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June 14, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | May 18, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo announced on Tuesday that it will acquire Associated Content, a publisher of aggregated content from 380,000 contributors. [more..] Stockholm, Sweden - File-sharing hub The Pirate Bay is back online Tuesday with an unusual new hosting provider -- Sweden's Pirate Party, TorrentFreak reported. [more..] Mountain View, Calif. - Google announced on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Global IP Solutions (GIPS), a Norway-based developer of VoIP and video conference technology, in a deal valued at $68.2 million. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook announced on Tuesday that it has settled a running dispute with social games publisher Zynga, and signed a five-year deal that will see Zynga expand its use of Facebook's virtual currency platform, Credits, in its games. [more..] Los Angeles - As Facebook faces increased scrutiny over its privacy policies and how users are able to determine which elements of their profiles are seen by others, News Corp.'s MySpace yesterday announced a "new, simpler" set of privacy controls. [more..] New York - Several top sales reps from AOL recently have left the struggling Internet company in search of greener pastures, Business Insider reports. [more..] Los Angeles - Canada's federal appellate court has ruled that online music services do not have to pay performance royalties on 30-second streaming song samples, Billboard reports. [more..] London - Comedy website Funny or Die is shuttering its U.K. operations, citing financial difficulties, PaidContent reported. [more..] Los Angeles - Titan Gaming, the provider of an online platform for multiplayer games, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $1 million in funding from angel investors. [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 21. Limited number of tickets available. This event will sell out!
Briefly Noted Minneapolis - Media and electronics retail store chain Best Buy on Tuesday launched a digital video service, powered by CinemaNow, that it says will offer same-day instant access to new release movies and TV shows. [more..] London - Shazam, a provider of mobile music discovery services, announced on Tuesday that it has grown from 50 million to 75 million users in the past six months, and has now processed more than 1 billion song identification requests. [more..] London - Streaming music service Spotify on Tuesday launched two new service offerings for its U.K. users, Spotify Unlimited and Spotify Open. [more..] Seattle - Amazon.com on Tuesday announced that it will release a version of its mobile Kindle e-book reader application for phones running Google's Android operating system this summer. [more..] Redwood City, Calif. - Shutterfly, a provider of photo book printing services, announced that it has partnered with Facebook to let users order books of their albums and photos on Facebook. [more..] Madison, Wisc. - Musicnotes.com, a publisher and retailer of digital sheet music, announced on Tuesday the release of a Sheet Music Viewer application for Apple's iPad. [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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