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April 29, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | April 26, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a California law restricting the sale of video games featuring violent or sexually explicit content to minors, which was struck down as unconstitutional by lower courts. [more..] Fremont, Calif. - Last Friday evening, authorities in California executed a search on the residence of Jason Chen, the Gizmodo reporter who broke the "lost" iPhone 4G story last week, and confiscated several computers, cameras and other items, Gizmodo reported. [more..] Los Angeles - "Avatar," the top-grossing film of all time at the box office with $2.7 billion worldwide, set records for sales of DVD and Blu-ray discs over the weekend as well, Variety reported. [more..] Los Angeles - A number of new albums have been leaked prior to their official launch dates due to a security issue with Destiny Media's PlayMPE service, which claims to offer secure distribution of promotional music to radio stations, music critics and other parties, according to a report on the blog Absolute Punk. [more..] Los Angeles - RapidShare, the free file-hosting service that has become a target for copyright infringement actions by the entertainment industry, has begun sending cease-and-desist notices to search engine sites indexing its content, TorrentFreak reported. [more..] Cambridge, Mass. - Bloson.com, an online portal for charitable fundraising, announced on Monday that it has reached an agreement to purchase the remaining assets of SeeqPod, a music search engine. [more..] San Mateo, Calif. - FreeWheel, a provider of video advertising technology, announced on Monday that it has closed a $16.8 million round of funding, led by Steamboat Ventures. [more..] Mountain View, Calif. - Playdom, a developer of games for social networks, said on Monday that it has acquired Merscom, a North Carolina firm that develops online and social games for third parties. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Wildfire Interactive, a developer of social media marketing software, announced on Monday that it has raised $4.04 million in its first round of venture capital financing, led by Summit Partners. [more..] Los Angeles - TheWrap.com, an entertainment business news blog, has raised $2 million in its second round of funding, PaidContent reported. [more..] Seattle - Getty Images, a creator and distributor of licensed photography, video and multimedia, announced on Monday that it will acquire Rex Features, whose assets include Berliner Photography. [more..]
DMW Notice Board LA Games Conference - April 29, 2010, Los Angeles
The 4th annual LA Games Conference is taking place next week at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and it's shaping up to be the best event so far with interviews with Ira Rubenstein, EVP, Global Digital Media Group, Marvel Entertainment, John Pleasants, CEO, Playdom and David Perry, CEO, Gaikai. Panelists include a who's who list of gaming and connected entertainment with top executives from Electronic Arts, Activision, Zynga, Sony Computer Entertainment America (PlayStation), Sony Online Entertainment, Disney Interactive Studios, GameStop Digital Ventures, AddictingGames / MTV Networks, Lionsgate, hi5, PlayFirst, Motorola Media Solutions, Universal Studios Interactive Group, Switch & Data, Offerpal Media and many, many more!
If you're interested in finding out more about the latest trends in the booming games industry, gain unparalleled access to some of the biggest names in the business to do do some high-level networking, leading to deals and new career opportunities, this is the place to be on April 29th!
To register for the event, please click here.
(Online Registration Rate $599 - reserve your seat now!)
Opinion & Analysis Former eMusic CEO and current Venrock partner David Pakman blogs about the state of the music industry, riffing off of The New York Times' profile of industry mogul Irving Azoff. [more..] Briefly Noted Los Angeles - Israel has rescinded a two-week-old ban on Apple's iPad, which it had instilled due to concerns over wireless interference, and which had even led to the confiscation of iPads from tourists entering the country. [more..] Seattle - Digital music service Rhapsody announced on Monday that it has enabled offline music caching for its iPhone application, becoming the first U.S. music service to allow the downloading of subscription-licensed songs on the device. [more..] Toronto, Canada - Research in Motion on Monday announced two new BlackBerry smartphone models, the Pearl 3G and Bold 9650. [more..] Boston - Rob Go, previously a senior associate at Spark Capital, reported through his blog on Monday that he has left the firm and joined a new, undisclosed company that he recently co-founded. [more..] Los Angeles - Hollywood Reporter parent company e5 Global Media announced on Monday that Lori Burgess, the former publisher of OK Magazine, has been named the new publisher of The Hollywood Reporter. [more..] San Francisco - Digital music distributor and marketing services firm IODA announced on Monday an exclusive release deal with Amazon MP3 for previously unheard recordings from Kris Kristofferson. [more..] Portland, Ore. - CD Baby, an online retailer and distributor of independent music, on Monday launched a new digital singles program, which will let artists distribute a digital single for $9 per track to its network of retail partners. [more..] New York - Indie rock band The National, whose forthcoming album "High Violet" leaked to the Internet last week, is now offering a high-quality stream of the album on the website of The New York Times, Mashable reported. [more..] Oakland, Calif. - Dictionary.com, an online and mobile dictionary service of IAC's Ask.com, said on Monday that it has reached the 10 million download milestone for its mobile products. [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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