July 30: Disney Sells Miramax; PartyGaming-Bwin; Google-China; Microsoft-Tablet

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Burbank, Calif. - Disney announced on Friday that it has sold its Miramax Films unit to Filmyard Holdings, whose principals include Los Angeles businessmen Ron Tutor and Tom Barrack, along with Colony Capital, for over $660 million. [more..]
London - European online gambling firms PartyGaming and Bwin Interactive Entertainment have agreed to a merger that will create the world's largest publicly-traded Internet gambling operation, The New York Times reported.
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Mountain View, Calif. - Google has backed away from its claim yesterday that its search engine was blocked from users in mainland China, saying a system it set up to automatically track availability of its services in China had misrepresented the situation, the Associated Press reported. [more..]
Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft is working with hardware manufacturing partners to develop Windows software-based tablet computers, CEO Steve Ballmer told reporters on Thursday.
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Los Angeles - Streaming music service Spotify last month re-started negotiations with records labels, seeking their input "to determine what type of service would be possible to launch before the end of the year," Billboard reported. [more..]
Houston - Smartphones operating on Verizon Wireless' network are on average consuming 25% more data monthly than iPhones on AT&T's network, according to a report from Validas.
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New York - The Black Eyed Peas' "I Gotta Feeling" has become the first digital single to pass six million paid downloads, the group's label Interscope Geffen A&M said. [more..]

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Briefly Noted

Los Angeles - The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) will not be led by former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey, with the studio lobbying group saying in a statement that it has "agreed to end negotiations regarding the position of chief executive officer of the MPAA," CNET News.com reported. [more..]
New York - Barnes & Noble said on Friday that it plans to expand the in-store displays for its Nook e-book reader device into "full-service eReading Nook Boutiques," a year after the company entered the nascent market. [more..]

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