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June 25, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | May 13, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Los Angeles - A federal judge has granted summary judgment for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), finding the LimeWire file-sharing service and founder Mark Groton guilty of copyright infringement, inducement of copyright infringement and unfair competition. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook has called an all hands meeting for 4 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday to address concerns over its privacy policies, All Facebook reports, citing sources inside the company. [more..] New York - U.S. Internet ad revenues totaled $5.9 billion in the first quarter of 2010, an increase of 7.5% over the same period a year ago, according to a report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PriceWaterhouseCoopers. [more..] Washington - Both Thomson Reuters and Allbritton Communications, the owner of Capitol Hill newspaper Politico, have expressed early interest in buying news magazine Newsweek from The Washington Post, The New York Observer reported. [more..] San Jose, Calif. - Adobe Systems on Thursday launched a public relations campaign aimed at criticizing Apple and defending its own Flash technology, which Apple has banned from its iPhone and iPad devices. [more..] Hamburg, Germany - A German court has granted a preliminary injunction against the current Germany-based Web hosts of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, TorrentFreak reported. [more..] London - U.K. telco BT announced on Thursday that it has acquired a 2.6% stake in OnLive, a PC-based video game streaming service that it will launch in the U.K. [more..] San Mateo, Calif. - Jelli, the operator of a crowdsourced, hybrid online and on-air radio format, announced on Thursday that it has raised $7 million in its first round of financing, led by Battery Ventures with participation from First Round Capital. [more..] New York - CBS announced on Thursday that it has acquired EcoMedia, an organization that "brings together public institutions and municipalities with private industry advertisers and local media to generate funding for projects to improve the environment." [more..] Los Angeles - Sprout Social, a provider of social media marketing and management services for businesses, has raised a first round of funding from Lightbank, TechCrunch reported. [more..] Los Angeles - Thrillist, a publisher of local lifestyle, shopping and entertainment guides for men, has acquired Jack Threads, a social shopping service for male apparel, PaidContent reported. [more..]
DMW Notice Board International Game & Film Lounge, Los Angeles, June 14, 2010
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. Speakers last year included Jeff Gomez of Starlight Runner Entertainment, Transmedia Producer who worked on the world's most successful movie, Avatar, and many other Hollywood projects, Navid Khonsari, Director of the multi-million selling "Grand Theft Auto" video game series and Mattias Bergbom, Academy Award winning CGI Producer for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
Register now for only $299 until May 14. Limited number of tickets available. This event will sell out!
Briefly Noted New York - A group of four programming students at New York University have raised more than $100,000 in donations for Diaspora, their social networking project aimed directly at the criticisms of Facebook's privacy policies. [more..] Los Angeles - Comcast Labs is developing software that will turn Apple's iPad into a remote control that will allow cable TV subscribers to change the channel, and search for programming on TV and on-demand. [more..] Los Angeles - Netflix now offers streaming of more than half of its available HD titles to computers, Hacking Netflix reports. [more..] Cambridge, Mass. - The Echo Nest, a "music intelligence" firm founded by MIT Media Lab alums, on Thursday announced a deal with Dada Entertainment's Play.me service, which will allow music applications using Echo Nest's technology to utilize Play.me's music catalog and avoid having to secure separate licensing deals. [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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