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March 10, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | March 1, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Tokyo - Sony reports that a "connection failure," caused by a bug in the PlayStation 3's internal system clock, caused a widespread outage of its PlayStation Network online service over the weekend that continued into Monday. [more..] Santa Monica, Calif. - Activist investor Carl Icahn has made a bid to buy shares that would increase his stake in Canadian film studio Lionsgate to 29.9%. [more..] San Francisco - Universal Music Group has been ordered by a federal judge to pay some of the attorneys' fees incurred by Stephanie Lenz, whose video of her toddler dancing to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" was wrongfully taken down from YouTube at the label's request. [more..] New York - Looking for ways pare down expenses, AOL has sold U.K.-based Perfiliate, the operator of an affiliate marketing network under the brand name Buy.at, to London-based Digital Window. [more..] New York - Publisher Reed Business Information on Monday sold its Library Journal and School Library Journal titles to Ohio-based MediaSource, PaidContent reported. [more..] Washington - The Internet now has surpassed newspapers and radio to become the third most popular news platform in the U.S., according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center. [more..] Portland, Ore. - Platial, the provider of a social mapping service based on Google Maps API, has shut down its service, TechCrunch reported. [more..] Rockville, Md. - ZeniMax Media, the parent company of game developer Bethesda Softworks, has raised $1.8 million through the sale of options and warrants, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). [more..] Miami - ConnectedMedia Technologies, a Miami-based digital multimedia firm targeting the U.S. Hispanic market, announced on Monday that it has acquired a controlling stake in Notus Digital Network, a developer of video-on-demand services. [more..]
DMW Notice Board Digital Music Forum East - Feb. 24-25, 2010, NYC
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Digital Strategies Conference - March 10, 2010, Toronto, Canada
Digital Strategies Conference is a one day event, co-located with Canadian Music Week, focused on what you need to know to effectively market your products and services in the Digital Age. This is an event that you can't afford to miss. Confirmed speakers include Louise Clements
Head of Sales, Facebook in Canada, Bob Garfield, Author, The Chaos Scenario, Co-Host, NPR's On The Media, Columnist, Advertising Age, Richard Sussman, Director, Media & Entertainment, Nielsen Online, Phil Miano, National Sales Director, Mobile Advertising, AOL, Paul Cormack, Consumer Marketing Manager , Family + Playhouse Disney, Astral Television Networks and many more.
To register for the event, please click here.
(Early Bird Rate $499 - reserve your seat now!)
LA Games Conference - April 29, 2010, Los Angeles
Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the games industry gather for the LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games. LA Games Conference – now in its 4rd year – features a lively and fun debate on timely cutting-edge business topics, demos as well unrivaled access to some of the most progressive companies in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond. 2010 Agenda Just Announced!
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(Economy Discount Rate $499 - reserve your seat now!)
Briefly Noted Los Angeles - The Pirate Bay has failed to remove links to a list of torrents linking to copyrighted files from its website, which per a Dutch court order's deadline should also have been blocked for Dutch users today, TorrentFreak reported. [more..] New York - Thumbplay, a mobile entertainment distributor that recently launched a subscription music service, announced on Monday that it has hired former Apple executive Pablo Calamera as its new chief technology officer. [more..] Los Angeles - Time Warner's Sports Illustrated Group on Monday announced the launch of a new daily video initiative on its website, which will include "SI Inside Report," to be anchored by Maggie Gray. [more..] Los Angeles - The International Academy of Web Television on Monday announced nominees for its second annual Streamy Awards, which honor original Web video programming. [more..] New York - Publisher Random House has established a department that will create original stories for video games, as well as consult on games in development, The Wall Street Journal reported. [more..] Santa Monica, Calif. - Movieclips.com, a site that offers more than 12,000 clips from six Hollywood studios, announced on Monday that it has released an API that will allow developers worldwide to utilize its clips on third-party websites. [more..] London - The British Library has embarked on a project to archive defunct U.K. websites, the Associated Press reported. [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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