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June 25, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | May 19, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Lahore, Pakistan - The Pakistani government has ordered Internet service providers in the country to block Facebook, over a page on the site that encourages users to post images of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, the Associated Press reported. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook plans to offer a more simplified version of its privacy settings in the coming weeks, Wired.com reported, citing a WAMU-FM radio interview with Tim Sparapani, the company's head of public policy. [more..] San Francisco - Twitter expects to have "hundreds" of advertisers using its Promoted Tweets service by the fourth quarter of 2010, the company's chief operating officer Dick Costolo told Reuters. [more..] San Francisco - Google on Wednesday announced the launch of the WebM Project, a joint initiative with partners including Firefox developer Mozilla and mobile browser developer Opera, which aims to develop an open, royalty-free video codec. [more..] Washington - The Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus on Wednesday released a "list of notorious websites" it deems to be offering "countless" unauthorized copyrighted works. [more..] San Francisco - A federal court has rejected a proposed licensing structure from performing rights organization ASCAP that would have greatly increased royalties paid by MobiTV for music performance rights associated with TV and radio content it delivers to mobile devices. [more..] Los Angeles - Usenet newsgroup index site Newzbin, which the U.K. High Court in February found liable for copyright infringement, shut itself down on Wednesday, TorrentFreak reported. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Mobile entertainment distributor mSpot on Wednesday introduced a cloud-based mobile music service, which allows users to upload their collections to a locker and stream songs from various devices -- and provided 500 invites to the private beta to Digital Media Wire readers. [more..] Mountain View, Calif. - Playdom, a publisher of social games, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Acclaim Games, a developer of social and downloadable casual games. [more..] New York - Blip.tv, a Web TV network and provider of online video distribution, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $10.1 million in a third round of venture capital financing, led by Canaan Partners and previous backer Bain Capital Ventures. [more..] Austin - LibreDigital, a provider of e-book publishing and distribution services, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $8.1 in its third round of funding, led by S3 Ventures. [more..] San Francisco - Payvment, the developer of an e-commerce platform for Facebook, said on Wednesday that it has raised $1.5 million in its first round of funding, led by BlueRun Ventures. [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 Paris - Mobile music downloading is still in its infancy in terms of user adoption, as fewer than 2% of mobile users in the U.S. and Western Europe reported downloading a song to their handset during the first quarter, Reuters reported, citing comScore data. [more..] San Francisco - Google on Wednesday made its Wave communication and collaboration platform available to all users, following a six-month, invite-only period. [more..] Los Angeles - News Corp.'s MySpace on Wednesday announced that it will allow third-party developers of mobile applications to integrate MySpace, first for Google's Android platform and in coming weeks for the iPhone, PaidContent 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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