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June 14, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | May 28, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Mountain View, Calif. - Google announced on Thursday that it has closed its $750 million acquisition of mobile advertising form AdMob. [more..] Los Angeles - An anonymous tipster tells Engadget that the next iteration of Apple's streaming media server, Apple TV, will abandon the set-top box shape in favor of a smaller device based on the iPhone that will sell for $99, down from the $230 price tag of the current model. [more..] Los Angeles - After a successful lawsuit against ISP Eircom that resulted in the introduction of a "three-strikes" policy that disconnects repeat file-swappers, the Irish Recorded Music Association (IRMA) has taken legal action to compel the implementation of similar policies by mobile network operators O2 and 3 Ireland, according to published reports. [more..] Copenhagen, Denmark - Denmark's Supreme Court has ruled that local ISP Telenor must continue to block access to file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, upholding the rulings of two lower courts. [more..] New York - Fox's "Glee" has so far driven sales of more than 7.3 million song downloads, including 2.5 million in the past six weeks alone, according to Nielsen. [more..] Arlington, Va. - For the first time since the start of the financial crisis, sentiment among U.S. senior executives about the next year's economic outlook has crossed into positive territory, according to a new survey by the Corporate Executive Board (CEB). [more..] San Jose, Calif. - BlockChalk, the provider of a neighborhood-based social networking service, has raised seed financing from a group of investors that includes Battery Ventures, Mitch Kapor, Harrison Metal, Founder Collective, Joshua Schachter, Josh Stylman, Tom McInerney and David Liu. [more..]
DMW Notice Board UPDATE: Dan Winters, VP, Developer Relations and Acquisitions, Activision Blizzard, will be featured in a keynote interview with Marty Poulin, CEO at ShadyLogic Studios. Ronald Azuma, Research Leader, Nokia Research Center Hollywood to deliver Keynote Presentation on augmented reality, location-based services for media and entertainment . New speakers announced from Lionsgate, NBC Interactive, Tokyo Pop, Imagination Studios, Team 17, Starbreeze Studios and many more! Together with our friends at Variety and Nordic Game, we are pleased to announce the agenda for our second annual pre-E3 transmedia event. This year's event features two keynotes, demos and a showcase as well as 6 panels and bustling after-party by the pool! We invite you to join an exclusive group of decision-makers at the event and take part in the discussion with executives, investors, analysts, press, filmmakers and gamers who will be instrumental in shaping the future of the game and film business. We are accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email ( jay@digitalmediawire.com) for more information.
Opinion & Analysis Los Angeles - Remember our article on Jay Park a few months ago? Over the past few months, we have gotten to know this incredibly talented artist and today, we are pleased to announce that DMW's CEO and entertainment attorney Ned Sherman is representing artist Jay Park (aka Park Jaebeom) with respect to his global entertainment career. [more..] Briefly Noted Los Angeles - An anonymous source tells Edge-Online.com that Microsoft's Project Natal motion-based game system will begin selling in the U.S. from October for $149, or in a bundle with the Xbox 360 Arcade for $299. [more..] San Francisco - Nokia and mobile browser developer Opera Software have stated they will support the new version of Adobe's Flash development platform, CNET News com reported. [more..] Los Angeles - Boxee, the provider of a Web-to-TV streaming service, said this week that it has added live music content from Wolfgang's Vault. [more..] New York - Satellite radio firm Sirius XM on Friday announced the release of a mobile radio streaming application for Google Android-powered smartphones. [more..] Toronto - Kobo, a maker of e-book reader software, announced on Friday that it has released its iPad app in all markets where the iPad is available. [more..] Extras Job/Event/Marketplace Classifieds - Gannett Digital - McLean - VMIX MEDIA INC - San Diego, CA - Socialcast - San Francisco, CA - Zynga - San Francisco - Synacor - Buffalo, NY - Live365 - Foster City - Amazon.com - Seattle, WA
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