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June 25, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | June 3, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories New York - Media measurement firm Nielsen on Thursday filed with the SEC for an initial public offering that aims to raise up to $1.75 billion. [more..] New York - A trio of consumer rights groups has filed legal briefs asking a court to block subpoenas seeking the identities of alleged illegal movie downloaders, saying the subpoenas "violate the individual users' rights to due process and anonymity." [more..] New York - Hearst Corp. announced on Thursday that it has acquired search marketing firm iCrossing. [more..] San Francisco - Rdio, the social music service developed by the creators of Kazaa and Skype with funding from Atomico, on Thursday launched an invitation-only paid preview, offering unlimited streaming of five million songs. [more..] New York - Political polling blog FiveThirtyEight has signed a three-year deal that will see its content featured on the website of The New York Times, and the blog hosted on The Times' site. [more..] San Francisco - Social games publisher Zynga announced on Thursday that it has acquired Austin-based developer Challenge Games. [more..] San Francisco - Marin Software, a provider of paid search management applications, announced on Thursday that it has raised $11.2 million in a fourth round of funding, led by Triangle Peak Partners. [more..] San Mateo, Calif. - BookRenter, a provider of online textbook rentals, announced on Thursday that it has closed a $10 million second round of venture capital financing, led by Norwest Venture Partners. [more..] Reston, Va. - LucidMedia, the provider of an online advertising demand-side platform with real-time bidding, announced on Thursday that it has raised $4.5 million in new funding, led by MMV Financial. [more..] Los Angeles - WOWIO, an online distributor of digital media content and e-books, announced on Thursday that it has raised $1.7 million in private financing, and acquired WEvolt, a social network for artists and their fans. [more..]
DMW Notice Board UPDATE: Matias Myllyrinne, Managing Director, Remedy Entertainment, to give special presentation about developing the top selling Alan Wake Xbox game . Dan Winters, VP, Developer Relations and Acquisitions, Activision Blizzard, will be featured in a keynote interview with Marty Poulin, CEO at ShadyLogic Studios. Ronald Azuma, Research Leader, Nokia Research Center Hollywood to deliver Keynote Presentation on augmented reality, location-based services for media and entertainment . New speakers announced from Mandalay Pictures, Lionsgate, NBC Interactive, 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 speakers for our second annual pre-E3 transmedia event. This year's event features three keynotes, special presentations as well as 6 panels and bustling after-party by the pool! Don't miss this opportunity for top notch networking. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email ( jay@digitalmediawire.com) for more information.
Digital Media Conference East - June 25, 2010 - Washington D.C.
Join over 500 of the most influential decision-makers in the media, entertainment and technology industries will gather in Washington, DC / Tysons Corner for the 7th Annual Digital Media Conference East. This year's event features 3 keynotes and 15 panels divided across 5 Tracks: Mobile • Social Media • Television/Video • Marketing • Law & Tech. Keynoters include Boxee CEO & Co-Founder Avner Ronen and Kelly Day, EVP and General Manager, Digital Media and Commerce, Discovery Communications. New speakers announced from National Geographic Global Media, CBS Interactive/TV.com, Yahoo! News, MTV Networks, WeatherBug, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Cisco Media Solutions Group and many more!
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 WEEK to register for only $399. Reserve your seat now!
Briefly Noted Los Angeles - OpenBitTorrent, the largest tracker service for the BitTorrent file-sharing network, is back online with a Spain-based hosting company, following a court ruling in Sweden forcing its prior ISP, Portlane, to take the service offline, TorrentFreak reported. [more..] Espoo, Finland - Nokia on Thursday introduced a new bicycle-powered mobile phone charger, which will cost about $18 when it hits the market by year's end. [more..] Los Angeles - News Corp.'s 20th Century Fox film studio has sent takedown notices to a number of BitTorrent file-sharing site administrators, demanding they remove links to download copies of the script for "Water For Elephants," which recently began shooting, TorrentFreak reported. [more..] San Bruno, Calif. - Google's YouTube on Thursday released a new Google Campaign Toolkit, intended to help candidates utilize the video site more effectively in their campaigns. [more..] Seattle - Amazon.com has announced that it will expand availability of its Kindle e-book reader to U.S. retail store chain Target this weekend, where it will sell for the same price as on Amazon -- $259. [more..] Chicago - United Airlines on Thursday announced that it will offer free music from Zune inflight audio on all of its aircraft. [more..] San Diego - Slacker on Thursday announced the release of Slacker Radio 2.0 for the iPhone, an upgrade that for the first time lets users cache specific stations for offline listening. [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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