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June 14, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | May 24, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Washington - Facebook plans in coming weeks to upgrade its privacy controls to make them simpler to use, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a column in the Washington Post on Monday. [more..] New York - Yahoo and Nokia on Monday announced a worldwide partnership that will see Nokia become the exclusive provider of Yahoo's maps and navigation services, while Yahoo will power Nokia's mail and chat services. [more..] San Francisco - In the wake of launching its first comprehensive ad platform in the form of Promoted Tweets, Twitter has announced that will no longer allow any third party ad networks on the service. [more..] Washington - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has requested more information from both Comcast and NBC Universal, as it reviews potential antitrust concerns with the companies' proposed $30 billion joint venture, Multichannel News reported. [more..] Dublin, Ireland - Irish ISP Eircom on Monday began forwarding the identities of suspected file-swappers to copyright holders, as part of a court-ordered "three-strikes" protocol that will see repeat offenders lose their Internet services, the Irish Times reported. [more..] Los Angeles - Former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey, a Democrat from Nebraska who currently serves as president of the New School University in New York, has been chosen as the new head of powerful studio lobbying group the Motion Picture Association of America, TheWrap.com reports. [more..] Washington - SoundExchange, the entity that collects and distributes royalties from streaming music services, is holding at least $200 million in royalties owed to artists, according to a review of the agency's tax returns -- but says just around $39 million of the sum is owed to artists it has so far failed to locate, Wired.com reports. [more..] New York - Comcast, the nation's largest cable TV provider, is developing a new service that will let viewers share what which programs they are watching on TV or Web services with friends in real-time, TechCrunch reported. [more..] Los Angeles - Gaikai, a cloud-based video game streaming service, announced on Monday that it has raised over $10 million in its second round of funding. [more..] Boston - Swaptree.com, an online service that lets users trade books, CDs, DVDs and video games, announced on Monday that it has raised $6 million in new financing and named Jeff Bennett as its new CEO. [more..] Reston, Va. - U.S. online retail spending soared 10% to $34 billion in the first quarter -- the largest quarterly jump in nearly two years. [more..]
DMW Notice Board International Game & Film Lounge, Los Angeles, June 14, 2010Update: Garry Schyman, Transmedia Composer, to deliver Keynote Presentation. New speakers announced from Tokyo Pop, Imagination Studios, Team 17, Starbreeze Studios and many more!
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.
LAST DAY to Register for only $199. Limited number of tickets available.
Briefly Noted Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo announced on Monday that it will outsource its personals business to IAC's Match.com, and migrate all current Yahoo Personals members to the Match service. [more..] San Francisco - Social games publisher Zynga has signed a deal with convenience store chain 7-Eleven, to distribute Slurpee and Big Gulp drink cups featuring "FarmVille," "Mafia Wars" and "YoVille" branding. [more..] Los Angeles - BlueBeat.com, a website that was ordered last year by a judge to cease selling or streaming songs from the Beatles and other artists for which it said it had created copyright-exempt, "psychoacoustic simulation" versions, has now expanded the service to the iPhone, The Register reported. [more..] New York - In a first for the cable network, Time Warner's HBO will premiere a new documentary from AIDS in Africa charity RED, "The Lazarus Effect," tonight on its cable channel, U.K. broadcaster Channel 4, on YouTube, and via an iPad application. [more..] London - SeeSaw, the U.K. video-on-demand service based on the back end of the BBC's failed Project Kangaraoo, has added a number of premium content channels from partners including the BBC, MTV, Comedy Central and Disney, Web TV Wire reports. [more..] Dublin, Calif. - Pandigital, a maker of digital photo frames, on Monday introduced its first e-book reader, the $199 Pandigital Novel. [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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