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o Google Acquires
Video-Sharing Site YouTube for $1.65 Billion
o Bankrupt Tower Records
Sells Assets, Will Close Retail Stores
o Judge Dismisses
Shareholder Suit Over News Corp. Purchase of MySpace
o Report: Consumer Spending
Hits $25 Million on Blu-ray, HD DVD Players
o Napster, MusicNet Settle
on Digital Royalty Rates for U.K. Songwriters
o MySpace Organizes Rock for
Darfur Campaign, Benefit Concerts
o CMP Technology Acquires
Events Producer The Game Initiative
o Mobile Entertainment
Distributor Cellfish Gets $50 Million Investment
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Live TV Mobile Games Firm
AirPlay Raises $14 Million
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On-Demand TV Producer Ripe
Digital Entertainment Secures $32 Million
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Ruckus Wireless Raises $16
Million for "Smart Wi-Fi" Products
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Local User-Generated
Content Site Smalltown Raises $3 Million
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Online Marketing Software
Developer Revcube Secures $14 Million
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NYT Report: DOJ Looking
Into Possible Collusion by Private Equity Firms
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Briefly Noted
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Netflix Gets 82 Submissions
So Far for $1 Million Programming Prize
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Ingenio Launches Mobile
Pay-Per-Call Ads for Windows Live Search
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Sonic Solutions, Macrovision
Team on Encryption for Custom DVDs
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Microsoft Details Advanced
Set-tops Featuring IPTV Edition Software
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PBS Adds Prime-Time,
Children's TV Shows to iTunes Store
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Burger King, Diddy Launch
"DiddyTV" Promo Channel on YouTube
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Webby Awards Names Judges
for New Interactive Ad Categories
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Motorola Adds Public Radio
Programming to iRadio Service
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PlanetOut Debuts Digital
Versions of The Advocate, Out Magazines
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AOL Red, MoMedia to
Distribute "Chubby Butter" Shorts to Mobile Phones
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Instant Media Adds
Universal Movies to Internet Download Service
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Latin Media Firm VOY Debuts
Broadband TV Network
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Midway Games Ships "Mortal
Kombat: Armageddon" to Retailers
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Electronic Arts Releases
"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07"
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Activision Ships "GUN
Showdown" for Sony PSP
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THQ Releases "Warhammer"
Expansion, "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
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Global Star Software Debuts
"Dora's World Adventure" for GBA
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Keynote Slides from Sony BMG's Thomas Hesse, Digital Music Forum West
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Analysis: Is Google’s $1.65 Billion Offer Too Low for YouTube?
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Initial Reactions from Blogosphere on Google-YouTube Deal
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Conference Call Notes on Google-YouTube Deal
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Online Gambling Ban Will Hurt U.S. Advertising Market
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Weekend Read: Microsoft 2.0 is All About Advertising
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Poll: At $1.65 Billion, did YouTube sell too low?
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o Google
Acquires Video-Sharing Site YouTube for $1.65 Billion
Mountain View, Calif. - Google announced late on Monday
that it will acquire video-sharing site YouTube, in an all-stock
transaction valued at $1.65 billion. Rumors of the deal surfaced
last week, and other potential suitors for the service, which now
streams 100 million videos daily, included Microsoft, News Corp.,
Viacom and Yahoo. Google said that YouTube will operate
independently "to preserve its successful brand and passionate
community." "The YouTube team has built an exciting and powerful
media platform that complements Google's mission to organize the
world's information and make it universally accessible and useful,"
said Google CEO Eric Schmidt. "Our companies share similar values;
we both always put our users first and are committed to innovating
to improve their experience." Separately, San Bruno, Calif.-based
YouTube announced new deals with Universal Music Group, Sony BMG and
CBS that will allow artists' music and videos to be included in
programming uploaded to YouTube. Meanwhile, Google also announced
deals with Sony BMG and Warner Music Group, which allow the company
to offer music videos for free, supported by streaming ads. Google
launched its own video-sharing site, Google Video, earlier this year
in part to respond to the tremendous Web traffic being generated by
YouTube.
http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/google_youtube.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061009/20061009005413.html?.v=1
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061009/20061009005420.html?.v=1
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061010/google_analyst_note.html?.v=2
(AP)
http://tinyurl.com/ls4bv
(CNET)
http://video.google.com
http://www.youtube.com
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o Bankrupt
Tower Records Sells Assets, Will Close Retail Stores
Los Angeles - Music retailer Tower Records will shutter
its 89 U.S. locations, a result of the sale of the bankrupt
company's assets at auction on Friday to liquidation firm Great
American Group for $134.3 million. An e-mail sent to employees from
Tower CEO Joseph D'Amico said in part: "My heart goes out to each of
you who have poured your hearts and souls into this great company,"
according to The Hollywood Reporter, which also quoted Tower
attorney peter Gurfein as saying liquidation and going out of
business sales launched over the weekend. Bidders for the assets of
the 46-year-old company included fellow music retailer Trans World
Entertainment (FYE), and Radius Equity, which had promised to keep
Tower Records stores open. The company's online store at Tower.com
was sold separately from the real estate holdings, and on Tuesday
was still operating.
http://tinyurl.com/nz22z
(Hollywood Reporter)
http://www.tower.com
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o Judge
Dismisses Shareholder Suit Over News Corp. Purchase of MySpace
Los Angeles - News Corporation's Fox Interactive Media
unit announced on Tuesday that a judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed
by Brad Greenspan, the former chairman and CEO of MySpace parent
company Intermix Media, which alleged that News Corp.'s $580 million
acquisition of MySpace cheated shareholders. Los Angeles Superior
Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl on Friday dismissed Greenspan's and
other shareholders' challenges to the MySpace deal, finding that the
transaction was lawful and ratified by a fully informed vote of
Intermix shareholders. "News Corporation and Fox Interactive Media
feel vindicated by Judge Kuhl's ruling and have always believed that
this is merely a situation of unchecked envy leading to a loss of
common sense," said Fox Interactive Media general counsel Mike
Angus. "We hope this ruling will finally put an end to Mr.
Greenspan's repeated and unsubstantiated attacks and look forward to
focusing our attention on continuing to strategically grow our
business." Greenspan said on his FreeMySpace.com website that he
plans to appeal Judge Kuhl's decision, and added that an Intermix
shareholder complaint at the federal level continues to proceed.
http://tinyurl.com/e6kad
http://www.freemyspace.com
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o Report:
Consumer Spending Hits $25 Million on Blu-ray, HD DVD Players
Los Angeles - Consumers have so far spent $25 million on
the three available models of next-generation Blu-ray and HD DVD
players, along with $5 million on movies for the devices, according
to The Hollywood Reporter. Warner Home Video senior vice president
of market management Steve Nickerson, who provided the figures to
THR, also projected that consumers will have spent a combined $900
million on next-generation DVD players and movies by the end of the
year, down from the company's earlier forecast of $1.1 billion to
$2.2 billion. Nickerson added that Warner predicts 1.7 million
high-definition drives will be in consumers' homes by year's end,
broken down to include 500,000 standalone players, 1 million game
consoles with Blu-ray or HD DVD drives, and 200,000 computer drives.
Sony Pictures on Tuesday released the first 50GB Blu-ray Disc movie
title, which features twice the capacity for high-definition content
storage on its dual layers than does the standard Blu-ray Disc. Fox,
Lionsgate and Warner Bros. are also expected to release 50GB Blu-ray
movies.
http://tinyurl.com/qkhlb
(Hollywood Reporter)
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o Napster,
MusicNet Settle on Digital Royalty Rates for U.K. Songwriters
London - Digital music service providers Napster and
MusicNet have reached a settlement on royalties to be paid to U.K.
songwriters and music publishers for delivering their music online
and to mobile phones. The MCPS-PRS Alliance, which represents U.K.
songwriters, said the three-year deal is similar to an accord it
reached last week with the British Phonographic Industry and digital
music retailers including iTunes and T-Mobile, which gives
songwriters 8% of gross revenue minus value-added taxes. MusicNet
and Napster said the deal will result in the withdrawal of their
references on the matter to the U.K. Copyright Tribunal.
http://tinyurl.com/gfaqs
(MCPS-PRS Alliance announcement)
http://tinyurl.com/fbs72
(Reuters)
http://www.musicnet.com
http://www.napster.com
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o MySpace
Organizes Rock for Darfur Campaign, Benefit Concerts
Los Angeles - News Corporation's MySpace online social
network announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with
international relief organization Oxfam on "Rock for Darfur," its
largest philanthropic program to date that will raise awareness and
funds for the humanitarian crisis in the Sudan. The online campaign
includes a public service announcement featuring actor Samuel L.
Jackson, video from actor George Clooney's recent trip to Darfur,
and opportunities to buy campaign t-shirts and contribute to Oxfam.
MySpace is also organizing more than 20 individual Rock for Darfur
benefit concerts, enabling bands to contribute proceeds from
already-scheduled shows to the campaign. Artists participating in
the Oct. 21 concerts across North America include Alice in Chains,
Ziggy Marley, TV on the Radio, Secret Machines, Insane Clown Posse,
Gov't Mule and Bob Weir & Ratdog.
http://tinyurl.com/j6c6k
http://www.myspace.com/RockForDarfur
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o CMP
Technology Acquires Events Producer The Game Initiative
San Francisco - CMP Technology, a unit of United Business
Media and the parent company of the Game Developers Conference,
announced on Monday that it acquired The Game Initiative, a producer
of video game industry conferences including the Austin Game
Conference. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
This year's Austin Game Conference, held in September, drew 2,400
attendees and 150 vendors. CMP said the deal will expand its events
in areas like online game development and casual games. "We'd like
to congratulate The Game Initiative for a phenomenally successful
Austin Game Conference this year; we look to continue to grow and
strengthen the show and to serve the attendees, speakers, sponsors
and exhibitors with a top quality event," said Philip Chapnick a
senior vice president at CMP Technology.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061009/lam016a.html?.v=2
http://www.gameconference.com
http://www.cmpgame.com
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o Mobile
Entertainment Distributor Cellfish Gets $50 Million Investment
New York - Cellfish Media, a unit of French media
conglomerate Lagardere that produces and distributes mobile
entertainment content, announced that it has raised $50 million from
new investors Trio Capital, Telecom Media Fund and Groupe Humagade.
The investors will own about a 30% stake in the company, along with
Lagardere. New York-based Cellfish, which operates subsidiaries in
France and Germany, creates and distributes mobile content including
ringtones, animations and games through portals like BlingTones and
Barrio Mobile. The company reported 2005 revenues of $116 million.
http://www.cellfishmedia.com/press_room.php?rb=19
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o Live TV
Mobile Games Firm AirPlay Raises $14 Million
San Francisco - AirPlay, a developer of interactive TV
games for mobile phones, announced on Tuesday that it has secured
$14 million in its second round of venture capital financing.
Participating in the round were Qualcomm, Motorola, JK&B Capital,
Onset Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. Founded in 2004, San
Francisco-based AirPlay develops games that let viewers play along
with live TV programs from their mobile phones. Its applications
include Emmys AirPlay Live from Sprint, which allowed viewers to
predict winners and losers, view commentary and answer trivia
questions during the awards broadcast. The company will use the
funds to implement its plan to offer AirPlayTV events include game
and award shows, sports and reality TV programming this year.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061009/sfm131.html?.v=3
http://www.airplay.com
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On-Demand TV Producer Ripe Digital Entertainment Secures $32 Million
Los Angeles - Ripe Digital Entertainment, a producer and
aggregator of programming for on-demand platforms and developer of
digital advertising, announced that it has raised $32 million in its
second round of venture capital financing. Investors in the round
included Hearst-Argyle, Time Warner Investments, Columbia Capital
and Rho Ventures. Los Angeles-based Ripe's on-demand networks RipeTV
and Octane TV have attracted advertisers including Dodge, Cingular
and Procter & Gamble. In addition to online, they are also available
in 30 million Time Warner and Comcast subscribers' households. The
company will use the funds to launch additional on-demand television
networks, build its broadband and mobile strategy, and accelerate
its development of measurable advertising and compelling
programming.
http://tinyurl.com/ofuz8
http://www.ripedigital.com
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o Ruckus
Wireless Raises $16 Million for "Smart Wi-Fi" Products
Sunnyvale, Calif. - Ruckus Wireless, a developer of "smart
Wi-Fi" technology and products, announced on Tuesday that it has
raised $16 million in new financing, led by Motorola Ventures. New
investors including T-Online Venture Fund and Firelake Capital
Management also participated, along with existing investors Sequoia
Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Investor AB and WK Technology Fund.
Founded in 2004, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Ruckus currently supplies
its MediaFlex smart Wi-Fi system to more than 75 broadband
providers. The technology lets providers remotely view and manage
Wi-Fi networks in consumers' homes, so that services like IPTV can
be accessed throughout the home without wires. The proceeds will be
used to rapidly scale the company's production, operations and sales
and marketing worldwide.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061009/sfm050.html?.v=65
http://www.ruckuswireless.com
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o Local
User-Generated Content Site Smalltown Raises $3 Million
San Mateo, Calif. - Smalltown, a new user-generated
content site focused on geographic communities, announced on Tuesday
that it has launched from stealth operations and raised $3 million
in its first round of funding from Formative Ventures. The company's
first sites will focus on Burlingame and San Mateo. "There really
isn't one generalized platform where people in a local community can
find and share information about all things local -- nannies, items
for sale or exchange, local events, merchant coupons, weekend
activities, you name it," said Hal Rucker, CEO and co-founder of San
Mateo-based Smalltown. "Smalltown is building a platform for the
Local Web, a network of hundreds of hyper-local sites that have the
granularity to address the needs of local economies."
http://www.smalltown.com/about.html
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o Online
Marketing Software Developer Revcube Secures $14 Million
San Francisco - Revcube, a San Francisco-based company
that makes software to improve the relevancy of online marketing,
announced on Tuesday that it has secured $14 million in its third
round of funding. The round was led by VantagePoint Venture
Partners. Previous investors in the company include Generation
Partners and Transcosmos. The company said that VantagePoint
Managing Director and DoubleClick Founder David Carlick will join
its board of directors.
http://www.revcube.com/releases/2006-10-09.html
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o NYT
Report: DOJ Looking Into Possible Collusion by Private Equity Firms
Washington - The New York Times DealBook publication
reported on Tuesday that the U.S. Justice Department has sent
letters to major private equity firms in a possible inquiry into
anticompetitive activity. The article said that the "the delicate
dance among buyout firms, who compete in some deals and work
side-by-side on others, is drawing some unwanted attention." Amid a
surge in private equity in recent years, the funds have become an
increasingly important driver of merger and acquisition activity by
public companies. The article added, "In private, some buyout
executives concede that firms' cooperation, often in the form of
'club deals,' can have the effect of lowering prices for the
companies they are acquiring."
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/?p=8170
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DMW Events Listing
LA Games Conference - November 7-8, 2006 - Los Angeles, CA

www.lagamesconference.com
November 7-8, 2006 - Pacific
Design Center, West Hollywood, CA
For the past five years, the most influential decision-makers in the games industry have gathered at Digital Media Wire’s annual
Games & Mobile Forum in New York to network, do deals and share ideas about the future of online and mobile games. Over 1,500 senior executives have attended the event over the past five years, including senior participants from Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Sony, JAMDAT, Glu Mobile, Nokia, I-Play, Hands-on Mobile, Verizon Wireless, Cingular, Sprint, Ericsson, QUALCOMM, Virgin Mobile, PlayFirst, Atari, Playboy, MTV, Wired, GameSpot, Ziff Davis, Digital Chocolate, Turbine, Gameloft, Yahoo!, AOL, UBS Warburg, Deloitte, the UK Government, the Irish Government, Coca-Cola, and PepsiCo, among others. It is with this illustrious background that we are pleased to announce the launch of LA Games Conference at the
Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, November 7-8, 2006.
Don’t miss the opportunity to participate in the premier event for games industry decision-makers focused on online, mobile, pc and console games. For sponsor packages and to submit speaker proposals, please contact Tinzar Than Sherman, Vice President of Marketing & Events at 323-822-0936 or by email
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WHERE: Pacific Design Center
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West Hollywood, CA
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For agenda,
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www.lagamesconference.com
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o Netflix Gets 82 Submissions So Far
for $1 Million Programming Prize
Los Gatos, Calif. - Online DVD rental
service Netflix announced on Tuesday that nearly 10,000 contestants
have signed up for its contest that will award $1 million to anyone
who can improve the accuracy of the site's movie recommendations by
10%. The company said that competitors come from 99 countries, and
include more than 200 universities and several government
laboratories, adding that it has already received 82 valid
submissions.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061010/sftu083.html?.v=77
http://www.netflixprize.com/leaderboard
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o Ingenio Launches Mobile Pay-Per-Call
Ads for Windows Live Search
San Francisco - Ingenio, a developer of pay-per-call
advertising, announced that it has partnered with Microsoft to
enable ads on Windows Live Search for mobile phones that connect
callers directly with advertisers. When users search for local
businesses like restaurants and hotels on their mobile phones,
advertisers who have set up pay-per-call ads through Ingenio will
see their businesses appear, accompanied by one-click links to place
a call to them.
http://www.ingenio.com/documents/corp/press/articles/10-09-2006.asp
http://mobile.live.com/search
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o Sonic Solutions, Macrovision Team on
Encryption for Custom DVDs
Santa Clara, Calif. - Sonic Solutions, a developer of CD and
DVD creation software, announced on Tuesday that it has partnered
with copy-protection technology developer Macrovision, to offer a
platform allowing online retailers and DVD production facilities to
offer custom manufacturing of secure DVDs. The platform will merge
Macrovision's RipGuard and ACP technologies with Sonic's DVD On
Demand, enabling websites and retail kiosks to produce DVDs that
feature the same encryption found on mass-produced DVDs.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061009/20061009005293.html?.v=1
http://www.sonic.com
http://www.macrovision.com
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o Microsoft Details Advanced Set-tops
Featuring IPTV Edition Software
Paris - Microsoft announced on Tuesday that system-on-a-chip
set-top boxes, which can deliver advanced services like HDTV,
digital video recording and picture-in-picture functionalities, are
now available to support its Microsoft IPTV Edition software. Such a
set-top from Philips, running Microsoft's software, will be launched
this fall by U.K. telco BT, while others from Cisco and Motorola
will be deployed by customers including AT&T.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061010/sftu061.html?.v=77
http://www.microsoft.com/tv/IPTVEdition.mspx
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o PBS Adds Prime-Time, Children's TV
Shows to iTunes Store
Arlington, Va. - PBS announced on Tuesday that it has added
episodes of popular PBS prime-time and children's programming to
Apple's iTunes Store. Episodes of "Antiques Roadshow," "Nova,"
"Now," "Scientific American Frontiers," "Arthur," "Cyberchase" and
"Fetch" will be available for $1.99 each.
http://tinyurl.com/pahnk
http://www.pns.org
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o Burger King, Diddy Launch "DiddyTV"
Promo Channel on YouTube
Miami - Fast food chain Burger King announced that it has
partnered with hip-hop artist Sean "Diddy" Combs on a
cross-marketing partnership that includes the launch of a "DiddyTV"
channel on the YouTube video-sharing service. The channel will
feature tracks and video clips from Diddy's forthcoming album,
"Press Play." Under the deal, Combs will appear in a Burger King ad
campaign, while the restaurant chain will sponsor a nationwide
promotional tour for the album.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061009/cgm033.html?.v=64
http://www.youtube.com/diddytv
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o Webby Awards Names Judges for New
Interactive Ad Categories
New York - Representatives from ad agencies including
Agency.com, R/GA, Crispin Porter & Bogusky, Tribal DDB and Ogilvy &
Mather have been added as new members of the International Academy
of Digital Arts & Sciences, and will serve on the jury for the new
interactive advertising categories recently announced by The Webby
Awards. The 15 new Webby Award interactive ad categories include
banners, rich-media ads, integrated marketing campaigns, and viral
and e-mail marketing.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061010/nytu062.html?.v=65
http://www.iadas.net/membership.php
http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/categories.php#interactive_advertising
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o Motorola Adds Public Radio
Programming to iRadio Service
Los Angeles - Motorola announced that it has added a number
of public radio programs to its iRadio service for mobile phones.
New programs from iRadio's 600-channel offering -- currently in
consumer trials in several U.S. cities -- include NPR's podcasts of
"Story of the Day" and "All Songs Considered," American Public
Media's "Marketplace" and Public Radio International's "The World."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061009/clm506.html?.v=46
http://broadband.motorola.com/iradio
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o PlanetOut Debuts Digital Versions of
The Advocate, Out Magazines
San Francisco - Gay magazine publisher PlanetOut, whose
publications include The Advocate and Out, on Tuesday announced the
launch of a new digital delivery system that will give subscribers
the additional option of receiving magazine issues electronically.
The company did not name a distribution partner, but said the
digital versions are identical to the print editions and are
viewable with a free player.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061009/sfm143.html?.v=2
http://www.planetoutinc.com
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o AOL Red, MoMedia to Distribute
"Chubby Butter" Shorts to Mobile Phones
Cannes, France - AOL RED, the company's teen Web destination,
announced on Tuesday that it has signed a deal with MoMedia
International to distribute a series of its "Chubby Butter" animated
online shorts to over 100 wireless carriers in more than 35
countries. Around 30 shorts of up to three minutes in length will be
made available to subscribers of carriers including Vodafone UK and
MTS Russia, for between about $0.93 and $1.85 each.
http://tinyurl.com/erhgl
http://www.b-red.com
http://www.momediatv.com
http://www.chubbybutter.com
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o Instant Media Adds Universal Movies
to Internet Download Service
Palo Alto, Calif. - Internet TV developer Instant Media
announced on Tuesday an agreement with Universal Studios Home
Entertainment, which will allow users of its free I'M player to
purchase and download Universal movies over the Internet. Palo Alto,
Calif.-based Instant Media said its I'M player caches programming in
order to provide glitch-free playback in full-screen resolution.
http://tinyurl.com/pgtdc
http://www.im.com
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o Latin Media Firm VOY Debuts Broadband
TV Network
New York - VOY, a digital media company that produces and
distributes programming for the English-speaking Latino community,
on Tuesday launched a broadband TV network featuring user-generated
videos and sharing tools. VOY TV will be part of the company's VOY
Plaza online community hub, which has grown to a unique user base of
2.6 million since launching last November.
http://www.voytv.com
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o Midway Games Ships "Mortal Kombat:
Armageddon" to Retailers
Chicago - Midway Games announced on Tuesday the release of
its "Mortal Kombat: Armageddon" title for PlayStation 2 and Xbox.
The Chicago-based publisher added that it plans to ship "Ultimate
Mortal Kombat 3" for Xbox Live and "Mortal Kombat: Unchained" for
the Sony PSP next month.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061009/20061009005190.html?.v=1
http://www.mkarmageddon.com
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o Electronic Arts Releases "Tiger Woods
PGA Tour 07"
Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts on Tuesday shipped its
"Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07" title for Xbox, PlayStation 2, PSP and the
PC to retailers. Developed by EA Redwood Shores, the game will also
be released for the Xbox 360 on Oct. 17. Separately, EA said it will
ship its "Superman Returns" game, based on the motion picture, to
retailers on Nov. 20.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061010/20061010005597.html?.v=1
http://www.easports.com/tigerwoods07
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o Activision Ships "GUN Showdown" for
Sony PSP
Santa Monica, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision has
released "GUN Showdown" for the Sony PSP, a handheld version of its
GUN title for consoles. The game features a wireless multiplayer
mode.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061010/20061010005494.html?.v=1
http://www.activision.com
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o THQ Releases "Warhammer" Expansion,
"Avatar: The Last Airbender"
Agoura Hills, Calif. - THQ on Tuesday announced the release
its "Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Dark Crusade" expansion pack for
the PC game. The company also shipped "Avatar: The Last Airbender"
title for PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, DS, PSP
and the PC to retailers. Based on the Nickelodeon children's series,
the game is also slated for release on Nintendo's Wii console later
this year.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061009/lam067.html?.v=69
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061010/latu077.html?.v=69
http://www.nick.com/all_nick/tv_supersites/display_show.jhtml?show_id=ava
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o Global Star Software Debuts "Dora's
World Adventure" for GBA
New York - Global Star Software, a unit of game publisher
Take-Two Interactive, on Tuesday shipped its "Dora the Explorer:
Dora's World Adventure" title for Nintendo Game Boy Advance to
retailers. The game is based on the Nickelodeon animated children's
series and a special DVD released in October.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061010/20061010005455.html?.v=1
http://www.globalstarsoftware.com
http://www.noggin.com/shows/dora.php
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Email resumes
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VP, Network Publishing Development
- People Connecting – Emeryville, CA
Our client is a
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- Nicktoons Network – New York, NY
The Senior
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Digital Media
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This position
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For more
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