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WSJ: Facebook in Talks With Yahoo on Potential $1 Billion Sale
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Google Appeals Belgian
Court Ruling, Fines Over Use of News Clips
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Warner Employees File
for Patent on DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD Combo Disc
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George Lucas Donates
$175 Million to USC Film School
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Yahoo Sells Jesse
McCartney Album in Unprotected MP3 Format
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Digital Watermarking
Firms Form Industry Trade Group
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Bertelsmann's Arvato
Licenses AIM Catalog for P2P Distribution
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Indian Online DVD
Rental Service Seventymm Raises $7 Million
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Online News
Distributor Voxant Raises $10.5 Million
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Briefly Noted
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Microsoft to
Launch HD DVD Player for Xbox 360 in Japan on Nov. 22
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Matsushita
Introduces 2 Blu-ray DVD Recorders for Japanese Market
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Yale to Offer
Video Lectures, Course Materials Online
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The Orchard
Licenses Catalog to Chinese Music Store The100.cn
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iBiquity Licenses
South American Manufacturer for HD Radios
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British Film
Archive Taps Sigmer Technologies to Create Film & TV Database
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Virgin
Launches Mobile Limbo Auction for New Charity, Virgin Unite
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QSoft
Taps Mobestar to Create Gaydar Mobile Service
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Microsoft
Displays 110 HD Xbox 360 Titles at Tokyo Game Show
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Sega to
Publish PSP Titles from Deep Fried Entertainment
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Buena
Vista Games to Publish "Spectrobes" Webisodes, Nintendo DS Game
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Namco
Bandai Ships "Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury" for PS2
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UrbanWorld Wireless Debuts Indiagames Title Featuring DJ Kid Capri
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o WSJ: Facebook in Talks With
Yahoo on Potential $1 Billion Sale
New York - Facebook, the second-largest online social
network with 9.5 million members, is in talks to be acquired by
Yahoo for a sum approaching $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal
reported on Thursday. Facebook has previously held negotiations with
both Microsoft and Viacom -- which also bid on MySpace, but lost out
to News Corp.'s $580 million winning bid. BusinessWeek reported in
March that Palo Alto, Calif.-based Facebook rejected a $750 million
buyout offer, hoping to see a $2 billion asking price.
http://tinyurl.com/rqrrc
(Reuters)
http://www.facebook.com
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Google Appeals Belgian Court Ruling, Fines Over Use of News Clips
Brussels - Google has appealed a Belgian court ruling
barring it from publishing snippets of news stories from the
country's French- and German-language newspapers on its Google News
website, Reuters reported. The company has also asked for a
suspension of part of the ruling that fines the company the
equivalent of $636,000 a day, beginning Sept. 5, for not posting the
ruling on its website -- an action Google has still not taken. "We
argued that posting the link on the home page in Belgium is
unnecessary given how much publicity this court case and the judge's
decision have received," Google spokeswoman Rachel Whetstone told
Reuters. The company has, though, removed all of the news story
snippets in question from the Belgian version of Google News, and
said it would do the same for any publisher upon request. Belgian
newspaper copyright agency Copiepresse initially sued Google for
copyright infringement, arguing that the company should compensate
the publishers for using their headlines and fragments of lead
sentences on the site, which currently does not feature
advertisements other than links to other Google services. Google was
also sued by the news organization Agence France Presse in the U.S.,
and has since removed their articles from Google News.
http://tinyurl.com/ernsr
(Reuters)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/19/google_versus_belgium
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060920-152314
http://news.google.com
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Warner Employees File for Patent on DVD, Blu-ray, HD DVD Combo
Disc
Los Angeles - Three employees at Warner Bros. have filed a
patent application for a "multilayer dual optical disk" that would
be able to carry both Blu-ray and HD DVD content on one side, and
standard DVD or CD on the opposite side, NewScientist.com reported.
The multi-purpose disc wouldn't tip the scales in the
next-generation DVD format war between Sony's Blu-ray and Toshiba's
rival HD DVD, but would surely please both manufacturers, and
retailers faced with creating shelf space for both new formats while
continuing to stock standard DVDs. "From the standpoint of a
manufacturer, it is disadvantageous to have to manufacture and
distribute three different types of disc formats to satisfy consumer
demand for one product -- such as a motion picture," the patent
application states. "Moreover, multiple formats of DVD discs create
retail and consumer confusion as to which format(s) to acquire or
buy." Warner Bros. will be the first studio to sell a film in all
three formats -- DVD, Blu-ray, and HD DVD -- simultaneously with the
Sept. 26 release of "The Lake House."
http://qurl.com/313rc (patent
application)
http://tinyurl.com/ooyas (New
Scientist)
http://tinyurl.com/rykta
(Reuters)
http://tinyurl.com/lkx59
(CNET)
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George Lucas Donates $175 Million to
USC Film School
Los Angeles - "Star Wars" director George Lucas has
donated $175 million to the University of Southern California's (USC)
School of Cinematic Arts, in what figures as both the largest gift
ever received by the school and the largest known contribution to a
U.S. film school. "I'm very fortunate to be in a position to combine
my two passions and to be able to help USC continue molding futures
of the moviemakers of tomorrow,'' Lucas said in a statement. Part of
the donation will go to construction of two new buildings at the
film school, while $100 million will go towards an endowment.
http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/12754.html
http://tinyurl.com/na75a
(Bloomberg)
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Yahoo Sells Jesse McCartney Album
in Unprotected MP3 Format
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo is selling former boy band pop
singer Jesse McCartnery's new album for $9.99 in the MP3 format,
usually shunned by major record labels because it can be easily
copied onto file-sharing networks, but embraced by consumers because
it plays in all portable players. The album, "Right Where You Want
Me," was authorized for distribution in both MP3 and Microsoft's WMA
format by Disney-owned Hollywood Records. The vast majority of
downloads from major labels sold at retailers like iTunes feature
digital rights management technology, which makes it difficult for
them to be copied, or in the case of iTunes, ties them to a specific
player like the iPod. Some retailers like eMusic -- which carries
mainly independent music -- sell their entire catalogs in the MP3
format. Yahoo also previously offered a single from Epic
Records/Sony BMG artist Jessica Simpson in MP3 format.
http://tinyurl.com/pkeo4
http://music.yahoo.com/jesseright
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Digital Watermarking Firms Form
Industry Trade Group
Los Angeles - A group of companies that develop digital
watermarking technology, including Cinea, Digimarc, Philips, Thomson
and Verance, has formed the Digital Watermarking Alliance (DWA), a
trade group that will promote the value of the technology to content
owners, industry, policy makers and consumers. The group said
digital watermarks are deployed with billions of objects, and that
hundreds of millions of watermark detectors are present in the
market. "With movies, music and photos increasingly being
distributed and shared digitally across numerous mediums, and
printed materials such as IDs, financial instruments and product
packaging at risk to counterfeiting, fraud and theft, protecting the
rights and integrity of these assets and enabling legitimate uses
has become critical," the group said. Other companies comprising the
12 DWA initial members include GCS Research, Jura, MediaGrid, Media
Sciences International, Signum, Teletrax and Verimatrix.
http://www.digitalwatermarkingalliance.org
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Bertelsmann's Arvato Licenses AIM
Catalog for P2P Distribution
Berlin - Arvato Mobile, a unit of German media
conglomerate Bertelsmann that distributes mobile entertainment
content, announced on Thursday that it has signed a licensing
agreement with the Association of Independent Music (AIM), which
represents over 900 record labels. Under the deal, AIM's catalog
will be made available as digital downloads through Gnab, a licensed
peer-to-peer distribution network, with deals for subscriptions and
video downloads expected to follow shortly. Gnab currently powers
online stores for German services jpc and in2movies, as well as
Spain's PixBox. Gnab users can browse available titles both on the
computers of other users within a particular country, as well as
from a centralized server. Users who make their files available for
sharing then earn rewards set by each individual retailer.
http://www.musicindie.com
http://www.arvato-mobile.com/en
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Indian Online DVD Rental Service
Seventymm Raises $7 Million
Bangalore, India - Seventymm, an online DVD rental service
in India, has received a $7 million investment from Matrix Partners
India. Bangalore-based Seventymm currently claims 7,500 customers,
and stocks a catalog of more than 10,000 DVD titles; the company
aims to count 1 million subscribers within five years. Seventymm
will use the funds to expand its service into additional cities in
India.
http://www.vccircle.com/blog/_archives/2006/9/19/2340868.html
http://india.seekingalpha.com/article/17205
http://www.seventymm.com
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Online News Distributor Voxant
Raises $10.5 Million
Reston, Va. - Voxant, a company that distributes news
across the Internet for media companies, said on Wednesday that it
has raised $10.5 million in its second round of funding. SoftBank
Capital and Court Square Ventures co-led the round, which also
included participation from previous investor Longworth Venture
Partners. The company plans to use the funds to further grow its
core network, which publishers use to distribute video, print, audio
and still photo news content to thousands of partner websites and
blogs. Reston-based Voxant said that its advertising-supported
service is free to Web publishers, and provides revenue to both
originating content providers and distributors. Its clients include
Reuters, MSNBC, CBS and Bloomberg.
http://www.voxant.com/content/news_detail.php?voxant_news_id=51
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DMW Announcements
DMW Events Listing
Digital
Music Forum West - October 4-5, 2006
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www.digitalmusicforum.com/west/
October 4-5, 2006 - Bel Age, West Hollywood, CA
For the past six years, the most influential decision-makers in
the music industry have gathered at Digital Media Wire's annual
Digital Music Forum in New York to network, do deals and share ideas about the future of the music business. Participants have described the event as a "melting pot of the best of the best in digital music," where ideas are shared and opinions don't go unchallenged. It is with this illustrious background that we are pleased to announce the launch of Digital Music Forum West at the Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood, October 4-5, 2006.KEYNOTES
& FEATURED INTERVIEWS:
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner,
TAG Strategic
Nic Harcourt, Music Director & Host of Morning Becomes
Eclectic, KCRW
Thomas Hesse, President Global Digital Business, Sony BMG
Music Entertainment
Jim Griffin, Managing Director, OneHouse LLC,
Co-Founder, Pho Group
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher,
Digital Media Wire
John T. Frankenheimer, Chair, Music Group, Partner and
Co-Chair Loeb & Loeb LLP
Ralph Simon, Chairman, Emeritus & Founder, Mobile
Entertainment Forum Americas
SPEAKERS & MODERATORS:
Tim Bucher, CEO & Chief Product Officer, ZING
Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Alston & Bird
Ted Casey, SVP, B. Dev & Partner Relations, MusicNet
Gary Cohen, General Manager, AOL Music Now
David Del Beccaro, President, CEO & Founder, Music Choice
Ed Delfs, VP, National Ad Sales, RealNetworks
John Desmond, VP, MediaSentry Services, SafeNet
Jan Eglen, CEO, Digonex Technologies, Inc.
Ben Eisner, Speakerheart
Scott Fedewa, SVP & Exec Producer, Live Nation
Erik Flannigan, VP, Programming, AOL
Dominique-Sébastien Forest, VP, Business Dev, Puretracks
LLC
Albhy Galuten, VP of Digital Media Tech Strategy, Sony Corp
of America
Brian Garrity, Senior Correspondent, Billboard
Dave Goldberg, VP & GM, Yahoo! Music
Laura Goldberg, COO, Napster
Raghav Gupta, Director, Bus Dev & Strategy, Brightcove
Daneil Harris, CEO, MediaPass Network
David Hyman, CEO & Founder, MOG
Dave Jarworski, Founder & CEO, PassAlong Networks
Marty Lafferty, CEO, DCIA
Mark Lam, Chairman, Exec Committee & CEO, Live365
Paul Leakas, General Manager, Nielsen Mobile
Gerd Leonhard, CEO, Sonific LLC
David Marcus, VP of Strategic Marketing & Business Dev,
Ticketmaster
Amanda Marks, EVP, eLabs, Universal Music
Scott McKenzie, Grp Ed Director, Billboard
Gerrit Meier, Sr VP & GM, Clear Channel Online Music & Radio
Ron Milkes, VP, Business & Legal Affairs, General Counsel,
Network LIVE
Chris Montgomery, EVP Marketing & Product Management,
Musicrypt
Brent Muhle, General Manager, Nettwerk Music Group
Stephen Murray, President, Entertainment, BurnLounge
Jozef Nuyens, Founder/SVP, Int’l Dev., PassAlong Networks
David Pakman, CEO, eMusic
Ken Parks, SVP, Strategy & Bus Dev, EMI Music
Mark Pascarella, President, Gotuit Media Corp.
Joey Patuleia, VP, Artist Relations, INTENT MediaWorks
Shervin Pishevar, President & COO, Freewebs, Inc.
John Puterbaugh, CEO, Nellymoser
Kelli Richards, President & CEO, The All Access Group
Greg Scholl, CEO, The Orchard
Tess Taylor, President, NARIP
Maria C. Thomas, VP & GM, NPR Digital Media
Dave Ulmer, Marketing, Digital Media Services, Motorola
Chip Venters, CEO, Digital Containers
Lance Ware, CEO, SyncCast
Michael Weiss, CEO, StreamCast Networks
David Wright, Speakerheart
Event Co-Chairs
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher,
Digital Media Wire
Ralph Simon, Chairman, Emeritus & Founder,
Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner,
TAG Strategic
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Briefly Noted
o Microsoft to
Launch HD DVD Player for Xbox 360 in Japan on Nov. 22
Tokyo - Microsoft will
launch an HD DVD player accessory for its Xbox 360 video game
console in Japan on Nov. 22, Reuters reported. The separate HD DVD
drive accessory will sell for $177, which when added to the $399
price tag of Microsoft's premium Xbox 360 still undercuts the $599
price of Sony's forthcoming PlayStation 3, which will ship with an
embedded Blu-ray drive. So far, Microsoft has sold just 160,000 Xbox
360 consoles in Japan, according to sales data from Enterbrain.
http://tinyurl.com/k9xag
(Reuters)
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360hddvdplayer
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Matsushita Introduces 2 Blu-ray DVD
Recorders for Japanese Market
Osaka, Japan -
Japan's Matsushita (Panasonic) plans
to launch two new Blu-ray DVD
recorders that can also play
pre-packaged Blu-ray discs in Japan
on Nov. 15. A $2,045 model features
a 200GB hard drive, while a 500GB
model will sell for about $2,560.
Toshiba recently launched an HD DVD
recorder that also plays HD DVD
discs, while Sony will release its
own Blu-ray DVD recorder later this
year. Matsushita did not announce
release details for the devices in
the U.S.
http://tinyurl.com/evxvb
http://tinyurl.com/n7zv8
(Reuters)
http://www.panasonic.net
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Yale to Offer Video Lectures, Course
Materials Online
New Haven, Conn. - Yale
University announced on Thursday
that it is currently producing
digital videos of select undergrad
courses that it will make available
for free on the Internet, as part of
an initiative by the Ivy League
school to make its educational
materials more widely available. In
addition to lecture videos, the
project will offer full transcripts
in several languages, syllabi and
other course materials for seven
courses when it launches online in
the fall of 2007.
http://www.yale.edu/opa/newsr/06-09-19-01.all.html
http://tinyurl.com/gy7cj
(Reuters)
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The Orchard Licenses Catalog to
Chinese Music Store The100.cn
New York -
The Orchard, a digital
distributor of independent label
music, announced on Thursday that it
has signed a licensing agreement
with top100.cn, China's largest
legal online music service. The deal
makes New York-based The Orchard's
catalog available for legal download
in China. Market research firm
In-Stat has predicted that the
Chinese digital music market is
poised to grow at a compound annual
rate of 317% between 2005 and 2008.
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=165320
http://www.theorchard.com
http://www.top100.cn
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iBiquity Licenses South American
Manufacturer for HD Radios
Columbia, Md. - iBiquity
Digital, the developer and licensor
of digital HD radio broadcasting
technology, said that it has
licensed South America's Continental
Lensa to manufacture and market its
equipment. Continental Lensa, which
is based in Chile with an additional
facility in Brazil, becomes the
first licensed HD Radio broadcast
equipment manufacturer outside of
North America.
http://www.cecchile.com
http://www.ibiquity.com
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British Film Archive Taps Sigmer
Technologies to Create Film & TV
Database
London - Custom software
developer Sigmer Technologies
announced that it has developed a
database to house the archives of
the British Film Institute (BFI).
The archives include over 810,000
British and international film and
television titles; the biographies
and filmographies of 1.2 million
actors, directors, producers and
film and TV professionals; 23,000
festival and event listings; and
210,000 organizations. Brighton,
England-based Sigmer also developed
a search engine for the database.
The BFI launched the Film and TV
Database as part of an initiative to
make its Archive more widely
available via digitization and the
Web.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/9/prweb440479.htm
http://www.sigmer.com
http://www.bfi.org.uk
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Virgin Launches Mobile Limbo Auction
for New Charity, Virgin Unite
Burlingame, Calif. - Richard
Branson's Virgin Group has launched
a text message-based game that will
award prizes and donate all proceeds
to Virgin Unite, the company's new
global charitable arm. The game is a
"Limbo Auction" from Burlingame,
Calif.-based Limbo 41414, where
players try to place the lowest
unique bid, or the lowest amount
that no other person has also placed
as their bid. The first two bids are
free and thereafter cost 99 cents;
for each bid, players also receive
points redeemable for prizes in
Limbo's store. Auction items include
a one-week trip for two at Branson's
"private Caribbean paradise, Necker
Island," and two Harley-Davidson
motorcycles.
http://www.primezone.com/newsroom/news.html?d=105494
http://www.virginunite.org
http://www.41414.com/lowestunique.php
http://www.41414.com/virgin
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QSoft Taps Mobestar to Create Gaydar
Mobile Service
London - QSoft Consulting,
owner of European gay media sites
including Gaydar and
RainbowNetwork.com, announced
Thursday that it has partnered with
Mobestar to launch a new mobile
dating service. The WAP-based Gaydar
Mobile service will be available on
most mobile phones, with live voice
and video calls enabled for 2.5G and
3G subscribers. The service will
initially launch for Gaydar.co.uk's
1.1 million subscribers, eventually
expanding to cover Australia and
Continental Europe in 2007.
http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=179613
http://www.mobestar.com
http://www.qsoft.co.uk
http://www.gaydar.co.uk
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Microsoft Displays 110 HD Xbox 360
Titles at Tokyo Game Show
Tokyo - Microsoft showed a
library of nearly 110
high-definition game titles for its
Xbox 360 console at the Tokyo Game
Show this week, which will be
available in Japan in the fall. In
addition, the company announced that
it will release an update that will
allow the Xbox 360 console to output
both game and video content at full
1080p resolution, currently the best
high-definition standard. Along with
Xbox 360 titles like "Blue Dragon"
from Microsoft Game Studios, the
company announced plans to hold a
"Pac-Man" World Championship in
early 2007 via its Xbox Live Arcade
service for the Xbox 360.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060920/sfw103.html?.v=49
http://www.xbox.com/xbox360
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Sega to Publish PSP Titles from Deep
Fried Entertainment
Tokyo - Tokyo-based game
publisher Sega has announced a
partnership with Vancouver,
Canada-based developer Deep Fried
Entertainment, to create titles for
Sony's PSP handheld. The studio was
launched in 2005 by five industry
veterans who have worked on titles
including "Need for Speed:
Underground" and "Baldur's Gate."
Sega said the deal underscores its
increased emphases on Western
content development, as also
evidenced by similar recent deals
with Silicon Knights, Obsidian
Entertainment, Monolith Productions
and Pseudo Interactive, and
acquisitions of The Creative
Assembly, Secret Level and Sports
Interactive.
http://www.sega.com/corporate/corporate.php?item=pr_20060918a
http://www.deepfriedentertainment.com
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Buena Vista Games to Publish "Spectrobes"
Webisodes, Nintendo DS Game
Tokyo - Disney's Buena Vista
Games announced on Thursday that it
will ship "Spectrobes" for Nintendo
DS worldwide on March 15, 2007.
Developed by Kyoto-based Jupiter
Corporation, the game is based on an
original anime property developed by
Buena Vista Games, and will be
accompanied by a series of six
two-minute webisodes that flesh out
the storyline.
http://www.bvg.com
http://www.jupiter.co.jp/company
http://www.spectrobes.com
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Namco Bandai Ships "Zatch Bell!
Mamodo Fury" for PS2
Santa Clara, Calif. -
Japanese video game publisher Namco
Bandai's U.S. unit has shipped "Zatch
Bell! Mamodo Fury" for PlayStation
2, based on the Cartoon Network
animated series, to North American
retailers. The game was developed in
Japan by Mechanic Arms.
http://www.lares.dti.ne.jp/~marms
http://www.namcobandaigames.com
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UrbanWorld Wireless Debuts
Indiagames Title Featuring DJ Kid
Capri
Los Angeles - Mobile
entertainment publisher UrbanWorld
Wireless on Thursday released a
hip-hop and urban culture trivia
game developed by Indiagames that
features the music and graphics of
DJ Kid Capri. The game consists of
250 questions, and Indiagames has
invited players to submit trivia
questions for prospective use in
future editions. The game is
available now for $6.99 purchase or
$3.99 for a monthly subscription
from Verizon, and will launched by
Boost Mobile in October.
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Principal Consultant, Web Analytics -
Avenue A|Razorfish – New York, NY
Avenue
A|Razorfish, a
leading digital
marketing
services firm,
is seeking an
individual that
will lead the
effort to expand
the firm’s web
analytics
services.
Specifically,
this person is
charged with
helping clients
to analyze and
glean insights
from leading web
analytics
solutions such
as Omniture.
This person will
fit within the
Agency’s
Customer Insight
Group and will
coordinate with
CIG and Strategy
personnel across
Regions to
define, sell and
deliver a web
analytic
services
offering. For
more information
and to apply,
click here.
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Job Opportunities at DMW - Join the DMW Team!
Digital Media Wire is growing and we are recruiting 2 full-time manager or director-level (depending on experience) hires to work in our industry leading events business in our Los Angeles office on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood.
These individuals will be responsible for managing all aspects of event production, including creating and maintaining budgets, working on agendas, establishing and implementing marketing plans, organizing event-day logistics, and interfacing with senior executives at leading media and entertainment companies about speaking, sponsorship and advertising opportunities.
Applicants should be computer and Internet savvy. Knowledge of PC, Internet/Email, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Power Point, and Excel, experience in event planning and management and existing relationships in the digital media industry are a "must". Basic skills in Front Page or HTML, Adobe Photoshop, and Quickbooks are a plus. Send resume to dmwjobs@digitalmediawire.com with “DMW Event Position” in the subject line.
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IME Executive Education Programs - Fall 2006 - New York, NY
Maximize your success through the only executive education program devoted exclusively to media and entertainment. Apply now for one of our three Fall programs in NYC. Institute for Media and Entertainment (IME) is partnered with Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management (ranked #1 in U.S. by Business Week) and IESE Business School (ranked #2 in the world by the Financial Times for its executive programs). Call 212-421-9600 or visit us at www.instme.org.
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YOUR HOTEL ROOM IS WAITING FOR YOU IN LAS VEGAS!
The International CES is offering professionals in the content development community a limited time offer for reduced room rates at three upscale hotels during show days. Hotels sell out fast when the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow hits Las Vegas. If you’re a content developer, or if you work for a content development company, take advantage of this opportunity now. Plan now to attend the 2007 International CES, January 8-11, in Las Vegas. For more info: CESweb.org/hotelpromo
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SVP Marketing - NBC Universal – Universal City, CA
The SVP,
Marketing, will
create,
implement, and
supervise the
marketing,
promotion and
media planning,
and
communication
strategies for
Rogue Pictures.
Other
responsibilities
will be to
develop and
manage division
brand strategy,
goals,
operational
plans, budgets,
and key
performance
metrics. In
addition,
candidate will
liaise with home
entertainment
and on-demand
groups to
maximize
opportunities
and performance
of Rogue titles
during those
windows. For
more information
and to apply,
click here.
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Vice President, Creative
- Discovery Communications – Sausalito, CA IL
The Vice
President,
Creative serves
as Creative
Director for
Antenna Audio,
and holds global
responsibilities.
The Vice
President will
ensure that all
programs for
Antenna Audio
worldwide are
produced in
keeping with the
high standards
that are
Antenna’s
trademark, and
with adherence
to budgets,
contractual
obligations and
deadlines. The
Vice President
will set and
communicate
standards and
encourage
innovation and
efficiencies for
all Creative
department staff
worldwide. For
more information
and to apply,
click here.
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Program Director, Digital Media & Entertainment
– IDC - San Mateo CA
IDC is
seeking a
Program Director
to lead its new
Digital
Marketplace and
New Media
research
practices. This
person will have
responsibility
for directing
and producing
strategic,
thought-leading
research on the
digital media
marketplace. The
programs'
coverage areas
focus on the
impact of the
Internet for
targeting,
distributing,
and selling to
end users. It
examines the
role of business
models,
partnerships,
communities,
portals, and
advertising on
the online
digital
marketplace. For
more information
and to apply,
click here.
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Marketing Manager, Online Ads
- Dow Jones – New York, NY
Dow
Jones is seeking
a Marketing
Manager that
will manage a
wide range of
projects that
promote and
support Dow
Jones
advertising
sales for The
Wall Street
Journal Online
and a network of
sites including:
MarketWatch.com,
OpinionJournal,
CareerJournal,
StartupJournal,
RealEstateJournal,
CollegeJournal,
Barron's Online,
and
BigCharts.com.
Major
responsibilities
include
developing and
managing
collateral for
sales
opportunities;
sales and
category
development,
maintaining and
evolving
internal and
external media
guides;
implementing and
analyzing
research; copy
editing and
coordinating
integrated trade
advertising
campaigns. For
more information
and to apply,
click here.
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Sr. Business Development Manager -
HP – Multiple Locations
HP’s Digital
Entertainment
Services Group
(DES), within
HP's Digital
Photography and
Entertainment
Global Business
Unit (DPE), is
seeking several
senior business
development
managers across
multiple
locations
throughout the
U.S. As a senior
member of the
business team,
your focus will
be on working
with business
development,
marketing and
program
management teams
and senior cross
functional
managers at
merchants &
retailers in
bringing to
market
innovative
online digital
entertainment
services. For
more information
and to apply,
click here.
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Associate Director, Digital Media Analytics and Strategy
- DIGITAS - New York, NY
The Associate Director will participates in and/or drives the design and development of online
(web) analytics solutions - guides clients in defining measurement strategy, vision, and infrastructure needs to support business objectives and improve client decision making. This position also guides the development clients’ web measurement strategies and reporting of key business metrics to multiple audiences including client senior management
. For more information and to apply,
click here.
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Director/VP Software Development, Network/Internet Security
You
thrive on
challenges! You
are a seasoned
engineering
software
development
executive who
has successfully
led the full
life cycle
development in a
hands-on,
emerging
company,
entrepreneurial
environment. You
seek "another
mountain to
climb!" Our
client is a
small venture
funded company
with technology
that simplifies
security and
network
management with
identity based
control over
network
activity. The
Dir/VP will lead
a team of 8-10
talented
software
engineers to
develop the
software
infrastructure,
interfaces,
appliances and
applications in
a UNIX
environment. You
are positioned
to tolerate the
risk of a
start-up in
return for an
excellent
compensation and
equity package.
For additional
information,
forward your
resume by email
to:
job1482@techwiremedia.com
Confidential
response.
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Director, Business & Legal Affairs
- Fox Interactive Media – Beverly Hills, CA
Fox Interactive
Media is seeking
an attorney to
join the
Business and
Legal Affairs
department.
Responsibilities
will include:
drafting and
negotiating
software
development,
licensing and
joint venture
agreements;
analyzing and
reviewing
contracts and
proposals; deal
structuring and
business
strategy; and
assisting with
integrating
newly acquired
companies. For
more information
and to apply,
click here.
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Web Marketing Specialist -
Instant Media - Palo Alto, CA
Instant Media
(I'M), an
Internet
television
startup, is
seeking a strong
candidate with
excellent
language skills
and an affinity
for web
marketing. This
position
requires strong
knowledge of
web-based
community and
marketing
systems,
including Google
Adwords, and
advertising
networks. For
more information
and to apply,
click here.
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Sr. Marketing Manager, Analytics -
Flock – Mountain View, CA
As the Sr.
Marketing
Manager –
Consumer
Analytics at
Flock, you will
be an integral
member of our
marketing team.
Your
responsibilities
will include the
development and
management of
all customer
analytics
globally. You
will be expected
to develop the
marketing
analytics/relationship
management
framework – then
work with
Flock’s
technology team
to construct it.
Ongoing, you
will have
responsibility
for the
definition and
tracking of
various customer
segments –
utilizing Flock
user data,
syndicated data,
and primary
research data.
For more
information and
to apply,
click here.
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Digital Media Wire's directory
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Global
Entertainment and Media Outlook: 2005-2009
PricewaterhouseCoopers forecasts revenue for the global
entertainment and media market will reach $1.8 trillion by
2009. For a comprehensive look at the forecast for the
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year growth projections for 14 industry segments covering
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video games is beginning to fuel end-user spending but what
impact will rising interest rates and higher energy costs have
on the expansion.
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