Aug. 18: Google TV; Wikileaks-Pirate Party; BermanBraun-Starcom; iPad-Paparazzi

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New York - Google is having difficulty securing partnerships with TV networks for its new Google TV software, as some see it as potentially cannibalizing their existing business and lacking in a solid plan to turn a profit, The Wall Street Journal reports. [more..]
Stockholm - Wikileaks, the whistleblower site that recently published more than 90,000 U.S. government documents related to the war in Afghanistan, has officially accepted an offer from Sweden's Pirate Party to host some of its Web servers, TorrentFreak reported. [more..]
Los Angeles - Starcom MediaVest, a unit of ad giant Publicis Groupe, has signed a four-year deal with entertainment website and TV production firm BermanBraun potentially worth more than $100 million, The New York Times reported.
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Los Angeles - A consortium of paparazzi photo agencies has been formed to seek additional compensation when their work is used on People magazine's application for Apple's iPad, according to The Hollywood Reporter. [more..]
Los Angeles - According to a report on AOL-owned DownloadSquad.com, Google is developing a tablet computer based on its Chrome OS that will be marketed by mobile operator Verizon. [more..]
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Malaysian online payments firm MOL Global, which acquired Friendster last year, plans to turn the online social network into a social gaming portal, CEO Ganesh Bangah told the Philippine Star. [more..]
Los Angeles - The operator of a private, unauthorized multiplayer server set-up for players of Blizzard's "World of Warcraft" online game has been ordered by a federal court to pay over $88 million in damages. [more..]
Dundee, Scotland - Video game publisher Realtime Worlds, which had raised over $80 million in financing from backers including Maverick Capital, New Enterprise Associates and WPP, has gone into administration, the Financial Times reported.
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Walnut, Calif. - Apex Digital, a maker of televisions, DVD and Blu-ray players, set-top boxes and related products, announced on Wednesday that it has filed for Ch. 11 bankruptcy protections. [more..]

DMW Notice Board

New York Games Conference - September 21, 2010 - New York, NY
Keynote Speakers for this year's event will be Tal Kerret, Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder & Head of Strategic Partnerships for Oberon Media, Alex St. John, President & CTO of hi5, and Steven Chiang President, Studios for Zynga, who will be having a 1-on-1 interview with Mike Vorhaus, President of Magid Advisors. All event updates, including an up-to-date agenda, can be found online. 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.
Register now for the Economy Rate of only $499 until August 27!

Digital Music Forum, West - October 6-7, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA
We are happy to announce Chris Tsakalakis, General Manager of Ebay Tickets/StubHub, and Rick Alden, Founder & CEO of Skullcandy, as Keynote Speakers for the conference! The first round of speakers for this years conference have also been released. An updated agenda and speaker list can be found online. 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.
Register now for the Economy rate of $499 until August 27!

Digital Media Conference, West - October 27, 2010 - San Francisco, CA
Join us as we bring some of the nation's top industry leaders back to the city by the bay! All event updates and registration forms can be found online! We are currently accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information.
Register now for the Economy rate of $399 until August 27th.

Briefly Noted

Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo has begun to replace its own search results with those from Microsoft's Bing, and later this week will begin to transition the back-end of Yahoo Search in the U.S. and Canada to be switched over to Bing. [more..]
New York - Music video portal Vevo on Wednesday debuted an app for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch that provides access to its entire catalog of 20,000 music videos from more than 7,000 artists. [more..]
Los Angeles - Location-based mobile service Foursquare has updated its privacy settings to give users more control over who sees personal contact information, and "check-ins" or other statuses available on the service, Mashable reports. [more..]
Basking Ridge, N.J. - Verizon plans to release an application for Apple's iPad that will enable subscribers to its FiOS digital TV service to view live TV on the devices. [more..]

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