygnosis and Activision in Distribution Agreement

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VC Firm Tries Hand At Franchising
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Bay Area venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson tries its hand
at franchising, including Zone Ventures in Los Angeles.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/premium/business/docs/termsheet14.htm

EBN Coverage of Vitesse Acquisition
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Electronic Buyers News covers the acquisition of IC design house
Serano systems by Camarillo based Vitesse Semiconductor.
http://www.ebnews.com:80/story/OEG19990115S0003

Warner Brothers and FortuneCity.com Launch ACMEcity Community Network
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Warner Brothers Online and FortuneCity.com, lauched a free web page
community network devoted to Warner Brothers properties. The ACMEcity network
of sites is divided into animation, film, music, and television categories
focused on Warner Brothers entertainment properties. The site is targeted
at the unauthorized fan sites on Geocities and Tripod.

Psygnosis and Activision in Distribution Agreement
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Santa Monica based Activison entered into a distribution agreement with
Psygnosis to distribute all of their PlayStation game console and PC CD-
ROM titles. Psygnosis is based in Foster City.


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