Gene Maddaus

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Snapchat Settles With Ousted Co-Founder Reggie Brown

Gene Maddaus
Snapchat announced today that it has reached a settlement with Reggie Brown, the Stanford fraternity brother who came up with the idea for the disappearing message service and was then forced out of the company. Brown sued the L.A.-based startup last year, claiming he was entitled to a third of the company,......
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Here are the Winners and Losers in California's $330 Million Film Tax Subsidy

Gene Maddaus
Jerry Brown, California's skin-flint governor, acceded Wednesday to an increase in the film tax credit to $330 million. Brown is a well-known skeptic of Hollywood subsidies, but the combined forces of organized labor, multinational entertainment conglomerates, and B-list celebrities proved too powerful to resist. The industry didn't get the $400......
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Mayor Eric Garcetti announces Charlie Beck's reappointment as LAPD chief

Memo to Eric Garcetti: CompStat Has Its Limits

Gene Maddaus
To the extent that Mayor Eric Garcetti can be said to have an agenda, crime is nowhere near the top of it. The issue barely came up during the mayor's race last year, and aside from appearing at press conferences touting the latest drop in the crime rate, Garcetti has......
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Hollywood Freaks Out Over Threat to Tax Subsidy

Gene Maddaus
Gotta love the cool heads who run the entertainment industry. Studio insiders are freaking out today over an email from State Sen. Kevin De Leon's office indicating that the senator opposes the current lottery system for allocating state tax credits. According to Deadline Hollywood, some in the industry see that......