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o CNET CEO Bonnie Quits
After Probe Reveals Options Backdating
o GameStop Sells Out
PlayStation 3 Pre-Orders, Launches Digital Distribution
o Digital TV Chipmaker Tvia
Says Shareholder Lawsuit Without Merit
o Major League Gaming
Acquires Tournament Site GameBattles.com
o SXSW, Blaze TV to Debut
South By TV Network at 2007 Music Festival
o World Poker Tour Launches
Online Poker Academy
o Ad-Supported Mobile Game
Distributor Greystripe Raises $1.2 Million
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U.K. Wireless Carriers,
MobiTV to Trial TDtv Mobile TV Service
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Former Microsoft Managers
Launch Twango Media-Sharing Service
o
Qloud Launches Beta Test of
Tagging-Based Music Search Service
o
XM, Acura to Offer 3 Mos.
Free Satellite Radio to Used Acura Buyers
o
Sirius to Broadcast Final
Show from New York's CBGB Club
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Nokia, Orb Networks Team to
Offer PC-to-Phone Media Streaming
o
Digimarc Awarded U.S. Patent
for Social Network, P2P Watermarks
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First uWink Digital
Entertainment Restaurant to Open in California
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Digital Download Store
Blish.com to Sell MediaBay Audiobooks
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AOL to Offer Free,
On-Demand Breast Cancer Documentary
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Musicrypt Signs Indie Label
to Secure Radio Distribution Service
o
Mobile Streams to
Distribute Private Media's Mobile Adult Content
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Buongiorno, Mobixell Team
on Mobile Content-Sharing Service
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Mobile Downloads Store
Thumbplay to Sell Sony Pictures Content
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Billboard: Catalog-Based
Ringtones Are Fastest Growing Market Segment
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o CNET CEO
Bonnie Quits After Probe Reveals Options Backdating
San Francisco - CNET Networks, a publisher of technology
news and product reviews, announced on Wednesday that Shelby Bonnie
has resigned as CEO and chairman, after an internal probe revealed
his partial responsibility in irregular stock options grants made to
CNET employees. Also implicated in the options "backdating" --
wherein the date on which options were granted are changed to
increase their value for employees -- were a former CFO, and current
general counsel and head of human resources, who also resigned. "I
apologize for the option-related problems that happened under my
leadership," Bonnie said in a statement. "I believe that the company
has come a long way since 2003 in addressing these deficiencies, but
am deeply disappointed it happened nonetheless." San Francisco-based
CNET named Neil Ashe, formerly senior vice president of strategy and
development, as its new chief executive, and former Liberty Digital
president and CEO Jarl Nohn as non-executive chairman. The company
will restate financial statements related to the period when
affected options were granted, while executives whose options were
backdated have agreed to have them re-priced at fair market value.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061011/20061011005343.html?.v=1
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061011/20061011005315.html?.v=1
http://tinyurl.com/jzzv9
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061011/apfn_cnet_ceo.html?.v=1 (AP)
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o GameStop
Sells Out PlayStation 3 Pre-Orders, Launches Digital Distribution
Los Angeles - Video game retailer GameStop has sold out of
its allotment of pre-order units of Sony's PlayStation 3 console at
its 3,600 GameStop and EB Games stores, Reuters reported. "In some
stores they sold out in 10 minutes, in some stores hours, for others
it was the afternoon," GameStop spokesman Chris Olivera told
Reuters. Sony initially plans to ship 400,000 of the $500-plus
PlayStation 3 consoles to the U.S. market, where it goes on sale
Nov. 17. GameStop's pre-orders account for approximately 28,000 to
47,000 units, based on the company's statement to Reuters that it
provided between eight and thirteen units to each of its stores.
Separately, GameDaily reported that GameStop has quietly launched a
digital download service for games. The service already offers over
1,000 PC titles that can be purchased and immediately downloaded for
play, including many casual games, as well as titles like "Tomb
Raider Legend" and "Civilization IV."
http://tinyurl.com/hzppa
(Reuters)
http://www.gamestop.com
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o Digital
TV Chipmaker Tvia Says Shareholder Lawsuit Without Merit
Santa Clara, Calif. - Tvia, a chipmaker for
next-generation digital televisions, said on Wednesday that a
shareholder class action lawsuit filed against the company, alleging
violations of federal securities laws, is without merit. Filed in
U.S. District Court in Northern California, the shareholder suit
seeks unspecified damages for those who purchased Tvia stock between
Aug. 8, 2006 and Sept. 27, 2006, and alleges the company
artificially inflated the market price of its shares. Santa Clara,
Calif.-based Tvia said it will seek a dismissal of all charges. The
company's shares plunged 57% in late September, after it cut its
second quarter outlook to revenue of $300,000 to $400,000, down from
first quarter revenue of $5.1 million. Tvia attributed the lowered
projections to a shortage of LCD panels and other digital TV
products.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061010/sftu121.html?.v=61
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061010/datu054.html?.v=42
http://www.tvia.com
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o Major
League Gaming Acquires Tournament Site GameBattles.com
New York - Major League Gaming, a professional video game
league, announced that it has acquired GameBattles.com, an online
community for console-based video game tournaments. Financial terms
of the deal were not disclosed. Cincinnati, Ohio-based
GameBattles.com claims over 460,000 registered users and 700,000
different teams on its service, who compete in tournaments across 40
game titles for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube and
other platforms. Major League Gaming operates a pro tour that will
make stops in seven U.S. cities in 2006. "Major League Gaming is
already the largest community of competitive console gamers and fans
in the world. GameBattles.com is a natural addition to the company,
and allows us to accelerate our plans to provide a home for online
competition to every player on every platform," said Major League
Gaming president and COO Matthew Bromberg.
http://tinyurl.com/jgchv
http://www.gamebattles.com
http://www.mlgpro.com
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o SXSW,
Blaze TV to Debut South By TV Network at 2007 Music Festival
Los Angeles - The South by Southwest Music and Media
Conference (SXSW), which annually showcases hundreds of bands from
around the world in Austin, Texas, announced on Wednesday that it
has formed a joint venture with music event producer Blaze TV to
distribute performances from the festival via TV, DVD, Internet and
mobile phones. The South By TV (SXTV) venture will shoot bands in a
custom-equipped venue in Austin with multi-camera HD and 5.1
surround sound. SXTV performances will air on CD USA, a weekly show
produced by Blaze TV for DirecTV; Miami-based Zeal TV was named to
distribute SXTV outside the U.S. Along with Internet and mobile
distribution, SXTV will also issue a "Best of SXSW 2007" DVD through
Blaze TV's parent company, Shout Factory.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061011/law035.html?.v=70
http://www.shoutfactory.com
http://2007.sxsw.com/music
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o World
Poker Tour Launches Online Poker Academy
Los Angeles - WPT Enterprises, operators of the World
Poker Tour, on Wednesday announced the launch of a Web-based poker
education center and online community. The WPT Academy includes
video tutorials hosted by poker pros, and a hand search engine and
simulator called Handsim that lets users search the database for
players, hole card values, card combinations, odds percentages and
other data. The database contains over 1,700 final table hands from
13 World Poker Tour tournaments, and allows users to follow
play-by-play recaps of top players like Scotty Nguyen, Doyle Brunson
and Phil Hellmuth. Los Angeles-based WPT said that its WPT Academy
will initially be offered for free to subscribers, and did not
provide details on future subscription fees.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061011/law051.html?.v=76
http://www.worldpokertour.com
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Ad-Supported Mobile Game Distributor Greystripe Raises $1.2 Million
San Francisco - Greystripe, the developer of a service
that distributes free, ad-supported mobile games, has raised $1.2
million in its first round of venture capital financing, VentureWire
reported. Investors participating in the round included Incubic
Venture Fund, Monitor Ventures and WS Investment Company. San
Francisco-based Greystripe's AdWRAP network sources ads from
advertisers and delivers them through its network of mobile games,
which includes titles from publishers like 3D Arts, Big Blue Bubble,
Blastone, Cellufun, Chakra Interactive and HandyGames.
http://www.venturewire.com
http://www.greystripe.com
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Trial TDtv Mobile TV Service
London - A number of U.K. wireless
carriers on Wednesday launched a technical trial of a mobile TV
delivery technology called TDtv, the UMTS TD-CDMA-3GPP Multimedia
Broadcast and Multicast Services (MBMS) standard. The TDtv service
allows carriers like trial participants 3UK, Orange, Telefonica and
Vodafone to deliver multiple TV channels to an unlimited number of
customers, as well as digital audio and multicasting services. The
trial will deliver mobile TV programming from California-based
MobiTV to 12 cell sites provided by IPWireless that cover part of
Bristol, England.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061011/sfw011.html?.v=74
http://www.ipwireless.com
http://www.mobitv.com
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o Former Microsoft Managers Launch
Twango Media-Sharing Service
Redmond, Wash. - A group of former Microsoft senior managers
has launched Twango, a free media-sharing service that offers
unlimited storage of over 110 file types, including pictures, video,
audio and Microsoft Office documents. Twango allows users to upload
from a PC, Mac or mobile phone, and does not require visitors to a
user's shared media page to register in order to view its contents.
Users can also publish files stored on Twango to blogs, discussion
groups, MySpace profiles and eBay auctions. The founders of Redmond,
Wash.-based Twango said the service is for users looking for "a more
versatile and sophisticated service than Flickr, YouTube or
Photobucket."
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061011/sfw005.html?.v=68
http://www.twango.com
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o Qloud Launches Beta Test of
Tagging-Based Music Search Service
Washington - Washington-based start-up Qloud (pronounced
"cloud") on Wednesday announced the launch of a public beta test of
its "people-powered music search service" and plug-in for Apple's
iTunes music player. The search service is powered by tags generated
by users on individual songs in their iTunes music libraries. Tags
can be provided by music preference, demographics, and category --
such as "workout," allowing users to search, for example, for the
songs most tagged "workout" and "hip-hop" by women in New York aged
20-30. "Qloud will do for music discovery what Google(TM) has done
for web discovery," said Qloud co-founder Toby Murdock.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061010/cgtu030a.html?.v=1
http://www.qloud.com/demos/service/servicedemo.htm
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o XM, Acura to Offer 3 Mos. Free
Satellite Radio to Used Acura Buyers
Washington - XM Satellite Radio, a provider of digital radio
programming with over 7 million subscribers, on Wednesday announced
a partnership with automaker Acura, to offer three months of free
service to purchasers of used Acura vehicles with factory-installed
XM radios. Acura said it remarkets more than 35,000 certified
pre-owned vehicles each year, with about one-third featuring XM
radios. "XM's reach will now extend to Acura's pre- owned customers
who seek the same high performance standards and quality as they
have come to expect with a brand new Acura," said Steve Cook,
executive vice president of automotive at XM.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061011/dcw023.html?.v=77
http://www.acura.com
http://www.xmradio.com
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o Sirius to Broadcast Final Show from
New York's CBGB Club
New York - Sirius Satellite Radio, a digital radio service
with over 5 million subscribers, announced that it will provide an
exclusive live broadcast of the final show at New York's legendary
venue CBGB, featuring artist Patti Smith. The club is closing
following unsuccessful rent negotiations with its landlord. The
final show at CBGB will be available live on Sirius on Oct. 15.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061010/nytu165.html?.v=64
http://www.cbgb.com
http://www.siriusradio.com
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o Nokia, Orb Networks Team to Offer
PC-to-Phone Media Streaming
New York - Nokia said on Wednesday that it plans to integrate
technology from Orb Networks into its forthcoming Nokia N80 Internet
Edition handset that will allow users to remotely access all the
digital media stored on their home computers. Emeryville,
Calif.-based Orb's technology lets users stream home PC content, as
well as program and play recorded TV shows, using the Web browser
and player on the handset. Nokia plans to ship the N80 Internet
Edition in the U.S. next month.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061011/ukw007.html?.v=85
http://www.orb.com
http://www.nokia.com/A4136017?category=n80_internet
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o Digimarc Awarded U.S. Patent for
Social Network, P2P Watermarks
Beaverton, Ore. - Digimarc, a developer of digital
watermarking technology, announced on Thursday that it has been
awarded a U.S. patent for its technology that can identify
copyrighted content in social network and peer-to-peer environments.
The technology was developed due to media files' ability to easily
lose their identifying information during the distribution process,
digital-to-analog conversion, or routine file format changes.
Oregon-based Digimarc said the technology behind its new patent
"teaches ways of identifying entertainment content with digital
watermarks and links it to multiple sources of information or
services."
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/061011/20061011005303.html?.v=1
http://www.digimarc.com
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o First uWink Digital Entertainment
Restaurant to Open in California
Los Angeles - uWink, a company launched by Atari and Chuck E.
Cheese founder Nolan Bushnell, on Wednesday announced that its first
digital entertainment restaurant will open on Monday in Woodland
Hills, Calif. The restaurant will feature tables with touch-screen
kiosks that allow patrons to both place orders and access games,
movie trailers, horoscopes and other media. Games offered will allow
patrons to play with others at their own table, engage other tables,
and eventually challenge guests at other uWink restaurants.
http://tinyurl.com/o6flt
http://www.uwink.com
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o Digital Download Store Blish.com to
Sell MediaBay Audiobooks
Arlington Heights, Ill. - Digital download marketplace
Blish.com announced on Wednesday that it has signed an agreement to
distribute a library of over 5,000 audiobooks from MediaBay on its
service. Founded in February, Illinois-based Blish.com also offers
stock photography, royalty free music, legal documents, software,
online courses, stock video and motion graphics from providers
including Random House, RiverDeep Software and Princeton University
Press.
http://tinyurl.com/fo7ju
http://www.mediabay.com
http://www.blish.com
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o AOL to Offer Free, On-Demand Breast
Cancer Documentary
New York - AOL said on Wednesday that the documentary feature
film "The Breast Cancer Diaries" has been made available for free
on-demand from AOL's AIM Pages service, as part of Breast Cancer
Awareness Month in October. The film will be accompanied by a blog
authored by the film's subject, Murray Paige, featuring video
interviews and a place where visitors can share stories and
experiences with breast cancer.
http://tinyurl.com/ojmvv
http://www.aimpages.com/thediariesfilm
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o Musicrypt Signs Indie Label to Secure
Radio Distribution Service
Toronto - Musicrypt, a provider of secure distribution of
music between record labels and radio stations, said on Wednesday
that it has signed a new independent record label, Atlanta-based
Mogol Music. The label will distribute an "eNote" featuring artist
Bubble Boy's single "MySpace Girl" to radio stations, which can log
into Musicrypt's DMDS system to download a version of the song
suitable for airplay. Toronto-based Musicrypt has delivered songs
from labels to stations owned by CBS/Infinity, Clear Channel and
others.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/Digital_Music/Distribution/prweb449299.htm
http://www.dmds.com/enote/myspacegirl
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o Mobile Streams to Distribute Private
Media's Mobile Adult Content
Barcelona - Private Media Group, a distributor of adult
entertainment content, announced on Wednesday that it has signed an
agreement with Mobile Streams to develop and distribute mobile adult
entertainment products for Latin America, North America and Asia.
Under the deal, London-based Mobile Streams will create mobile TV
channels, video clips, games, wallpapers and MMS services featuring
Private Media's content. Spain-based Private's content is currently
available via 59 mobile carriers in 28 countries; the company
expects to add 13 additional carriers by year's end.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061011/nyw089.html?.v=70
http://www.prvt.com
http://www.mobilestreams.com
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o Buongiorno, Mobixell Team on Mobile
Content-Sharing Service
Milan, Italy - Buongiorno, a distributor of mobile
entertainment content, announced on Wednesday a partnership with
Mobixell Networks, a developer of mobile multimedia applications,
that will allow mobile carriers to offer content-sharing among
users. The service will use Boston-based Mobixell's Viral Mobile
Content Sharing system and Milan-based Buongiorno's Digital
Marketplace Platform, and allow mobile users to share multimedia
content with one another and carriers to track peer-to-peer viral
content exchange.
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061011/ukw008.html?.v=84
http://www.mobixell.com
http://www.buongiorno.com
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o Mobile Downloads Store Thumbplay to
Sell Sony Pictures Content
New York - Mobile entertainment retailer Thumbplay said on
Wednesday that it has signed an agreement with Sony Pictures Home
Entertainment, and will become the first direct-to-consumer mobile
portal to sell games, ringtones and wallpapers based on Sony titles.
The deal includes movies like "Open Season" and "Spider-Man 3," and
TV shows including "Jeopardy," "Days of Our Lives" and "Different
Strokes."
http://tinyurl.com/n7dqq
http://www.thumbplay.com
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o Billboard: Catalog-Based Ringtones
Are Fastest Growing Market Segment
Los Angeles - Catalog-based ringtones are now the fastest
growing segment of the market, Billboard reported. Universal Music
Group said that catalog ringtone sales are up 80% from last year and
now account for 10% of the company's ringtone sales. Meanwhile, new
deals to offer ringtones from Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Costello and Guns
N' Roses may spur ringtone holdouts like Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley
and the Beatles, whose labels are in ongoing discussions because
contracts don't include ringtone rights. "It's stuff like the Jimi
Hendrix deal that will hopefully open the eyes of the holdouts,"
David Dorn, senior vice president of new-media strategy for Warner
Music Group's Rhino Entertainment, told Billboard. "Sometimes they
just wait to see what other artists do and then they go, 'Why aren't
we doing this?"'
http://tinyurl.com/jp7yb
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please visit
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Online Search Manager -
New Motion – Irvine or West Los Angeles, CA
New Motion, Inc.
is one of the
fastest growing
direct-to-consumer
mobile content
providers in the
U.S. The Online
Search Manager
is a key player
in managing the
success of our
products by
managing and
optimizing
search results
across all
search engines.
Responsibilities
will include:
analyzing our
website and
competitor
sites; making
recommendations;
and managing
execution.
Understanding of
online search
and the wireless
industry is
important. Email
resumes to:
jobs@newmotioninc.com.
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Recruiting Founding Team for Video-Centric Web Startup
Join
a small group of
industry
veterans in the
launch of a new,
video-centric
Web-based
service. This is
an early-stage
startup. Please
contact us only
if you have deep
digital media
industry
experience, and
a desire to join
a venture in the
formative
stages. For a
list of open
positions and to
apply,
click here.
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Director of Consumer & Affiliate Marketing
- Exent Technologies – San Mateo, CA
Exent
offers a
Games-on-Demand
private label or
licensed
technology
service to many
leading portals
including
Comcast, Verizon,
Turner
Broadcasting's
GameTap, among
others. The
successful
candidate will
manage the
merchandising
and visual
presentation of
our growing list
of partner
sites, optimize
online selling
opportunities,
execute online
promotions with
partners,
forecast and
analyze partner
site
performance. The
individual will
work closely
with other
members of the
team to ensure
the optimum
customer
shopping
experience. For
more information
and to apply,
click here.
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Mobile Product Manager - New Motion – Irvine or West Los Angeles, CA
New
Motion, Inc.
is one of the
fastest growing
direct-to-consumer
mobile
entertainment
companies in the
U.S. The Product
Manager will be
responsibility
for developing
and managing the
product
offerings in a
specific channel
(e.g. Sports,
Entertainment,
Lifestyle, etc).
This position is
geared towards
individuals with
an
entrepreneurial
mindset and the
desire to run
their own show.
The ideal
candidate will
possess the
ability to
create a
business
strategy,
clearly
illustrate that
strategy to
upper
management, and
then execute on
the plan. This
individual will
also be an
integral part
and interface
with other
departments
within the
organization to
create the
end-product
marketed and
sold to
consumers. When
applicable, this
individual will
be client
facing, working
with
Intellectual
Property owners
on a day-to-day
basis and
evangelizing the
brand/product
internally.
Email resumes
to:
jobs@newmotioninc.com.
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VP, Network Publishing Development
- People Connecting – Emeryville, CA
Our client is a
leading online
advertising
network,
partnering with
top quality web
publishers to
serve ads to 60%
of the world's
online users.
We're looking
for a VP of
Network
Publishing
Development to
join their
seasoned
leadership team
in efforts to
continue to
identify and
secure new
top-tier web
publishers.
Working with the
VP Sales and VP
Advertising
Services, you
will report to
the Sr. VP
Corporate
Development in
continuing to
deliver new
media solutions
for the network
of publishers.
For more
information and
to apply,
click here.
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Director, Product Marketing - @Hire – San Mateo, CA
Director of
Product
Marketing is
needed to grow
product
management/marketing
organization
within a leading
mobile company.
Position is
hands-on,
overseeing all
product lines.
Candidate must
have experience
working with
consumer focused
online products
in past; be able
to grow the
product
marketing
department; be a
visionary, be
strategic and
grow both the
enterprise and
consumer
marketing
efforts. For
more information
and to apply,
click here.
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Client Services Executive -
Beck Media & Marketing - Los Angeles, CA
Beck Media &
Marketing, a
growing
entertainment
technology PR
agency, seeks PR
talent with 2+
years of agency
or in-house
public relations
experience.
Successful
candidates will
have technology
experience, plus
solid writing
and media
relations
skills.
Demonstrated
success pitching
media required.
Position deals
with TV,
Emerging Media,
Mobile and Web
Services client
base. Principals
only.
For more
information and
to apply,
click here.
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Senior Producer Digital Media
- Nicktoons Network – New York, NY
The Senior
Producer,
Digital Media
Reports directly
to General
Manager
Oversight of
digital media
creative and
production
process for
digital content
relevant to
Nicktoons
Network brand
and assets.
Platforms
include: online
websites,
broadband video,
wireless and
casual games.
This position
requires the
ability to
juggle multiple
day-to-day
production tasks
while
maintaining a
longer term
vision for the
brand. The
candidate must
have a strong
interest and
belief in
digital media.
For more
information and
to apply
click
here.
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Online Media Manager -
Critical Mass - Austin, TX
Critical
Mass, a
marketing and
communications
company, is
currently
seeking an
Online Media
Manager, whose
role is involved
in defining,
managing and
executing
interactive
marketing
strategy. This
position would
include but not
be limited to,
ecommerce
initiatives and
online
advertising
production, in
order to
maximize client
business/marketing
objectives. For
more information
and to apply,
click here.
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Marketing Manager, Broadband Services
- DIRECTV - El Segundo, CA
Will
assist in the
launch of
DIRECTV’s newly
branded
high-speed
wireless
internet/broadband
products and
services through
developing and
implementing
marketing and
customer
experience
programs and
initiatives.
Will execute
direct to
consumer
promotions/advertising
for both
acquisition and
current customer
marketing
programs and
work closely
with broadband
partners to
implement
initiatives as
part of a
bundled services
strategy. In
addition, will
partner with
multiple DIRECTV
departments,
such as Customer
Care and Sales,
to ensure a
consistent and
positive
consumer
experience
throughout the
entire sales,
service and
support process.
For more
information and
to apply,
click here.
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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
entertainment and media industry including analyses and five
year growth projections for 14 industry segments covering
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on the expansion.
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